I started reading manga WAY later than when I started reading Western comics. When I first published this post in 2016, I’d only read a handful of titles. Now I have so many favorites!
This index of manga titles recommended across my blog is organized by blog post, with a link to the post where you can find more info about the titles listed. Or just look them up on your book research site of choice.
Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic
- Girls’ Last Tour
- A Distant Neighborhood
- Saturn Apartments
- Planetes
- Orange
- Ajin
- Vinland Saga
- Blade of the Immortal (cw: extreme violence, including sexual assault)
- What Did You Eat Yesterday
- My Love Story
- Nana
- The Girl from the Other Side
- Call of the Night
- Asadora
- A Zoo In Winter
- A Journal of My Father
- Master Keaton
- Spy x Family
- Nijigahara Holograph
- House of Five Leaves
- Erased
- Solanin
- A Silent Voice
- Happy Kanako’s Killer Life
- Way of the Househusband
I enjoyed all of these tremendously myself, as an adult.
- Azumanga Daioh
- Wandering Son
- Welcome to the Ballroom
And that’s the list of my favorite manga! So far…