Recommendations

Here are a few of my favorite books that I think you should read, no matter what you’re in the mood for:

• No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
  • A mentally-ill man does nothing to stop being mentally ill.
  • (Trigger Warnings: suicide, drug use, childhood trauma, death, depression)
• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
  • Keiko eats, drinks, and breathes her convenience store job.
• Manazuru by Hiromi Kawakami
  • A heartbreaking exploration of grief, loss, and motherhood.
• Almond by Sohn Wonpyung
  • A boy who can’t experience emotion meets a boy who has too much emotion.

Want to explore new authors? Here are a few of my favorites

• Osamu Dazai
• Mieko Kawakami
• R.F. Kuang
• Ocean Vuong

Interested in manga? So am I! Here are a few of my favorites:

• Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto
  • Genre: Action, comedy, dark fantasy
• Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami
  • Genre: Adventure fiction, comedy, supernatural fiction
• Blood on the Tracks by Shuzo Oshimi
  • Genre: Psychological horror, thriller, horror (…maybe?)
  • (Trigger Warnings: depression, suicide, trauma, emotional incest, mental illness)
• Kaiju No. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto
  • Genre: Adventure fiction, science fantasy, comedy

Also, check out this list of 27 of the best manga for beginners!