Fiction
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American Born Chinese
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| Author: |
Gene Luen Yang |
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Stories about the Monkey King who longs to be a god, an Asian-American student desperate to fit in, and a teen embarrassed by his Chinese cousin highlight the challenges of being different. |
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Arrival
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| Author: |
Shaun Tan |
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A man leaves his home and family behind to start a new life in a strange city. |
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Blankets: An Illustrated Novel
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| Author: |
Craig Thompson |
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A young man growing up in rural Wisconsin struggles to understand his parents' strict religious faith and his own beliefs, especially when he falls in love for the first time. |
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Bleach. Vol. 1, Strawberry and the Soul Reapers
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| Author: |
Tite Kubo |
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When a shinigami tries to loan Ichigo Kurosaki some of his powers, Ichigo is suddenly able to do more than see ghosts. Now, he must protect the innocent and help restless spirits. |
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Death Note. Vol. 1, Boredom
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| Author: |
Tsugumi Oba |
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Light Yagami embarks on a questionable crusade when the discovery of a "Deathnote" - a notebook that ensures that anyone whose name is written in it will die - prompts him to use it to rid the world of criminals. |
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Dragon Ball Z. Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Akira Toriyama |
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Son Goku, earth's ultimate warrior, learns he is an alien and must fight Raditz, his own brother, to save his family and the world.` |
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Emma. Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Kaoru Mori |
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Class distinctions in Victorian England keep Emma, a housemaid, and William, the eldest son of a wealthy family, from the love they seem destined to share. |
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Fruits Basket. Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Natsuki Takaya |
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When Tohru Honda is taken into the Sohma household, she learns their deepest secret: they each turn into an animal of the Chinese Zodiac when hugged by a member of the opposite sex. |
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Fullmetal Alchemist. Vol. 1, The Land of Sand
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| Author: |
Makoto Inoue |
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The Elric brothers, one a soul trapped in an iron suit and the other with two artificial cyber limbs, carry out orders for the government while trying to discover the philosopher's stone. |
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Kare First Love. Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Kaho Miyasaka |
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Shy, awkward Karin Karino meets a hot boy from a local boy's school, who showers her with attention. Her friend Yuka seethes with jealousy over Kiriya's interest in Karin. |
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Laika
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| Author: |
Nick Abadzis |
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Join the puppy Laika as she becomes the first living creature launched into outer space. |
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Mars. Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Fuyumi Soryo |
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When Rei, the school bad boy, connects with Kira, a shy, studious artist they find romance, but also a lot of turmoil. |
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Marvels
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| Author: |
Kurt Busiek |
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Discover the creation of Marvel Universe through the eyes of news photographer Phil Sheldon. Spider-Man, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Avengers and your other favorites all make appearances. |
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Naruto. Vol. 1, The Tests of the Ninja
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| Author: |
Masashi Kishimoto |
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Prankster and struggling student Uzumaki Naruto strives to graduate from the ninja Academy and become the village leader, or Hokage, all the while unaware of a powerful force within him. |
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Oh My Goddess! Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Kosuke Fujishima
Kosuke Fujishima |
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Dial the wrong help number and you, like Keiichi, might find your life forever changed with the addition of a goddess. |
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Peach Girl. Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Miwa Ueda |
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Beautiful Momo appears to be a party girl, but she's really shy and lonely, especially after her best friend spreads vicious rumors about her and tries to steal the boy Momo loves. |
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| Title: |
Persepolis
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| Author: |
Marjane Satrapi |
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Marjane's relatively carefree life changes in 1979 after war engulfs Iran and a new fundamentalist government restricts freedoms, especially for women. |
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| Title: |
Plain Janes
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| Author: |
Cecil Castellucci |
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After a terrorist attack in the city, Janes family moves to the suburbs where Jane teams up with three other Janes to form P.L.A.I.N. (People Loving Art in Neighborhoods), but their random acts of art are misunderstood by their fearful community. |
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Planetes. Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Makoto Yukimura |
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While Yuri buries his grief from his wife's death by working as a debris-man to clean space debris from earths orbit, he meets several other odd characters who he makes friends with. |
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Prince of Tennis. Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Takeshi Konomi |
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Ryoma joins his middle school tennis team and uses his skills to prove that an underclassman should be allowed to play in tournaments, a privilege usually only allowed to older players. |
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Ranma ½. Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Rumiko Takahasi |
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Ranma has been cursed to change into a girl when splashed with cold water; hot water will reverse the transformation. This romantic comedy has elaborate martial arts fight scenes. |
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| Title: |
Re-gifters
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| Author: |
Mike Carey |
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Dixie uses her entrance fee to the national hapkido tournament to buy an expensive gift for her crush, Adam. But winning a seat in the street sweeps turns out to be harder than Dixie expected. |
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Runaways. Vol. 1, Pride and Joy
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| Author: |
Brian Vaughan |
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Meet these unusual superheroes who band together to make up for their super villain parents. |
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Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Vol. 1, Super Crush
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| Author: |
Sean McKeever |
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Follow the Spider-Man story from Mary Jane's point of view, starting in high school with all the drama between Peter, Harry, and a variety of new characters. |
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Yotsuba&! Vol. 1
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| Author: |
Kiyohiko Azuma |
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Follow Yotsuba and her crazy green hair as she discovers the excitement of her new city. |
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