The literature industry is suffering from the publishing recession. While the literary magazine 'Mokuren' was grieving over the present state of affairs, a composition intended for their Newcomer's Award was sent to their editing department. However, it completely ignored the application rules. It should have been torn to shreds, but the work caught the eye of a sole editor. As a result, the world began to change.... more>>

Note: Won the 10th Manga Taisho in 2017 and the 64th Shogakukan Award in 2018 for General Manga Category <<less

Yori Iwatani is close to her 40s and is giving up on love and marriage. She has decided to live a quiet solitary life in... more>> her hometown. But when a handsome former classmate appears, things change for her. <<less

The new series will continue to follow the lives of Iku and Dojo, as well as Tezuka, Shibasaki, Komaki, Marie, and others.

Magnus is a skilled wizard with the ability to use various attributes.... more>>

Unfortunately the leader of his party orders him to cast spells that have no effect on the monsters they fight. The members of his party think he's useless and mistreat him, one night, after another bout of insults, he is expelled from his party. Downtrodden he's approached by a merchant who saw how he was mistreated and is gifted a certain book… A book containing the entirety of the world's knowledge.

Now it's his turn to shine and rise above the party that thought him to be useless. <<less

Akari, who loves books, moves to Tokyo to go work at the head office of a bookstore. There she meets the assistant manager Terayama Morizou,... more>> who loves books more than people. Up 'til now Akari hasn't worked at such a large store yet so she feels a lot of pressure, but at the same time she realizes she really loves her job. This manga depicts the struggles she experiences at work as well as in her personal life. <<less

Tsukina is summoned to another world and is told by a talking orb who introduces itself as a god that she is to be the... more>> savior of another world and that she is to balance it with her high magical power, whatever that means. Being already in her thirties, she refuses at first and tells the orb to leave it to those that are younger. Though there are already others that have been summoned to that world, it insists that she go, telling her that it'll grant her any wish in return. In response, she asks to have the strongest protection magic and requests for a function that allows her to summon any item as long as she googles for it. Thus begins her leisurely life in another world as she sets up a quiet and remote book café. <<less

Hajin was just an ordinary girl who was excited about starting her college life. But her dream is shattered when she gets into a car accident. ... more>>

The next thing she knew, she was Matilda Howard living in a fantasy world!

Not only that, but she also realizes she has a secret ability; she can turn people's memories into a book!

Although she never intended to reveal her ability to anyone, she decides to help beloved King Daden, who suffers from insomnia. That is when Hajin finds out about the dark past Daden has been hiding from everyone... <<less

Rozemyne awakens from her two-year sleep to a world that isn’t as she remembers it. The strange sensation fills her with unease, but she has... more>> no time to rest—she is soon to be enrolled in the Royal Academy as an archduke candidate, where she will be taught how to control her mana, make magic tools, and perform the magic needed to rule as an archduke. She begins dormitory life with colorful teachers and students from other duchies, aiming to be the best big sister possible... but there is little chance things will go according to plan when there is a massive library on the premises. She charges there at once, the other archduke candidates and even the royal family disappearing from her mind entirely. She truly will do anything for books! Now begins a new chapter of this biblio-fantasy, with a school as its setting! <<less

In a distant world reminiscent of the Arabian Nights, a mysterious young elf-child etched by a difficult life in the slums of a remote village with his elder sister.... more>>

One day, he encountered Sedona, a librarian from the greatest library of the land, and the two formed a bond as they began their adventure in a fantastic and wondrous world. <<less

Shoutaro is a man of few words. He manages a used books store called Mononobe Koshoten and has an efficient young boy named Shiro to... more>> help out with the work while he reads the day away. But behind this normal and mundane facade Shoutaro has another job: the collection of some rather unpleasant old books… <<less

This is a complicated yet innocent love story that started from a reunion!!!... more>>

Soetani Udzuki, whose pet theory is that "All handsome men have a hidden dark side", is a contract worker who lives a modest yet peaceful life with her pet cat, Jujumaru.

Recently, to better protect her life with Jujumaru, Udzuki accepted her company's offer to make her a permanent employee. But the workload turned out to be harder than she imagined and one day, Jujumaru even fell sick. When she had to choose between her job and her cat, that's when the man next door called out to her. He turned out to be Yamada Aki, the man she couldn't forget even if she wanted to.

Since then, Aki has constantly tried to concern himself with her but Udzuki has sworn to herself to not involve herself with him... <<less

Ohn can’t stand men, and he’s determined to stay away from them at all costs. Little does he know that the shy, soft-spoken Seo-woo is... more>> crushing on him hard. So hard, in fact, that he’s recruited his more confident twin brother, Jae-woo, to act as his double and approach Ohn. But as Jae-woo starts putting a little too much of his own heart into the act, the line between who’s courting Ohn gets blurred. Will the brothers break through Ohn’s hatred of men? And if so, which twin will be the one to win Ohn’s heart? <<less

That is the world where Ayakashi lives. ... more>>

The sun sound doesnt shine, and there was one person Naori living in a world where there are many suspicious creatures who eat humans.

As a child Naori founds herself lost in the World of the ayakashi.She runs a bookstore with her ayakashi adoptive father, Shinonome, and meets a youth named Suimei who is bleeding and faints..

It’s fun, scary, and… a sad, ghostly story. <<less

Kanoko Tsukishiro is a 26 year old woman who's never been in love. She works in the editorial department. Saku Kagaya is a popular novelist... more>> who can not love. Somehow, they end up falling in love with each other. <<less

Nishi Uko's Collectors is about two women in a relationship who disapprove of each other's spending habits.

In the Meiji restoration period of Japan, the government bans ghost stories and tales about demons. Despite this, a rental book shop called “the Reflected... more>> Rabbit” lends out books about ghouls and ghosts to its patrons. <<less

The protagonist was arrested for treason because her fanfic, which she wrote as a hobby, was so popular that it reached the ears of the Imperial Family.... more>>

However, thanks to that fanfic, the image of the first prince improved, and her older sister, the princess, keeps the protagonist by her side to take advantage of it politically.

Thanks to that, the protagonist can stan to her heart's content while the prince is uncomfortable with such protagonist. They bicker back and forth but they start to get closer to each other. <<less

Book-loving student Mitake Alice is a normal-looking girl when she has her glasses on, but when she takes off her glasses... she becomes the most... more>> beautiful woman in the world. Alice without her glasses is so beautiful, she has even charmed all of the fictional male characters in the fairy tales that she loves to read. Now, the fairy tale female characters like Snow White and Cinderella are out on a hunt to annihilate Alice to gain back each of their corresponding princes. Will Alice survive the onslaught of princess assassins? [DrCoke] <<less

Jooyoung, who was forced to become the Student Council President, picks up a strange book in the Student Council Room. Right after, he ran into Sanghyuk, an infamous delinquent in school, who made a ruckus in the hallway. Before he knew it, Jooyoung came home with the book in his hand.... more>>

After that incident, Joo-young kept on getting strange dreams of Sanghyuk... as he becomes conscious of the latter. What is to become of this encounter? <<less

When a mysterious boy who always holds a black book in his hands sleeps he dreams grotesque things.

Lotus is a book clerk who works hard to succeed the bookstore in his parents' home. One day, when I got a mysterious book at... more>> work, I was taken to another world! The way to return is to live deeply with people in this world. To that end, lotus who is about to start work has come to talk about whether to open a bookstore. Lotus decides to start a bookstore from scratch, but ...!? A bookstore clerk who loves books, a different world work fantasy, a long-awaited comicalization! <<less

Terminology Explained:... more>>

Guo Shi: Teacher of the Realm. An official or honorary title given to prestigious religious masters in China.

Description: An erotica book suddenly became human. She just wanted to cultivate, sleep, and flirt with Guo Shi. Yet...every object around her seems to come to life? Oh, and the dragon throne wants to bang the emperor too!

(Little skin is shown but not too much skin so beware)

(Source: MangaDex) <<less

This manga anthology includes three stories, recommended and awarded by Hakusensha! The title work and the first story, “Hana Yanagi”, is a heart wrenching love... more>> story that takes place in the red light district. The 2nd story, “A Bird of Your Color”, follows Tiana, a young woman with blue hair. Lastly “Dame Maid”, a story of a hopelessly lacking maid and a cute and little, young master. <<less

The story is set in the Taisho Era at the beginning of the 20th century — except the era did not end in 15 years (as it did in real life) but lasted 25 years. ... more>>

To protect her family who fell from their former glory, a girl decides to marry a man whose name she does not even know. However, before she does, her little brother commits suicide in a mysterious fire, with an old book in hand.

The Imperial Library Information Assets Management Bureau — also known as "Fukurō" — then appears before the confused girl.

According to the Fukurō, there exists books called Maremono, which exert a great influence on those who read it. Moreover, the girl gained the ability to see an "Aura" due to the incident with her brother. Despite her confusion, the girl chooses to leave the "birdcage" of her former life. [ANN] <<less