Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2024

The comic award, “Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics,” conducts a survey among bookstore employees nationwide to gather recommendations for “manga they want many people to read” and “manga they want to recommend to everyone,” presenting the results in a ranking format.

This year marks the memorable 20th edition, with many bookstore employees participating, and the top 15 ranked works have been announced. Let's take a look in this article at which manga have made it to the lineup this year!

1st Place
Enjoy My Solitude! Leave My Fiancé Alone

2nd Place
Phantom Busters

3rd Place
Kimi to Uchuu wo Aruku Tame ni (I Want To Walk In Space With You)

4th Place Koiseyo Mayakashi Tenshi-Domo (Fall in Love False Angels)

5th Place Futsuu no Keion-bu (Girl Meets Rock!)

6th Place Dokagui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san

7th Place Shibatsuki Bukken (Shiba Inu Rooms)

8th Place Nezumi no Hatsukoi (Nezumi's First Love)

9th Place Robou no Fujii

10th Place Host to Shachiku

11th Place Ogami Tsumiki to Kinichijou. (Tsumiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life)

12th Place Rairairai

13th Place Tonari no Neko to Koi Shirazu (Learning to Love My Cat-like Classmate)

14th Place Choujun! Choujou-senpai (Super Psychic Policeman Chojo)

15th Place Utsura Nain desu (The Ghost Doesn't Show Up)

The work that brilliantly claimed the top spot was “Enjoy My Solitude! Leave My Fiancé Alone”! At first, it seems like a classic romance manga, but it pleasantly subverts expectations. If you haven't read it yet, be sure to check it out!

A lineup of other works that made waves in 2024 is also on full display. Did any of these works catch your interest?Did any of these works catch your interest?

Publishers' Comic Editors' Recommended Comics of 2025

Next, let's introduce the comic award, Publishers' Comic Editors' Recommended Comics! This award is based on a survey conducted among publishers' comic editors, asking them to rank “frustratingly good manga from other publishers.” Let's take a look at this ranking as well!

1st Place
Akumade Kujaku no Hanashi desu. (It's Just a Story about Peacocks.)

2nd Place
Akuta no Shinigiwa

3rd Place
Kimi wo Wasurareru Koi ga Shitai

4th Place Uchi no Banri ga Osewa ni narimasu

5th Place Not Your Idol (Sayonara Miniskirt)

Featured Oishii Yosei no Sugoshikata

Featured Yumene Connect

Featured Killing Line

Featured Green Green Greens

Featured Kaiten no Albus (Albus Changes the World)

The work that claimed the top spot was “Akumade Kujaku no Hanashi desu.”! Since this ranking comes from publishers' comic editors—essentially manga professionals—it's impossible not to be intrigued...... I'll be checking out the top-ranked manga right away!

That's it for this article. See you again in the next one!