Monday, April 14, 2025

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Comics & Graphic Novels 2025-04-14

Chugong, h-goon, DUBU(REDICE DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), J. Torres, HYE YOUNG IM & Abigail Blackman - Solo Leveling, Vol. 11 (comic) artwork Solo Leveling, Vol. 11 (comic)
Chugong, h-goon, DUBU(REDICE DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), J. Torres, HYE YOUNG IM & Abigail Blackman
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: February 18, 2025
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

After saving Jinho from the vengeful Dongsoo Hwang, Jinwoo makes a public declaration that he will protect his family and friends no matter what. But when a close ally is killed in a sudden attack by the otherworldly Monarchs, Jinwoo is forced to reexamine who it is he wants to protect—and just how far he’ll go to do so.



Yuto Suzuki - Sakamoto Days, Vol. 9 artwork Sakamoto Days, Vol. 9
Hard Mode
Yuto Suzuki
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: August 01, 2023
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Sakamoto comes running to Shin’s aid and clashes violently with Shinaya, who’s being controlled by Gaku! Our heroes are striving to get information on X, who continues to operate in the shadows, but nothing has gone as planned during the JCC transfer test. How will it all end?!



Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao & Touco Shino - The Apothecary Diaries 01 (Manga) artwork The Apothecary Diaries 01 (Manga)
Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao & Touco Shino
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: December 08, 2020
Publisher: Square Enix
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

After breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster...and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated period mystery series! Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn't long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a "curse" afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and...solving mysteries?!



Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao & Touco Shino - The Apothecary Diaries 02 (Manga) artwork The Apothecary Diaries 02 (Manga)
Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao & Touco Shino
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: February 09, 2021
Publisher: Square Enix
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

After breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster...and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated period mystery series! Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn't long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a "curse" afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. But Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and...solving mysteries?!



Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye & Abigail Blackman - The Summer Hikaru Died, Chapter 32.1 artwork The Summer Hikaru Died, Chapter 32.1
Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye & Abigail Blackman
Genre: Manga
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: December 06, 2024
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

An unending series of suicides sends the villagers into a panic, and the culprit may not be who they think it is. Meanwhile, just what could Tanaka be up to…?



Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao & Touco Shino - The Apothecary Diaries 03 (Manga) artwork The Apothecary Diaries 03 (Manga)
Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao & Touco Shino
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: September 14, 2021
Publisher: Square Enix
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

After putting on a successful and sensual(?) show of food tasting at the garden banquet, Maomao is the talk of the palace! But she soon discovers that notoriety isn’t the only thing the party has granted her! Her collection of hairpins from the event brings the young herbalist a brief window of freedom beyond the palace walls, as she returns to the pleasure district for the first time in ten months! But while reunions with her father and her friends await, so too does another mystery… After explaining to Jinshi the circumstances behind the poisoned cup at the garden party, Maomao returns home to the pleasure district for the first time in ten months, thanks to the ornate hairpin she received at the party. But there, she gets swept up in yet another mystery?!



Suu Morishita - A Sign of Affection Volume 4 artwork A Sign of Affection Volume 4
Suu Morishita
Genre: Manga
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: August 31, 2021
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

“I wish Itsuomi-san would take me into his world…”   Yuki, a deaf college student who’s led a relatively sheltered life, has just taken a huge step: She’s got a boyfriend! And he seems like a keeper: Itsuomi is a multilingual globetrotter who works hard, and he’s a knockout, to boot. Yuki can still scarcely believe that Itsuomi casually dropped the question, “Wanna go out with me?” And she can’t help wondering, when will Itsuomi start to open up to her about his past, and his dreams for the future? Is this a whim, or is it real?



Suu Morishita - A Sign of Affection Volume 5 artwork A Sign of Affection Volume 5
Suu Morishita
Genre: Manga
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: December 14, 2021
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

I wonder, will these extraordinary things, bit by bit, become… ordinary? Yuki’s life revolved around friends, fashion, her classes, and social media, until something interrupted her routine: a chance meeting with Itsuomi, a classmate with a passion for languages, world travel, movies—and, increasingly, for Yuki. Amazed at how casually Itsuomi asked her out, Yuki couldn’t help but wonder how serious this relationship was for him, but, with Itsuomi showing his devotion in little ways, every day, another thrilling thought has entered her mind: What if this new happiness could become her new normal?



Leela Corman - Unterzakhn artwork Unterzakhn
Leela Corman
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: April 03, 2012
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

A mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel of immigrant life on New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the twentieth century, as seen through the eyes of twin sisters whose lives take radically and tragically different paths. “A haunting and often heartbreaking look at Eastern European Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century [and] also a story about women, power, and bodies.” — Austin American-Statesman For six-year-old Esther and Fanya, the teeming streets of New York’s Lower East Side circa 1910 are both a fascinating playground and a place where life’s lessons are learned quickly and often cruelly. In drawings that capture both the tumult and the telling details of that street life, Unterzakhn (Yiddish for “Underthings”) tells the story of these sisters: as wide-eyed little girls absorbing the sights and sounds of a neighborhood of struggling immigrants; as teenagers taking their own tentative steps into the wider world (Esther working for a woman who runs both a burlesque theater and a whorehouse, Fanya for an obstetrician who also performs illegal abortions); and, finally, as adults battling for their own piece of the “golden land,” where the difference between just barely surviving and triumphantly succeeding involves, for each of them, painful decisions that will have unavoidably tragic repercussions.



Jeff Smith - Bone T02 artwork Bone T02
La Grande Course
Jeff Smith
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: February 15, 2017
Publisher: Delcourt
Seller: Hachette Livre

Chassés de Boneville, les trois cousins Bone arrivent dans une forêt qui ne figure sur aucune carte. Ils y découvrent un monde où une guerre ancestrale est sur le point de reprendre et y rencontrent un dragon fumeur de cigarettes, des rats-garous mangeurs de quiches, la jolie Thorne et sa grand-mère, capable de battre un troupeau de vaches à la course...



Yuto Suzuki - Sakamoto Days, Vol. 10 artwork Sakamoto Days, Vol. 10
Yuto Suzuki
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: December 05, 2023
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

As Sakamoto and his friends hunt for the database at the JCC, Shin winds up in a serious duel with a teacher who might have information on what they want. Meanwhile, Sakamoto deals with Amane, a boy with a connection to X. Thanks to X’s schemes, the JCC faces an unprecedented crisis!



Jyun Hayase, Yue Matsuyuki, Yasuyuki Torikai, Katie Blakeslee & Kei Coffman - The Fiancee Chosen by the Ring, Vol. 1 artwork The Fiancee Chosen by the Ring, Vol. 1
Jyun Hayase, Yue Matsuyuki, Yasuyuki Torikai, Katie Blakeslee & Kei Coffman
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: June 14, 2022
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

Aurora el la Porta is a noblewoman with one love -- the art of embroidery. While she attends the lavish evening parties her peers so adore, she’s not looking for a dance but inspiration for a new design! On one such night, distracted by the many beautiful dresses on display, she’s struck in the face by a mysterious wedding ring. When she picks it up, one of the finest knights in the kingdom approaches, declaring her his new fiancée! Aurora has no idea what’s going on, but one thing’s for sure -- she’s got a big decision to make...



Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie - Aya de Yopougon (Tome 6) artwork Aya de Yopougon (Tome 6)
Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $22.99
Publish Date: August 17, 2022
Publisher: Éditions Gallimard BD
Seller: GALLIMARD LIMITEE

À Yopougon, comme à Paris, les histoires se dénouent, les vérités éclatent et chacun va devoir faire face à son destin. À commencer par Aya, qui a toujours un compte à régler avec son prof de biologie, le harceleur. Mais toutes les vérités sont-elles bonnes à dire et les histoires toutes réglées ?



Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye & Abigail Blackman - The Summer Hikaru Died, Chapter 32.3 artwork The Summer Hikaru Died, Chapter 32.3
Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye & Abigail Blackman
Genre: Manga
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: December 17, 2024
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

Yoshiki, “Hikaru,” and Kurebayashi formulate the ultimate plan to close the holes…and get back from the other side safely. Read the next chapter of The Summer Hikaru Died the same day as Japan!



Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye & Abigail Blackman - The Summer Hikaru Died, Chapter 32.2 artwork The Summer Hikaru Died, Chapter 32.2
Mokumokuren, Ajani Oloye & Abigail Blackman
Genre: Manga
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: December 10, 2024
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

Tired of standing by while Yoshiki and the others risk their lives, Asako takes on a dangerous task of her own. Read the next chapter of The Summer Hikaru Died the same day as Japan!



Junko Murakami & Lynne Graham - The Spanish Groom (Harlequin Comics) artwork The Spanish Groom (Harlequin Comics)
Junko Murakami & Lynne Graham
Genre: Josei Manga
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: May 27, 2015
Publisher: Harlequin Comics
Seller: SB Creative Corp.

When the powerful César proposes to Dixie, she can’t say no. For one thing, she needs the money. And it’s for a good cause—César’s grandfather Jasper in in poor health, and Dixie’s very fond of Jasper. Their fake marriage will make Jasper happy and help dig Dixie out of debt. What could possibly go wrong?



Tohru Tagura, Leighann Harvey & Dietrich Premier - Nomi x Shiba, Vol. 2 artwork Nomi x Shiba, Vol. 2
Tohru Tagura, Leighann Harvey & Dietrich Premier
Genre: BL Manga
Price: $9.99
Expected Publish Date: July 22, 2025
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

Drip, drip, droppity drop—after a slippery, steamy confession, it's only the beginning for Nomiya and Mikoshiba! Still, now that he has permission to actually touch the guy he’s been not-so-secretly panting after, Nomiya’s not sure his heart can take Mikoshiba’s killer cuteness...



Tadashi Kubou - The Water Magician (Manga): Volume 4 artwork The Water Magician (Manga): Volume 4
Tadashi Kubou
Genre: Fantasy Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: April 09, 2025
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Seller: M12 Media LLC

Portents warn of a Great Tidal Bore—a calamity that strikes once every decade wherein monsters surge up from the depths of Lune’s dungeon. The signs have been growing stronger day by day...but the easygoing Ryo never notices, immersed as he is in his hobbies. And then, it finally happens while he’s holed up in the library seeking more knowledge about alchemy! The guild and its adventurers fight off tens of thousands of goblins. Just as they find themselves exhausted by the seemingly never-ending battle, the goblin king appears. How will Abel and his comrades handle this unforeseen enemy...?! Find out in the fourth manga volume of the adventure featuring the strongest water magician who just wants to live life at his own pace!



Eiko Mutsuhana & Gin Shirakawa - Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me (Manga) Vol. 1 artwork Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me (Manga) Vol. 1
Eiko Mutsuhana & Gin Shirakawa
Genre: Isekai Manga
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: July 09, 2024
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Oriana, a seventeen-year-old magic student, suddenly dies alongside her boyfriend, Vincent. However, she returns from death in the body of her seven-year-old self with the memories of her past life intact--except for the knowledge of what killed her. She fantasizes for years about reuniting with her beloved, but when they finally meet, Vincent doesn't remember her! Can she make Vincent fall in love with her again and avoid the death that started this mysterious time loop?



Tohru Tagura - Nomi & Shiba - Tome 4 (VF) artwork Nomi & Shiba - Tome 4 (VF)
Tohru Tagura
Genre: Romance Manga
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: February 15, 2024
Publisher: Akata
Seller: Interforum, S.A.

Aaaaah, l'adolescence ! Cette période si particulière, accompagnée de la découverte des premiers émois et du désir... Nomiya vient d'intégrer l'internat d'un lycée pour garçons. Et alors qu'il ne s'était jamais vraiment intéressé à l'amour, il doit maintenant se rendre à l'évidence : Shiba, son camarade de chambre, ne le laisse pas (du tout !) indifférent... Mais comment lui avouer tout ce qu'il ressent (y compris en dessous de la ceinture) alors qu'il a encore du mal à le comprendre lui-même ? La valse maladroite de ses deux adolescents un peu bêtas peut alors commencer... pour le meilleur et pour le rire !



Hazama Amano, Sato Tsukishima & Kazutomo Miya - How a Single Gold Coin Can Change an Adventurer's Life #027 artwork How a Single Gold Coin Can Change an Adventurer's Life #027
Hazama Amano, Sato Tsukishima & Kazutomo Miya
Genre: Manga
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: August 25, 2023
Publisher: Square Enix
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

An action-packed fantasy manga telling the rags to riches tale of an adventurer with a big dreams! Wannabe adventurer Istolfa dreams of becoming a first-class adventurer and earns a small amount of money by collecting herbs, but no matter what he does, he is unable to escape from life on the streets. One day he runs into the light elf Stella, who...gives him one single gold coin?! No tricks! No reincarnation! This is the beginning of a traditional fantasy story where a normal boy challenges a dungeon to fulfill his dreams!



Tohru Tagura - Nomi & Shiba - Tome 3 (VF) artwork Nomi & Shiba - Tome 3 (VF)
Tohru Tagura
Genre: Romance Manga
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: December 01, 2022
Publisher: Akata
Seller: Interforum, S.A.

Aaaaah, l'adolescence ! Cette période si particulière, accompagnée de la découverte des premiers émois et du désir... Nomiya vient d'intégrer l'internat d'un lycée pour garçons. Et alors qu'il ne s'était jamais vraiment intéressé à l'amour, il doit maintenant se rendre à l'évidence : Shiba, son camarade de chambre, ne le laisse pas (du tout !) indifférent... Mais comment lui avouer tout ce qu'il ressent (y compris en dessous de la ceinture) alors qu'il a encore du mal à le comprendre lui-même ? La valse maladroite de ses deux adolescents un peu bêtas peut alors commencer... pour le meilleur et pour le rire !



Tohru Tagura - Nomi et Shiba - Tome 2 artwork Nomi et Shiba - Tome 2
Tohru Tagura
Genre: Romance Manga
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: February 10, 2022
Publisher: Akata
Seller: Interforum, S.A.

Aaaaah, l'adolescence ! Cette période si particulière, accompagnée de la découverte des premiers émois et du désir... Nomiya vient d'intégrer l'internat d'un lycée pour garçons. Et alors qu'il ne s'était jamais vraiment intéressé à l'amour, il doit maintenant se rendre à l'évidence : Shiba, son camarade de chambre, ne le laisse pas (du tout !) indifférent... Mais comment lui avouer tout ce qu'il ressent (y compris en dessous de la ceinture) alors qu'il a encore du mal à le comprendre lui-même ? La valse maladroite de ses deux adolescents un peu bêtas peut alors commencer... pour le meilleur et pour le rire !



Amanda Deibert, Eve Zaremba & Selena Goulding - Work for a Million (Graphic Novel) artwork Work for a Million (Graphic Novel)
Amanda Deibert, Eve Zaremba & Selena Goulding
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: August 10, 2021
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Tightly plotted and razor sharp, Work for a Million is hard-boiled detective noir stunningly rendered against a 1970s urban backdrop. When Helen Keremos, Private Detective, is hired by a beautiful recording artist who has just won a million dollar lottery prize, her plan for a quiet life on the West Coast is quickly diverted. Helen is fiercely loyal, an independent woman whose magnetic personality and storied career make her the city's premier private eye, suspicious of all stereotypes and not afraid to bend the rules. Rising star Sonia Deerfield has been receiving blackmail threats from an anonymous caller, and though she is surrounded by her keenly invested business team of "friends," Helen wonders how trustworthy they really are. As the stakes get higher and attempts are made on their lives, the two women are drawn closer together through the twists and turns of the blackmailer's dangerous pursuit--and their chemistry is no mystery. In 1978 Eve Zaremba introduced detective Helen Keremos to readers in a pulp fiction series. The 1987 instalment of the series, Work for a Million , featured the first openly lesbian detective in genre fiction. The novel was adapted into a graphic novel in 2019 by television and comic book writer Amanda Deibert, and will be published more than forty years after readers fell in love with Helen Keremos and Eve Zaremba. Vivid historical research into Toronto of the late-1970s and a dazzling cast of familiars and foes are brought to life on the page by Canadian artist Selena Goulding in a mixture of full colour and black and white illustrations.



Suu Morishita - A Sign of Affection Volume 1 artwork A Sign of Affection Volume 1
Suu Morishita
Genre: Manga
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: March 31, 2020
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

Yuki is a college student who’s into friends and fashion. She’s also deaf. A chance meeting on a train leads to a serious crush… but can it grow into something more? A sweet and touching manga romance from the creator of Shortcake Cake! Yuki, who’s always been deaf, is used to communicating with sign language and her phone. But she’s not used to English, so when a tourist from overseas asks for directions, she nearly panics…until a handsome stranger steps in to help. His name is Itsuomi, and it turns out he’s a friend of a friend. A charismatic globetrotter, Itsuomi speaks three languages, but he’s never had a deaf friend. The two feel drawn to each other and plan a date on a romantic winter’s night…but Yuki’s friend is afraid that she might be setting herself up to get hurt. Could this be something real? Or will these feelings melt away with the snow? From the acclaimed author of Shortcake Cake, the hit shojo series with more than a million copies in print, this new work is full of real-life details about Japanese sign language and living without hearing, and it's sure to please fans of romantic stories like A Silent Voice, Kimi ni Todoke, and Love in Focus!