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  1. Death Note, Vol. 12: Finis

    by Tsugumi Ohba
    Light Yagami faces a final showdown with Kira, as the battle between justice and evil reaches its climax.

    The battle ends here! ... (Goodreads)

  2. Death Note, Vol. 9: Contact

    by Tsugumi Ohba
    Light and L's battle against one another intensifies as the forces of justice and evil clash.

    Light has always been confident in his ability to out-think everyone, but L's protégés are proving to be more of a challenge than he anticipated. The more Light mentally maneuvers, the tighter the ... (Goodreads)

  3. Death Note, Vol. 10: Deletion

    by Tsugumi Ohba
    Light Yagami's epic battle with the mysterious figure, Near, intensifies as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

    With Near openly suspecting the new L of being Kira and sowing doubt in the hearts of the taskforce members, Light is once again forced to pass the Death Note on to another to take the heat off ... (Goodreads)

  4. Bleach, Volume 03

    by Tite Kubo
    A young man discovers he has supernatural powers, and embarks on a journey to protect the innocent from evil.

    Part-time student, full-time Soul Reaper, Ichigo is one of the chosen few guardians of the afterlife. Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts—he was born with the gift. When his ... (Barnes & Noble)

  5. Naruto, Vol. 02: The Worst Client

    by Masashi Kishimoto
    Naruto and his team are hired to protect a bridge builder from bandits, but the client proves to be difficult.

    Tired of menial tasks, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura ask for a tougher assignment. But you should always be careful what you wish for! Along with their sensei, Kakashi, the trio must guard a cranky old ... (Goodreads)

  6. Naruto, Vol. 08: Life-and-Death Battles

    by Masashi Kishimoto
    Naruto and his friends face deadly challenges as they continue their ninja training and confront powerful enemies.

    As the preliminaries to the third phase of the Chūnin Exams begin, the student ninja face off against each other in no-holds-barred, one-on-one bouts. Deaf to Sakura's pleas to withdraw from the ... (Goodreads)

  7. Naruto, Vol. 05: The Challengers

    by Masashi Kishimoto
    A group of ninja face off against a powerful foe, testing their courage and strength.

    The three ninja-in-training have signed up for the Chūnin Selection Exams, which they must pass if they ever want to advance to the rank of full-fledged shinobi. They learn too late how grueling the ... (Goodreads)

  8. Chobits, Vol. 1

    by CLAMP
    A young man finds a discarded android, who happens to be a "Chobit" - a highly advanced and rare type of android with human-like emotions.

    Chi isn't your average humanoid computer. She can't do word processing, she can't connect to the Internet, and she's incapable of networking with other persocoms. Even her sound card seems broken. No ... (Goodreads)

  9. V for Vendetta

    by Alan Moore
    A dystopian future, where a mysterious vigilante fights for freedom and justice.

    On Guy Fawkes Night in London in 1997, a young girl goes to see her boss after curfew when she is sexually attacked by three men who are actually members of the state secret police , called "The ... (Wikipedia)

  10. One Piece, Volume 5: For Whom the Bell Tolls

    by Eiichiro Oda
    Monkey D. Luffy and his crew face off against the tyrannical Captain Kuro and his band of pirates.

    Once upon a time, Usopp was just a local boy with a talent for tall tales. Everyone in his little seaside village knew him as the joker who claimed to be a pirate captain and woke people up in the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  11. One Piece, Volume 6: The Oath

    by Eiichiro Oda
    Monkey D. Luffy and his crew face off against Captain Kuro and his band of pirates in a battle for their hometown.

    Luffy's pirates thought they were just stopping in for a quick bite...but now Luffy's been made a busboy on Baratie, the oceangoing restaurant, and it turns out some of the worst-mannered pirates on ... (Goodreads)

  12. Death Note: Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

    by NisiOisiN
    A prequel to the popular manga series, following the investigation of a serial killer in Los Angeles.

    The story is narrated by Mello , a character from the manga. It recounts the time the detective L worked with FBI agent Naomi Misora to stop a violent serial killer. The murderer calls himself ... (Wikipedia)

  13. One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn

    by Eiichiro Oda
    A young pirate's swashbuckling adventure to become the King of the Pirates.

    A new shonen sensation in Japan, this series features Monkey D. Luffy, whose main ambition is to become a pirate. Eating the Gum-Gum Fruit gives him strange powers but also invokes the fruit's curse: ... (Goodreads)

  14. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 7

    by Hiromu Arakawa
    Brothers Edward and Alphonse continue their quest for the Philosopher's Stone, facing new enemies and uncovering dark secrets.

    Alchemy tore the Elric brothers’ bodies apart. Can their bond make them whole again? A hardcover collector’s edition of one of the most beloved manga and anime of all time! Fully remastered with an ... (Barnes & Noble)

  15. Garden of Shadows

    by V.C. Andrews
    A family's dark secrets are revealed as they struggle to maintain their wealth and status.

    Tall, plain Olivia Winfield is rescued from spinsterhood by the smart and handsome Malcolm Foxworth. She thinks she has found "the one" since this is the first man to ever show interest in her. ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Fruits Basket, Vol. 18

    by Natsuki Takaya
    Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo continue to learn more about each other and themselves as they struggle to accept their fate.

    As rumors swirl about Machi trying to kill her little brother, Kakeru figures that the only person who can get the truth out of her is Yuki. But when the two of them visit her, they learn a shocking ... (Goodreads)

  17. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 2

    by Hiromu Arakawa
    A brother and sister strive to restore their bodies after a failed alchemical experiment.

    In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical "auto-mail" limbs, Edward ... (Goodreads)

  18. Loveless, Volume 01

    by Yun Kouga
    A young couple's struggle to find a missing person and their own place in the world.

    The long-awaited continuation of the best-selling series, a masterpiece tale of intrigue and innocence lost. Ritsuka Aoyagi is alone in the world—never fitting in at school and alienated from his own ... (Barnes & Noble)

  19. Battle Royale

    by Koushun Takami
    High school students forced to fight to the death in a dystopian society.

    Battle Royale takes place in a fictional fascist Japan in the year 1997. The state, known as the Republic of Greater East Asia (,大東亜共和国,, Dai Tōa Kyōwakoku,) , arose after an alternate World War 2 ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Robot Dreams

    by Isaac Asimov
    Exploration of the potential of artificial intelligence, and the ethical considerations of robotics.

    Robot Dreams collects 21 of Isaac Asimov's short stories spanning the body of his fiction from the 1940s to the 1980s–--exploring not only the future of technology, but the future of humanity's ... (Goodreads)

  21. The Fall of Five

    by Pittacus Lore
    The Lorien Legacies continue as the Garde face their toughest challenge yet. Betrayal, action, and suspense ensue.

    The Fall of Five opens with Sam, reliving his experience of torture from Setrákus Ra. He is then taken to Dulce Base before being rescued by Adam, a mogadorian, and his father, Malcolm. Adam holds ... (Wikipedia)

  22. Fruits Basket, Vol. 13

    by Natsuki Takaya
    Tohru Honda continues to navigate the Sohma family's curse and their complicated relationships, while facing her own feelings for Kyo and Yuki.

    The number one manga in America continues! The time for Yuki's parent-teacher conference has finally arrived, and Yuki must learn how to make his own decisions if he wants to have a say about his ... (Goodreads)

  23. Vampire Mountain

    by Darren Shan
    Half-vampire Darren Shan and his allies journey to Vampire Mountain to attend a council meeting and face their deadliest foes.

    In the fourth book of the bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on ... (Goodreads)

  24. Fruits Basket, Vol. 2

    by Natsuki Takaya
    A young girl's journey of self-acceptance, overcoming personal obstacles with the help of her newfound friends.

    When she was living in a tent pitched on the Sohma family's land, Tohru Honda's primary concerns were dirt and slugs. But now that she's living with the Sohmas, she's gotten a crash course in magical ... (Barnes & Noble)

  25. Malice

    by Keigo Higashino
    A gripping murder mystery full of unexpected twists and turns.

    Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a ... (Goodreads)

  26. Nexus

    by Ramez Naam
    A thrilling tale of hackers, scientists, and criminals, all caught up in the emergence of a revolutionary new technology.

    Samantha Cataranes (Sam), an agent for the Emerging Risks Directorate (ERD) of the United States government, arrives undercover at a party looking for Kaden Lane. Kaden is there testing Nexus 5, an ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Kafka on the Shore

    by Haruki Murakami
    A surreal journey of self-discovery, exploring the boundaries between the real and surreal.

    Comprising two distinct but interrelated plots, the narrative runs back and forth between both plots, taking up each plotline in alternating chapters. The odd-numbered chapters tell the 15-year-old ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare

    by Darren Shan
    A teenage boy embarks on a thrilling journey to an underground world of vampires and monsters.

    Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a wonderfully gothic freak show featuring weird, frightening half human/half animals who interact terrifyingly with the ... (Goodreads)

  29. Yotsuba&!, Vol. 1

    by Kiyohiko Azuma
    A heartwarming and humorous manga about a young girl named Yotsuba and her adventures in a new town.

    Presents the story of the new kid in town - little Yotsuba, a green-haired and wide-eyed girl who doesn't have a clue... about anything! With no knowledge of the world around her, and an unnatural ... (Goodreads)

  30. Ark Angel

    by Anthony Horowitz
    A teenage spy embarks on a mission to save the world from a criminal mastermind.

    Maximilian Webber, a former SAS man, gives a speech denouncing an extreme eco-terrorist organisation known as Force Three (named after Earth being the third planet from the sun ). After the speech, ... (Wikipedia)