With college exams approaching, Tohko Amano - president of the literary club, closet book-eating goblin, and shameless procrastinator - does the unthinkable and declares club activities suspended! Unencumbered by the demand of his taskmistress to deliver handwritten improv stories, Konoha finds himself helping his oft-estranged classmate, Nanase Kotobuki, in the music room after school. When one of Kotobuki's friends goes missing before Christmas, though - vanishing amidst rumors of her being an "Angel of Music" - Konoha finds himself swept up in a mystery unfolding as if from the pages of Gaston Leroux's seminal work... (Source: Yen Press)

"I've been kidnapped by a bad person. Bring a change of clothes and your homework and come save me!" Duped by this seemingly earnest summons from Tohko, Konoha finds himself forced to spend his summer break at the Himekura villa, writing snacks for his greedy club president. But the shadow of a tragedy from eighty years past threatens to destroy their otherwise peaceful summer! What is the "secret" that stirs the Book Girl's imagination? (Source: Yen Press)

From Renta!: A baby and a 17-year-old boy and girl living under the same roof. I haven't even had my first kiss yet...... but am I a mother and he a father to the baby!? ...I'm spending the summer at my sister's place in the city. I open the door in excitement and find a baby in a diaper! Then a naked boy rushes out...... chasing after the baby! ...According to Tokio, my sister's stepson, she left for a honeymoon with her husband. ...Does that mean I'll be living here with him and the baby all summer!? We look like...... a married couple with their child!! **Official English:** [Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/114401), [Coolmic](https://coolmic.me/titles/55)

Tohko Amano is a perfectly ordinary Book Girl-she loves stories so much that she devours them. But some stories are too intense even for the specialists. Mysterious coded messages start to appear hinting that a ghost is stalking the school, and what can Tohko do but try to defend the book club from it? She's the president, even if she is a little . . . terrified. But when the ghost turns out to be a real girl with two souls, hovering on the edge of life and death, light and darkness, love and hatred, the Book Girl's skills-and those of Konoha, the trusty, level-headed Watson to her Sherlock Holmes-might be the only way to solve the mystery. (Source: Yen Press)

Dandadan one-shot published in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 44 (2021).

With the untimely death of third-generation bookseller Emon Koumoto, a small Tohoku town loses its last bookstore. On the eve of its closing sale, however, high schooler Musubu Enoki shows up out of nowhere claiming that the late owner had entrusted him with all the texts in the shop! As patrons come from far and wide to say their goodbyes to the store during its last week of operation, Musubu uses his ability to converse with books to reunite people with their most treasured tomes. But can these nostalgic, interconnected encounters lead him to the truth behind Emon’s demise? (Source: Yen Press)

From ANN: The America-based online bookstore Glacier Bay Books announced on Friday that it will release Glaeolia, a collection of indie manga, in English. The volume will feature more than 250 pages. Glacier Bay Books describes the collection: We're proud to announce Glaeolia, a new 250+ page English-language collection of indie manga, with stories from Arantoochika, Hiuchi tana, Kawakatsu Tokushige, Masumura Jūshichi, mogcom, Moriizumi Takehito, Morita Rui, Okuda Akiko, Onta Niwako, Shinnosuke Saika, Yamakawa Naoto, and Yosomachi. These include self-published works (dōjinshi), as well as works selected from indie manga magazines and mainstream publishers. Each volume will be numbered from a limited print run of 300. Volume 2 Contains: - "A Dream of Snow" & "From Far Away" & "Absence" & "Dancing Spirits" by [MORI Masayuki](https://mangabaka.org/author/1b2esg7/mori-masayuki) - Telephone, Sleep, Music by [KAWAKATSU Tokushige](https://mangabaka.org/author/u227lg1/kawakatsu-tokushige) - "Atom Bomb Notes" & "Computer Graphics These Days" by [MISHIMA Yoshiharu](https://mangabaka.org/author/b9jsv94/mishima-yoshiharu) - Moondog by [NAKAYAMA Nozomu](https://mangabaka.org/author/bi45lt4/nakayama-nozomu) - M1 by [NERUNO Daisuki](https://mangabaka.org/author/asiehi3/neruno-daisuki) - "Late Night Travelogue" & "Earthly Stars in the Palm of Your Hand" by [DAKE Maiko](https://mangabaka.org/author/a5lugyk/dake-maiko) - Haunted by [MORITA Ruri](https://mangabaka.org/author/of5siw0/morita-ruri) - Family Restaurant by [YAMAMOTO Miki](https://mangabaka.org/author/86p0zc2/yamamoto-miki) - Days by [INA (いな)](https://mangabaka.org/author/1lp7lj9/ina) - "Flower Petals" & "Prologue Epilogue" by [SHINO Ura](https://mangabaka.org/author/3j3m2ok/shino-ura) - Lisa's Left Hand by [OBA Kenya](https://mangabaka.org/author/8qi15cp/oba-kenya) - China by [KUROKI Masami](https://mangabaka.org/author/kziua56/kuroki-masami) Volume 3 Contains: - Everyday Scenery by [oratnir](https://mangabaka.org/author/t6vv49z/suzuwa-rintarou) - The Invisible Woman Vs The Master Swindler by [NISHIMURA Tsuchika](https://mangabaka.org/author/bbqn65i/nishimura-tsuchika) - White Dream by [ISAO Yamada](https://mangabaka.org/author/i4g8tfb/isao-yamada) - In the Douggsoup by [JUNICHIRO Saito](https://mangabaka.org/author/fzrh48l/junichiro-saito) - [September Friends](https://mangabaka.org/series/i3rao3e/kugatsu-no-yuujin) by [KOMACHIYA Suzuka](https://mangabaka.org/author/ui9m9ff/komachiya-suzuka) - 30th Century by [YOKOYAMA Yuichi](https://mangabaka.org/author/abgvqn1/yokoyama-yuuichi) - 2^999 by [YAGI Nagaharu](https://mangabaka.org/author/8stsvb4/yagi-nagaharu) - Midnight Hawks by [JUNICHIRO Saito](https://mangabaka.org/author/fzrh48l/junichiro-saito) - Move Forward by [OUMI Konomi](https://mangabaka.org/author/7pawdq2/oumi-konomi) - Impatient Ms. S by [KOYUBI](https://mangabaka.org/author/v1itjgh/koyubi) - Rain in Nakasu by [HADENA Kangofu](https://mangabaka.org/author/2pa9n6v/hade-na-kangofu) - Specimen Room of Existence by [MITSUHASHI Kotaro](https://mangabaka.org/author/57eqh81/mitsuhashi-kotaro) - [Baby It's You](https://mangabaka.org/series/qcxul63/abayo-baby-it-s-you) by [FUKITSU Reiji](https://mangabaka.org/author/23f4tns/fukitsu-reiji) - New York Diaries by [KONDOH Akino](https://mangabaka.org/author/sr2uwxv/kondoh-akino)

Renta: Haruki, a member of the school film studies club, always gets his way, while the slightest touch sends the timid club president Rio into a panic. Their romantic relationship just won't go anywhere! One day, a movie inspires Haruki to kiss Rio in the empty clubroom, but it only makes Rio avoid him like the plague. Eventually, Haruki snaps, only to realize that Rio hadn't the slightest awareness they were even dating! A rollercoaster of a love story starring bashful, ridiculously beautiful characters!

**A sexy bet will decide her future!** Missy works as a secretary for CEO Sebastian, but as soon as she arrives in Las Vegas on business, she hands him her resignation. It’s her thirtieth birthday, and after working day and night for years with barely any time off, she’s decided to call it quits. Taking off her glasses and undoing her braid, Missy gets into a sexy dress and heads to the casino. Sebastian shows up and sees her, desire lighting up his eyes. She challenges him to a bet. If he wins, she’ll go back to work. If she wins, he’ll have to spend a night with her!

This collection of three stories by Akino Kondoh presents some of the cartoonist and animator's best known work for Ax, Japan's premier venue for alternative manga, and a recent story about life in New York City. Quiet stories of contemplation, mixed with the surreal strangeness just beyond conscious thought: pushing events into the background until you forget what they were, a girl feeling a strange presence as she goes to sleep, and losing part of yourself in preparing for someone's return.

[Taken from FictionDB:] Two of a kind. The cards had dealt Nickie Sheridan a shameful secret, and resisting the charms of a cunning, all too capable lawyer with a penchant for snooping was a must. Down to her last dollar, evicted and alone, Nickie had become the reluctant recipient of Cal Harrison's caring ways and warm kisses. But when her handsome hero learned the truth, she'd receive a lifetime sentence of a broken heart... According to Cal, there was nothing like a woman of mystery--except when that woman's sad eyes evoked memories of a time when he hadn't done all he could. Nickie needed looking after, and Cal had appointed himself her bodyguard... in every sense of the word. And after he'd won Nickie's trust, he'd work on winning her hand...