Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness

10 best books like Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness (Nahoko Uehashi): Dragon Sword and Wind Child, Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World, The Shadow Speaker, Half World, Eidi: The Children of Crow Cove, Tiger Moon, The Monster on the Road Is Me, Invisible Touch, The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas, Zaregoto, Book 2: The Kubishime Romanticist

Dragon Sword and Wind Child

Author	Noriko Ogiwara
ISBN	1421515016

In the land of Toyoashihara, the forces of the God of Light and the Goddess of Darkness have waged war for generations. But for 15-year old Saya, the war is far away and unimportant--until the day she discovers she is the reincarnation of the Water Maiden and a princess of the Children of the Dark. Raised...

Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World

Author	Keiichi Sigsawa
ISBN	1598164554

When I first watched Tabi no Kino the anime, I was moved to tears more than once. It is a poignant series that while disjointed on some level, still conveys a great depth of feeling and an insatiable need to know on the part of the protagonist. I'm afraid that I dislike the translation of the novel. I'm sure...

The Shadow Speaker

Author	Nnedi Okorafor
ISBN	1423100336

I am so torn over this book. It's a post-apocalyptic dystopian future fantasy set in West Africa, starring a teen girl with magic powers who goes on a quest with a really kickass warrior queen, the queen's two husbands, another teen with magic powers, and some talking animals. It should have been SO GOOD....

Half World

Author	Hiromi Goto
ISBN	0670069655

I almost gave up on this during the very flat (despite hideous monsters and grossness) prologue which explains the three worlds: Life (our world), Spirit (a heaven-like realm where souls are healed before being reborn), and the Half World, which is supposed to be like Purgatory but isn't because by...

Eidi: The Children of Crow Cove

Author	Bodil Bredsdorff
ISBN	0374312672

Some years have passed since the Crow-Girl set off on a journey, met Eidi and her mother, Foula, along with a few others, and persuaded them to come live near the little cove where a brook runs out to the sea. But when Foula has another baby, Eidi feels there's no longer room for her in the settlement. So she...

Tiger Moon

Author

Antonia Michaelis

Fate brings together a talking tiger, a doomed princess, and a rascally thief in a thrilling, old-fashioned tale from an exciting, internationally acclaimed new talent.

How does a story of India begin?

Does it begin with the three rivers—the Ganges, the Yamuna, the unseen Sarasvati...

The Monster on the Road Is Me

Author	J.P. Romney
ISBN	0374316546

It starts with the crows. When you see them, you know he s found you.

Koda Okita is a high school student in modern-day Japan who isn't very popular. He suffers from narcolepsy and has to wear a watermelon-sized helmet to protect his head in case he falls. But Koda couldn't care less about his low...

Invisible Touch

Author	Kelly Parra
ISBN	1416563377

Kara Martinez has been trying to be "normal" ever since the accident that took her father's life when she was eleven years old. She's buried the caliente side of her Mexican heritage with her father and tried to be the girl her rigid mother wants her to be -- compliant and dressed in pink, and certainly not...

The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas

Author	Fuyumi Ono
ISBN	1598169483

When only an eggfruit, the kirin of the En Kingdom, Rokuta, was transported to Japan for his own protection. But he was abandoned soon after birth by his surrogate parents, left to fend for himself in the mountains. It just so happened that at the same time, a young boy in the En Kingdom named Koya was also...

Zaregoto, Book 2: The Kubishime Romanticist

Author	NisiOisiN
ISBN	0345505786

College is a whole new adventure, rife with challenges, opportunities, and cold-blooded killers.
 
Fresh from unmasking an assassin on a posh island paradise, Ii-chan is finally an ultra-cool college student—jaded, sarcastic, and not exactly consumed by academic ambition. Now more...

Crest of the Stars 1: Princess of the Empire

Author	Hiroyuki Morioka
ISBN	1598165755

Planet Martine is suddenly attacked! The alien invaders are known as the Abh. They are of human origin, but have been genetically modified so that each Abh has superior talent, skill, beauty, and longevity.

In the face of the Abh's awesome military power, Martine's president surrenders without...

One Night Stand

Author	Shouji Gatou
ISBN	1427802440

When Kalinin and Tessa investigate the capture of a suspected terrorist by the Japanese governement, they expect the procedure to be routine, but find it's anything but! Then, when Tessa turns to Sousuke for help, a seemingly jilted Kaname only increases the drama quotient. And the threesome's problems...

Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation

Author	Yoshiyuki Tomino
ISBN	1611720052

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It starts at page 21 and it goes till page 516.

The misogyny train in this fine literature is fully booked and not stopping till it reaches the other station.
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Women are only around as literal sex objects, towards the end it even describes an alarm...

Calling You

Author	Otsuichi
ISBN	1598168525

Tokyopop Fiction presents Calling You--a unique, beautifully written, and truly unpredictable collection of stories.
A girl creates a cell phone in her imagination, which she uses to communicate with others...
A young boy discovers his new friend has the power to heal others--and together...

The Book of Heroes

Author	Miyuki Miyabe
ISBN	1421527758

A young girl travels into a magical world to save her brother from real-world bullies.

When her brother Hiroki disappears after a violent altercation with school bullies, the young Yuriko finds a magical book in his room. The book leads her to another world where she learns that Hiroki has been...

Ghost, Interrupted

Author	Sonia Singh
ISBN	0060890223

There's Scott Wilder: The founder of the firm, Scott has a head for business and a passion for the paranormal. His motto is: Ghosts don't kill people. Running away from ghosts, tripping and breaking your neck in the process, kills people.

There's Anjali Kumar: A reluctant psychic, Anjali can...

Minamoto no Yoritomo

Author

Eiji Yoshikawa

Setelah kalah perang melawan klan Taira, Minamoto no Yoshitomo dipenggal dan keturunannya diburu untuk dihukum mati. Namun, tertinggal empat putra Yoshitomo yang selamat.

Novel ini mengisahkan kehidupan Yoritomo dan Ushiwaka, mulai dari pelarian hingga mereka membangun kekuatan...

Wicked City

Author	Alaya Dawn Johnson
ISBN	0312565488

"Fans of Stephanie Meyer and Charlaine Harris will be engaged by Johnson's light, tongue-in-cheek approach."—Publishers Weekly

In Wicked City, the page-turning follow up to Moonshine, it's summer in the city and most vampires are drunk on the blood-based intoxicant Faust. The mayor...

Good Luck, Yukikaze

Author	Chōhei Kambayashi
ISBN	1421539012

A sequel to Yukikaze (Haikasoru, 2010)

The alien JAM have been at war with humanity for over thirty years...or have they? Rei Fukai of the FAF's Special Air Force and his intelligent plane Yukikaze have seen endless battles, but after declaring "Humans are unnecessary now," and forcibly ejecting...