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Books like Orange
A bittersweet, tear-jerking plea to a younger self to save a friend and live without regrets. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Orange.
- bittersweet
- nostalgic
- emotionally heavy
- warm
- 01
Neon genesis evangelion
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
A surreal, apocalyptic plunge into the fractured psyche of a teenager tasked with saving a world he isn't sure he wants to live in.
- 02
Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 3
Inio Asano
A surreal, emotionally devastating plunge into the darkest, most isolating corners of adolescence.
- 03
On a sunbeam
Tillie Walden
A breathtakingly gorgeous, slow-burn journey through space that feels like a warm hug from a found family.
- 04
SuperMutant Magic Academy
Jillian Tamaki
A deadpan, magical-realist snapshot of the agonizing, hilarious boredom of being a teenager.
- 05
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1
Yusei Matsui
A chaotic and absurdly high-stakes school year where misfits find their potential through the ultimate, world-saving group project.
- 06
Paper Girls, Vol. 2
Brian K. Vaughan
A neon-soaked, time-bending collision between the fierce certainty of youth and the messy reality of adulthood.
- 07
My Hero Academia, Vol. 6
Kohei Horikoshi
A spirited, high-energy journey where the weight of a world-saving legacy meets the everyday trials of high school.
- 08
This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki
A beautifully rendered, sun-drenched ache of a story that captures the exact moment childhood begins to slip away.
- 09
Battle royale
Koushun Takami · 2003
A relentless, blood-soaked descent into paranoia where childhood innocence is violently stripped away in the name of survival.
- 10
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
A quiet, bittersweet meditation on regret and acceptance, served in a cozy, time-bending cafe.
- 11
Seconds
Bryan Lee O'Malley
A frantic, magical-realist spiral into the chaotic consequences of trying to edit your own life into perfection.
- 12
The girl from the other side
Nagabe
A quiet, shadowy fairy tale about a cursed monster and an innocent child finding warmth in a cold, decaying world.
