JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 2: Golden Heart, Golden Ring (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2009

Based on the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.

• Vol: 2+; Ch: 11+
• 1997 - ?

Rohan has freed himself of Josuke Higashikata, but that doesn’t mean his life is going to be easy! No, now the supernatural has come knocking, and Rohan must contend with an all-new level of bizarre adventure…

• Vol: 1; Ch: 7
• 2010

• Vol: 4
• 1972

• One Shot
• 2023

Miriam is responsible for tending to an ossuary that houses a vast collection of skulls. When children pay a visit to the ossuary, they are in for a soul-shaking experience.

• Vol: 6; Ch: 36
• 2007 - 2011

Venice, the latter half of the 16th century. Young Legare works as an apprentice to his father, an apothecary, but his real passion is the forbidden art of Alchemy. One day, a fortune teller predicts that he will meet four people with the power to change destiny and shortly after, his father is incarcerated on suspicion of alchemy. Legare, the real alchemist, is forced to produce gold for the person who arrested his father. Follow him through the mysteries of Venice, through his struggles, his encounters with powerful friends and enemies, and his search for the Philosopher's Stone.

• Vol: 6
• 2007 - 2017

For a man named Bon Voyage, the self-proclaimed hikkikomori refuses to leave his house unless absolutely necessary - a fact that drives his editor, Suzu, insane. When Suzu finally forces him out of the house and into a 10-day sightseeing tour of Italy, Bon's whining is replaced by a strong wanderlust. From experiencing a terrifying first flight, to trying a surprising Neapolitan pasta in Naples, and getting swallowed up in the wave of tourists at St. Peter's Basilica, Bon comes out of the wayward adventure a changed man. Get ready, world, 'cause here comes Bon!

• Vol: 1
• 2008

In Shakespeare’s enduring tale of ancient Rome, Julius Caesar is at the height of his powers—but there are men plotting his destruction. Is Caesar a tyrant or a dynamic leader? Are his enemies greedy or noble? 

• Vol: 1
• 1996

Born at the end of the 15th century in Italy during the Renaissance, Raffaello is regarded as the greatest painter of his period. Starting from the city of Urbino, he lived in Florence, met with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and worked for the papacy at Rome. Raffaello died at 37, yet he had a life of success, a life recounted in this manga.

• Vol: 1
• 2021

A brilliant general in the service of Venice, Othello is also the new husband of the adoring - and young - Desdemona, whose innocent hero worship has blossomed into love. But can a beautiful girl, so much younger than her husband, truly be faithful? Othello's trusted ensign Iago seems to think not. Can Othello trust him?