 | Megatokyo, Vol. 1 by Rodney Caston Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.01 The ultimate Otaku webcomic. First volume is a bit sloopily produced but the rest are pretty sound. |
 | Cruising the Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo by Patrick Macias Buy used from: $6.27 Bit more than a travel guide, bit more than a cultural study. A fun and detailed look at the various otaku subcultures roaming Tokyo and where to go for them. |
 | The Anime Companion: What's Japanese in Japanese Animation by Gilles Poitras Buy new: $12.37 / Used from: $0.28 The original, the be-all and end-all of anime books |
 | Tokyo Roadkill by Isabella Kraft Buy new: $18.88 / Used from: $28.42 Isabella Kraft's novel of doujinshi, sake production, homosexuality, and samurai dellusions. |
 | Wrong About Japan by Peter Carey Buy new: $11.95 / Used from: $0.01 A father and his otaku son go to Tokyo and bond. ^_^ sweet |
 | Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara Buy used from: $0.96 A haunting Japanese novel that didn't get too much press here about Japan's underground tattoo culture |
 | Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 1 by Shimoku Kio Buy used from: $3.40 A hilarious manga series about a group of otaku and their small club's struggles to maintain existence in their school. |
 | How To Pick Up Japanese Chicks And Doom Your Immortal Soul by Josh Muggins Buy new: $13.50 / Used from: $4.20 Very funny half memoir half howto about teaching English in Japan and picking up women |
 | Zakennayo!: The Real Japanese You Were Never Taught in School by Philip J. Cunningham Buy used from: $0.01 Hilarious little book of Japanese "curses" and vulgarities |
