If You Like Manga
Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan – Aimee Major SteinbergerThis is the true story of a Japanese pop culture fanatic’s trip to Japan. |
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Nagaru TanigawaIn this novel based on the manga, a girl decides she’s not interested in “ordinary humans,” and forms a club for aliens, time travelers, and other supernatural beings. |
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – Nahoko UehashiThe wandering warrior Balsa is hired to protect Prince Chagum from both a mysterious monster, and the prince’s father, the Mikado. |
Missing in Tokyo — Graham MarksWhen his older sister is reported missing, teenager Adam travels from England to Tokyo, Japan, to look for her. |
Half World — Hiromi GotoAlthough Melanie is a poor outcast, she is managing to hold things together until the day she returns home to find that her mother has been lured back to Half World. What follows is a darkly fantastic journey as she tries to save her mother and much more. |
Chibi Vampire: The Novel — Tohru KaiThe much talked-about manga is now a supernatural-love-comedy-mystery novel starring our favorite clumsy blood injector, Karin! |
CLAMP School Paranormal Investigators – Tomiyuki MatsumotoFive students run a study group to explore mysterious and unexplained phenomena. Filled with action, mystery, twists, turns, and clues, this new novel series will have readers believing the truth “is out there.” |
Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne JonesAs the eldest of 3 sisters in a land where that is considered unlucky, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until she is turned into an old women and finds herself in the castle of a greatly-feared wizard called Howl. |
The Waking: Dreams of the Dead – Thomas RandallAfter her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Kara and her father move to Japan where she becomes haunted by a series of frightening nightmares and deaths that might be revenge or something even worse… |
Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan – Aimee Major Steinberger
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Nagaru Tanigawa
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – Nahoko Uehashi
Half World — Hiromi Goto
Chibi Vampire: The Novel — Tohru Kai
CLAMP School Paranormal Investigators – Tomiyuki Matsumoto
Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones

I would also recommend The Weeping Empress by Sadie S. Forsythe. I’ve read that she got the idea for the plot after watching an anime. It does have a very anime/manga feel to it.