Teen Core List
As a staff, we’ve considered nominations, voted, and created a series of recommended core title lists. These are the titles and series that we believe belong on all library shelves. Some are the most popular, others classics of the format, and some the most engaging titles for both fans of graphic novels and new comics readers.
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47 Ronin
Japan's enduring national legend comes to comics! The tale of the 47 Ronin and their epic mission to avenge their ...
Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics
As the Great War dragged on and its catastrophic death toll mounted, a new artistic movement found its feet in the ...
Adventures of Superhero Girl
What if you can leap tall buildings and defeat alien monsters with your bare hands, but you buy your capes at ...
Almost American Girl
For as long as she can remember, it’s been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up in the 1990s as the ...
American Born Chinese
Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American ...
Anya’s Ghost
Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially ...
As the Crow Flies
Charlie Lamonte is thirteen years old, queer, black, and questioning what was once a firm belief in God. So ...
Atomic Robo
In 1923, Nikola Tesla's career is in its twilight... until he unveils a robot with automatic intelligence — ATOMIC ...
Avant-Guards
When Charlie transfers to the Georgia O’Keeffe College of Arts and Subtle Dramatics, she struggles to find her ...
Batgirl: Batgirl of Burnside
Barbara Gordon's ready for a fresh start. She's packing her bags, crossing the bridge, and heading to Gotham's ...
Batman
After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far ...
Bloom
Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band—if he can just persuade ...
Boxers and Saints
In two volumes, Boxers & Saints tells two parallel stories. The first is of Little Bao, a Chinese peasant boy ...
Captain America
Steve Rogers is dead! Long live Captain America! He was a hero to millions, an inspiration to America's armed ...
Castle Waiting
Castle Waiting is the story of an isolated, abandoned castle, and the eccentric inhabitants who bring it back to ...
Check, Please!
Y’all... I might not be ready for this. I may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, ...
Dancing at the Pity Party
Part poignant cancer memoir and part humorous reflection on a motherless life, this debut graphic novel is ...
Darth Vader
The original Dark Lord of the Sith stars in his first ongoing series! Ever since Darth Vader's first on-screen ...
Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom
Deep in the Oregon wilderness sits Camp Bloom, a weight-loss camp where "overweight" teens can "get in shape." ...
Delilah Dirk
Lovable ne'er-do-well Delilah Dirk is an adventurer for the 19th century. She has traveled to Japan, Indonesia, ...
Displacement
Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American ...
Dragon Hoops
Gene understands stories—comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always ...
Fights
Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty and desperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence to ...
Friends with Boys
Maggie McKay hardly knows what to do with herself. After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and ...
Giant Days
Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for ...