At the 2011 American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting held from January 7-11, 2011 in San Diego, the The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Great Graphic Novels for Teens Committee presented their selections for their 2011 list of recommended graphic novels for teen readers, age 12 - 18. 17 out of the 63 titles on the 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list are manga titles, including one that was included on the Top 10 List, Saturn Apartments by Hisae Iwaoka.
The committee selected a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles that "meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens." And sure enough, the committee chose a diverse mix of action, comedy, drama and romance titles from VIZ Media, Yen Press, Vertical, Del Rey Manga, Digital Manga Publishing and Seven Seas Manga.
The 17 manga spotlighted by the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens list include:
- 7 Billion Needles by Nobuaki Tadano (Vertical)
- Afterschool Charisma by Kumiko Suekane (VIZ Media)
- Arisa by Natsumi Ando (Del Rey Manga)
- Biomega by Tsutomu Nihei (VIZ Media)
- Black Butler by Yana Toboso (Yen Press)
- Bokurano: Ours by Mohiro Kitoh (VIZ Media)
- Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi (VIZ Media)
- Destiny's Hand Omnibus by Nunzio DeFillipis and Christina Weir (Seven Seas Manga)
- House of Five Leaves by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media)
- Itazura na Kiss by Kaoru Tada (Digital Manga Publishing)
- Library Wars: Love and War by Hiro Arikawa and Kiiro Yumi (VIZ Media)
- Maoh: Juvenile Remix by Kotara Isaka and Megumi Osuga (VIZ Media)
- Natsume's Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa (VIZ Media)
- Not Simple by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media)
- Saturn Apartments by Hisae Iwaoka (VIZ Media)
- Time and Again by JiUn Yun (Yen Press)
- Twin Spica by Kou Yaginuma (Vertical)
I also added these picks to the tally for the Critics' Choice Top 10 Manga of 2010 List.
Now that you've seen what YALSA recommends, what are your fave manga titles from 2010? You have a chance to choose the nominees in 10 categories in this year's About.com Readers Choice Awards. Visit the nominations page before February 4, 2010 to have your voice heard.
DOSEI MANSION ©2006 Hisae IWAOKA
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