YALSA lists 6 DC Comics Trades on their top GNs for Teens

[Lee Stone]

On their 2016 Great Graphic Novels for Teens, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), listed six DC Comics trade paperbacks among their 112 picks for the year:

Batgirl, vol. 1: The Batgirl of Burnside. By Cameron Stewart. Illus by Babs Tarr. DC Comics, hardcover, $24.99, (9781401253325). Big changes are in store for Barbara Gordon as she moves across Gotham City to begin a new chapter in her ongoing fight against crime as Batgirl.

Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga, vol. 1. By Jiro Kuwata. Illus by the author. DC Comics, paper, $14.99, (9781401252779). Batman fight villains with the help of his sidekick Robin, Japanese-style.

Gotham Academy, vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy. By Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher. Illus by Karl Kerschl. DC Comics, paper, $14.99, (9781401254728). Olive Silverlock and her friends at Gotham Academy solve mysteries while Olive struggles to remember what happened last summer.

Harley Quinn, vol. 1: Hot in the City. By Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti. Illus by various. DC Comics, hardcover, $24.99, (9781401248925). A former client leaves Harley Quinn an apartment building in Brooklyn, but it's hard to settle into her new home when Harley's got a price on her head!

Wonder Woman, vol. 5: Flesh. By Brian Azzarello. Illus by Cliff Chiang and Goran Sudzuka. DC Comics, hardcover, $24.99, (9781401250973).
Wonder Woman, vol. 6: Bones. By Brian Azzarello. Illus by Cliff Chiang and Goran Sudzuka. DC Comics, hardcover, $22.99, (9781401253509).
Wonder Woman must take her place as the God of War as the rest of the pantheon prepares for an assault on Olympus.

Full list here.

This is up from two titles the previous year:
Batman: Black and White. Vol 4
Batman ’66. Vol. 1

[Lee Stone]

For those interested, here are the DC selections from the past lists:


2007-
Catwoman: When in Rome
Ex Machina, vol. 2: Tag
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall
Identity Crisis
Light Brigade
Plastic Man, vol. 1: Rubber Bandits
Pride of Baghdad
Sloth
Top Ten: the Forty-Niners

2008-
All Star Superman, vol. 1
Batman: Secrets
Blue Beetle: Shellshocked
Blue Beetle: Road Trip
Crossing Midnight, vol.1. Cut Here
Re-Gifters
The Plain Janes

2009-
Green Arrow: Year One
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, v. 1
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, v. 2
Venus in Love, v. 1
Venus in Love, v. 2
Venus in Love, v. 3

2010-
Bayou, vol 1
Green Lantern: Secret Origin
Name of the Flower, vol. 1
Sandman: The Dream Hunters
Superman: Brainiac
The Nobody
Wonder Woman: The Circle

2011-
Batwoman: Elegy
Superman: Earth One
The Unwritten, vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity

2012-
Batman: The Black Mirror
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less
Marzi: A Memoir
The New York Five

2013-
A Flight of Angels
Batgirl, vol. 1: The Darkest Reflection
Batman, vol. 1: The Court of Owls
Batman: Noël
Joe the Barbarian Deluxe Edition
Wonder Woman, vol. 1: Blood
Xombi

2014-
Flash, vol.1: Move Forward
Injustice: Gods Among Us, vol. 1
Wonder Woman, vol. 2: Guts
Wonder Woman, vol. 3: Iron

2015-
Batman: Black and White, vol 4
Batman ’66, vol. 1

[Lee Stone]

And for those who use Hoopla through their local library, the following are available to read digitally:

Batgirl, vol. 1: The Batgirl of Burnside
Gotham Academy, vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy
Harley Quinn, vol. 1: Hot in the City
Harley Quinn, vol. 2: Power Outtage
Wonder Woman, vol. 1: Blood
Wonder Woman, vol. 2: Guts
Wonder Woman, vol. 3: Iron

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

I wonder how Azz's WW satisfied the "appealing reading for teens" category. Family drama??

Also, no Prez??? Not sure I place much merit in this list (though I admittedly don't doubt all the titles are good).

[Lee Stone]

I wonder how Azz's WW satisfied the "appealing reading for teens" category. Family drama??

Also, no Prez??? Not sure I place much merit in this list (though I admittedly don't doubt all the titles are good).

Azz's WW probably appeals to the mythological teen fantasy fans.
And the Prez TPB hasn't been released, yet... It won't be eligible to be included until the 2017 list.

[HsssH]

I was about to question what sense does it make to promoted WW vol. 5 instead of first one, but you saved me the embarrassment by posting those earlier nominations.

[joybeans]

In what world is Identity Crisis a book for teens?

[Lee Stone]

I was about to question what sense does it make to promoted WW vol. 5 instead of first one, but you saved me the embarrassment by posting those earlier nominations.

Interesting that it's the only regular series added consistently... yet, they skipped volume 4.
I think 5 and 6 were added this year because the run ended.

[Lee Stone]

In what world is Identity Crisis a book for teens?

I did get baffled by that, too.
I chalked it up to us living in a desensitized society or some sort of realism over fantasy movement at the time.

I'm also surprised that Grayson hasn't made the list.