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2024 SDG Reading Challenge - April

Participate in April's Reading Challenge prompt, "Graphic novels and manga," by browsing this list of titles and placing a hold on your favourite. Tell us what you chose in the comments!

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  • For fans of Bridgerton and Jane Austen, a marriage of convenience blossoms into a slow-burn Regency romance.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : First Second Books, 2023. — GN Vaugh
  • Names are everything. Literally. Set in a society where a person’s entire existence is based on how well they are known, Manel Naher starts experiencing health problems when a pop star using her name becomes famous.
    Graphic NovelMontreal, QC : Drawn and Quarterly, 2023. — GN Muraw
  • Mikura Amelia is a free-spirited young woman who lives alone with her cat and operates an air-delivery service to Japan's small island communities thousands of miles out in the Pacific. When her grandfather dies, she finds he left her a…
    Graphic NovelMilwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Manga, 2016. — TEEN GN Tsuru
  • A quiet convenience store at the crossroads between life and death. Prepare for shadowy creatures, strange employees, and an air of dread in this delightfully creepy supernatural tale.
    Graphic NovelLos Angeles, California : Seven Seas Entertainment, [2022] — TEEN GN Erisa bk. 1
  • In a dystopian society… Sam and Maggie are a normal couple, in a normal house, in a normal neighborhood. There is nothing strange about their heads, their neighbors, or their sweet little dog. Everything is fine. This is the story of a…
    Graphic NovelToronto, ON : Webtoon Unscrolled, 2023. — GN Birch bk.1
  • Elementary school student Minato and a criminal wanted for murder switch bodies in a freak lightning storm. The two must navigate their new lives while avoiding suspicion and enemies trying to harm them in this thriller, by the author of…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Kodansha, 2021. — GN Sanbe bk.1
  • An intense tournament to select the new Demon Lord is underway, and an insanely strong human named Helck is sweeping the competition! The demons in charge try to thwart his attempts, but larger forces are at play… what does this mean for…
    Graphic NovelSan Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, [2023] — TEEN GN Nanao bk. 1
  • In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, non-magical Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. After secretly seeing the wizard Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Kodansha Comics, 2019. — TEEN GN Shira bk.1
  • Now a hit anime, explore and conquer dungeons… and forage for food?! After their party is attacked and a member is captured by a dragon, they have no food or money to return for their friend, but one party member suggests eating the…
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Yen Press, 2017. — TEEN GN Kui bk.1
  • Chise Hatori is an orphan who possesses a rare magic, and sells herself on the black market to the highest bidder: a magus, who trains her to harness her powers. Along the way, she meets folktale creatures and the supernatural, and helps…
    Graphic Novel[Los Angeles, California] : Seven Seas Entertainment, [2014] — TEEN GN Yamaz bk.1