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Genre Guide
Teen BL & GL Manga
By:
IndyPL_ShannonO
IndyPL_ShannonO
Created on:
Feb 02, 2026
20 items
Manga with relationships that focus on same-sex couples are often marketed in Japan with the label of BL (Boys' Love) or GL (Gi...
7 likes
General Recommendations
IndyPL Staff Picks 2025- Best of Teen, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Created on:
Nov 25, 2025
16 items
Some things never get old and YA SciFi/Fantasy is certainly one of those things! This year, revisit the world of the Hunger Gam...
5 likes
If You Liked...
The Summer Hikaru Died
By:
IndyPL_ShannonO
IndyPL_ShannonO
Created on:
Sep 30, 2025
10 items
The Summer Hikaru Died is a queer horror manga about a high schooler named Yoshiki who's best friend Hikaru goes missing in the...
4 likes
General Recommendations
ALA's Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024
Created on:
Sep 25, 2025
14 items
The American Library Association (ALA) condemns censorship and works to defend each person's right to read under the First Amen...
2 likes
Genre Guide
Iyashikei Manga - Cozy, Healing Stories
By:
IndyPL_ZoeB
IndyPL_ZoeB
Created on:
Sep 11, 2025
22 items
Feeling stressed? Relax with a cozy, healing manga. Iyashikei (癒し系 - literally translated as "healing") manga are typ...
16 likes
Top Picks
Disability Representation in Fantasy and Science Fiction
By:
IndyPL_ShaiS
IndyPL_ShaiS
Created on:
Jun 04, 2025
20 items
This is an incomplete/starter list of books that have various disabilities highlighted within their pages. These stories featur...
5 likes
Topic Guide
Trans & Non-binary Characters in Manga
By:
IndyPL_ShannonO
IndyPL_ShannonO
Created on:
Jun 02, 2025
9 items
In recent years, we have seen a wonderful collection of LGBTQ+ manga translated and published in English. Here is a list of man...
9 likes
General Recommendations
Fiction Featuring Type 1 Diabetics
Created on:
May 28, 2025
15 items
In the US alone there are an estimated 2 million people living with type 1 diabetes.
This list goes out to all the fellow type...
7 likes
Genre Guide
Blushes and Butterflies
By:
IndyPL_ZoeB
IndyPL_ZoeB
Created on:
Feb 04, 2025
25 items
Experience heart-wrenching crushes, first loves, the drama of adolescent friendships, and plenty of innocent fluff with these r...
9 likes
Top Picks
2024 in Fifteen Teen and Children's Titles
By:
IndyPL_ShaiS
IndyPL_ShaiS
Created on:
Jan 06, 2025
15 items
Here are my top reads for 2024 that are in the Young Adult and Children's collections at IndyPL. You'll find spooky schools, po...
4 likes
Topic Guide
Sports Manga & Anime
By:
IndyPL_ShannonO
IndyPL_ShannonO
Created on:
Nov 25, 2024
18 items
Manga and anime cover a wide variety of genres, including sports! Even if you aren't a big sports fan, these titles still have ...
5 likes
General Recommendations
IndyPL Staff Picks 2024- Best of Teen
Created on:
Nov 24, 2024
24 items
Enjoy this list of our favorite YA reads of 2024, which spans genres. Enjoy dark academia, fake dating, poetry, comic adventure...
4 likes
General Recommendations
Inspired by Jane Austen's Emma
By:
IndyPL_ZoeB
IndyPL_ZoeB
Created on:
Nov 11, 2024
18 items
Celebrate Jane Austen's birthday on December 16th with one of these retellings of the classic Emma. In the original 1815 novel,...
5 likes
General Recommendations
Indigenous Speculative Fiction for Teens
By:
IndyPL_RyanL
IndyPL_RyanL
Created on:
Sep 19, 2024
18 items
Enjoy this list of Indigenous Speculative Fiction for teens featuring Alex Award winners! The Alex Awards (awarded yearly throu...
6 likes
General Recommendations
Teen Quick Reads Collection
By:
IndyPL_JessicaL
IndyPL_JessicaL
Created on:
Jul 31, 2024
70 items
Explore IndyPL's Teen Quick Reads Collection and enjoy books that can help boost reading skills at a comfortable pace. #IndyPLT...
General Recommendations
Manga About Pursuing Your Passion
By:
IndyPL_ZoeB
IndyPL_ZoeB
Created on:
Jul 03, 2024
27 items
Are you a go-getter in pursuit of your goals? Perhaps you are looking for motivation to explore a secret passion or hobby? If y...
10 likes
General Recommendations
Teen Graphic Novels by Nonbinary Creators
By:
IndyPL_ZoeB
IndyPL_ZoeB
Created on:
Jun 14, 2024
17 items
Shine a light on nonbinary creators by reading a graphic novel from our teen collection by a nonbinary author or artist.
Last ...
4 likes
General Recommendations
LGBTQA+: Lesbian
By:
IndyPL_LGBTQ
IndyPL_LGBTQ
Created on:
Apr 29, 2024
21 items
This is part one of a 6+ selection of lists themed around the different letters in the LGBTQA+ acronym! L is for lesbian! Here'...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Horror Comics for Tweens and Teens
By:
IndyPL_RyanL
IndyPL_RyanL
Created on:
Apr 24, 2024
18 items
Ghosts and ghouls and vampires, oh my! Here at the Library, we enjoy a good scare anytime of the year. Check out these frighten...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Josei or Women's Manga
By:
IndyPL_ShannonO
IndyPL_ShannonO
Created on:
Feb 27, 2024
12 items
It seems like shonen and seinen titles dominant the manga and anime landscape. These are stories primarily targeted at boys and...
9 likes
General Recommendations
IndyPL Staff Picks 2023- Best of Teen
Created on:
Nov 20, 2023
15 items
Our IndyPL Staff has selected their favorite teen reads of 2023. From queer love triangles to homecoming murders to a real life...
2 likes
General Recommendations
The Fall 2023 Anime Season Guide
By:
IndyPL_JosephL
IndyPL_JosephL
Created on:
Oct 17, 2023
25 items
Continuing my trend of posting these lists a little late in some vain hope that more titles present this season will be added t...
4 likes
General Recommendations
The Summer 2023 Anime Season Guide
By:
IndyPL_JosephL
IndyPL_JosephL
Created on:
Aug 01, 2023
16 items
The Summer heatwaves are here along with a wave of new and returning anime series. So, as always, a good way to beat the heat ...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Turtle Power!
By:
IndyPL_AndrewD
IndyPL_AndrewD
Created on:
Jul 21, 2023
20 items
The heroes in a half shell are out of the sewers and back in theatres this summer. Check out some of IndyPL's own Mutant Mayhem...
6 likes
General Recommendations
Mysteries and Spies
By:
IndyPL_BethP
IndyPL_BethP
Created on:
Jul 01, 2023
12 items
Books of intrigue and mystery for teens! #indyplteens
3 likes
