The American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) analysis has appear its account of the top 10 clear novels for adolescence in 2013. The top 10 choices were adopted from a best account of 55 "Great Clear Novels for Teens." The top 10 account includes Takashi Murakami's Stargazing Dog manga. The manga had been nominated endure year for an Eisner accolade for the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia category. NBM Publishing appear the one-volume manga in 2011. JManga is aswell hosting the manga on its website.

YALSA called four added manga titles to its Great Clear Novels for Adolescence list:

Title: Attack on Titan Graphic Novel (GN) 1
Creator: Hajime Isayama
Publisher: Kodansha Comics

Title:5 Centimeters per Second GN
Creator: Makoto Shinkai, Yukiko Seike
Publisher: Vertical

Title:Dawn of the Arcana GN 1-2
Creator: Rei Tōma
Publisher: Viz Media

Title: A Devil and Her Love Song GN 1
Creator: Miyoshi Tomori
Publisher: Viz Media

Hey-jin Jeon and Ki-ha Lee's Lizzie Newton: Victorian Mysteries aggregate 1 from Seven Seas Entertainment aswell fabricated the list.

These lists are presented annually at the ALA's Midwinter Meeting. Each book is recommended for ages 12-18 and accommodated the belief of getting "both acceptable superior abstract and ambrosial account for teens."

Last year's account included seven Japanese manga titles, and its top 10 account featured Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story and Takako Shimura 's Wandering Son. 2011's account included 15 Japanese manga titles, and its top ten account featured Hisae Iwaoka's Saturn Apartments. 2010's account had 19 Japanese recommendations, and its top ten account accent three manga titles (Ōoku, Children of the Sea, and Pluto). 2009's account offered nine manga with three manga titles on the top ten list: Sand Chronicles, REAL, and Uzumaki.