The New York Public Library has released “Books For the Teen Age,” its extensive annual list of recommended reading of teen-agers.

The 2007 booklist includes at least 37 graphic novels — there may be more, but several of the titles are scattered throughout different categories and I may have overlooked a few — from as diverse publishers as ADV Manga, AiT/PlanetLar, DC Comics, Del Rey, First Second, Hill and Wang and Tokyopop.

The titles, too, are diverse, ranging from Fun Home and The Life of Pope John Paul II to Dragon Head and Demo to Making Comics and Graphic Novels.

The full list of titles follows after the jump. If I’ve missed any, please let me know in the comments and I’ll add them.

Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)

The Fate of the Artist, by Eddie Campbell (First Second)

To Dance, by Siena Cherson Siegel and Mark Siegel (Richard Jackson/Atheneum)

Dramacon, Vol. 2, by Svetlana Chmakova (Tokyopop)

Journey Into Mohawk Country, by Van den Bogaert and George O’Connor (First Second)

Grease Monkey, by Tim Eldred (TOR)

Dazzle, Vol. 1, by Minari Endo (Tokyopop)

Mom’s Cancer, by Brian Fies (Abrams Image)

Graphic Novels, by Paul Gravett (Collins Design)

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1, by Fumino Hayashi (ADV Manga)

Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography, by Andrew Helfer and Randy DuBurke (Hill and Wang/Serious Comics)

Sloth, by Gilbert Hernandez (DC Comics)

Never Give Up, Vol. 1, Mutou Hiromu (Tokyopop)

The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation, by Sid Jacobson (Hill and Wang)

We Are On Our Own, by Miriam Katin (Drawn & Quarterly)

Flight 3, by Kazu Kibuishi (Ballantine)

School Rumble, Vol. 1, by Jim Kobayashi (Del Rey)

Anne Freaks, Vol. 1, by Yua Kotegawa (ADV Manga)

Kampung Boy, by Lat (First Second)

The Life of Pope John Paul II … in Comics!, by Alessandro Mainardi, Werner Maresta and Federico Pietrobon (Papercutz)

Making Comics, by Scott McCloud (HarperCollins)

Dragon Head, Vol. 1, by Minetaro Mochizuki (Tokyopop)

+Anima, Vol. 1, by Natsumi Mukai (Tokyopop)

Missouri Boy, by Leland Myrick (First Second)

Biker Girl, by Misako Rocks (Hyperion)

The Making of a Graphic Novel: The Resonator, by Prentis Rollins (Watson-Guptill)

Vampire Loves, by Joann Sfar (First Second)

ES, Vol. 1, by Fuyumi Soryo (Del Rey)

RizelMine, by Yukiru Sugisaki (Tokyopop)

Pride of Baghdad, by Brian K. Vaughan (DC Comics)

Can’t Get No, by Rick Veitch (DC Comics)

I Luv Halloween, Vol. 1, by Benjamin Roman and Keith Giffen (Tokyopop)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Graphic Novel, by Jules Verne; adapted by Rod Whigham (DK)

Girl Stories, by Lauren R. Weinstein (Henry Holt)

Demo, by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan (AiT/PlanetLar)

American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)

(Link via Brian Wood)

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