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Made a horribly long list of book recs for teachers and librarians 😅
I tried to keep them to shorter completed series that would be suitable for kids and teens, but I admit that I haven't read all of the series on this list so I encourage people to check age ratings and content warnings if possible!

Sorry, here's the actual last entry 😅
I realized that the list was lacking GL (Girls Love) titles, so:
-Run Away with Me, Girl (4 vol.)
-Bloom Into You (8 vol.)
-She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat (5 vol., ongoing series but a truly excellent story centered on LGBTQ adult women)

And last one...!
Excellent ongoing all-ages manga:
-Yotsuba& (slice-of-life)
-Medalist (young figure skater)
-Blade Girl (young para athlete)
-Dinosaur Sanctuary (educational)

And completed ones:
-Chi's Sweet Home (12 vol., cats!)
-Your Letter (standalone manhwa, deals with bullying and trauma)

10+ volume completed series I recommend:
-Silver Spoon (15 vol., excellent coming of age story)
-Delicious in Dungeon (14 vol., D&D-esque high fantasy)
-My Love Story!! (14 vol., hilarious romcom)
-Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (15 vol., gorgeous retelling of Beauty and the Beast)

Just thought of these:
-Pluto (8 vol., sci-fi, cool retelling(?) of Astro Boy)
-Little Witch Academia (3 vol., all ages, magical school)
-Run On Your New Legs (5 vol., about a para athelete)
-Lost Lad London (3 vol., murder mystery)
-Glitch (4 vol., small town mystery, non binary lead)

A lot of animated movies have short manga adaptations and novelizations.
-many of Makoto Shinkai's movies, including your name.
-Ride Your Wave
-Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish
-The Boy and the Beast
-Wolf Children

And some were based on manga:
-A Silent Voice
-Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom

-Love Me for Who I am (5 vol., LGBTQ focusing on gender)
-Blue Flag (8 vol., LGBTQ coming-of-age story)
-My Love Mix-Up (9 vol., sweet romcom BL with bi male lead)
-I'm the Catlords' Manservant (4 vol., supernatural comedy about grief)
-Bloody Sweet (manhwa, 4 vol., about healing from bullying)

-My Girlfriend's Child (9 vol., about teen pregnancy)
-I Think Our Son is Gay (5 vol., LGBTQ)
-The Splendid Work of a Monster Maid (5 vol., action fantasy)
-I'm the Villainess and I'm Taming the Final Boss (4 vol., potential trigger warning for vol.3)
-Boys Run the Riot (4 vol., trans male lead)

Here are some shorter series that are complete or will likely finish in 2025:
-Our Dreams at Dusk (4vol., LGBTQ)
-I Want to Be a Wall (3 vol., aroace woman and gay man)
-God Bless the Mistaken (4 vol., magical realism)
-BL Metamorphosis (4 vol., teen and grandma bond over BL manga)