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Discovery Bus Teens Top 20: 2025

Taylor Swift was kiiiiiind of a big deal for Discovery Bus teens. So were cookbooks, Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer), and Black Butler. Dive into pop culture as you dig through their top 20!

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  • The tour might be over, but the hype isn't! Teens enjoyed exploring facts and photos from the biggest music tour ever.
    Book, 2025Minneapolis, Minnesota : Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference, 2025 — YA BIO SWI
  • FNAF might be a horror franchise, but teens didn't forget that it's a franchise centered on a Chuck E. Cheese-esque entertainment center! They ate up these recipes.
    Book, 2023New York : Scholastic, 2023. — J 641.512 CAW
  • Minecraft

    the Crafter's Kitchen : An Official Minecraft Cookbook for Young Chefs and Their Families

    Berne, Emma Carlson, 1979-
    If you've ever wanted to try the food you can make in Minecraft, then you might be a Discovery Bus patron. They checked this one out in droves.
    Book, 2023New York : Random House Worlds, [2023] — J 641.512 MIN
  • Demon Slayer

    Kimetsu No Yaiba. Volume 9, Operation : Entertainment District

    Gotōge, Koyoharu, 1988-
    Kimetsu no Yaiba is the deeply relatable story of a boy who joins the Demon Slayer Corps in hopes of saving his sister, who was turned into a demon. A lot of Discovery Bus readers were in the middle of this action-packed series this year!
    Graphic Novel, 2019San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2019] — Y DEMON #9
  • The Netflix adaptation of Oda's classic manga helped propel One Piece to libary stardom - and this omnibus edition made it easy to catch up.
    Graphic Novel, 2009San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, LLC, 2009. — MANGA ONE 1-3
  • A Story of Seven Lives

    the Complete Manga Collection

    Shirakawa, Gin,
    For teens who have graduated from Warriors books, A Story of Seven Lives offers an engaging story of street cats living in Tokyo.
    Graphic Novel, 2023Santa Barbara : Seven Seas, [2023]. — YA GRAPHIC GIN
  • When you've run out of the main series, what's an MHA fan to do? Read this hilarious spinoff, a collection of four-panel comics that feature all your favorite Class 1-A students.
    Graphic Novel, 2020San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2020] — YA GRAPHIC MY SMA V.5
  • Star Wars Galactic Baking

    the Official Cookbook of Sweet and Savory Treats From Tatooine, Hoth, and Beyond

    One of the enduring stereotypes of teens is that they're never hungry, and judging by the number of cookbooks that were checked out in 2025, we think it might be true.
    Book, 2021San Rafael : Insight Editions, 2021. — 641.815 STAR
  • Long Live

    the Definitive Guide to the Folklore and Fandom of Taylor Swift

    Pomarico, Nicole,
    Need some more Taylor Swift? Of course you do. So did Discovery Bus readers!
    Book, 2024Philadelphia : Running Press, 2024. — J 921 SWI
  • The second book in Tahereh Mafi's Woven Kingdom series caught plenty of attention when it came to Discovery Bus stops - readers loved exploring this swoony fantasy world.
    Book, 2023New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. — YA MAFI
  • Robin Ha was already a reader favorite for her graphic memoir ALMOST AMERICAN GIRL - but with this new title, she caught the attention of fantasy fans as well.
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — GN HA
  • Pandania's cats might be monsters, but they're also cute and cuddly - a combination that was impossible for readers to resist!
    Graphic Novel, 2024[Los Angeles, California] : Seven Seas Entertainment, [2024] — YA PANDANIA MONSTER CATS #1
  • It's hard to read just one volume of Black Butler, the story of a Victorian-era boy seeking his parents' murderer with the help of a demonic butler. Discovery Bus readers ate this story up, with volume 9 the most popular.
    Graphic Novel, 2012New York : Yen Press, 2012. — YA TOBOSO BLACK #9
  • Romantasy met manga with this story of a noble girl exiled to a home next to a witch-filled forest. Who wouldn't keep reading to volume three?
    Graphic Novel, 2017New York, NY : Yen Press, 2017. — LISELOTT V.3
  • A popular Webtoon found new fans this year! They were drawn to the story of a space-born teen who has to adjust to life on Earth - and maybe get involved with a mysterious boy at her new school.
    Graphic Novel, 2018Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2018. — MANGA YA MCC VOL. 1
  • "Teens were reading Naruto this year" isn't a surprise, but it's a delight to know they were working their way through the series! Several checked out volume 7.
    Book, 2007San Francisco, Calif. : Viz ; London : Simon & Schuster [distributor], 2007. — MANGA YA KIS VOL. 7
  • The vampire story to end all vampire stories was a popular read on the Discovery Bus this year - as long as you're talking about the manga adaptation!
    Graphic Novel, 2018Richmond Hill, Ontario : Manga Classics, [2018] — DRACULA
  • Assassination Classroom, the story of a homeroom teacher whose students keep trying to kill him, is a compulsively readable series. Just ask our patrons.
    Graphic Novel, 2015San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2015] — ASSASSIN CLA
  • Himari will die unless her brothers - helped by a trio of penguins - can find the mysterious Penguindrum. This manga sounds silly, but there's a serious core that drew in readers.
    Graphic Novel, 2019[Los Angeles, California] : Seven Seas Entertainment, [2019] — PENGUINDRUM
  • The Backups

    a Summer of Stardom

    De Campi, Alex
    Three ordinary girls become backup singers for an iconic pop star in this graphic novel. If you've run out of Taylor Swift books to read, this is - clearly - a great next choice.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York : Imprint, 2021 — YA DECAMPI BACKUPS #1