Sports & Games (YA comics)

Goals! Points! Dice! Roller skates!

All these comics, graphic novels, and manga titles in this list are guaranteed to contain at least one of the above. Some may also contain swords, basketball, online gaming, the-sport-I-am-consciously-calling-soccer-to-rile-up-all-you-football-fans, and volleyball.

Updated August 2, 2024
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Doctorow, Cory
Paper Book
From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang comes a New York Times-bestselling graphic novel that takes a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash. "A lovely graphic novel for gamer girls of all...
Haikyu!! 1, Hinata and Kageyama
Furudate, Haruichi
Paper Book
Shoyo Hinata is out to prove that in volleyball you don't need to be tall to fly! Ever since he saw the legendary player known as "the Little Giant" compete at the national volleyball finals, Shoyo Hinata has been aiming to be the best volleyball player ever! Who says you need to...

First in series

Blue Lock. 1
Kaneshiro, Muneyuki
Paper Book
A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker, in this Squid Game-meets-World Cup manga, now available in print!

First in series

Fence. Volume one
Pacat, C. S.
Paper Book
Nicholas Cox is determined to prove himself in the world of competitive fencing, and earn his place alongside fencing legends like the dad he never knew, but things get more complicated when he's up against his golden-boy half-brother, as well as sullen fencing prodigy, Seiji Katayama. ...

First in series

Check, please!. Book 1, #Hockey!
Ukazu, Ngozi
Paper Book
Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and very talented amateur pâtissier, but being a freshman on the Samwell University hockey team is a whole new challenge. It is nothing like co-ed club hockey back in Georgia! First of all? There's...

First in series

The Avant-Guards. Volume one
Usdin, Carly
Paper Book
When Charlie transfers to the Georgia O'Keeffe College of Arts and Subtle Dramatics, she struggles to find her feet, but winds up exactly where she belongs...in the school's (terrible) basketball team. As a transfer student to the Georgia O'Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle...

First in series


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