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Graphic novels · 2025

Best Graphic Novels Books of 2025

Cannon by Lee Lai was the most-recognized graphic novels book of 2025, named by 5 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 16 by how many sources named them.

Sources is the number of distinct awards and year-end lists that name the book's ISBN, in any year. 2025 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#BookAuthorSourcesNamed by
1CannonLee Lai5
2The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of GriefCarol Tyler2
3You Must Take Part In RevolutionBadiucao and Melissa Chan2
4Spent: A Comic NovelAlison Bechdel1
5The WeightMelissa Mendes1
6TonguesAnders Nilsen1
7Breadcrumbs: Coming of Age in Post-Soviet PolandKasia Babis0
    8Defiant: The Story of Robert SmallsRob Edwards, illustrated by Sean Damien Hill and Alex Paterson, cover illustration by Nikolas Draper-Ivey0
      9Ginseng Roots: A MemoirCraig Thompson0
        10MuybridgeGuy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall0
          11Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane AustenKate Evans0
            12Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American WestBill Griffith0
              13Remember Us to Life: A Graphic MemoirJoanna Rubin Dranger0
                14SimplicityMattie Lubchansky0
                  15This Beautiful, Ridiculous City: A Graphic MemoirKay Sohini0
                    16This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer StoryHayley Gullen0