Curated category · 2006—2025

Best graphic novels

Award-winning and editorially recommended graphic novels across twenty years, organized for discovery rather than sales ranking.

Selections: 220
Authors: 195
Lists & prizes: 2

Showing 1–13 of 13

2019Graphic novels

Alienation

Inés Estrada

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Are You Listening?

Tillie Walden

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BTTM FDRS

Ezra Claytan Daniels, illustrated by Ben Passmore

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Death Wins A Goldfish: Reflections From A Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical

Brian Rea

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Hot Comb

Ebony Flowers

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2019Graphic novels

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice For Common Real-World Problems

Randall Munroe

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I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir

Malaka Gharib

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In Waves

A.J. Dungo

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Rusty Brown

Chris Ware

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Swimming In Darkness

Lucas Harari, translated by David Homel

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2019Graphic novels

The American Dream?: A Journey On Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, And The Perfect Breakfast Burrito

Shing Yin Khor

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The Hard Tomorrow

Eleanor Davis

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They Called Us Enemy

George Takei, Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott, illustrated by Harmony Becker

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