Best graphic novels
Book-length stories told in pictures and words, from literary graphic novels to collected comics and manga. Art Spiegelman's Maus, Alan Moore's Watchmen and Katsuhiro Ōtomo's Akira show how far the form can reach, Cece Bell's El Deafo tells a childhood with deafness through a cast of rabbits, and Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics explains how the medium works. Every page here is meant to be read and looked at.
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- 1Maus
9.09.0 / 10 - 2Watchmen
8.98.9 / 10 - 3Yukon Ho!
8.78.7 / 10 - 4The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes
8.68.6 / 10 - 5Gender Queer
8.68.6 / 10 - 6Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
8.68.6 / 10 - 7Heartstopper: Volume Six
8.58.5 / 10 - 8Absolute Batman, Vol. 2: Abomination
8.58.5 / 10 - 9Akira, Vol. 1
8.58.5 / 10 - 10March Book One
8.58.5 / 10 - 11Dog Man
8.58.5 / 10 - 12El Deafo
8.58.5 / 10 - 13From Hell
8.58.5 / 10 - 14Transmetropolitan
8.58.5 / 10 - 15Roller Girl
8.58.5 / 10 - 16Persepolis
8.48.4 / 10 - 17Smile
8.48.4 / 10 - 18Sin City
8.48.4 / 10 - 19Fun Home
8.48.4 / 10 - 20Habibi
8.38.3 / 10 - 21Saga
8.38.3 / 10 - 22Stitches
8.38.3 / 10 - 23Cigars of the Pharaoh
8.28.2 / 10 - 24Akira, Vol. 2
8.28.2 / 10 - 25Blankets
8.28.2 / 10 - 26Identity Crisis
8.28.2 / 10 - 27Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
8.28.2 / 10 - 28The lightning thief
8.28.2 / 10 - 29Mouse Guard Fall 1152
8.28.2 / 10 - 30Drama
8.28.2 / 10