Top 100 Comics & Graphic Novels Books

📘 Heartstopper, Volume 1

In this comic series, high‑school friends Charlie and Nick become more than friends, navigating love, identity, and mental health in a relatable coming‑of‑age story.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Dog Man

A humorous middle‑grade graphic tale in which a police dog and his human partner merge into the wacky, crime‑fighting hero Dog Man, sparking silly adventures and capers across the city.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Drama

Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novel follows middle‑school theater enthusiast Callie as she designs a blue‑grass‑tired set for a school play, grappling with teamwork, budgets, and the drama of friendship and family.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Smile

Raina Telgemeier tells the coming‑of‑age tale of a young girl who hurts her front teeth in a Girl Scout mishap, faces bullying after braces, and finds unexpected friendship among a quirky group of classmates.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Heartstopper, Volume 2

In Heartstopper Volume 2, Charlie’s love life and Nick’s self‑discovery collide as two teenage boys navigate friendship, family and growing up in a high‑school setting.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Dork Diaries

Nikki Maxwell starts eighth grade and journals her adventures with new friends, a crush, and a rivalry in the updated first book of the bestselling Dork Diaries series.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 The Complete Maus

A Pulitzer‑winning graphic novel that chronicles the life of Jewish Holocaust survivor Vladek Spiegelman through his son’s perspective, using evocative animal symbolism to confront guilt, memory, and the father‑son bond.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Heartstopper, Volume 4

The fourth volume in the Heartstopper series, featuring a fresh new take on a classic coming-of-age story.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Demon Slayer

In Taishō‑era Japan, charcoal‑seller Tanjiro Kamado seeks vengeance after his family is slaughtered by a demon. With his sister Nezuko now a demon, he becomes a Demon Slayer in a perilous quest to restore her and defeat the menace.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Othello

Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of jealousy and suspicion, presented in a comic‑book style.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Roller Girl

Roller Girl follows Astrid, a ninth‑grade girl in Portland, as she discovers roller derby and learns about friendship, confidence, and perseverance through the sport.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 The Truth About Stacey

Stacey moves to a new town, balances type 1 diabetes and babysitting challenges, and finds friendship with Kristy, Claudia, and Mary Anne in their new Babysitters Club, tackling everyday adventures together.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Dog Man and Cat Kid

Dog Man and Cat Kid follows the humorous adventures of Dog Man and his new feline sidekick, Cat Kid, as they solve crimes and chase mischief.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Dog Man Unleashed

Full of adventures

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Dog Man Mothering Heights

Dog Man and Petey face their biggest challenges in the tenth book from Dav Pilkey's popular series.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Big Nate Blasts Off!

Big Nate’s rebellious fight with Randy Betancourt lands them in the school paper, but a new, unexpected challenge threatens to eclipse detention and test Nate’s sharp wit and kindness.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Big Nate in the Zone

Big Nate tries to break his unlucky streak when he discovers that Chad’s lucky foot might hold the key to turning his fortunes around in the most comic and humorous way.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Persepolis

A personal, illustrated memoir of Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in Tehran, her coming‑of‑age during the Islamic Revolution, teenage years in Vienna and eventual exile from Iran.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Fun Home

Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir, *Fun Home*, chronicles her complex relationship with her father, a funeral-home director, and her own coming-of-age as a lesbian, using intimate drawings and witty narrative.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Maus I

Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir follows his Jewish father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor, and the son’s effort to understand his past and the history of Hitler’s Europe.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Naruto

A young ninja, Naruto Uzumaki, quests to become his village’s greatest leader in a spirited adventure of humor, growth, and battles.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 The Kite Runner--the graphic novel

A graphic retelling of Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel, depicting the bond of two Afghan boys amid political upheaval.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Fetch-22

In Dog Man 8, Li’l Petey surfaces from jail while trying to keep the peace with the mayhem of Family Drama.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta is a graphic novel by Alan Moore, illustrated by David Lloyd, that explores the rise of totalitarian rule in England and the fight for resistance through the vigilante V.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Cat Kid Comic Club

When Naomi, Melvin, Pedro, Poppy, and 16 other baby frogs form the Cat Kid Comic Club, they share stories, mishaps, and laughter while learning to draw and write comics—using everything from pencils to clay to cookies.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Big Nate Strikes Again

Big Nate faces a double challenge at middle school: a class project with his rival Gina and a fleeceball championship where their paths collide.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 New Kid

Seventh‑grader Jordan Banks dreams of art school, but his parents send him to a top private school where he is one of the few kids of color. Struggling between two worlds, he must keep friends back home while navigating a new culture and staying true to himself.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Awkward

A new girl, Penelope Torres, struggles to find her footing in a new school. When a kind boy helps her after a mishap, bullying forces her to hide her appreciation. As she joins the art club and makes friends, she must decide whether to confess her thanks.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Bone

Three Bone cousins—Fone, Phoney, and Smiley—are cast out of Boneville, wander a strange desert and forest valley, and eventually find refuge on Gran'Ma Ben’s farm, where hidden dangers await.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Dog Man Lord of the Fleas

Dog Man teams up with a kitten and a robot to stop new baddies in town, but must work with the unexpected ally Petey, the World’s Most Evil Cat.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Naruto 5

A manga volume that follows Naruto as he confronts the realization that ninjas are trained to kill, channeling the fox spirit's power to defeat Haku and avenge his friend Sasuke.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Uglies

A graphic‑novel take on a dystopian world where teens are slated to undergo a beauty transformation at sixteen, exploring themes of friendship, conformity, and identity.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Big Nate Genius Mode

In a witty comic strip style, Nate’s carefree attitude toward studying clashes with Francis’s insistence that Nate turn to the books—can Nate’s genius win everyone over, or will learning become the real comedy star?

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Big Nate - Great Minds Think Alike

Nate Wright, an 11‑year‑old sixth‑grade chess prodigy, partners with friends to launch fun schemes in the middle‑school world of Big Nate, blending humor, school mischief, and clever ideas.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Big Nate - Game On!

Sixth-grader Nate Wright treats every school activity as a game, bringing swagger, trash‑talk, and a daring attitude to basketball, soccer, and beyond.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Gender Queer

Gender Queer is Maia Kobabe’s autobiographical comic that explores self‑identity, gender, and sexuality, offering a candid look at coming out, nonbinary and asexual experiences, and the emotional journey of growing up LGBTQ+.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 The Bad Guys

Mr. Wolf gathers a team of former villains—Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, and Mr. Piranha—to perform heroic rescues, starting with a kitten in a tree and later freeing a pound of dogs, all while keeping their own antics in check.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Heartstopper Yearbook

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 They Called Us Enemy

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Big Nate flips out

In the latest chapter of the Big Nate series, the mischievous middle‑schooler Nate follows his friend Francis into a world of neatness, struggling to keep his schoolyard antics in line while dealing with detentions and friendship.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Big Nate - Payback Time!

A fresh collection of Big Nate comics showcasing every hijick—from snowball wars and cafeteria skirmishes to after‑school challenges and sixth‑grade crushes—all delivered with the classic humor and cartoon style that fans love.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 1 (呪術廻戦 Jujutsu Kaisen #1)

Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 1, by Gege Akutami, is the debut volume of the manga series that achieved New York Times bestseller status and is featured in the 2021 Graphic Books and Manga list.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Coraline

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 よつばと! 1

Yōtsuba, a bright and curious little girl, discovers the humor and heart of everyday life through her adventures with her father, family, and neighbors in their town.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Claudia and mean Janine

Claudia and her sister Janine feel like strangers—one loves art, the other crams for straight A’s. When their grandmother Mimi is taken seriously, the sisters discover more common ground than rivalry.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 The Calvin and Hobbes tenth anniversary book

A collection of Calvin and Hobbes comics celebrating ten years of the beloved graphic novel.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Guts

Raina Telgemeier recounts a true, comic‑style story of a teenage girl battling stomach pain and anxiety while navigating school friendships, uncovering the link between her physical symptoms and emotional stress.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 My Hero Academia, Vol. 1

High school hero comics drama follows Izuku Midoriya, a Quirkless junior, who dreams of becoming a hero after a pivotal meeting with All Might.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Kristy's Great Idea (graphic novel)

A lively graphic adaptation of the classic Babysitters Club story, where Kristy Thomas pitches a promising business plan to her friends Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacey, turning a simple babysitting club into a budding venture.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Preludes & Nocturnes

A graphic collection of the first eight issues of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed Sandman series, featuring Dream of the Endless as he battles sleep‑bound captors, supernatural foes, and the chaos of a fractured realm.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 ONE PIECE 1

Monkey D. Luffy, a rubber‑body pirate, sets out to find the legendary One Piece treasure hidden by Gold Roger, hoping to become the King of Pirates.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 American Born Chinese

Three interlocking stories follow young Chinese Americans as they navigate the challenges of fitting into popular culture, all told in a vibrant graphic novel format.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

A collection of Bill Watterson’s beloved Calvin & Hobbes comic strips, featuring highlights such as *The Revenge of the Baby-Sat* and *Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"*.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Dork Diaries 7

A fresh entry in the popular Dork Diaries series, featuring Nikki Maxwell’s latest adventures and friendship challenges.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Peanuts Treasury

A delightful collection of over six hundred classic Peanuts strips featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Peppermint Patty and friends, showcasing their humor, wisdom and heartwarming moments.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Sisters

A humorous, autobiographical graphic novel charting Raina Telgemeier’s evolving relationships with her siblings and parents as she adjusts to being a big sister and navigates family dynamics during a San Francisco‑to‑Colorado road trip.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Avatar

Collects "Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise" parts 1–3, following Aang and friends as the fragile peace between the four nations teeters amid conflict between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Complete Big Nate

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Nimona

Blending science, fantasy, and humor, "Nimona" follows the mischievous shapeshifter Nimona and her co-conspirator Lord Ballister Blackheart as they challenge the kingdom’s notion of heroism, all while unraveling the mystery of Nimona’s past.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Real Friends

A heartfelt graphic memoir that follows Shannon’s journey through school friendships and the pressures of popularity, as she questions loyalty, courage, and what it truly means to have a real friend.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

A 23‑year‑old rocker struggling between jobs and a high‑school romance suddenly has his life turned upside down when the enigmatic Ramona Flowers steps into his world.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Death Note, Vol. 2

A brilliant student discovers a deadly notebook that names its victims, sparking a moral struggle as the FBI’s enigmatic detective hunts the killer.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Big Nate - Here Goes Nothing

Big Nate stars both the comic strip and the school soccer team—will his goalkeeping save the day at Jefferson Middle School?

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Dragon Ball Z; Thank You

A battle to save Earth rages as Piccolo, Gohan, Kuririn, Tenshinhan, and Chaozu fight the Saiyans, while Goku arrives to help confront the Saiyan commander Vegeta.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Big Nate - Mr. Popularity

The fourth Big Nate comic collection, Mr. Popularity, follows Nate as he runs for office in his school, rivals for votes, and gets help from Francis—packed with over 300 full‑color strips and bonus activities.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Captain Underpants Books 1-4 Boxset (Captain Underpants)

A lively comic‑book adventure where two imaginative fourth‑graders, George and Harold, bring their creation, Captain Underpants, to life, turning school life into a hilarious, action‑packed comic page.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Superhero Comics

📘 Hyperbole and a Half

Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half turns her popular blog into a charming collection of witty essays, poignant stories, and hand‑drawn cartoons that explore humor, depression, and everyday life.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Maximum Ride. The Manga 1

Teen Max and her winged friends must rescue their kidnapped companion from a sinister lab, turning their sky‑high adventure into a perilous fight for survival.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Batman

Alan Moore’s graphic narrative follows the Joker’s release from Arkham Asylum, as he targets Gotham’s guardian, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and the Commissioner’s daughter, forcing the city to confront blurred borders between sanity, heroism, and villainy.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Superhero Comics

📘 El Deafo

El Deafo is a graphic novel by Cece Bell that follows a young girl who loses her hearing, learns to navigate the world with a hearing aid, and finds new friendships through humor and creativity.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Claudia and Mean Janine

When Grandma Mimi has a stroke, Claudia must take over babysitting duties, which strains her already tense relationship with her sister and threatens her place in the Babysitters Club.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Allergic

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Crush

A graphic‑novel exploration of middle‑school friendship dynamics, where a boy navigates changing group expectations and his own desires amid the pressures of popularity and club life.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Amulet, Book Three

Emily, Navin, and their resistance crew sail in a massive airship to the legendary city of Cielis, hoping the Guardian Council’s Stonekeepers will aid Alledia’s survival before the Elf King catches them.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Battle royale

Kōshun Takami’s graphic novel spins a harrowing allegory in which a group of junior‑high students are stranded on a deserted island, armed and compelled to fight until only one remains.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Persepolis. The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis is a black‑and‑white graphic memoir that follows Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, depicting the Iranian Revolution, the Iran‑Iraq war, and the personal cost of political upheaval.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 The Walking Dead, Vol. 1

A graphic novel that follows humanity after a zombie outbreak collapses civilization, forcing survivors to navigate a new reality of danger and duty.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Diary of a Wimpy Kid

This is a journal of Greg Hefferly

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Mary Anne Saves the Day

Mary Anne watches the friendships of her Babysitters Club friends fray apart—after a huge fight she is left alone, must forge new friends, and face her overprotective father while handling a babysitting crisis. She rises to reunite the group.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 スパイファミリー

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 The Alchemist Graphic Novel

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 March. Book One

A vividly drawn first‑hand memoir of John Lewis, detailing his youth in Alabama, meetings with Martin Luther King, Jr., the launch of the Nashville Student Movement, and the nonviolent fight against segregation.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Anya's ghost

Anya’s confidence wavers until she falls into a well and meets a ghost—her unlikely friend. Together they navigate school, friendship, and self‑esteem, revealing the costs and perks of a supernatural sidekick.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1

A young devil hunter becomes Chainsaw Man after being resurrected by his pet dog devil.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Endless Nights

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 The Dark Knight returns

Frank Miller’s graphic novel reboot of Batman’s legend, set in a decayed near‑future Gotham, follows the Dark Knight’s return with a new Robin and a new generation of villains, exploring themes of good versus evil.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Superhero Comics

📘 Big Nate Stays Classy

It's really thicc, thicer than the others

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 The essential Calvin and Hobbes

A definitive collection of Bill Watterson’s classic *Calvin and Hobbes* strips, combining the first two editions with black‑and‑white dailies, color Sundays, and a new 16‑page full‑color story.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 The Hobbit

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Maus II

Art Spiegelman's Maus II, the sequel to his celebrated graphic testimonial, follows survivor Vladek Spieglman from the death camps of Auschwitz to his post‑war life in the Catskills, while exploring his son’s struggle to understand the past.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Lore Olympus

A contemporary retelling of Greek mythology starring Persephone, the young spring goddess, who navigates Olympus’ glittering life, romances Hades, and learns to balance power, politics, and her own identity.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Moomin

Moomin: A Graphic Novel

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 A Good Old-Fashioned Wedgie

A new Big Nate comic book where the schoolyard mischief continues—perfectly snappy and humorous for middle‑school readers.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Fiction

📘 Berserk, Vol. 1

Guts, the Black Swordsman, wields a gigantic sword and bears The Brand, a cursed mark that attracts darkness. Joined by the elf Puck, he rages through a brutal, dark path of vengeance and survival.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Manga

📘 When Stars Are Scattered

When Stars Are Scattered is an autobiographical graphic novel that follows Omar Mohamed and his nonverbal brother Hassan living in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, exploring their bond, daily hardships, and Omar’s school journey.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir

📘 Pyongyang

Guy Delisle’s graphic novel offers a rare personal view of North Korea, depicting life in Pyongyang through the eyes of a Western journalist during a two‑month stay.

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Subgenre: Graphic Memoir