“What are the best Comics and Graphic Novels released in 2019?” We looked at 171 of the top Comics and Graphic Novels books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 35 books, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Comics and Graphic Novels” book lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 125+ titles, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
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| # | Books | Authors | Lists |
| 36 | 7 Deadly Sins | Entropy | |
| 37 | A Fire Story | Booklist | |
| 38 | A Puff of Smoke | Guardian | |
| 39 | A Shining Beacon | The Beat | |
| 40 | Abbott | Booklist | |
| 41 | ABC of Typography | Observer | |
| 42 | Agents of Atlas | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 43 | Akissi: More Tales of Mischief | The Beat | |
| 44 | Alienation | Inés Estrada | NPR |
| 45 | Amazing Spider-Man | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 46 | Americana | Guardian | |
| 47 | Angel Vol. 1 | Paste | |
| 48 | ANGOLA JANGA HC | Gosh Comics | |
| 49 | Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation | Booklist 2 | |
| 50 | Aquaman | IGN | |
| 51 | Bad Friends | Booklist | |
| 52 | BAD GATEWAY HC MEGG & MOGG | Gosh Comics | |
| 53 | Batman | IGN | |
| 54 | Beastars | Paru Itagaki | Chicago Public Library |
| 55 | Berlin | Booklist | |
| 56 | Berserk Deluxe Edition Hardcover Vol. 1 | Paste | |
| 57 | Book Love | Goodreads | |
| 58 | Breaking Glass : A Graphic Novel | Mariko Tamaki | Chicago Public Library |
| 59 | CATS OF THE LOUVRE HC | Gosh Comics | |
| 60 | Champions | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 61 | Comics: Easy as ABC! | Booklist 3 | |
| 62 | Conan the Barbarian | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 63 | Crush. | Booklist 2 | |
| 64 | Deadendia: The Watcher’s Test | Booklist 3 | |
| 65 | Death Wins A Goldfish: Reflections From A Grim Reaper’s Yearlong Sabbatical | Brian Rea | NPR |
| 66 | Destroy All Vampires / Vampires Everywhere! | Entropy | |
| 67 | Dial H For Hero: Enter the Heroverse | Entropy | |
| 68 | Diary-ish Comics | Entropy | |
| 69 | Doctor Strange. | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 70 | Doomsday Clock | IGN 2 | |
| 71 | DRIFTING CLASSROOM HC VOL 01 | Gosh Comics | |
| 72 | Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 73 | G.I. Joe: Sierra Muerte | Entropy | |
| 74 | Gender Queer | School Library Journal | |
| 75 | Girl Town | Booklist | |
| 76 | Girls, Vol. 5 | Goodreads | |
| 77 | Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2) | Goodreads | |
| 78 | Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson: The Ring of Death | Entropy | |
| 79 | Hieronymous & Bosch | Entropy | |
| 80 | How Black People Keep Each Other Alive | Entropy | |
| 81 | How To: Absurd Scientific Advice For Common Real-World Problems | Randall Munroe | NPR |
| 82 | I Want to Eat your Pancreas | Yoru Sumino | Chicago Public Library |
| 83 | Illegal. | Booklist 2 | |
| 84 | Immortal Hulk | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 85 | Invaders | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 86 | Invisible Woman | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 87 | Is This How You See Me? | Guardian | |
| 88 | King of King Court | Guardian | |
| 89 | Kiss Number 8 | Colleen A. F. Venable | Chicago Public Library |
| 90 | LITTLE BIRD HC | Gosh Comics | |
| 91 | Loki | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 92 | Man-Eaters Volume 1 | Chelsea Cain | NPR |
| 93 | Meet the Skrulls | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 94 | Miles Morales: Spider-Man | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 95 | Monk! Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship behind a Musical Revolution | Booklist | |
| 96 | Monstress | IGN | |
| 97 | Mooncakes | Goodreads | |
| 98 | Ms. Marvel | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 99 | Multiforce | Entropy | |
| 100 | My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder | Booklist 3 | |
| 101 | My Brother’s Husband, v.2. | Booklist 2 | |
| 102 | NANCY BY OLIVIA JAIMES HC | Gosh Comics | |
| 103 | Nancy Drew | Kelly Thompson | Chicago Public Library |
| 104 | No Longer Human | Paste | |
| 105 | Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead | Booklist | |
| 106 | Once upon a Time in France. | Library Journal | |
| 107 | Operatic | Booklist 3 | |
| 108 | OUTER DARKNESS TP VOL 01 | Gosh Comics | |
| 109 | Palimpsest: Documents from a Korean Adoption | Observer | |
| 110 | PARALLEL LIVES SC | Gosh Comics | |
| 111 | Peter and Ernesto: The Lost Sloths | School Library Journal | |
| 112 | Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt | The Beat | |
| 113 | Peterloo: Witness to a Massacre | Guardian | |
| 114 | Pie in the Sky | Remy Lai | Readings |
| 115 | Reincarnation Stories | Library Journal | |
| 116 | Return to Romance | Observer | |
| 117 | ROCKET TO THE MOON! | Kirkus | |
| 118 | Royal City. | Booklist 2 | |
| 119 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | IGN | |
| 120 | Saint Young Men | The Beat | |
| 121 | Sara | Library Journal | |
| 122 | Savage Avengers | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 123 | Sensible Footwear | Observer | |
| 124 | Shades of Magic Vol. 1: The Steel Prince | Goodreads | |
| 125 | Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery | Renée Treml | Readings |
| 126 | Silver Spoon. | Booklist 2 | |
| 127 | SILVER SURFER BLACK SC | Gosh Comics | |
| 128 | Skip | The Beat | |
| 129 | Smashed | The Beat | |
| 130 | Snotgirl | The Beat | |
| 131 | Speak: The Graphic Novel | Booklist 2 | |
| 132 | Spider-Man: Life Story | IGN 2 | |
| 133 | Star Wars: Age of Rebellion – Boba Fett | The Beat | |
| 134 | Sunday’s Child | Observer | |
| 135 | Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt and Peanut Butter and Jelly | Ben Clanton | Readings |
| 136 | Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen | IGN 2 | |
| 137 | Supers | Frédéric Maupomé & DAWID | Readings |
| 138 | Swimming In Darkness | Lucas Harari | NPR |
| 139 | Teen Titans: Raven | Goodreads | |
| 140 | The Adventures of Anders | Gregory Mackay | Readings |
| 141 | The Amazing Mary Jane | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 142 | The American Dream?: A Journey On Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, And The Perfect Breakfast Burrito | Shing Yin Khor | NPR |
| 143 | The Avengers. | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 144 | The Black Cat | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 145 | The Book of Forks | Guardian | |
| 146 | THE CROSSOVER | Kirkus | |
| 147 | The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel | Goodreads | |
| 148 | The Immortal Hulk | IGN | |
| 149 | The Jungle | Observer | |
| 150 | The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom | Library Journal | |
| 151 | The Magnificent Ms. Marvel | IGN | |
| 152 | The Man Without Talent | Guardian | |
| 153 | The Nib | The Beat | |
| 154 | The Okay Witch | School Library Journal | |
| 155 | The Poe Clan | The Beat | |
| 156 | The Runaways | Embrace Your Geekness | |
| 157 | The Seventh Voyage | Stanislaw Lem | NPR |
| 158 | The Tempest | Guardian | |
| 159 | The Tenderness of Stones | Entropy | |
| 160 | The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 3: Hotel Oblivion (The Umbrella Academy, #3) | Goodreads | |
| 161 | The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees | Booklist 2 | |
| 162 | This Place: 150 Years Retold | School Library Journal | |
| 163 | THIS WOMAN’S WORK GN | Gosh Comics | |
| 164 | Thor | IGN | |
| 165 | Ubby’s Underdogs: Return of the Dragons | Brenton E. McKenna | Readings |
| 166 | Unhealthy | Entropy | |
| 167 | Vanni: A Family’s Struggle Through the Sri Lankan Conflict | The Beat | |
| 168 | Wasted Space | The Beat | |
| 169 | Waves | IGN 3 | |
| 170 | When I Arrived at the Castle | Paste | |
| 171 | Witch Hat Atelier | Kamome Shirahama | Chicago Public Library |
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