Best Stand-Alone Graphic Novels

2
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
21,057 members
518 reviews
½ 4.3
10 Members
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3
V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore
11,905 members
217 reviews
4.2
7 Members
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4
The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
8,304 members
283 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
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5
The Complete Maus
by Art Spiegelman
10,755 members
286 reviews
½ 4.5
5 Members
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6
Blankets
by Craig Thompson
5,721 members
257 reviews
4.1
5 Members
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7
Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
by Alison Bechdel
2,279 members
109 reviews
½ 3.6
5 Members
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8
American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
5,752 members
355 reviews
4
4 Members
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9
Habibi
by Craig Thompson
2,190 members
117 reviews
4
4 Members
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10
Pride of Baghdad
by Brian K. Vaughan
1,815 members
98 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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11
The Nightly News
by Jonathan Hickman
255 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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12
Pax Romana
by Jonathan Hickman
186 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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13
Gone to Amerikay
by Derek McCulloch
67 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
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14
Black Hole
by Charles Burns
3,034 members
91 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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15
Daytripper
by Gabriel Ba
1,429 members
72 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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16
My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel
by Derf Backderf
1,410 members
97 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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17
I Kill Giants
by Joe Kelly
930 members
57 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
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18
Stuck Rubber Baby
by Howard Cruse
558 members
22 reviews
4
3 Members
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19
The Property
by Rutu Modan
428 members
20 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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20
Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites
by Evan Dorkin
407 members
25 reviews
4.2
3 Members
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22
Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists
by Jim Ottaviani
143 members
1 review
½ 3.7
3 Members
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23
From Hell
by Alan Moore
4,273 members
92 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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24
Arkham Asylum
by Grant Morrison
3,232 members
85 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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25
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
by Lucy Knisley
1,053 members
95 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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26
Here
by Richard McGuire
1,046 members
53 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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27
Feynman
by Jim Ottaviani
875 members
49 reviews
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, MissKyra
28
The Collected Essex County
by Jeff Lemire
762 members
44 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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29
French Milk
by Lucy Knisley
709 members
72 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
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30
The Contract with God Trilogy
by Will Eisner
628 members
17 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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31
March: Books 1-3
by John Lewis
574 members
11 reviews
½ 4.6
2 Members
hipdeep, MissKyra
32
Jane, the Fox, and Me
by Fanny Britt
549 members
45 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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33
King City
by Brandon Graham
258 members
4 reviews
3.8
2 Members
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34
X-Men: Magneto Testament
by Greg Pak
227 members
12 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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35
Punk Rock Jesus
by Sean Murphy
207 members
7 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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36
Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me
by Harvey Pekar
199 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
ryvre, MissKyra
37
Templar
by Jordan Mechner
154 members
12 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ryvre, MissKyra
38
Irmina
by Barbara Yelin
151 members
6 reviews
4.2
2 Members
inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary
39
Fatherland: A Family History
by Nina Bunjevac
136 members
5 reviews
4
2 Members
inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary
40
Echoes
by Joshua Hale Fialkov
54 members
2 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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41
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
by Frank Miller
7,083 members
111 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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42
Drama: A Graphic Novel
by Raina Telgemeier
3,879 members
134 reviews
3.9
Member
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43
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
by Chris Ware
3,447 members
58 reviews
4.1
Member
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44
The Prince and the Dressmaker
by Jen Wang
2,339 members
156 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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45
Stitches: A Memoir
by David Small
2,142 members
180 reviews
4.1
Member
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46
Batman: The Killing Joke
by Alan Moore
1,848 members
58 reviews
4
Member
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47
We3
by Grant Morrison
1,313 members
59 reviews
4
Member
ryvre
48
Marvels
by Kurt Busiek
1,298 members
30 reviews
4.1
Member
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49
Hey, Kiddo
by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
1,251 members
70 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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50
Mooncakes
by Suzanne Walker
1,098 members
77 reviews
3.8
Member
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51
The Magic Fish: A Graphic Novel
by Trung Le Nguyen
944 members
50 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
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52
Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon and Mu
by Junji Ito
784 members
27 reviews
4
Member
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53
The Secret To Superhuman Strength
by Alison Bechdel
761 members
31 reviews
4.1
Member
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54
Batwoman: Elegy
by Greg Rucka
757 members
37 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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55
Ice Haven
by Daniel Clowes
739 members
15 reviews
3.8
Member
benskinner
56
Spinning
by Tillie Walden
724 members
27 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
57
Exit Wounds
by Rutu Modan
689 members
33 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
streamsong
58
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth: A Graphic Novel
by Isabel Greenberg
655 members
25 reviews
4
Member
benskinner
59
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
by Chris Hedges
577 members
19 reviews
4.1
Member
sushicat
60
Meanwhile
by Jason Shiga
555 members
42 reviews
4
Member
ryvre
61
The Underwater Welder
by Jeff Lemire
545 members
24 reviews
3.8
Member
sushicat
62
Pedro & Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned
by Judd Winick
535 members
18 reviews
4.2
Member
ryvre
63
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
by Josh Neufeld
511 members
30 reviews
3.8
Member
sushicat
64
Garlic and the Vampire
by Bree Paulsen
500 members
32 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
A Drifting Life
by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
478 members
18 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
66
Superman Smashes the Klan
by Gene Luen Yang
455 members
28 reviews
½ 4.7
Member
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67
Same Difference and Other Stories
by Derek Kirk Kim
436 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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68
Boxers and Saints
by Gene Luen Yang
391 members
15 reviews
4.1
Member
sushicat
69
Why I Hate Saturn
by Kyle Baker
359 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ryvre
70
Local
by Brian Wood
354 members
13 reviews
4
Member
ryvre
71
Midnight Nation
by J. Michael Straczynski
351 members
13 reviews
3.9
Member
ryvre
72
The Silence of Our Friends
by Mark Long
342 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ryvre
73
Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery
by Grant Morrison
312 members
13 reviews
3.8
Member
ryvre
74
Trillium
by Jeff Lemire
306 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
sushicat
75
Queen of the Sea
by Dylan Meconis
305 members
37 reviews
4.2
Member
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76
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
by Shigeru Mizuki
302 members
4 reviews
4
Member
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77
The Mystery Play
by Grant Morrison
290 members
7 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
sushicat
78
The Golem's Mighty Swing
by James Sturm
264 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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79
The Wake
by Scott Snyder
263 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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80
The Pro
by Garth Ennis
260 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
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81
Just So Happens
by Fumio Obata
217 members
13 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
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82
Scene of the Crime: A Little Piece of Goodnight
by Ed Brubaker
195 members
7 reviews
4.2
Member
ryvre
83
The Cape
by Joe Hill
193 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ryvre
84
The Cowboy Wally Show
by Kyle Baker
187 members
2 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
85
I Am Not Okay With This
by Charles Forsman
176 members
9 reviews
3
Member
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86
Severed
by Scott Snyder
167 members
9 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ryvre
87
5 is the Perfect Number
by Igort
166 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
sushicat
88
De: Tales
by Fábio Moon
150 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ryvre
89
Revolver
by Matt Kindt
138 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
ryvre
90
The Dollhouse Family
by M. R. Carey
126 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
91
2 Sisters
by Matt Kindt
123 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ryvre
92
Johnny Hiro: Half Asian, All Hero
by Fred Chao
109 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
ryvre
93
Elmer
by Gerry Alanguilan
107 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
ryvre
94
Petrograd
by Philip Gelatt
107 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ryvre
95
Transhuman
by Jonathan Hickman
82 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
ryvre
96
Red Mass for Mars
by Jonathan Hickman
78 members
1 review
3.2
Member
ryvre
97
Kingdom Of The Wicked
by D'Israeli
74 members
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
98
Afrodisiac
by Brian Maruca
62 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ryvre
99
Flocks
by L. Nichols
52 members
5 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
100
Little Girls
by Nicholas Aflleje
50 members
3 reviews
3.1
Member
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