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Best Stand-Alone Graphic Novels

Members: 17 participating members (show all)

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2
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
16,716 members, 459 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: racergirl76, blackdove07, guyalice, mspixieears, hipdeep, scificomics, benskinner, Percevan, sushicat

Score: 9

3
V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore
9,059 members, 178 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: sushicat, racergirl76, blackdove07, mspixieears, benskinner, scificomics

Score: 6

4
The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
5,428 members, 224 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: WomensSeqArtLibrary, racergirl76, blackdove07, inge87, sushicat

Score: 5

5
The Complete Maus
by Art Spiegelman
6,433 members, 207 reviews
4.52 stars (4.52 stars)

Lists: benskinner, hipdeep, racergirl76, sushicat

Score: 4

6
Blankets
by Craig Thompson
4,590 members, 220 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: souloftherose, Percevan, sushicat, ryvre

Score: 4

7
American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
4,212 members, 316 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: scificomics, guyalice, sushicat, ryvre

Score: 4

8
Habibi
by Craig Thompson
1,629 members, 99 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: sushicat, benskinner, Percevan, ryvre

Score: 4

9
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
by Alison Bechdel
1,553 members, 89 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: WomensSeqArtLibrary, blackdove07, Percevan, sushicat

Score: 4

10
Pax Romana
by Jonathan Hickman
155 members, 6 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: racergirl76, ryvre, scificomics, sushicat

Score: 4

11
Gone to Amerikay
by Derek McCulloch
45 members, 2 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, WomensSeqArtLibrary, racergirl76, ryvre

Score: 4

12
Pride of Baghdad
by Brian K. Vaughan
1,506 members, 94 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: racergirl76, sushicat, ryvre

Score: 3

13
Daytripper
by Gabriel Ba
959 members, 56 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: benskinner, scificomics, ryvre

Score: 3

14
My Friend Dahmer
by Derf Backderf
866 members, 83 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: streamsong, racergirl76, sushicat

Score: 3

15
I Kill Giants
by Joe Kelly
635 members, 49 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: guyalice, scificomics, ryvre

Score: 3

16
Beasts of Burden Volume 1: Animal Rites
by Evan Dorkin
292 members, 22 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ryvre, guyalice, racergirl76

Score: 3

17
The Property
by Rutu Modan
291 members, 15 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: inge87, streamsong, WomensSeqArtLibrary

Score: 3

18
The Nightly News
by Jonathan Hickman
207 members, 7 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: scificomics, sushicat, ryvre

Score: 3

21
Arkham Asylum
by Grant Morrison
2,441 members, 73 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: blackdove07, sushicat, ryvre

Thumbs down: benskinner

Score: 2

22
Black Hole
by Charles Burns
2,252 members, 76 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ryvre, sushicat

Score: 2

23
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
by Lucy Knisley
759 members, 72 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

Score: 2

24
Feynman
by Jim Ottaviani
681 members, 44 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, racergirl76

Score: 2

25
French Milk
by Lucy Knisley
581 members, 64 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

Lists: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

Score: 2

26
The Collected Essex County
by Jeff Lemire
534 members, 40 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ryvre, sushicat

Score: 2

27
The Contract with God Trilogy
by Will Eisner
507 members, 13 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: racergirl76, sushicat

Score: 2

28
Stuck Rubber Baby
by Howard Cruse
460 members, 17 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, ryvre

Score: 2

29
Jane, the Fox, and Me
by Fanny Britt
379 members, 37 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

Score: 2

30
March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)
by John Lewis
285 members, 9 reviews
4.62 stars (4.62 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, racergirl76

Score: 2

31
King City
by Brandon Graham
184 members, 4 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: ryvre, scificomics

Score: 2

32
X-Men: Magneto Testament
by Greg Pak
169 members, 9 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: Percevan, guyalice, ryvre

Thumbs down: benskinner

Score: 2

33
Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me
by Harvey Pekar
134 members, 6 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: ryvre, racergirl76

Score: 2

34
Punk Rock Jesus
by Sean Murphy
120 members, 5 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Percevan, ryvre

Score: 2

35
Templar
by Jordan Mechner
118 members, 11 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: racergirl76, ryvre

Score: 2

36
Irmina
by Barbara Yelin
87 members, 4 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

Score: 2

37
Fatherland: A Family History
by Nina Bunjevac
77 members, 5 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

Score: 2

38
Echoes
by Joshua Hale Fialkov
40 members, 2 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: ryvre, sushicat

Score: 2

39
From Hell
by Alan Moore
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: sushicat, racergirl76

Score: 2

40
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
by Chris Ware
2,878 members, 50 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: benskinner

Score: 1

41
We3
by Grant Morrison
1,059 members, 52 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

42
Ice Haven
by Daniel Clowes
640 members, 12 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: benskinner

Score: 1

43
Here
by Richard McGuire
601 members, 33 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Score: 1

44
Exit Wounds
by Rutu Modan
559 members, 32 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: streamsong

Score: 1

45
Batwoman: Elegy
by Greg Rucka
500 members, 26 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: guyalice, ryvre

Thumbs down: benskinner

Score: 1

46
Pedro & Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned
by Judd Winick
462 members, 16 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

47
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth: A Novel
by Isabel Greenberg
453 members, 20 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: benskinner

Score: 1

48
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
by Josh Neufeld
420 members, 28 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Score: 1

49
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
by Chris Hedges
418 members, 18 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Score: 1

50
Meanwhile
by Jason Shiga
413 members, 37 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

51
The Underwater Welder
by Jeff Lemire
373 members, 17 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Score: 1

52
Why I Hate Saturn
by Kyle Baker
314 members, 6 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

53
Local
by Brian Wood
292 members, 13 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

54
Midnight Nation
by J. Michael Straczynski
285 members, 11 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

55
Boxers & Saints Boxed Set
by Gene Luen Yang
267 members, 19 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Score: 1

56
The Mystery Play
by Grant Morrison
260 members, 6 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Score: 1

57
The Silence of Our Friends
by Mark Long
247 members, 15 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

58
Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery
by Grant Morrison
225 members, 12 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

59
Trillium
by Jeff Lemire
219 members, 8 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Score: 1

60
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
by Shigeru Mizuki
213 members, 4 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: inge87

Score: 1

61
The Golem's Mighty Swing
by James Sturm
213 members, 9 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

62
The Pro
by Garth Ennis
201 members, 4 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

63
The Wake
by Scott Snyder
164 members, 8 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: benskinner

Score: 1

64
The Cape
by Joe Hill
133 members, 13 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

65
Just So Happens
by Fumio Obata
133 members, 11 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: inge87

Score: 1

66
5 is the Perfect Number
by Igort
123 members, 3 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Score: 1

67
De: Tales
by Fábio Moon
117 members, 3 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

68
2 Sisters
by Matt Kindt
105 members, 2 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

69
Revolver
by Matt Kindt
104 members, 9 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

70
Johnny Hiro: Half Asian, All Hero
by Fred Chao
99 members, 8 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

71
Elmer
by Gerry Alanguilan
90 members, 8 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

72
Severed
by Scott Snyder
90 members, 6 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

73
Petrograd
by Philip Gelatt
69 members, 4 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

74
Transhuman
by Jonathan Hickman
63 members, 0 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

75
Red Mass for Mars
by Jonathan Hickman
59 members, 1 review
3 stars (3 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

76
Afrodisiac
by Brian Maruca
52 members, 2 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

77
Joe & Azat
by Jesse Lonergan
24 members, 1 review
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: streamsong

Score: 1

78
The People Inside
by Ray Fawkes
22 members, 3 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Score: 1

79
Scene of the Crime
by Ed Brubaker
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: ryvre

Score: 1

80
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
by Frank Miller
5,590 members, 100 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Thumbs down: benskinner

Score: 0

81
Batman: Hush
by Jeph Loeb
678 members, 20 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: sushicat

Thumbs down: benskinner

Score: 0

82
Wolverine: Old Man Logan
by Mark Millar
409 members, 17 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ryvre

Thumbs down: benskinner, Percevan

Score: < 0

83
The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel
by J. R. R. Tolkien
0 members, 0 reviews

Thumbs down: Percevan

Score: < 0

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Started by: ryvre (July 2013)

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