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Best Stand-Alone Graphic Novels

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

by Alison Bechdel

7,887 members

361 reviews

4.2

11 Members: streamsong, ryvre, guyalice, blackdove07, racergirl76, Percevan, WomensSeqArtLibrary, sushicat, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda, Kikko15

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18,764 members

482 reviews

½ 4.3

10 Members: hipdeep, benskinner, guyalice, blackdove07, racergirl76, Percevan, scificomics, sushicat, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

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10,310 members

189 reviews

4.2

7 Members: benskinner, blackdove07, racergirl76, scificomics, sushicat, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

6,662 members

247 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: inge87, blackdove07, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary, sushicat, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Complete Maus

by Art Spiegelman

8,378 members

248 reviews

½ 4.5

5 Members: hipdeep, benskinner, racergirl76, sushicat, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Craig Thompson

5,091 members

241 reviews

4.1

5 Members: ryvre, Percevan, souloftherose, sushicat, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama

by Alison Bechdel

1,900 members

99 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: blackdove07, Percevan, WomensSeqArtLibrary, sushicat, ManWithAnAgenda

8

American Born Chinese

by Gene Luen Yang

4,953 members

339 reviews

4

4 Members: ryvre, guyalice, scificomics, sushicat

9

by Craig Thompson

1,917 members

109 reviews

4

4 Members: benskinner, ryvre, Percevan, sushicat

10

Pride of Baghdad

by Brian K. Vaughan

1,652 members

95 reviews

3.9

4 Members: ryvre, racergirl76, sushicat, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Nightly News

by Jonathan Hickman

235 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: ryvre, scificomics, sushicat, ManWithAnAgenda

12

by Jonathan Hickman

169 members

5 reviews

3.8

4 Members: ryvre, racergirl76, scificomics, sushicat

13

Gone to Amerikay

by Derek McCulloch

63 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: hipdeep, ryvre, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

14

by Charles Burns

2,679 members

83 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ryvre, sushicat, ManWithAnAgenda

15

1,177 members

65 reviews

4.2

3 Members: benskinner, ryvre, scificomics

16

My Friend Dahmer

by Derf Backderf

1,125 members

92 reviews

3.9

3 Members: streamsong, racergirl76, sushicat

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778 members

53 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: ryvre, guyalice, scificomics

18

Stuck Rubber Baby

by Howard Cruse

512 members

19 reviews

4

3 Members: ryvre, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

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356 members

20 reviews

3.9

3 Members: streamsong, inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

20

Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites

348 members

24 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ryvre, guyalice, racergirl76

21

Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio

by Jessica Abel

239 members

51 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

22

Dignifying Science: Stories About Women Scientists

by Jim Ottaviani

133 members

1 review

½ 3.7

3 Members: hipdeep, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

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3,776 members

85 reviews

4.1

2 Members: racergirl76, sushicat

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by Grant Morrison

2,790 members

78 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ryvre, blackdove07, sushicat,benskinner

25

Relish: My Life in the Kitchen

by Lucy Knisley

909 members

89 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

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by Richard McGuire

784 members

41 reviews

4.1

2 Members: SylviaC, sushicat

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by Jim Ottaviani

782 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: hipdeep, racergirl76

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by Lucy Knisley

644 members

68 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

29

The Collected Essex County

637 members

42 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ryvre, sushicat

30

The Contract with God Trilogy

569 members

16 reviews

4.1

2 Members: racergirl76, sushicat

31

Jane, the Fox, and Me

476 members

43 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

32

March: Books 1-3

418 members

11 reviews

½ 4.6

2 Members: hipdeep, racergirl76

33

by Brandon Graham

221 members

4 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ryvre, scificomics

34

X-Men: Magneto Testament

202 members

11 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ryvre, guyalice, Percevan,benskinner

35

Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me

by Harvey Pekar

158 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ryvre, racergirl76

36

Punk Rock Jesus

149 members

5 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ryvre, Percevan

37

by Jordan Mechner

137 members

11 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ryvre, racergirl76

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by Barbara Yelin

117 members

5 reviews

4.2

2 Members: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

39

Fatherland: A Family History

by Nina Bunjevac

107 members

5 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, WomensSeqArtLibrary

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by Joshua Hale Fialkov

45 members

2 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ryvre, sushicat

41

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

by Frank Miller

6,279 members

105 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sushicat, ManWithAnAgenda,benskinner

42

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

3,165 members

55 reviews

4.1

Member: benskinner

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by Raina Telgemeier

2,797 members

125 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

44

Stitches: A Memoir

1,944 members

173 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Prince and the Dressmaker

1,675 members

122 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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Batman: The Killing Joke

1,596 members

44 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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by Grant Morrison

1,155 members

55 reviews

4

Member: ryvre

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1,145 members

28 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

49

by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

941 members

58 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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by Suzanne Walker

696 members

62 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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by Daniel Clowes

687 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: benskinner

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628 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: streamsong

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Batwoman: Elegy

585 members

32 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ryvre, guyalice,benskinner

54

The Encyclopedia of Early Earth: A Graphic Novel

by Isabel Greenberg

577 members

21 reviews

4

Member: benskinner

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by Tillie Walden

546 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

56

Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

by Chris Hedges

510 members

18 reviews

4.1

Member: sushicat

57

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

by Alison Bechdel

504 members

25 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

58

Pedro & Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned

498 members

16 reviews

4.2

Member: ryvre

59

The Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel)

by Trung Le Nguyen

495 members

30 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

60

484 members

40 reviews

4

Member: ryvre

61

Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon and Mu

458 members

15 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

62

A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

by Josh Neufeld

458 members

28 reviews

3.8

Member: sushicat

63

The Underwater Welder

449 members

20 reviews

3.8

Member: sushicat

64

A Drifting Life

by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

435 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

65

Same Difference and Other Stories

by Derek Kirk Kim

408 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

Boxers and Saints

by Gene Luen Yang

340 members

16 reviews

4.2

Member: sushicat

67

Why I Hate Saturn

334 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ryvre

68

325 members

13 reviews

4.1

Member: ryvre

69

Midnight Nation

by J. Michael Straczynski

321 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: ryvre

70

The Silence of Our Friends

301 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ryvre

71

Superman Smashes the Klan

by Gene Luen Yang

288 members

23 reviews

½ 4.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

72

The Mystery Play

by Grant Morrison

278 members

7 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: sushicat

73

Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery

by Grant Morrison

273 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: ryvre

74

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths

by Shigeru Mizuki

260 members

5 reviews

4

Member: inge87

75

255 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: sushicat

76

The Golem's Mighty Swing

235 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ryvre

77

Garlic and the Vampire

by Bree Paulsen

233 members

25 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

78

227 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ryvre

79

Queen of the Sea

by Dylan Meconis

219 members

36 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

by Scott Snyder

214 members

11 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: benskinner

81

Scene of the Crime: A Little Piece of Goodnight

175 members

7 reviews

4.1

Member: ryvre

82

Just So Happens

175 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

83

168 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ryvre

84

The Cowboy Wally Show

166 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

5 is the Perfect Number

145 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sushicat

86

137 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ryvre

87

I Am Not Okay With This

by Charles Forsman

135 members

9 reviews

3.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

88

by Scott Snyder

130 members

8 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ryvre

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119 members

10 reviews

3.9

Member: ryvre

90

114 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ryvre

91

Johnny Hiro: Half Asian, All Hero

106 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: ryvre

92

by Gerry Alanguilan

100 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: ryvre

93

by Philip Gelatt

88 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ryvre

94

The Dollhouse Family

83 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

by Jonathan Hickman

75 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: ryvre

96

Red Mass for Mars

by Jonathan Hickman

68 members

1 review

3.1

Member: ryvre

97

Kingdom Of The Wicked

65 members

1 review

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

by Brian Maruca

57 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ryvre

99

by Nicholas Aflleje

45 members

5 reviews

3.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

100

39 members

6 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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Started: ryvre
July 2013
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