New Adult Graphic Novels (2025)

Updated January 13, 2026
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New Adult Graphic Novels (2025)

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Absolute Batman. Vol. 1, The zoo
Snyder, Scott
Paper Book
Without the wealth, without the cave, he's still the Absolute Dark Knight! Meet Batman as you've never seen him before, reimagined with a modern origin story at the hands of superstar creative team Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta! An astonishing new version of DC's...
Absolute Superman. Vol. 1, Last dust of Krypton
Aaron, Jason
Paper Book
Without the fortress, without the family, without a home...what's left is the Absolute Man of Steel! Spiraling out of the catastrophic events of Absolute Power, a new side of the DC Universe is born-the Absolute Universe! In a different, darker world, Kal-El landed...
Assorted crisis events vol 01
Camp, Deniz.
Paper Book
THE BEAT BEST COMICS OF 2025 An action-packed sci-fi anthology series following normal people navigating an alternate world where time is having a crisis, and just stepping outside your door can send you on an unexpected adventure. Time is having a crisis.
Calavera, P.I.
Finnegan, Marco
Paper Book
A 2025 New York Public Library Best New Comic for Adults Sometimes it takes a dead man to crack the case! In 1925, Juan Calavera died a hero. After a career spent outside the law defending the Chicano barrios where the police refused to operate, he earned a...
Castle swimmer. Volume one
Martin, Wendy (Comics creator)
Paper Book
In the gorgeous first installment of the hit Webtoon series Castle Swimmer, two young mermen reject their destinies and embark on an epic adventure full of romance and danger, featuring exclusive bonus material. "Castle Swimmer hooks you from the start and doesn...
Castle Swimmer: Volume 2
Martin, Wendy, Ph.D.
Paper Book
Two mermen reject their destinies and embark on a raucous adventure as big and unpredictable as the ocean itself-and a romance that nobody could have predicted-in the stunning second installment of the hit Webtoon series Castle Swimmer. The sharks want Kappa dead, and time...
Checked Out
Fricas, Katie
Paper Book
In which a queer library worker searches for love, artistic validation in New YorkCity, and the perfect book An aspiring cartoonist and book lovin' lesbian, Louise works a dead-end day job at a shoe store, where she spends most of her time brooding over a coworker who will...
The confessional : a graphic novel
Hender, Paige
Paper Book
In this compelling debut horror graphic novel, a newly turned vampire yearns for salvation in the arms of the priest who uncovers her secret. New Orleans, 1922. Cora Velasquez lives with her sister and her own haunted memories in a speakeasy run by a vampire coven. Unable to bear the weight of her...
Cornelius : the merry life of a wretched dog
Torices, Marc
Paper Book
Horrifying and hilarious, Cornelius the dog is a spectacular train wreck--you just can't look away Cornelius is a fumbling loser, the butt of everyone's jokes. When his friend Alspacka iskidnapped, the subsequent criminal investigation turns into a dramatic and...
Exquisite Corpses Volume 1
Tynion IV, James
Paper Book
2025 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST NEW COMICS FOR ADULTS * AMAZON COMIXOLOGY BEST OF 2025 "Exquisite Corpses combines the elements of a classic mystery with a to-the-death struggle in the vein of The Purge or Hunger Games." --FORBES ...
Falling in love on the path to hell volume one
Duggan, Gerry
Paper Book
The sun set on samurai and gunslingers at roughly the same time, but our two leads didn't die off quietly. In the East, a samurai would rather die with her weapons than surrender them to a sword hunt. In the West, the gunslinger follows his revenge to the...
Fishflies
Lemire, Jeff
Paper Book
2025 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST NEW COMICS FOR ADULTS "A beautiful, unsettling, and ultimately touching story about connection, transformation, and the possibility of moving forward in life, despite the burden of an unresolved past." --Library Journal (starred...
Gaysians
Curato, Mike
Paper Book
Kirkus Best Fiction of the Year * From the acclaimed author of the young adult graphic novel Flamer comes a heartwarming story following four gay Asians navigating love, identity, and friendship--a celebration of queer chosen family.​ When AJ moves to...
Geiger 1
Johns, Geoff.
Paper Book
The critically acclaimed team of writer GEOFF JOHNS andartist GARY FRANK unites with superstar colorist BRAD ANDERSON to bring theirfirst creator-owned hero to Image Comics! Setin the years after a nuclear war ravaged the planet,...
Geiger. Vol. 2, The nuclear knight
Johns, Geoff
Paper Book
Picking up after the events of the first hit series, Tariq Geiger leaves his home behind and now walks the radioactive roads of the
Grommets
Remender, Rick
Paper Book
2025 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST NEW COMICS FOR ADULTS "This throwback gem offers rewards for readers well beyond the Thrasher set." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Grommets captures the raw feeling of being an outcast kid in the 1980s,...
Hauntress
Mochizuki, Minetaro
Paper Book
A seminal work of horror from 1993, this classic from the author of Dragon Head is finally appearing in English for the first time. Incorporating elements of psychological horror and urban legend, and credited with introducing the idea of stalking to Japan, Mochizuki's early masterpiece...
Heartcore
Jislová, Štěpánka
Paper Book
What is at the core of romantic attachment? Does our upbringing play a part, or is falling in love a magical, uncontrollable process? Are we doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over, or can we break unhealthy cycles and learn new ways to love? These are the questions asked in...
Helen of Wyndhorn
King, Tom
Paper Book
Following the tragic death of her late father C.K. Cole, the esteemed pulp writer and creator of the popular warrior character Othan, Helen Cole is called back to her Grandfather's enormous and illustrious estate, Wyndhorn House. Scarred by Cole's untimely passing and lost in a new, strange world,...
Holy lacrimony
DeForge, Michael
Paper Book
The post-alien abduction trauma memoir we've all been waiting for "Ah, there's that famous lip quiver!" says Jackie's abductor and student. Jackie has been determined to be the "saddest living person in the entire world" by a mysterious team of alien abductors. His earthly...
The hunger and the dusk. Volume 1
Wilson, G. Willow
Paper Book
Hugo- and World Fantasy Award-winning writer G. Willow Wilson and all-star artist Chris Wildgoose invite readers to experience love on the brink of extinction in their high fantasy tour de force! In a dying world, only humans and orcs remain--mortal enemies battling for territory...
Ionheart
Kummer, Lukas
Paper Book
This head-spinning, time-bending graphic novel is a nuclear fusion of fantasy and science fiction whose every page glows with an eerie light. Will you survive the blast? Pursued by a terrifying demon, a young knight flees across the radioactive ruins of a fairy-tale land. His...
Jenny Sparks
King, Tom
Paper Book
As The Authority makes its way to movie theaters, one of the team's most compelling characters gets the spotlight in a new story written by comics superstar Tom King (Mister Miracle, Supergirl- Woman of Tomorrow)! What could four strangers have to do with the...
John Constantine, Hellblazer : dead in America
Spurrier, Simon
Paper Book
The fan-favorite creative team of Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell (John Constantine, Hellblazer) have reunited for a brand-new series featuring the DC Universe's most beloved occult con man/detective, John Constantine! This is certainly not the first time John Constantine has had...
Justice League unlimited. Volume 1, Into the inferno
Waid, Mark
Paper Book
The League is back and bigger than ever, as writer Mark Waid and artist Dan Mora helm the flagship series of DC's bestselling, new-reader-friendly All In initiative! In recent years, the Justice League had disbanded-but now, following the events of the DC blockbuster event...
Land of Mirrors
Medem, Maria
Paper Book
Seeped in flamenco rhythms, a hero's journey of love and hope Antonia is the sole inhabitant of a deserted town, with only a roaming pack of dogs and her own worn out memories to keep her company. Nothing is new in this world, the ponds are so still they are dead, and her...
The Whitestone chronicles : Ripley.
Nijkamp, Marieke
Paper Book
A prequel to Amazon Studios' The Legend of Vox Machina! Fans of the fantasy animated series from Critical Role and Amazon Studios won't want to miss this original graphic novel - the first of three interconnected prequel stories! Tragedy strikes the...
Life drawing
Hernandez, Jaime
Paper Book
A New York Times Best Graphic Novel of 2025 Ten years in the making (and torn from the pages of the legendary Love and Rockets), Jaime Hernandez's newest graphic novel skillfully weaves two generations of his beloved characters into a satisfying story of love--both young and middle-aged....
Love languages
Albon, James
Paper Book
Two foreigners in France reach across language barriers and turn each other's lives upside down in this stunningly beautiful queer romance graphic novel painted in dazzling watercolor. Sarah Huxley has moved from London to Paris, only to find a lonely life of corporate drudgery...
Minor Arcana Vol. 1
Lemire, Jeff
Paper Book
Theresa's mother has fallen ill, and as a young bitter misanthrope, returning to her hometown to take care of her phony psychic of a mom is the last thing on Theresa s bucket list. But when Theresa finds out these abilities might be real after all, it will up to her to reconcile with her ailing...
Minor Arcana Vol. 2
Lemire, Jeff
Paper Book
Inspired by the iconography of tarot, comics icon Jeff Lemire returns to his critically acclaimed meditation on small town life, family, community, grief, mortality, and the power of human connection. In the second movement of the story, collected here for the very first time, Theresa is faced with...
Miss Ruki
Takano, Fumiko
Paper Book
Chosen by the Washngton Post as one of the Best Comics of 2025 A young woman rejects the fast-paced consumer culture of 1980s Japan in favor of a slower, more carefree lifestyle in this tenderhearted, sweetly funny classic of slice-of-life manga. A classic of...
Motherlover
Ishihiro, Lindsay
Paper Book
Eisner Award Nomination for Best Webcomic  The New York Public Library's Best New Comics of 2025 for Adults "Will have readers cheering." -- NEW YORK TIMES "Readers will fall for...
Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the sower
Duff, Damian
Ebook
In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America's...
Parable of the Talents: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Butler, Octavia E.
Paper Book
This powerful graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel stands beside the acclaimed previous graphic novel adaptations, Kindred, a #1 New York Times bestseller, and Parable of the Sower, winner of the Hugo Award Octavia...
The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers
Gillen, Kieron
Paper Book
2025 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST NEW COMICS FOR ADULTS "A rich and rewarding story about existential questions when super-powered gods walk amongst us." --AIPT It's 1999. Six indescribably powerful people each have the destructive capability of...
The Power Fantasy Volume 2: Mutually Reassuring Destruction
Gillen, Kieron
Paper Book
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, Best New Comics for Adults 2025 IGN, Best Comics of 2024 NEWSARAMA, Best Comics of 2024 REDDIT r/comics, Best Ongoing Series of 2024 THE BEAT, Best 50 Comics of 2024 The epic and thrilling new...
Pushing Buttons: A Futuristic Workplace Kerfuffle
Blix, Ursula.
Paper Book
In Department C11, new employee Margit operates one of the company's 3AZ machines. Ah, the first day at a new job! And just in time to avoid that eviction notice. All thanks to Margit's best friend, supervisor Chloe. Is there anything greater than getting to work with your best friend? Even if Chloe...
Rare flavours
V, Ram
Paper Book
Peppered with myths, culinary history, and recipes, this is a terrifying trip to savor. - Publishers Weekly Starred Review "Ram V and Filipe Andrade cook up a tale worthy of Gaiman or Bourdain." - ComicsOnline "With wondrous depictions of simple recipes,...
Saint Catherine
Meyer, Anna.
Paper Book
In this debut graphic novel, a young woman skips Sunday mass for the very first time and is forced to confront a lifetime of Catholic guilt...as well as the demon hell-bent on possessing her. In her twenty-something years of existence, Catherine never skipped mass once. As a...
Second Shift
Anderson, Kit
Paper Book
From the time when the station wakes her up, Birdie Doran is on the clock. It's just her and one or two others on Terracorp's isolated outpost, processing comets. So she slips into virtual reality, with the station creating adventures for her as she does repairs, routine maintenance, and checks the...
Tongues. Book 1
Nilsen, Anders
Paper Book
From the three-time Igantz award-winning artist and author of Big Questions comes a fascinating graphic novel retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus "An extraordinary reinvention of some of our oldest stories. Nilsen brings these old gods to an electrifying new life,...
Uncanny Valley
Fleecs, Tony
Paper Book
Oliver is different. His mother's history in Burbank, California isn't the only thing that sets him apart from other 12-year-olds he has unexplainable, campy powers that more often than not land him in trouble... But the most outlandish and astonishing is yet to come, as a dark presence pursues...
We All Got Something
Lindell, Lawrence
Paper Book
When you're always searching, you might just surprise yourself with what you find After a rocky attempt at living in London with his partner, Lawrence finds himself single,broke, and back at home in Compton with his mom and great-aunt, moping from bed tokitchen table...
Wicked : the graphic novel. Part I
Hampton, Scott
Paper Book
Experience the magic of Oz as you've never seen it before with this brand-new graphic novel adaptation of Gregory Maguire's masterpiece Wicked, the inspiration for the Broadway show and the smash hit movie series--the first in a two-part series featuring gorgeous full-color...
Wolverine. 1, In the bones
Ahmed, Saladin
Paper Book
From the ashes of the Krakoan era, Wolverine sets out on what could be his most perilous journey yet! There's a killer in the woods - and as Wolverine's attempt at piece is shattered, an old enemy will re-emerge and a new villain threatens to bring Logan to the brink of his...
Zatanna : bring down the house
Tamaki, Mariko
Paper Book
Zatanna's past and present collide in a brand-new series by Eisner Award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (Harley Quinn- Breaking Glass, I Am Not Starfire) and Javier Rodriguez! After a deadly mistake left her terrified of her own abilities, Zatanna found a home for herself in Las...
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