2025 Round Up: Favourite Graphics Books

Sequential art + a cohesive storyline = a great graphic novel!

Updated January 9, 2026
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Breadcrumbs : coming of age in post-Soviet Poland
Babis, Katarzyna
Paper Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year This moving graphic memoir is a coming-of-age story set in Poland as the country transitions from communism to capitalism. Perfect for fans of Persepolis! In the late 1980s, Poland faces debilitating food shortages, worker...
Spent: A Comic Novel
Bechdel, Alison.
Paper Book
'The funniest, most satirical cartoon she has ever written - as well as, perhaps, the most prescient' OBSERVER \"Very funny and self-hating in a good way\" ZADIE SMITH From her pygmy goat farm in Vermont, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel wonders- Can she pull humanity...
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...
Cannon
Lai, Lee.
Paper Book
Tongues
Nilsen, Anders.
Paper Book
From the revered graphic artist and writer Anders Nilsen, Tongues collects together in one volume for the first time Nilsen's cult comics and their retelling of the myth of Prometheus 'Mindbendingly good. It's up there with Maus, Fun Home, Persepolis, Jimmy...
Ginseng Roots
Thompson, Craig.
Paper Book
AN OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH A GUARDIAN BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2025 'A modern classic.' GUARDIAN 'It just blew me away.' JEFF LEMIRE 'Beautiful.' ROLLING STONE 'A masterpiece.' JOE SACCO FROM THE BESTSELLING...

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