Graphic Fiction

New and recommended graphic novels and comics

Updated October 6, 2025
Rochester Public Library RPL Staff
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Graphic Fiction

New and recommended graphic novels and comics

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Night fever
Brubaker, Ed
Paper Book
An amazing new original graphic novel from the bestselling creators of PULP, RECKLESS, CRIMINAL, and KILL OR BE...
Victory parade
Corman, Leela
Paper Book
EISNER AWARD NOMINEE . AN NPR, WASHINGTON POST, GUARDIAN, AND PW BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR . The author of the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Unterzakhn now gives us a heart-wrenching, phantasmagorical tale of love, loss, and trauma both personal and global, set during World War...
The lonesome hunters. Volume one
Crook, Tyler
Paper Book
From Russ Manning award-winning and Eisner-nominated Harrow County co-creator Tyler Crook comes this supernatural fantasy about loss, power, and destiny. An old and out-of-practice monster hunter in hiding crosses paths with a young girl that forces him to confront these...
Flung out of space inspired by the indecent adventures of Patricia Highsmith
Ellis, Grace
Paper Book
Flung Out of Space is both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, The Price of Salt, and an examination of its notorious author, Patricia Highsmith. Veteran comics creators Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer have teamed up to tell this story through Highsmith's eyes...
Let there be light : the real story of her creation
Finck, Liana
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE * An "irreverent yet profound" (Publishers Weekly) retelling of the Book of Genesis, starring a female God, from the acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist and author of Passing for Human WINNER OF THE NATIONAL...
The color of always : an LGBTQIA+ love anthology
Fisher, Brent
Paper Book
"Wherever you are, there is home."
Black paradox
Itō, Junji
Paper Book
Another of Junji Ito's classics, the sci-fi masterwork Remina tells the chilling tale of a hell star. Something is rotten in Okinawa...the floating stench of death hangs over the island..What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene...so begins Tadashi and Kaori...
After the Rain
Okorafor, Nnedi.
Paper Book
After the Rain is an adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's short story, "On the Road." The adaptation, written by John Jennings and illustrated by David Brame, begins in Nigeria during a powerful and unexpected storm. While visiting her grandmother, a young Nigerian-American woman named Chioma...
Days of sand
Jongh, Aimée de
Paper Book
Award-winning comics author Aimée de Jongh's graphic novel Days of Sand isa moving and unforgettable tale, inspired by real-life stories of courage and perseverance during the Dust Bowl of 1930s America.   United States, 1937. In the middle...
Who will make the pancakes : five stories
Kelso, Megan
Ebook
The Guardian, Best Graphic Novels of 2022 Publishers Weekly, Best Graphic Novels of 2022 Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual, interior...
Cormac McCarthy's The road : a graphic novel adaptation
Larcenet, Manu
Paper Book
The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning postapocalyptic classic, The Road, approved and authorized by McCarthy and illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist Manu Larcenet The story of a nameless father and son trying to survive with...
Essential Fantastic Four. Vol. 1
Lee, Stan
Paper Book
These early classic Stan Lee/Jack Kirby adventures of Marvel's First Family - The Invisible Girl, the Human Torch, the Thing, and Mr. Fantastic - defined the Marvel Age of Comics! Collects Fantastic Four #1-20 and Annual #1.
The night eaters. Book 1, She eats the night
Liu, Marjorie M.
Paper Book
The Night Eaters: She Eats the Nights is the first volume in a graphic novel horror trilogy from author Marjorie Liu and illustrator Sana Takeda--the creative team behind the New York Times bestselling series Monstress. * Eisner Award Winner...
The low, low woods
Machado, Carmen Maria
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body And Other Parties, In The Dream House) comes a story so horrifying you won't dare to forget! There's something in the woods... Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania, has been on fire for...
The summer Hikaru died. 1
Mokumokuren
Paper Book
It has Hikaru's face. It has Hikaru's voice. It even has Hikaru's memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn't Yoshiki's best friend. Whatever it is, it's dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed--as if Hikaru isn't gone--would be crazy.....
Shubeik lubeik
Muh?ammad, Di?na?
Paper Book
* Winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation *Eisner Award Nominee * Hugo Award Nominee A brilliantly original debut graphic novel that imagines a fantastical alternate Cairo where wishes really do come true. Shubeik Lubeik--a fairy tale rhyme that means...
Light carries on
Nadine, Ray
Ebook
When Leon's camera unexpectedly breaks, he is forced to borrow a used one from his mom's antique store. As he snaps the first picture, the ghost of the camera's former owner is released and the two are inexplicably linked. After taking Leon's body for an accidental joy ride, the...
Girl juice
Nate, Benji
Paper Book
A hilarious slice of twentysomething life in the twenty-first century Welcome to the Girl Juice House, home of only the hottest gang in town. Benji Nate's stylish and rambunctious sense of humor lovingly takes digs at the young and tragically hip-reserved and introspective Nana...
BRZRKR. Volume one
Reeves, Keanu
Paper Book
A WAR WITH NO END. The man known only as B. is half-mortal and half-God, cursed and compelled to violence...even at the sacrifice of his sanity. But after wandering the world for centuries, the Berzerker may have finally found a refuge - working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too...
Damnation diaries
Rostovsky, Peter
Paper Book
Winner: MoCCA Award of Excellence RINGO Awards Nomination: Best Artist New York Public Libraries Best Comics of 2023 List In hell, everyone can hear you scream, but only one person listens. Hell can get you...
Wash day diaries
Rowser, Jamila
Paper Book
From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to the beauty and endurance of Black women, their friendships, and their hair. Wash Day Diaries tells the story of four best friends--Kim, Tanisha, Davene, and Cookie--through...
Wonder Woman
Rucka, Greg
Paper Book
Heroic. Iconic. Unstoppable. Armed with her Lasso of Truth and imbued with the power of the gods themselves, Princess Diana of Themyscira--known to the world as Wonder Woman--is one of the greatest superheroes in history.   But who is she... really? Not even Wonder Woman herself...
Rooster fighter. 01
Sakuratani, Shu
Paper Book
Giant demonic monsters wreak havoc and level Japanese cities! While the citizens flee in terror, it's up to one brave rooster to stand his ground! In a world where terrifying monsters walk the earth, one heroic rooster is destined for greatness. When giant demons threaten the...
The amazing Spider-Man /
Slott, Dan,
Paper Book
Spider-Verse is over, but that doesn't mean Peter Parker is safe. Someone (or something) has invaded Parker Industries and is targeting its staff! But how? Parker Industries' security can keep out any living thing! Enter the Ghost! With this super-powered saboteur, no secret is safe - no people are...
The werewolf at dusk : and other stories
Small, David
Paper Book
Long celebrated as a modern master of graphic literature, David Small has elicited in his work comparisons to Stan Lee and even Alfred Hitchcock. His internationally acclaimed graphic memoir, Stitches, told the story of a childhood in disarray. Werewolf at Dusk, appearing nearly fifteen years...
The Sandman universe : nightmare country
Tynion, James, IV
Paper Book
Return to the world of Neil Gaiman's seminal epic The Sandman, in a new series starring fan-favorite character the Corinthian, and written by horror comics superstar James Tynion IV! Sometimes, Nightmares walk the Earth. Dream of the Endless is the...
Minami's lover
Uchida, Shungiku
Paper Book
Originally appearing in the underground/alternative manga magazine Garo in the 1980s and adapted for television several times, the Japanese pop culture sensation Minami's Lover is the story of two high schoolers' romantic relationship when one of them shrinks down to six inches tall. Everyone...
Clementine. Book one
Walden, Tillie
Paper Book
A 2022 Junior Library Guild Selection!
One beautiful spring day
Woodring, Jim
Paper Book
Jim Woodring has been chronicling the adventures of his cartoon Everyman, Frank, for almost 30 years. These stories are a singular rarity in the comics form - both bone-chillingly physical in their depictions of Frank's travails and profoundly metaphysical at the same time. Not since George Herriman...
Sleeping beauties
Youers, Rio
Paper Book
This official graphic novel adaptation of the horror novel by Stephen King and Owen King is a haunting interpretation of the chilling, timely bestseller. A bizarre sleeping sickness, called Aurora, has fallen over the world. Its victims can't wake up. And all of them are women....
Spider-Punk : battle of the banned
Ziglar, Cody
Paper Book
Collects Spider-Punk #1-5. Anarchy in the Spider-Verse! Hobie Brown is the head-spiked Spider-Punk - all set to protect Earth-138 with his ax in hand and his chaotic band of punk-rockin' heroes backing him! But even though the Norman Osborn of Hobie's dimension is dead, will the chaos he created be...
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