New Adult Graphic Novels (2025)

Updated January 22, 2026
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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 Green Lantern Vol. 1: Without Fear
Ewing, Al
Without the Corps, without the ring, without the willpower, what's left is the Absolute Green Lantern! Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay have reinvented the mythology of the Green Lantern from the ground up, creating a sci-fi epic of cosmic proportions! Something strange is happening...
Absolute Superman. Vol. 1, Last dust of Krypton
Aaron, Jason
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...
Absolute Wonder Woman. Vol. 1, The last Amazon
Thompson, Kelly
Without the island paradise, without the sisterhood that shaped her, without a mission of peace...she's still the Absolute Amazon! Spiraling out of the catastrophic events of Absolute Power, a new side of the DC Universe is born-the Absolute Universe! In a different,...
Animal pound
King, Tom
When animals grow tired of being caged and abused, it's only a matter of time before they have nothing to lose but their cages... When an uprising puts a pound in control of the animals, they make quick comrades, united against everything that walks on two legs. But with this newfound power comes a...
BATMAN AND ROBIN: YEAR ONE
Waid, Mark
Billionaire Bruce Wayne is grappling with his new role as guardian to orphaned Dick Grayson, while Batman faces the challenge of unleashing Robin on Gotham's ruthless underworld! Join superstars Mark Waid and Chris Samnee as they explore the earliest days of the Dynamic Duo!
Batman: Full Moon. Volume 1
Barnes, Rodney
Paper Book
An apex predator is stalking the moonlit streets of Gotham City - and it's not Batman! When the Dark Knight finds himself the victim of a grisly bite thanks to a terrifying supernatural creature, he's forced to reckon with the darkest parts of himself and the most iron-clad parts of his moral...
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 two
Martin, Wendy (Comics creator)
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
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...
Dogsred. 1
Noda, Satoru
Paper Book
Ice hockey action from the creator of Golden Kamuy! Rou once chased figure-skating glory. Now he chases redemption in the ice hockey rink. After winning the national championship, 15-year-old figure skater Rou Shirakawa was on his way to the Olympics. But with...
Exquisite Corpses Volume 1
Tynion IV, James
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 ...
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...
The girl who flew away
Dean, Lee
"A literary and visual feast." -- FOREWORD  "This dazzles." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY  It's 1976, and Greer Johnson has found herself pregnant, single, and packed off to Florida. Bunking with total strangers to await and hide the birth of her...
Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer Vol. 1
Crownson, David
Paper Book
Django Unchained meets Buffy The Vampire Slayer in Harriet Tubman : Demon Slayer, a supernatural comic series based on the true life of the freedom fighter herself that is flavored with genre liberties in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. When slave owners can't stop...
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,...
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...
Invincible Universe: Battle Beast Vol. 1: Heart of Glory
Kirkman, Robert
Paper Book
THE BEST SUPERHERO UNIVERSE SERIES IN THE UNIVERSE!
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...
Justice League Unlimited/World's Finest: We Are Yesterday
Waid, Mark
The current-day adventures of Justice League Unlimited meet the past heroics of Batman/Superman- World's Finest in the first crossover of the DC All In era, We Are Yesterday! The sinister psychic powers of the devious Gorilla Grodd have the Man of Steel and the Dark...
The knives : a criminal book
Brubaker, Ed
Paper Book
THE BEAT BEST COMICS OF 2025 "This ambitious and elegiac crime thriller is among the best of Brubaker and Phillips's highly acclaimed collaborations." --Library Journal (starred review) THE FIRST NEW CRIMINAL BOOK IN FIVE YEARS! ...
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
Tragedy strikes the renowned de Rolo family of Whitestone when they re massacred by the vicious Briarwoods. Luckily for Dr. Anna Ripley, the bloodshed and regime change presents the perfect opportunity for her to further her own dark plans in service to Whitestone s new ruling family. But just how...
Life drawing
Hernandez, Jaime
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. Life Drawing darts primarily between the youthful...
Lore Olympus: Volume Nine
Smythe, Rachel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love--the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story! "The...
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...
Miss Ruki
Takano, Fumiko
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...
Monstress Volume 10
Liu, Marjorie
Paper Book
The tenth volume of the multiple Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, and British Fantasy Award-winning series. The Defiled, a group of Monstra long confined to the prison planet Golga, have slipped through a rift between worlds and possessed anyone who has ever held the Mask of the Shaman...
Motherlover
Ishihiro, Lindsay
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
Duffy, Damian
Paper Book
The follow-up to Kindred, the #1 bestseller, comes Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel 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 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation,...
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 Pedestrian, Volume 1
Esposito, Joey
Paper Book
Behold, The Pedestrian! A strange visitor speed-walks into Summer City and silently changes the lives of its residents. But not all is quiet in this sleepy, small town -- an ancient conflict linked to the secret history of street signs is brewing! DON'T WALK... RUN! In The Pedestrian, justice always...
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
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...
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, deep-seated emotional experiences, and a...
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...
Something Is Killing the Children Vol. 9
Tynion IV, James
The saga of Erica Slaughter continues with a bold new chapter from bestselling writer James Tynion IV and award-winning illustrator Werther Dell'Edera. Erica Slaughter's haunted past is finally revealed, as her upbringing in the House of Slaughter comes to light. Experience her most formative years...
Superman : the last days of Lex Luthor
Waid, Mark
Paper Book
The superstar creative team of Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch tell a DC Black Label story exploring a dying Lex Luthor, his relationship with Superman, and a quest to save the greatest criminal mastermind of our time. Superman learns Lex Luthor is dying, and he wants the Man of Steel...
The Three-Body Problem, Vol. 1 (Comic): The Comic Edition
Liu, Cixin
Ebook
Beijing, 2007. A series of inexplicable suicides by prominent physicists has sent police officials into confusion and the public into a swirl of rumors and panic. When nanotech engineer Wang Miao is tasked by the military to infiltrate a secretive organization known as the Frontiers of Science, his...
The Three-Body Problem, Vol. 2 (Comic): The Comic Edition
Liu, Cixin
Wang Miao delves deeper into the Frontiers of Science, seeking understanding of their goals and the nature of the mysterious countdown flashing before his eyes. But he receives nothing but a cryptic command--"Stop your nanomaterial research." Uncertain whether to trust Shen Yufei's words, Wang Miao...
The Three-Body Problem, Vol. 4 (Comic): The Comic Edition
Liu, Cixin
The Adventists' plan has begun. After two failed attempts, Wang Miao reenters the world of Three Body with a new theory in mind--and this time, he may have finally latched on to the essence of the universe in the game. Meanwhile, Wei Cheng comes to the police reporting a threat on his life, and the...
Tokyo alien bros., vol. 1
Shinzo, Keigo
Paper Book
Aliens walk among us--but they're just two bros hanging out in Tokyo. Oh, and they're on a mission to colonize Earth. Fuyunosuke Tanaka is a perfectly ordinary college student, except for one thing--he's secretly an alien. He and his brother Natsutaro have traveled across the...
Tokyo alien bros., vol. 2
Shinzo, Keigo
Paper Book
Aliens walk among us--but they're just two bros, hanging out in Tokyo. Oh, and they're on a mission to colonize Earth. Fuyunosuke Tanaka is a perfectly ordinary college student, except for one thing--he's secretly an alien. He and his brother Natsutaro have traveled across 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,...
We All Got Something
Lindell, Lawrence
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 book that started it all and the inspiration for the Broadway show and the smash hit movie series--the first in a two-part series...
Witchblade. Volume one
Bennett, Marguerite
Paper Book
New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini's life was forever fractured by her father's murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into...
Witchblade Volume 2
Bennett, Marguerite
Paper Book
The second volume of a new Witchblade series combines a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that rekindles the energy and...
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 berserker rage. Before...
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...
Crema : a haunted romance in three chapters
Christmas, Johnnie
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestselling cartoonist Johnnie Christmas and Prism Award Nominee Dante Luiz bring you a haunted tale of love, ghosts, and coffee beans. Esme, a barista, feels invisible, like a ghost... also, when Esme drinks too much coffee she actually sees ghosts. Yara, the elegant heir to a...
Les NormauxVolume one
Janssen, Janine
Paper Book
"Les Normaux is one of my favourite webcomics of all time. Featuring a gloriously diverse cast of characters, this story is a celebration of love, friendship, community, and self-expression." -- Alice Oseman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Heartstopper series "A...
Mafalda : Book One
Wynne, Frank
Paper Book
Introducing the Latin American comics sensation starring a hilarious 6-year-old whose spunky self-confidence will inspire budding activists and curious readers of all ages.  Mafalda may be small--but her hopes for the world are as big as her heart! Six...
Paradise Logic
Kemp, Sophie
Paper Book
"Here, at last, is someone doing something new." --The New York Times "The style is George Saunders meets Ottessa Moshfegh." --The Guardian "The funniest book of the year and one of the smartest." --Gary Shteyngart
Rockstar and Softboy
Grace, Sina
Paper Book
Sina Grace returns to writing and drawing for the firsttime in five years to deliver a frenzied story about two best friends and theirantics in Hollyweird, CA! Rockstar plans thegreatest house party ever as a means of lifting roommate...
Rockstar and Softboy Go to Space
Grace, Sina
Paper Book
The dirtiest, flirtiest bff of comics are back, and holy moly are they indire straits! After getting brutally rebuffed by the most influential dudes inLost Angeles, Rockstar and Softboy pack their bags and GO TO SPACE. Acclaimedauthor SINA GRACE revisits the 2022 fan-favorite comic for more...
Spectators
Vaughan, Brian K.
Paper Book
"It's an eye-popping show." --Publishers Weekly "A visually ambitious, thematically daring, and powerfully unsettling supernatural romance that veers into incendiary social critique." --Library Journal A gripping and provocative graphic novel...

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