150 Books, According to 172 “Best of” Lists
This list is generated from 172 book polls & top lists from a variety of great sources. The books is ranked based on how many lists a particular book appears on. Other list in this series
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- Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant by Chast, Roz (40 Lists: a1,a10,b2,b3,b7,b8,b16,b18,c4,e4,f1,g1,g2,g6,i4,k1,k2,l1,l4,l6,l9,m1,m9,m12,n1,n3,n5,n7,n9,n14,p1,p2,p8,p9,s2,s3,s6,s7,v5,w2)
2. This One Summer by Tamaki,Mariko & Tamaki, Jillian (20 Lists: a1,a9,b2,b4,b18,c5,c7,g1,h5,i4,k1,l9,n1,n8,p1,p4,p9,s1,t1,w2)
3. Through the Woods by Caroll, Emily (11 Lists: a1,b16,c5,c10,g1,g5,n5,p1,p9,s2,t2)
4. Beautiful Darkness by Vehlmann, Fabien et al. (8 Lists: a1,b16,c5,c7,l4,l7,p1,p9)
5. Here by McGuire, Richard (7 Lists: b2,b4,b16,m1,n5,s2,v2)
6. Seconds by O’Malley, Brian (7 Lists: a1,b16,c5,c7,g1,i3,r7)
7. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Fraction, Matt & Zdarsky, Chip (7 Lists: b16,c5,c7,d1,g1,n5,p9)
8. Shadow Hero, The by Yang, Gene Luen & Liew, Sonny (7 Lists: a1,c5,c10,g1,i4,n5,w2)
9. Love Bunglers, The by Hernandez, Jaime (6 Lists: a1,c5,d1,g5,l9,p1)
10. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by Wilson, G. Willow & Alphona, Adriana (6 Lists: b16,c5,g1,h7,p9,r7)
11. How to Be Happy by Davis, Eleanor (5 Lists: a1,g5,n5,p1,w2)
12. In Real Life by Doctorow, Cory & Chang, Jen (5 Lists: b10,c5,c10,g1,t2)
13. Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel by Ulinich, Anya (5 Lists: c4,l4,l8,m10,n1)
14. Pretty Deadly: Vol. 1, The Shrike by Deconnick, Kelly Sue & Rios, Emma (5 Lists: c7,d1,g1,n5,p9)
15. Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass and Sorcery by Wiebe, Kurtis J. & Upchurch, Roc (5 Lists: b5,c7,g1,n5,r7)
16. Saga, Vol. 3 by Vaughan, Brian K. & Staples, Fiona (5 Lists: b16,c5,g1,i3,p9)
17. Arsène Schrauwen by Schrauwen, Olivier (4 Lists: c5,l4,l9,p9)
18. Fatale: Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 by Brubaker, Ed & Philips, Sean (4 Lists: c7,d1,d2,n5)
19. Harlem Hellfighters, The by Brooks, Max & White, Caanan (4 Lists: a1,c10,l1,w2)
20. Kill My Mother by Feiffer, Jules (4 Lists: d2,k1,l1,v2)
21. Wrenchies, The by Dalrymple, Farel (4 Lists: a1,c5,n5,p1)
22. Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Brown, Box (3 Lists: a1,c5,p9)
23. Ant Colony by DeForge, Michael (3 Lists: a1,g5,p9)
24. Hawkeye Vol. 3: L. A. Woman by Fraction, Matt et al. (3 Lists: c7,h7,p9)
25. How about Never — Is Never Good for You: My Life in Cartoons by Mankoff, Bob (3 Lists: b10,b17,g6)
26. Locke & Key, Volume 6: Alpha & Omega by Hill, Joe & Rodriguez, Gabriel (3 Lists: a1,g1,t2)
27. Lumberjanes by Stevenson, Noelle, et al. (3 Lists: c5,p9,t2)
28. Over Easy by Pond, Mimi (3 Lists: b2,g6,l4)
29. Saga Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 by Vaughan, Brian K. & Staples, Fiona (3 Lists: c7,m3,w2)
30. Shoplifter by Cho, Michael (3 Lists: b2,g5,v3)
31. Showa 1944–1953: A History of Japan by Mizuki, Shigeru (3 Lists: k2,n5,p5)
32. Tomboy: a Graphic Memoir by Prince, Liz (3 Lists: f1,g1,k1)
33. Trillium by Lemire, Jeff (3 Lists: a1,c7,p9)
34. Wake, The by Snyder, Scott & Murphy, Sean (3 Lists: c5,c7,p9)
35. Wonder Woman Vol. 4: War by Azzarello, Brian et al. (3 Lists: c7,g1,p9)
36. Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and Comics by Duffy, Chris, ed. (2 Lists: l7,s1)
37. Age of License, An by Knisley, Lucy (2 Lists: c5,n8)
38. Black Science by Remender, Rick et al. (2 Lists: c7,p9)
39. Deadly Class by Remender, Rick & Craig, Wes (2 Lists: c7,p9)
40. East of West by Hickman, Jonathan & Dragotta, Nick (2 Lists: c7,p9)
41. Graveyard Book. Volumes 1 and 2, The by Gaiman, Neil et al. (2 Lists: a1,w2)
42. Hip Hop Family Tree by Piskor, Ed (2 Lists: c7,w2)
43. Little Nemo: Dream another Dream by Carl, Andrew, et al. eds. (2 Lists: c5,p9)
44. Moomin: the Deluxe Edition by Jansson, Tove (2 Lists: g5,g6)
45. Moon Knight, Vol. 1: From the Dead by Ellis, Warren & Shalvey, Declan (2 Lists: c5,c7)
46. Prophet by Graham, Brandon (2 Lists: c7,p9)
47. Sisters by Telgemeier, Raina (2 Lists: n5,w2)
48. Southern Bastards by Aaron, Jason & Latour, Jason (2 Lists: c5,p9)
49. Sugar Skull (X’ed Out, V. 3) by Burns, Charles (2 Lists: a1,g6)
50. Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by Barry, Lynda (2 Lists: b2,b7)
51. Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances, The by Oatmeal, The (2 Lists: a1,g1)
52. Wicked + The Divine, The by Gillen, Kieron & McKelvie, Jamie (2 Lists: c5,c7)
53. 75 Years of Marvel Comics: from the Golden Age to the Silver Screen by Thomas, Roy (1 Lists: b10)
54. Aama Vol. 2: The Invisible Throng by Peeters, Frederik (1 Lists: c7)
55. Alex + Ada by Vaughn, Sarah & Luna, Jonathan (1 Lists: c7)
56. All You Need Is Kill by Mamatas, Nick et al. (1 Lists: b16)
57. All-New Ghost Rider by Smith, Felipe & Moore, Trard (1 Lists: c5)
58. Astro City, Vol. 10: Victory by Busiek, Kurt & Anderson, Brente (1 Lists: c5)
59. Attack on Titan: No Regrets, Vol. 1 by Isayame, Hajime, et al. (1 Lists: g1)
60. Avatar, the Last Airbender: the Rift, Part 1 by Yang, Gene Luen et al. (1 Lists: g1)
61. Bad for You: Exposing the War on Fun by Pyle, Kevin C. & Cunningham, Scott (1 Lists: b10)
62. Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year-Secret City by Snyder, Scott (1 Lists: c5)
63. Batman, Vol. 4: Zero Year — Secret City by Snyder, Scott et al. (1 Lists: g1)
64. Batman: a Visual History by Manning, Matthew K. & Miller, Frank (1 Lists: a1)
65. Batman: the Jiro Kuwata Batmanga by Kuwata, Jiro (1 Lists: c5)
66. Best American Comics 2014, The by McCloud, Scott, ed. (1 Lists: b10)
67. Best American Infographics 2014, The by Cook, Gareth, ed. (1 Lists: b7)
68. Boxer: the True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft, The by Kleist, Reinhard (1 Lists: l1)
69. Brass Sun by Edginton, Ian & Culbard, I.N.J. (1 Lists: c5)
70. Bumf Vol.1: I Buggered the Kaiser by Sacco, Joe (1 Lists: g6)
71. Bumperhead by Hernandez, Gilbert (1 Lists: w2)
72. C’est La Vie!: The Wonderful World of Jean-Jacques Sempe by Sempe, Jean-Jacques & Bell, Anthea (1 Lists: i5)
73. Chew, Vol. 8: Family Recipes by Layman, John (1 Lists: g1)
74. Climate Changed: a Personal Journey through the Science by Squarzoni, Philippe (1 Lists: b2 )
75. Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present by Mazur, Dan & Danner, Alexander (1 Lists: d2)
76. Complete Elfquest Volume 1, The by Pini, Wendy & Pini, Richard (1 Lists: b10)
77. Dead Body Road by Jordan, Justin et al. (1 Lists: d1)
78. Deadpool omnibus by Kelly, Joe (1 Lists: a1)
79. Displaced Persons by McCulloch, Derek (1 Lists: s1)
80. Doctors by Shaw, Dash (1 Lists: p9)
81. Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories by MariNaomi (1 Lists: l4)
82. Edge of Spider-Verse by Hine, David et al. (1 Lists: c5)
83. Education by Hankiewicz, John (1 Lists: c5)
84. Even More Bad Parenting Advice by Delisle, Guy (1 Lists: g6)
85. Fade Out, The by Brubaker, Ed & Philips, Sean (1 Lists: c5)
86. FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics by Oliver, Simon & Rodriguez, Robbi (1 Lists: c5)
87. Flash Gordon by Parker, Jeff & Shaner, Evan (1 Lists: c5)
88. Gast by Swain, Carol (1 Lists: p9)
89. Gigantic Beard that Was Evil, The by Collins, Stephen (1 Lists: p5)
90. Gotham Academy by Cloonan, Becky et al. (1 Lists: c5)
91. Grandville Noel by Talbot, Bryan (1 Lists: g6)
92. Grayson by Seeley, Tim et al. (1 Lists: c5)
93. Hanging Tower, The by Bosma, Sam (1 Lists: c5)
94. How the World Was: a California Childhood by Guibert, Emmanuel (1 Lists: n5)
95. Howtoons: Tools of Mass Construction by Dragotta, Nick et al. (1 Lists: b10)
96. Iranian Metamorphosis, An by Neyestani, Mana (1 Lists: l9)
97. Joyners in 3-D, The by Ryan, R. J. & Marquez, David (1 Lists: l7)
98. Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two by Wolk, Douglas & Farinas, Ulises (1 Lists: c5)
99. Lazarus by Rucka, Greg et al. (1 Lists: c7)
100. Low by Remender, Rick & Tocchini, Greg (1 Lists: c7)
101. Manga Classics: Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane & King, Stacy (1 Lists: g1)
102. Manhattan Projects, Vol. 4: The Four Disciplines, The by Hickman, Jonathan & Pitarra, Nick (1 Lists: l7)
103. Marx by Maier, Corinne & Simon, Anne (1 Lists: b7)
104. Masterful Marks: Cartoonists who Changed the World by Beauchamp, Monte (1 Lists: b2)
105. Meanwhile in San Francisco: the City in Its Own Words by MacNaughton, Wendy (1 Lists: b7)
106. Mind MGMT by Kindt, Matt (1 Lists: c7)
107. Miracleman Vol. 1 by Moore, Alan et al. (1 Lists: b5)
108. Multiversity, The by Morrison, Grant et al. (1 Lists: c5)
109. Museum of Mistakes: The Fart Party Collection by Wertz, Julia (1 Lists: d1)
110. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic by Nuhfer, Heather, et al. (1 Lists: c5)
111. New Avengers, Vol. 3: Other Worlds by Hickman, Jonathan (1 Lists: p9)
112. One-Punch Man by ONE & Murata, Yusuke (1 Lists: c5)
113. Paper Doll’s House of Miss Sarah Elizabeth Birdsall Otis, Age Twelve by Boman, Eric (1 Lists: g6)
114. Perilous Sea, The by Thomas, Sherry (1 Lists: f1)
115. Planetary Omnibus, The by Ellis, Warren & Cassaday, John (1 Lists: d1)
116. Plumdog by Clark, Emma Chichester (1 Lists: g6)
117. Probably Nothing by Tristram, Matilda (1 Lists: g6)
118. Ricky Rouse Has a Gun by Tittel, Jorg & Aggs, John (1 Lists: b2)
119. Sally Heathcote, Suffragette by Talbot, Mary M. et al. (1 Lists: c5)
120. Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, and Dealers Plotted against the Plague by Brabner, Joyce & Zingarelli, Mark (1 Lists: c4)
121. Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman by Simone, Gail & Van Sciver, Ethan (1 Lists: c5)
122. Serenity Vol. 4: Leaves on the Wind by Whedon, Zack et al. (1 Lists: g1)
123. Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey by Bertozzi, Nick (1 Lists: k1)
124. She-Hulk by Soule, Charles et al. (1 Lists: c5)
125. Shutter by Keatinge, Joe & Del Luca, Leila (1 Lists: c5)
126. Silver Surfer by Slott, Dan et al. (1 Lists: c5)
127. Sleeper and the Spindle, The by Gaiman, Neil & Riddell, Chris (1 Lists: b11)
128. Starlight by Millar, Mark & Parlov, Goran (1 Lists: c5)
129. Strange Fruit, Volume 1: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History by Gill, Joel Christian & Gates, Henry Louis (1 Lists: c10)
130. Stray Bullets: Killers by Lapham, David (1 Lists: c5)
131. This Is Dali by Ingram, Catherine & Rae, Andrew (1 Lists: g6)
132. This Is Pollock by Ingram, Catherine & Arkle, Peter (1 Lists: g6)
133. This Is Warhol by Ingram, Catherine & Rae, Andrew (1 Lists: g6)
134. Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse by Baltazar, Art & Franco (1 Lists: c5)
135. To End All Wars: a Graphic Anthology of the First World War by Clode, Jonathan & Clark, John, eds. (1 Lists: p5)
136. To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful by Koyczan, Shane (1 Lists: c10)
137. Transformers Vs. G. I. Joe by Scioli, Tom & Barber, John (1 Lists: c5)
138. Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 1, The by Sakai, Stan (1 Lists: n5)
139. Velvet, Vol. 1: Before the Living End by Brubaker, Ed et al. (1 Lists: d1)
140. Walt before Skeezix by King, Frank (1 Lists: n5)
141. Weapons of Mass Diplomacy by Lanzac, Abel & Blain, Christophe (1 Lists: l1)
142. Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself by Crawford, Allen (1 Lists: b7)
143. Who, the What, and the When: 65 Artists Illustrate the Secret Sidekicks of History, The by Volvoski, Jenny, et al. (1 Lists: b7)
144. Will O’ the Wisp by Hammock, Tom & Hutchison, Megan (1 Lists: l7)
145. Woody Guthrie & the Dust Bowl Ballads by Hayes, Nick (1 Lists: i5)
146. World War 3 Illustrated: 1979–2014 by Kuper, Peter & Tobocman, Seth (1 Lists: c4)
147. X vs. Y: a Culture War, a Love Story by Epstein, Eve & Epstein, Leonora (1 Lists: b6)
148. Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe by Sakugawa, Yumi (1 Lists: n5)
149. Zenith by Morrison, Grant & Yeowell, Steve (1 Lists: b5)
150. Zero by Kot, Ales (1 Lists: c7)
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- AARP , a10
- A.V. Club , a7
- AbeBooks , a11
- About.Com , a5
- Agatha Awards , a6
- ALA/RUSA Notable Books , a2
- Alex Awards , a4
- All About Romance , a8
- Amazon , a1
- America’s Test Kitchen , a12
- Andrew Carnegie Medals , a15
- Andrew Zimmern , a13
- Association for Library Service to Children , a9
- The Atlantic , a3
- Austin Chronicle , a14
- Backchannel , b12
- Barnes and Noble , b8
- Barry Award , b9
- BBC , b13
- BestFantasyBooks.com , b14
- Biographile , b15
- Boing Boing , b10
- Book Riot , b11
- The Book Smugglers , b16
- The BookBitch , b17
- Booklist , b4
- BookPage , b3
- BookPeople , b5
- Bookreporter , b19
- Boston Globe , b2
- Brain Pickings , b7
- Bustle , b18
- Buzzfeed , b6
- Chatelaine , c3
- Christian Science Monitor , c1
- Cleveland Plain-Dealer , c4
- Comics Alliance , c5
- Commonweal , c6
- Complex , c7
- Costa Book Awards
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- Crime Always Pays , c9
- Crimespree Magazine , c2
- Cybil Awards , c10
- The Daily Beast , d2
- The Daily Meal , d3
- Denver Post , d4
- Do Some Damage Crime Fiction , d1
- Eater , e6
- The Economist , e2
- Edgar Awards , e3
- Elle , e7
- Entertainment Weekly , e4
- Entrepreneur , e5
- Esquire , e1
- Fantasy Book Critic , f4
- Fantasy Café , f5
- Fantasy Faction , f6
- Fantasy Literature.com , f7
- Fiction_L (online discussion group — one vote for each title receiving multiple votes on list) , f1
- Financial Times , f10
- Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize , f2
- Flavorwire , f3
- Foreign Affairs , f8
- Fortune , f9
- Gear Patrol , g2
- Globe and Mail , g5
- Goodreads Choice Awards , g1
- Great New Books , g3
- Greatist , g4
- Guardian , g6
- Hammett Prize , h4
- Horn Book , h5
- The House of Crime and Mystery , h3
- Hudson Booksellers , h1
- The Huffington Post , h2
- Hugo Awards , h6
- Hypable , h7
- Inc. , i2
- The Independent , i5
- Indies Choices Awards , i4
- Indigo , i3
- io9 , i1
- Kansas City Star , k2
- Kirkus Reviews , k1
- Largehearted Boy , l4
- Left Coast Crime Awards , l5
- Library Journal , l1
- Library Reads , l2
- Library Thing , l6
- LitReactor , l7
- Locus Magazine , l3
- Los Angeles Times , l8
- Los Angeles Times Book Prizes , l9
- Maclean’s , m4
- Mad Hatter’s Bookshelf , m7
- Man Booker Prize , m2
- Mashable , m11
- McNally Jackson , m8
- Miami Herald , m9
- The Millions , m10
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , m12
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune , m1
- Morning News-Tournament of Books , m6
- Mother Jones , m3
- Murder by the Book , m5
- National Book Awards , n3
- National Book Critics Circle Awards , n9
- National Journal , n10
- National Outdoor Book Awards , n11
- National Reading Group Month: Great Group Reads , n12
- Nebula and Andre Norton Awards , n4
- The New Republic , n7
- New Statesman , n15
- New York Post , n13
- New York Public Library , n8
- New York Times , n1
- The New Yorker , n6
- Newsday , n14
- Newsweek , n2
- NPR , n5
- O Magazine , o1
- Only the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy , o2
- PaperMag , p8
- Paste Magazine , p9
- Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist , p7
- PBS Food , p10
- PEN/Faulkner Awards , p3
- People Magazine , p2
- Pop Matters , p5
- Powell’s Books , p6
- Printz Awards , p4
- Providence Journal , p11
- Publisher’s Weekly , p1
- Pulitzer Prizes , p12
- The Rap Sheet , r2
- Read Me Deadly , r3
- Richmond Times-Dispatch , r5
- Riffle , r4
- RITA Awards , r8
- Rolling Stone , r6
- RT Book Reviewer’s Awards , r7
- RUSA Reading List , r1
- Salon , s2
- San Francisco Chronicle , s7
- The Savvy Reader , s11
- School Library Journal , s1
- Science Friday , s12
- Seattle Times , s3
- SFF World , s8
- Slate , s4
- Splitsider , s13
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch , s6
- Story Prize , s9
- Strand Critics Award , s5
- Strange Horizons , s10
- Telegraph , t3
- Time , t1
- Tor.com , t2
- USA Today , u1
- Vanity Fair , v2
- The Village Voice , v3
- Vogue , v1
- Vox , v4
- Vulture , v5
- Wall Street Journal , w3
- Washington Post , w2
- Waterstone’s Book of the Year , w1
- The Week , w5
- Wired , w4
- Woman’s Day , w6
- Women’s Prize for Fiction , w7
- YALSA Awards , y1
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