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The Best Books of 2024 – Graphic Novels And Comics (A Year-End List Aggregation)

“What are the best Graphic Novels And Comics books released in 2024?” We looked at 193 of the top Graphic Novels And Comics books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 50 books, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Graphic Novels And Comics” book lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 140+ titles, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

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Top 50 Best Graphic Novels And Comics Books From 2024



50.) Absolute Wonder Woman (2024) written by

Absolute Wonder Woman (2024) by

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comicbook Round Up
  • Games Radar


49.) Adrift on a Painted Sea written by Tim Bird, paintings by Sue Bird

Adrift on a Painted Sea by Tim Bird, paintings by Sue Bird

Lists It Appears On:

  • NPR
  • The Guardian


48.) Ain’t No Grave written by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona

Ain't No Grave by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona

Lists It Appears On:

  • Games Radar
  • Slash Film


47.) Attaboy written by Tony McMillen

Attaboy by Tony McMillen

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat


46.) Batman & Robin: Year One (2024) written by

Batman & Robin: Year One (2024) by

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comicbook Round Up
  • Games Radar


45.) Blurry written by Dash Shaw

Blurry by Dash Shaw

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat


44.) Brittle Joints written by Maria Sweeney

Brittle Joints by Maria Sweeney

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • NYPL


43.) Chainsaw Man, Vol. 16 written by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 16 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Lists It Appears On:

  • Indigo
  • Slash Film


42.) Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis written by Dave Maass Patrick Lay Ezra Rose Richard Bruning & 2 more

Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis by Dave Maass Patrick Lay Ezra Rose Richard Bruning & 2 more

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • IGN


41.) DOOM (2024) written by Sanford Greene, Jonathan Hickman, Rachellle Rosenberg, and Joe Caramanga

DOOM (2024) by Sanford Greene, Jonathan Hickman, Rachellle Rosenberg, and Joe Caramanga

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Polygon


40.) Fantastic Four written by Ryan North Iban Coello Ivan Fiorelli & 1 more

Fantastic Four by Ryan North Iban Coello Ivan Fiorelli & 1 more

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Games Radar


39.) Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir written by Tessa Hulls

Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • NPR


38.) Gleem written by Freddy Carrasco

Gleem by Freddy Carrasco

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • The Guardian


37.) How It All Ends written by Emma Hunsinger

How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • NPR


36.) I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together written by Maurice Vellekoop

I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop

Lists It Appears On:

  • Publishers Weekly
  • The Guardian


35.) In Utero written by Chris Gooch

In Utero by Chris Gooch

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat


34.) Judge Dredd: A Better World written by Rob Williams Arthur Wyatt Henry Flint (Artist) Boo Cook (Artist) Jake Lynch (Artist) & 3 more

Judge Dredd: A Better World by Rob Williams Arthur Wyatt Henry Flint (Artist) Boo Cook (Artist) Jake Lynch (Artist) & 3 more

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat


33.) Lunar New Year Love Story written by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • NPR


32.) Mary Tyler Moorehawk written by Dave Baker

Mary Tyler Moorehawk by Dave Baker

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat


31.) Nyx (2024) written by Collin Kelly

Nyx (2024) by Collin Kelly

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comicbook Round Up
  • Games Radar


30.) Self-Esteem and the End of the World written by Luke Healy

Self-Esteem and the End of the World by Luke Healy

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • The Guardian


29.) Sirens of the City written by Joanne Starer

Sirens of the City by Joanne Starer

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comics Beat
  • NYPL


28.) Somna written by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay

Somna by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay

Lists It Appears On:

  • Games Radar
  • IGN


27.) Space Ghost (2024) written by Joe Kelly

Space Ghost (2024) by Joe Kelly

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comicbook Round Up
  • Games Radar


26.) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024) written by Jason Aaron

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024) by Jason Aaron

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comicbook Round Up
  • Games Radar


25.) Tender written by Beth Hetland

Tender by Beth Hetland

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • NPR


24.) The Boy Wonder written by Juni Ba

The Boy Wonder by Juni Ba

Lists It Appears On:

  • AIPT
  • Comics Beat


23.) The Deep Dark written by Molly Knox Ostertag

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

Lists It Appears On:

  • BookRiot
  • Comics Beat


22.) The Gulf written by Adam de Souza

The Gulf by Adam de Souza

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat


21.) The Heart That Fed: A Father, a Son, and the Long Shadow of War written by Carl Sciacchitano

The Heart That Fed: A Father, a Son, and the Long Shadow of War by Carl Sciacchitano

Lists It Appears On:

  • Publishers Weekly
  • The Guardian


20.) The Jellyfish written by Boum

The Jellyfish by Boum

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat


19.) The King’s Warrior written by Huahua Zhu

The King's Warrior by Huahua Zhu

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Slash Film


18.) The Ultimates written by Deniz Camp

The Ultimates by Deniz Camp

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comics Beat
  • IGN


17.) When I Arrived at the Castle written by E. M. Carroll

When I Arrived at the Castle by E. M. Carroll

Lists It Appears On:

  • Bookshop Santa Cruz
  • Polygon


16.) Young Hag and the Witch’s Quest written by Isabel Greenberg

Young Hag and the Witch’s Quest by Isabel Greenberg

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • The Guardian


15.) Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir written by Ai Weiwei with Elettra Stamboulis, illustrated by Gianluca Costantini

Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei with Elettra Stamboulis, illustrated by Gianluca Costantini

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • NPR


14.) Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees written by Patrick Horvath

Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Games Radar
  • Slash Film


13.) Dawnrunner written by Ram V and Evan Cagle

Dawnrunner by Ram V and Evan Cagle

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comics Beat
  • Polygon
  • Slash Film


12.) Rare Flavours written by Ram V

Rare Flavours by Ram V

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat
  • NYPL


11.) The One Hand and Six Fingers written by Ram V & Laurence Campbell and Dan Watters & Sumit Kumar

The One Hand and Six Fingers by Ram V & Laurence Campbell and Dan Watters & Sumit Kumar

Lists It Appears On:

  • AIPT
  • Games Radar
  • Slash Film


10.) The Ribbon Queen written by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows

The Ribbon Queen by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat
  • Slash Film


9.) Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1 written by Taiyō Matsumoto

Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1 by Taiyō Matsumoto

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • NYPL
  • Polygon


8.) Woman, Life, Freedom written by Marjane Satrapi

Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi

Lists It Appears On:

  • Bookshop Santa Cruz
  • NPR
  • Polygon


7.) Final Cut written by Charles Burns

Final Cut by Charles Burns

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat
  • Publishers Weekly
  • The Guardian


6.) The Power Fantasy (2024) written by Kieron Gillen and Casper Wijngaard

The Power Fantasy (2024) by Kieron Gillen and Casper Wijngaard

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comicbook Round Up
  • Comics Beat
  • Games Radar
  • Slash Film


5.) Victory Parade written by Leela Corman

Victory Parade by Leela Corman

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comic Book Herald
  • NPR
  • Publishers Weekly
  • The Guardian


4.) Absolute Batman (2024) written by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta

Absolute Batman (2024) by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta

Lists It Appears On:

  • AIPT
  • Comicbook Round Up
  • Comics Beat
  • Games Radar
  • Slash Film


3.) Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1: Married With Children written by Jonathan Hickman Marco Checchetto

Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1: Married With Children by Jonathan Hickman Marco Checchetto

Lists It Appears On:

  • AIPT
  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat
  • Games Radar
  • Slash Film


2.) Transformers (2023) written by Daniel Warren Johnson and Jorge Corona

Transformers (2023) by Daniel Warren Johnson and Jorge Corona

Lists It Appears On:

  • Comicbook Round Up
  • Comics Beat
  • Games Radar
  • IGN
  • Polygon
  • Slash Film


1.) My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two written by Emil Ferris

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris

Lists It Appears On:

  • Bookshop Santa Cruz
  • Comic Book Herald
  • Comics Beat
  • New York Times
  • NPR
  • Polygon
  • The Guardian



The 140+ Additional Best Graphic Novels And Comics Books Released In 2024



51) #DRCL midnight children – Shin-ichi Sakamoto List: (Slash Film)

52) 2000 AD – List: (Games Radar)

53) Absolute Power – List: (AIPT)

54) Absolute Superman (2024) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

55) Age 16 – Rosena Fung List: (Comic Book Herald)

56) Alan Scott: The Green Lantern – List: (Games Radar)

57) All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey – Teresa Wong List: (NPR)

58) Alors, tout tombe: seconde partie – Juan Diaz Canales List: (Indigo)

59) Bad Dreams in the Night – Adam Ellis List: (Comic Book Herald)

60) Batgirl – List: (AIPT)

61) Batman / Santa Claus: Silent Knight (2023) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

62) Batman Detective Comics 3: Gotham Nocturne: Act II – Dan Watters Ram V Goran Sudzuka Stefano Raffaele Ivan Reis & 3 more List: (Comic Book Herald)

63) Batman: The Long Halloween: The Last Halloween (2024) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

64) Batman/Superman: World’s Finest – List: (Games Radar)

65) Between Two Sounds: Arvo Pärt’s Journey to His Musical Language – Joonas Sildre, edited by Aile Tooming, translated by Adam Cullen List: (NPR)

66) Big Jim and The White Boy – David F. Walker Marcus Kwame Anderson List: (Comic Book Herald)

67) Birds of Prey Vol. 1: Megadeath – List: (Polygon)

68) Black Panther – Eve L. Ewing List: (Comics Beat)

69) Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car: Comics for Beautiful, Awful and Ordinary Days – Jordan Bolton List: (NPR)

70) Boy Island – Leo Fox List: (Bookshop Santa Cruz)

71) Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben (Novel) Vol. 2 – Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou List: (Indigo)

72) Centuria – Tohru Kuramori List: (Slash Film)

73) Chernobyl: The Fall of Atomgrad – List: (The Guardian)

74) Cobra Commander – Joshua Williamson List: (Comics Beat)

75) Damn Them All – List: (Polygon)

76) Daredevil – List: (Games Radar)

77) Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison – and How We Stayed Connected – Jay Jay Patton and Antoine Patton, with Kiara Valdez, illustrated by Markia Jenai List: (NPR)

78) Delicious in Dungeon – Ryoko Kui List: (Polygon)

79) Detective Comics – Ram V List: (Slash Film)

80) Do Geese See God – List: (Comic Book Herald)

81) Drafted – Rick Parker List: (Comics Beat)

82) Dumbass! #1 – Jenn Woodall List: (Comics Beat)

83) Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe – Ken Krimstein List: (Comics Beat)

84) Elena: A Hand Made Life – List: (The Guardian)

85) Ernestine – Salomé Lahoche List: (Indigo)

86) Evil Eyes Sea – Ozge Samanci List: (The Guardian)

87) Feral – Tony Fleecs List: (Comics Beat)

88) Food School – Jade Armstrong List: (Comic Book Herald)

89) Frogpocalypse – List: (Comic Book Herald)

90) G.I. Joe (2024) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

91) Giant – Mollie Ray List: (Comics Beat)

92) Godzilla: Monster Island Summer Camp – Rosie Knight List: (Comics Beat)

93) Godzilla: Monsterpiece Theatre – Tom Scioli List: (Comics Beat)

94) Golgotha Motor Mountain – List: (AIPT)

95) Green Lantern (2023) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

96) Helen of Wyndhorn – Tom King List: (Comics Beat)

97) Hexagon Bridge – Richard Blake (Created by) List: (Comic Book Herald)

98) Hirayasumi, Vol. 1 – Keigo Shinzo List: (Bookshop Santa Cruz)

99) Hobtown Mystery Stories: The Case of the Missing Men – Kris Bertin Jason Fischer-Kouhi (Colorist) Alexander Forbes & 1 more List: (Comic Book Herald)

100) Hot to Trot – Veronica Post List: (Comics Beat)

101) Houses of the Unholy – Ed Brubaker List: (Comics Beat)

102) How to Baby – Liana Finck List: (Comic Book Herald)

103) Hyde Street (2024) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

104) I Heart Skull-Crusher – Josie Campbell Alessio Zonno List: (Comic Book Herald)

105) Ice Cream Man – List: (Games Radar)

106) In Perpetuity – Peter Hoey Maria Hoey List: (Comic Book Herald)

107) Influenca – Jade Lft Peters List: (Bookshop Santa Cruz)

108) Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 23 – Gege Akutami List: (Indigo)

109) K Is in Trouble – Gary Clement List: (NPR)

110) Kagurabachi – List: (AIPT)

111) Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 11 – Naoya Matsumoto List: (Indigo)

112) KinnPorsche (Novel) Vol. 1 – Daemi List: (Indigo)

113) LA MALÉDICTION DES BERNIER – Yves Martel List: (Indigo)

114) LA PRINCE DES OISEAUX DE HAUT VOL – Philippe Girard List: (Indigo)

115) La route – Manu Larcenet List: (Indigo)

116) LES Contradictions – Sophie Yanow List: (Indigo)

117) Loving, Ohio – Matthew Erman List: (Comics Beat)

118) Lunar Boy – Jes and Cin Wibowo List: (NPR)

119) Makinaphobe – Rafael Zaiats List: (Comics Beat)

120) Man’s Best – List: (Games Radar)

121) Maple Tree Terrace – Noah Van Sciver List: (Comics Beat)

122) Milk Without Honey – Hanna Harms, translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp List: (NPR)

123) Minor Arcana – Jeff Lemire List: (Comics Beat)

124) Moi ce que j’aime c’est les monstres tome 2: Livre deuxième – Emil Ferris List: (Indigo)

125) Mothballs – Sole Otero, trans. from the Spanish by Andrea Rosenberg List: (Publishers Weekly)

126) New York, New York – Mariko Tamaki List: (Indigo)

127) Newburn – Chip Zdarsky and Jacob Phillips List: (Polygon)

128) Night People – List: (AIPT)

129) Nights – List: (Comic Book Herald)

130) One Piece, Vol. 106 – Eiichiro Oda List: (Indigo)

131) Our Bones Dust – List: (Polygon)

132) Paranoid Gardens – List: (Games Radar)

133) Parliament of Rooks – List: (AIPT)

134) Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy – Sacha Mardou List: (NPR)

135) Peacemaker Tries Hard – List: (Polygon)

136) Plain Jane and the Mermaid – Vera Brosgol List: (NPR)

137) Poison Ivy – List: (Games Radar)

138) Polar Vortex – Denise Dorrance List: (Comic Book Herald)

139) Portrait of a Body – Julie Delporte List: (Comics Beat)

140) Power Rangers: Prime (2024) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

141) Punk Rock Karaoke – Bianca Xunise List: (Comic Book Herald)

142) Putty Pygmalion – Lonnie Garcia List: (Comic Book Herald)

143) Resurrection of Magneto – Al Ewing and Luciano Vecchio List: (Slash Film)

144) Safer Places – Kit Anderson List: (Comics Beat)

145) Santos Sisters – Greg and Fake List: (Comics Beat)

146) Seek You VERSION FRANÇAISE: Un voyage dans la solitude contemporaine – Kristen Radtke List: (Indigo)

147) Single Mothering – Anna Härmälä List: (Comic Book Herald)

148) Singularity – List: (Comic Book Herald)

149) Sketchy, Vol. 1 – Makihirochi List: (NYPL)

150) Soft – Jane Mai List: (Comics Beat)

151) Spiral and Other Stories – Aidan Koch Nicole Rudick (Introduction by) List: (The Guardian)

152) Spy X Family, Vol. 12 – Tatsuya Endo List: (Indigo)

153) Still Life with Remorse – Maira Kalman List: (NPR)

154) Storm (2024) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

155) Sunday – Olivier Schrauwen List: (The Guardian)

156) Superman (2023) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

157) Swan Song (Nantucket, #4) – Elin Hilderbrand List: (Comic Book Herald)

158) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Black, White, & Green – List: (AIPT)

159) Ten Earth Shattering Blows – List: (AIPT)

160) The Autumn Kingdom – Cullen Bunn and Christopher Mitten List: (Slash Film)

161) The Deviant Vol. 1 – James Tynion IV Joshua Hixson List: (Comic Book Herald)

162) The Fool, The Absolute Mad Woman – Vivian Nguyen List: (Comics Beat)

163) The Horizon Experiment (2024) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

164) The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1 – G. Willow Wilson List: (Bookshop Santa Cruz)

165) The Library Mule of Cordoba – Wilfred Lupano List: (Comics Beat)

166) The Moon Is Following Us (2024) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

167) The Nasty – John Lees List: (Comics Beat)

168) The New Girl – Cassandra Calin List: (Comics Beat)

169) The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos – List: (Polygon)

170) The Pedestrian – Heidi MacDonald List: (Comics Beat)

171) The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History – John Vásquez Mejías List: (Comics Beat)

172) The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation – Manu Larcenet List: (Comics Beat)

173) The Rocketfellers (2024) – List: (Comicbook Round Up)

174) The Russian Detective – List: (The Guardian)

175) The Sacrificers – Rick Remender and Max Fiumara List: (Slash Film)

176) The Six Fingers – List: (AIPT)

177) The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories – David Small List: (Comic Book Herald)

178) The Winter King – Matt Emmons List: (Comics Beat)

179) Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel) Vol. 5 – Meng Xi Meng Xi Shi List: (Indigo)

180) Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Vol. 20 – Aidairo List: (Indigo)

181) Ultimate X-Men – List: (Games Radar)

182) Ulysse & Cyrano – Xavier Dorison List: (Indigo)

183) Uncanny Valley – Tony Fleecs List: (Comics Beat)

184) Uncanny: The Origins of Fear – Junji Ito List: (Indigo)

185) Universal Monsters: Frankenstein – List: (Games Radar)

186) Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back – Ruth Chan List: (NPR)

187) Vinland Saga – Makoto Yukimura List: (Slash Film)

188) Waverider – Kazu Kibuishi List: (Polygon)

189) We Called Them Giants – List: (AIPT)

190) What We Wished For – Ilias Kyriazis List: (Polygon)

191) Wonder Woman – List: (AIPT)

192) World Without End – List: (The Guardian)

193) X-Factor – List: (Games Radar)



17 Best Graphic Novels And Comics Book Sources/Lists



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BookRiot Best Books Of 2024
Bookshop Santa Cruz Best Genre Fiction of the Year
NPR Books We Love 2024
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024
The Guardian The best graphic novels of 2024
Indigo Best Manga of 2024
NYPL Best Books for Adults 2024
Publishers Weekly Best Books 2024 Comics
Comic Book Herald The Best Comics of 2024
AIPT AIPT’s Best Comics of 2024: Part 1
AIPT AIPT’s Best Comics of 2024: Part 2
IGN The Best Comic Book Series or Original Graphic Novel of 2024
Polygon The best comics of 2024
Games Radar The 25 best comics of 2024
Comicbook Round Up Top Current Comic Book Series
Comics Beat The Beat’s 50 Best Comics of 2024
Slash Film The 10 Best New Comics Of 2024, Ranked