The Combined Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2025!
Since October 2025 there have been many, many websites with “Best of 2025” lists concerning comic books, manga, webcomics and graphic novels. If you’ve looked at a few, you may have noticed some of the same books on different lists and seen some unique to only that list.
I went through 284 different URLs with “Best of” Lists regarding comics and combined them into a spreadsheet. There are over 4,500 different listings of books from these websites. I should note that I’ve included books that were given honourable mentions. In short, if somebody thought it was a good book that you should check out, it’s on here.
I found a lot more lists by Librarians this year. Like last year I included a lot of lists made by youtube content creators. I found more of them this year than I did last, but it’s possible I missed some. I did not include all of them as I am using the description and transcription features to get the lists without having to listen to the whole video. In some videos there are multiple people talking back and forth and no clear way of seeing what books are being picked by which person. I skipped including that list as I do not have the time to listen those videos as they can stretch multiple hours. I also skipped a lot of lists that were the best thing they read that year, which included a lot of stuff that was not published in 2025.
The Top 10 books were:
- Absolute Martian Manhunter by Deniz Camp & Javier Rodríguez (DC Comics)
- Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, Matias Bergara, Mattia De Iulis, Dustin Nguyen, Jordie Bellaire (DC Comics)
- Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Gabriel Walta (DC Comics)
- Tongues by Anders Nilsen (Pantheon)
- Assorted Crisis Events by Deniz Camp, Eric Zawadzki, Jordie Bellaire (Image Comics)
- Drome by Jesse Lonergan (23rd St.)
- The Power Fantasy by Kieron Gillen, Casper Wijngaard (Image Comics)
- Spent by Alison Bechdel (Mariner)
- Cannon by Lee Lai (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Batman: Dark Patterns by Dan Watters, Hayden Sherman, Triona Farrell (DC Comics)
Congratulations are in order to:
DC Comics for capturing the top 3 and 4 of the top 10.
Deniz Camp for getting 1st & 5th place.
Hayden Sherman for 2nd & 10th place.
Jordie Bellaire for 2nd & 5th place.
Below are all the books with 5 mentions or more.
| Book Title | Count | Writer | Artist | Publisher |
| Absolute Martian Manhunter | 65 | Deniz Camp | Javier Rodríguez | DC Comics |
| Absolute Wonder Woman | 60 | Kelly Thompson | Hayden Sherman, Matias Bergara, Mattia De Iulis, Dustin Nguyen, Jordie Bellaire | DC Comics |
| Absolute Batman | 55 | Scott Snyder | Nick Dragotta, Gabriel Walta | DC Comics |
| Tongues | 43 | Anders Nilsen | Anders Nilsen | Pantheon |
| Assorted Crisis Events | 42 | Deniz Camp | Eric Zawadzki, Jordie Bellaire | Image Comics |
| Drome | 42 | Jesse Lonergan | Jesse Lonergan | 23rd St. |
| The Power Fantasy | 38 | Kieron Gillen | Casper Wijngaard | Image Comics |
| Spent | 31 | Alison Bechdel | Alison Bechdel | Mariner |
| Cannon | 31 | Lee Lai | Lee Lai | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Batman: Dark Patterns | 29 | Dan Watters | Hayden Sherman, Triona Farrell | DC Comics |
| This Place Kills Me: A Graphic Novel | 29 | Mariko Tamaki | Nicole Goux | Harry N. Abrams |
| Ginseng Roots: A Memoir | 26 | Craig Thompson | Craig Thompson | Faber & Faber |
| Exquisite Corpses | 25 | James Tynion IV, Pornsak Pichetshote | Michael Walsh, Marianna Ignazzi & Valentine De Landro | Image Comics |
| The Ultimates | 25 | Deniz Camp, Jonathan Hickman | Various | Marvel Comics |
| Transformers by Daniel Warren Johnson | 24 | Daniel Warren Johnson | Jorge Corona, Ludo Lullabi, Dan Mora, Mike Spicer, Adriano Lucas | Image Comics |
| The Once and Future Riot | 24 | Joe Sacco | Joe Sacco | Metropolitan |
| Do Admit!: The Mitford Sisters and Me | 23 | Mimi Pond | Mimi Pond | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite Of Spring | 22 | Patrick Horvath | Patrick Horvath | IDW Publishing |
| Absolute Superman | 22 | Jason Aaron | Rafa Sandoval | DC Comics |
| Ultimate Spider-Man | 22 | Jonathan Hickman | Marco Checchetto, David Messina, Matt Wilson, Erick Arciniega | Marvel Comics |
| The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel | 20 | Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud | Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Beniam C. Hollman | Graphix |
| Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum | 20 | W. Maxwell Prince | Martin Morazzo, Chris O’Halloran | DC Comics |
| Captain America | 20 | Chip Zdarsky | Valerio Schiti | Marvel Comics |
| Oasis | 19 | Guojing | Guojing | Godwin Books |
| Bug Wars | 19 | Jason Aaron | Mahmud A. Asrar, Matthew Wilson | Image Comics |
| Holy Lacrimony | 19 | Michael DeForge | Michael DeForge | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Escape | 19 | Rick Remender | Daniel Acuña | Image Comics |
| Batman & Robin: Year One | 19 | Mark Waid | Chris Samnee | DC Comics |
| Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance | 18 | Ben Passmore | Ben Passmore | Pantheon |
| Song of a Blackbird | 18 | Maria van Lieshout | Maria van Lieshout | First Second |
| Raised by Ghosts | 18 | Briana Loewinsohn | Briana Loewinsohn | Fantagraphics |
| Precious Rubbish | 18 | Kayla E. | Kayla E. | Fantagraphics |
| Angelica and the Bear Prince | 17 | Trung Le Nguyen | Trung Le Nguyen | Random House Graphic |
| Red Coat | 16 | Geoff Johns | Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nowlan, Andrew Currie, Brad Anderson | Image Comics |
| Life Drawing | 16 | Jaime Hernandez | Jaime Hernandez | Fantagraphics |
| More Weight: A Salem Story | 16 | Ben Wickey | Ben Wickey | Top Shelf Productions |
| World Within the World: The Collected Short Comix 2010-2022 | 16 | Julia Gfrörer | Julia Gfrörer | Fantagraphics |
| A Song for You and I | 15 | K. O’Neill | K. O’Neill | Random House Graphic |
| Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell | 15 | Charles Soule | Steve McNiven, Dean White | Marvel Comics |
| Bowling With Corpses & Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown | 15 | Mike Mignola | Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart | Dark Horse Books |
| We Could Be Magic | 15 | Marissa Meyer | Joelle Murray | Feiwel & Friends |
| Flip: A Graphic Novel | 15 | Ngozi Ukazu | Ngozi Ukazu | First Second |
| Geiger | 15 | Geoff Johns | Gary Frank | Image Comics |
| Everything Dead & Dying | 14 | Tate Brombal | Jacob Phillips | Image Comics |
| Insectopolis: A Natural History | 14 | Peter Kuper | Peter Kuper | W. W. Norton & Company |
| We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us | 14 | Matthew Rosenberg | Stefano Landini, Jason Wordie | Image Comics |
| Out of Alcatraz | 14 | Christopher Cantwell | Tyler Crook | Oni Press |
| The Seasons | 14 | Rick Remender | Paul Azaceta, Matheus Lopes | Image Comics |
| The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief | 14 | Carol Tyler | Carol Tyler | Fantagraphics |
| Helen of Wyndhorn | 14 | Tom King | Bilquis Evely, Matheus Lopes | Dark Horse Books |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 14 | Jason Aaron | Juan Ferrayra, Joëlle Jones, Rafael Albuquerque, Cliff Chiang, Darick Robertson | IDW Publishing |
| Hello Sunshine | 13 | Keezy Young | Keezy Young | Little, Brown Ink |
| Absolute Batman 2025 Annual | 13 | Daniel Warren Johnson | Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer | DC Comics |
| The Weight | 13 | Melissa Mendes | Melissa Mendes | Drawn & Quarterly |
| The New Gods | 13 | Ram V. | Evan Cagle, Francesco Segala | DC Comics |
| The Legend of Kamui | 13 | Shirato Sanpei | Shirato Sanpei | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Cornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog | 13 | Marc Torices | Marc Torices | Drawn & Quarterly |
| The Moon is Following Us | 13 | Daniel Warren Johnson | Daniel Warren Johnson, Riley Rossomo, Mike Spicer | Image Comics |
| Batman | 13 | Matt Fraction | Jorge Jiménez, Tomeu Morey | DC Comics |
| The Knives | 12 | Ed Brubaker | Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips | Image Comics |
| Simplicity | 12 | Mattie Lubchansky | Mattie Lubchansky | Pantheon |
| Almost Sunset | 12 | Wahab Algarmi | Wahab Algarmi | HarperAlley |
| It Rhymes With Takei | 12 | George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger | Harmony Becker, José Antonio Villarrubia | Top Shelf Productions |
| Muybridge | 12 | Guy Delisle | Guy Delisle | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Rook Exodus | 12 | Geoff Johns | Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson | Image Comics |
| Hyde Street | 12 | Geoff Johns | Ivan Reis, Danny Miki | Image Comics |
| Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy | 11 | Paul Auster, Paul Karasik | Paul Karasik, David Mazzucchelli, Lorenzo Mattotti | Pantheon |
| Invincible Universe: Battle Beast | 11 | Robert Kirkman | Ryan Ottley | Image Comics |
| Hunger’s Bite | 11 | Taylor Robin | Taylor Robin | Union Square & Co. |
| Chickenpox | 11 | Remy Lai | Remy Lai | Henry Holt and Co. |
| Huda F Wants to Know? | 11 | Huda Fahmy | Huda Fahmy | Dial Books |
| Milk White Steed | 11 | Michael D. Kennedy | Michael D. Kennedy | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Spectators | 11 | Brian K. Vaughan | Niko Henrichon | Image Comics |
| G.I. JOE | 11 | Joshua Williamson | Tom Reilly, Jordie Bellaire | Image Comics |
| Fresh Start | 10 | Gale Galligan | Gale Galligan, K Czap | Graphix |
| Skinbreaker | 10 | Robert Kirkman | David Finch | Image Comics |
| Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables | 10 | Rey Terciero | Claudia Aguirre | Penguin Workshop |
| Nocturnos | 10 | Laura Pérez | Laura Pérez | Fantagraphics |
| The Confessional: A Graphic Novel | 10 | Paige Hender | Paige Hender | Silver Sprocket |
| Dream On | 10 | Shannon Hale | Marcela Cespedes | Roaring Brook Press |
| Miss Ruki | 10 | Fumiko Takano | Fumiko Takano | New York Review Comics |
| Cabin Head and Tree Head | 10 | Scott Campbell | Scott Campbell | Tundra Books |
| Kaya | 10 | Wes Craig | Wes Craig, Jason Wordie | Image Comics |
| Fantastic Four | 10 | Ryan North | Various | Marvel Comics |
| The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All | 10 | Sumiko Arai | Sumiko Arai | Yen Press |
| Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology: A Graphic Novel | 9 | Angela Hsieh | Angela Hsieh | Quill Tree Books |
| I’m a Dumbo Octopus! A Graphic Guide to Cephalopods | 9 | Anne Lambelet | Anne Lambelet | Graphic Universe ™ |
| Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma | 9 | Ram V. | Anand RK, Jackson Butch Guice, Mike Spicer | DC Comics |
| Fitting Indian: A Graphic Novel | 9 | Jyoti Chand | Tara Anand | HarperAlley |
| How to Talk to Your Succulent | 9 | Zoe Persico | Zoe Persico | Tundra Books |
| Crumble | 9 | Meredith McClaren | Andrea Bell | Little, Brown Ink |
| Saint Catherine | 9 | Anna Meyer | Anna Meyer | 23rd St. |
| Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day | 9 | Alex L. Combs, Andrew Eakett | Alex L. Combs, Andrew Eakett | Candlewick |
| Creaky Acres: A Graphic Novel | 9 | Calista Brill, Nilah Magruder | Nilah Magruder | Kokila |
| How to Say Goodbye in Cuban | 9 | Daniel Miyares | Daniel Miyares | Anne Schwartz Books |
| Gaysians | 9 | Mike Curato | Mike Curato | Algonquin Books |
| Poison Ivy | 9 | G. Willow Wilson | Davide Gianfelice, Marcio Takara, Arif Prianto | DC Comics |
| Spectrum | 9 | Rick Quinn, Dave Chisholm | Dave Chisholm | Mad Cave Studios |
| Lucas Wars: The True Story of George Lucas and the Creation of Star Wars | 8 | Laurent Hopman | Renaud Roche | 23rd St. |
| Strange Bedfellows | 8 | Ariel Slamet Ries | Ariel Slamet Ries | HarperAlley |
| Absolute Green Lantern | 8 | Al Ewing | Jahnoy Lindsay | DC Comics |
| Dogtangle | 8 | Max Huffman | Max Huffman | Fantagraphics |
| I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This | 8 | Eugene Yelchin | Eugene Yelchin | Candlewick |
| Tedward | 8 | Josh Pettinger | Josh Pettinger | Fantagraphics |
| One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel | 8 | Rita Williams-Garcia | Sharee Miller | Quill Tree Books |
| One World Under Doom | 8 | Ryan North | R.B. Silva | Marvel Comics |
| Supergirl | 8 | Sophie Campbell | Sophie Campbell, Tamra Bonvillain | DC Comics |
| Speak Up, Santiago!: (A Hillside Valley Graphic Novel) | 8 | Julio Anta | Gabi Mendez | Random House Graphic |
| The Snips: A Bad Buzz Day | 8 | Raúl the Third | Raúl the Third, Elenora Bruni, Elaine Bay | Little, Brown Ink |
| The Flip Side: A Graphic Novel | 8 | Jason Walz | Jason Walz | Rocky Pond Books |
| Night Light | 8 | Michael Emberley | Michael Emberley | Holiday House |
| Kirby’s Lessons for Falling (in Love) | 8 | Laura Gao | Laura Gao | HarperAlley |
| Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus: The Graphic Novel | 8 | Barbara Park, Colleen AF Venable | Honie Beam, Kiwi Byrd | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Santos Sisters | 8 | Fake | Greg | Floating World Comics |
| Aliens Vs. Avengers | 8 | Jonathan Hickman | Esad Ribić | Marvel Comics |
| Green Arrow | 8 | Chris Condon | Montos, Adriano Lucas | DC Comics |
| Spacewalking with You | 8 | Inuhiko Doronoda | Inuhiko Doronoda | Kodansha Comics |
| The Devil’s Grin | 8 | Alex Graham | Alex Graham | Fantagraphics |
| This Beautiful, Ridiculous City | 7 | Kay Sohini | Kay Sohini | Ten Speed Graphic |
| Veil | 7 | Kotteri | Kotteri | UDON |
| Froggy: A Pond Full of Pals! | 7 | Paige Walshe | Paige Walshe | Flying Eye Books |
| A Garden of Spheres | 7 | Linnea Sterte | Linnea Sterte | Peow2 |
| Night Drive | 7 | Richard Sala | Richard Sala | Fantagraphics |
| Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton | 7 | Ryan North | Mike Norton, Ian Herring | DC Comics |
| Goes Like This | 7 | Jordan Crane | Jordan Crane | Fantagraphics |
| You and Me on Repeat | 7 | Mary Shyne | Mary Shyne | Henry Holt and Co. |
| The Smythes | 7 | Rea Irvin | Rea Irvin | New York Review Comics |
| Mixed-Up | 7 | Kami Garcia | Brittney Williams | First Second |
| Speechless | 7 | Aron Nels Steinke | Aron Nels Steinke, K Czap | Graphix |
| Tall Water | 7 | S.J. Sindu | Dion MBD | HarperAlley |
| The Complete C Comics | 7 | Joe Brainard | Joe Brainard | New York Review Comics |
| Star Trek: The Last Starship | 7 | Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly | Adrián Bonilla, Heather Moore | IDW Publishing |
| Absolute Flash | 7 | Jeff Lemire | Nick Robles | DC Comics |
| I Wanna Be Your Girl | 7 | Umi Takase | Umi Takase | Ink Pop |
| Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel | 7 | Natalie Babbitt, K. Woodman-Maynard | K. Woodman-Maynard | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Land of Mirrors | 7 | Maria Medem | Maria Medem | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Misery of Love | 7 | Yvan Alagbé | Yvan Alagbé | New York Review Comics |
| Mansect | 7 | Shinichi Koga | Shinichi Koga | Living The Line |
| Free Piano (Not Haunted) | 7 | Whitney Gardner | Whitney Gardner | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Sea Legs | 7 | Jules Bakes | Niki Smith | Graphix |
| The Sacrificers | 7 | Rick Remender | Max Fiumara | Image Comics |
| Uncanny X-Men | 7 | Gail Simone | David Marquez, Javier Garron, Luciano Vecchio | Marvel Comics |
| Fishflies | 7 | Jeff Lemire | Jeff Lemire | Image Comics |
| Conan the Barbarian | 7 | Jim Zub | Doug Braithwaite | Titan Comics |
| Feral | 7 | Tony Fleecs | Trish Forstner, Tone Rodriguez, Brad Simpson | Image Comics |
| Superman | 7 | Joshua Williamson | Dan Mora, Alejandro Sánchez | DC Comics |
| Space Ghost | 7 | David Pepose | Jonathan Lau, Andrew Dalhouse | Dynamite Entertainment |
| Smoke Signal #44 – Gary Panter | 6 | Gary Panter | Gary Panter | Desert Island Comics |
| Wish I Was a Baller | 6 | Amar Shah | Rashad Doucet | Graphix |
| The History of Everything | 6 | Victoria Evans | Victoria Evans | HarperAlley |
| Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man | 6 | James Tynion IV | Dani, Brad Simpson | Image Comics |
| Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life | 6 | Dan Nadel | Robert Crumb | Scribner |
| Infernal Hulk | 6 | Phillip Kennedy Johnson | Nic Klein, Matthew Wilson | Marvel Comics |
| Talking to My Father’s Ghost: An Almost True Story | 6 | Alex Krokus | Alex Krokus | Chronicle Books |
| Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories From the Guatemalan Genocide | 6 | Pablo Leon | Pablo Leon | HarperAlley |
| Big Gamble Rainbow Highway | 6 | Connie Myers | Connie Myers | Cram Books |
| The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang | 6 | Stan Yan | Stan Yan | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| Terminal Exposure: Comics, Sculpture, and Risky Behaviour | 6 | Michael McMillan | Michael McMillan | New York Review Comics |
| The Raven Boys | 6 | Maggie Stiefvater, Stephanie Williams | Sas Milledge | Viking Books for Young Readers |
| The Witch’s Egg | 6 | Donya Todd | Donya Todd | Avery Hill Publishing |
| Tower Dungeon | 6 | Tsutomu Nihei | Tsutomu Nihei | Kodansha Comics |
| Love Languages | 6 | James Albon | James Albon | Top Shelf Productions |
| Buff Soul | 6 | Moa Romanova | Moa Romanova | Fantagraphics |
| News From The Fallout | 6 | Chris Condon | Jeffrey Alan Love | Image Comics |
| A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel | 6 | Ursula K. Le Guin, Fred Fordham | Fred Fordham | Clarion Books |
| Checked Out | 6 | Katie Fricas | Katie Fricas | Drawn & Quarterly |
| The Dissident Club: Chronicle of a Pakistani Journalist in Exile | 6 | Taha Siddiqui, Hubert Maury | Hubert Maury, Elise Follin, Ariane Borra | Arsenal Pulp Press |
| Baby Blue | 6 | Bim Eriksson | Bim Eriksson | Fantagraphics |
| Ghost Town | 6 | Eric Colossal | Eric Colossal | Harry N. Abrams |
| Superman Treasury 2025: Hero For All | 6 | Dan Jurgens | Dan Jurgens, Bruno Redondo | DC Comics |
| Night Chef: An Epic Tale of Friendship with a Side of Deliciousness! | 6 | Mika Song | Mika Song | Random House Graphic |
| Crickets | 6 | Sammy Harkham | Sammy Harkham | Breakdown Press |
| The Deviant | 6 | James Tynion IV | Joshua Hixson, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou | Image Comics |
| Outsider Kids | 5 | Betty C. Tang | Betty C. Tang | Graphix |
| I Shall Never Fall in Love | 5 | Hari Conner | Hari Conner | HarperAlley |
| Hey, Mary! | 5 | Andrew Wheeler | Rye Hickman, Hank Jones | Oni Press |
| Love, Misha | 5 | Askel Aden | Askel Aden | First Second |
| Creature Clinic | 5 | Gavin Aung Than | Gavin Aung Than | First Second |
| Adorable Empire | 5 | Laura Terry | Laura Terry | Graphix |
| Aquaman | 5 | Jeremy Adams | John Timm, Rex Lokus | DC Comics |
| Red Night | 5 | Hanawa Kazuichi | Hanawa Kazuichi | Breakdown Press |
| Batman and Robin | 5 | Phillip Kennedy Johnson | Javi Fernandez | DC Comics |
| No Man’s Land | 5 | Szymon Kudrański | Szymon Kudrański | Image Comics |
| The Cabbie: Definitive Edition | 5 | Martí Riera Ferre | Martí Riera Ferre | Fantagraphics |
| I Witnessed: The Lizzie Borden Story | 5 | Jeramey Kraatz | Crystal Jayme | HarperAlley |
| Batman/Deadpool | 5 | Grant Morrison | Dan Mora, Alejandro Sanchez | DC Comics |
| Valley Valley/Idella Dell | 5 | Audra Stang | Audra Stang | Frog Farm |
| Meat Eaters | 5 | Meredith McClaren | Meredith McClaren | Oni Press |
| Beat It, Rufus | 5 | Noah Van Sciver | Noah Van Sciver | Fantagraphics |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | 5 | Anaïs Flogny | Anaïs Flogny | Harry N. Abrams |
| Tales of Paranoia | 5 | Robert Crumb | Robert Crumb | Fantagraphics |
| Clementine: Book Three | 5 | Tillie Walden | Cliff Rathburn | Image Comics |
| Cry When the Baby Cries | 5 | Becky Barnicoat | Becky Barnicoat | Gallery Books |
| Alanna: Song of the Lioness | 5 | Vita Ayala, Tamora Pierce | Sam Beck | Harry N. Abrams |
| How to Draw a Secret | 5 | Cindy Chang | Cindy Chang | Allida |
| Story Spinners: A Sisterly Tale of Danger, a Princess, and Her Crew of Lady Pirates | 5 | Cassandra Federman | Cassandra Federman | Aladdin |
| In the End We All Die: A Graphic Novel | 5 | Tobias Aeschbacher | Tobias Aeschbacher | Helvetiq |
| Very Bad at Math | 5 | Hope Larson | Hope Larson | HarperAlley |
| Imperial | 5 | Jonathan Hickman, Jed MacKay | Iban Coello, Federico Vicentini | Marvel Comics |
| Halfway to Somewhere | 5 | Jose Pimienta | Jose Pimienta | Random House Graphic |
| Pacheco and the Witch of the Mountain | 5 | Juan E. Zambrano | Juan E. Zambrano | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse | 5 | Haruo Iwamune | Haruo Iwamune | Yen Press |
| Hikaru in the Light! | 5 | Mai Matsuda | Mai Matsuda, Culture Weaver CK | Graphix |
| Band Nerd | 5 | Sarah Clawson Willis | Emma Cormarie | HarperAlley |
| Black Cohosh | 5 | Eagle Valiant Brosi | Eagle Valiant Brosi | Drawn & Quarterly |
| The Rocketfellers | 5 | Peter J. Tomasi, Francis Manapul | Francis Manapul | Image Comics |
| The Kiss Bet | 5 | Ingrid Ochoa | Ingrid Ochoa | WEBTOON Unscrolled |
| RuriDragon | 5 | Masaoki Shindo | Masaoki Shindo | VIZ Media LLC |
| Nightwing | 5 | Dan Watters | Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini | DC Comics |
| FML | 5 | Kelly Sue DeConnick | David Lopez, Cris Peter | Dark Horse Books |
| Storm | 5 | Murewa Ayodele | Lucas Werneck | Marvel Comics |
| Dogsred | 5 | Satoru Noda | Satoru Noda | VIZ Media LLC |
| Saga | 5 | Brian K. Vaughan | Fiona Staples | Image Comics |
| Kagurabachi | 5 | Takeru Hokazono | Takeru Hokazono | VIZ Media LLC |
| Hello Darkness | 5 | Various | Various | BOOM! Studios |
| Zatanna: Bring Down the House | 5 | Mariko Tamaki | Javier Rodríguez | DC Comics |
| Minor Arcana | 5 | Jeff Lemire | Letizia Cadonici | BOOM! Studios |
Regarding Publishers:
Image Comics had 105 different books picked this year, followed by DC Comics (100), Marvel Comics (89), 4th was Self-published books (75) and 5th was Fantagraphics (69). Out of the Self-published books Pleasure Beach by Josh Pettinger was the most popular with 4 reviewers picking it.
The most popular Webcomics were The Keluarga Cable Ship Company by Mereida Fajardo, Scorpio Venus Rising by Corinne Halbert and Nap Comix by Rachel Smith which all tied at 3 picks each.
Caveats:
Where a reviewer/writer wrote ‘best of’ lists for multiple websites, I’ve cross referenced their lists and removed books that were named twice. I did not think it would be fair if those writers could tip the popularity scale by naming the same book(s) over and over again on multiple websites. Sadly, there was an increase of websites publishing lists with no credit to who (or whom) created the list. In those cases, I marked them as n/a but the practice of not crediting writers is a shameful one. Although for libraries I understand fully if the Librarians picking the books want to remain anonymous due to the threatening, targeted climate in the United States.
Youtubers! Introduce yourselves when your start your videos! Many of your lists I put under n/a because I couldn’t find your name anywhere.
If a writer wrote for multiple sites, but one of those sites picks was a group effort, I did not remove books that are listed twice. There were also sites that did fan voting and picked the same book for various categories, I kept them in that case as well.
I generally did not include lists that were a mixed of prose books and graphic novels unless there were a significant number of graphic novels on the list, or they had a list of GNs only and put a GN on a otherwise list of prose books. I’ve come to really appreciate publishers that put : A Novel in the books title as it helps identify prose books when they have a GN looking cover. I also noticed this year that publishers are putting in : A Graphic Novel in the title and that helps too.
With inkers and colourists I often, but not always included them within the Artist section. Where there were multiple (usually more than 5) involved in a book, or in the title’s run over the course of the year, various was used instead of listing them all. In some cases, I combined those involved even if they worked on the title for different issues. Where the translators were credited (without me having to really dig for it) are mentioned on column G of the data. The same goes for the editors of anthologies.
To simply things, if a list named a specific comic book issue or specific volume of a graphic novel, I removed those specifics and just listed the series title, with rare exceptions. The same goes with issue #s when reviewers were picking best single issues. My apologies to the reviewers of those books.
Some reviewers included books that were published in 2024 or earlier. Normally the number of times these books were mentioned is not significant to the overall list. Often (but not always) the work was published again in a new collected edition and that is what the reviewer picked.
Most of the lists were general ‘best/favourite books’ of 2025, but I also included lists dedicated to young readers, manga, 2SLGBTQI+, etc… What type list is noted on column B in the spreadsheet.
Some lists also had rankings and those are included in Column C. I’ve also included age groups or other identifiers in that column.
As a final note, I’m sorry this is later than I normally have this done. There are a variety of reasons for that and among them is the Google of 2025 is not the Google of 2024. There was a serious downgrade in quality results from my Google Alerts and I had to go to Yahoo to manually search for lists. That’s not because Yahoo got any better, it’s just Google has gotten so much worse that old Yahoo is now the best search engine.
This list of websites this list is compiled from: