What We Mean By Yesterday by Benjamin Marra<\/a>.<\/p>\nCaveats:<\/p>\n
Where a reviewer\/writer wrote \u2018best of\u2019 lists for multiple websites, I\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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 did find there were more lists like that this year, which was one of the reasons it took me this long to finish this. Many YA prose books have Graphic Novel looking covers and I need to examine previews to determine if it\u2019s comics or not. If this continues to be the trend I may need to just focus on GN\/Comics only lists.<\/p>\n
I did not use lists where the website was not in English and the books appeared to be translated versions.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
For simplicity sake, 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. My apologies to the reviewers of those books.<\/p>\n
Some reviewers included books that were published in 2022 or earlier. Normally the amount of times these books were mentioned isn\u2019t significant. Often (but not always) the work was published again in a new collected edition and that is what the reviewer picked.<\/p>\n
Most of the lists were general \u2018best\/favourite books\u2019 of 2023, but I also included lists dedicated to young readers, manga, LGBTQ+, etc\u2026 What type list is noted on column B in the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n
A small number of lists also had rankings and those are included in Column C.<\/p>\n
This list of websites this list is compiled from:<\/p>\n
![\"Daniel](\"http:\/\/jamiecoville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Daniel-Clowes-SDCC-2016-Monica.jpg\")
The #2 book was Roaming by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki<\/strong> (Drawn & Quarterly). Squeaking into 3rd<\/sup> place was Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamad<\/strong> (Pantheon). There is a 3 way tie for 4th<\/sup> place with Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham<\/strong> (Pantheon), A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll<\/strong> (First Second) and The Talk by Darrin Bell<\/strong> (Henry Holt and Co.). 5th<\/sup> place was Why Don\u2019t You Love Me? By P. B. Rainey<\/strong> (Drawn & Quarterly).<\/p>\n