Graphic novels · 2023

Best Graphic Novels Books of 2023

Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki was the most-recognized graphic novels book of 2023, named by 9 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 14 by how many sources named them.

Sources is the number of distinct awards and year-end lists that name the book's ISBN, in any year. 2023 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#	Book	Author	Sources	Named by
1	Roaming	Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki	9	Lambda Literary Awards 2024 Finalist Booklist Editors' Choice 2023 Selection Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2023 Selection The Globe and Mail Globe 100 2023 Selection The Guardian Best Books of the Year 2023 Selection Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection NPR Books We Love 2023 Selection The Observer Best Books of the Year 2023 Selection Publishers Weekly Best Books 2023 Selection
2	Artificial: A Love Story	Amy Kurzweil	4	Booklist Editors' Choice 2023 Selection Kirkus Best Books of the Year 2023 Selection The New Yorker Best Books of the Year 2023 Selection NPR Books We Love 2023 Selection
3	Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story	Julia Wertz	1	Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection
4	Shubeik Lubeik	Deena Mohamed	1	Library Journal Best Books 2023 Selection
5	40 Men and 12 Rifles: Indochina 1954	Marcelino Truong, translated by David Homel	0
6	Boys Weekend	Mattie Lubchansky	0
7	How to Say Goodbye	Wendy MacNaughton	0
8	I Must Be Dreaming	Roz Chast	0
9	Juliette or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring	Camille Jourdy, translated by Aleshia Jensen	0
10	Kafka: A Manga Adaptation	Nishioka Kyodai, translated by David Yang	0
11	Mimosa	Archie Bongiovanni	0
12	My Picture Diary	Fujiwara Maki, translated by Ryan Holmberg	0
13	This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America	Navied Mahdavian	0
14	Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons	Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha and Nicola Scott	0