Fantasy and magic books for adults
86 award-winning books for adults. Dragons, witches, myths and other worlds.
Fantasy and magic86Science fiction69Superheroes28Memoir and real lives139History98Funny109Manga124Horror and spooky48Crime and mystery57Adventure30Friendship and school25Family81Animals35Science and the real world130LGBTQ+ stories19
86 books
Winner2022The Complete American GodsNeil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, and Scott Hampton2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2021Seeds and StemsSimon Hanselmann2021 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2020Snow, Glass, ApplesColleen Doran2020 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium winner
Winner2017DemonJason Shiga2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2014RASLJeff Smith2014 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2014Vader's Little PrincessJeffrey Brown2014 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication winner
Winner2009Hellboy Library EditionMike Mignola2009 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner1998Gon Swimmin'Masashi Tanaka1998 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner1995Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Vol. 2P. Craig Russell1995 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winner
Winner1993Signal to NoiseNeil Gaiman and Dave McKean1993 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winnerA Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic NovelFred Fordham and Ursula K LeGuinWinner2026A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic NovelFred Fordham and Ursula K LeGuin2026 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic winnerWitch Hat AtelierKamome ShirahamaWinner2020Witch Hat AtelierKamome Shirahama2020 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winnerTokyo Tarareba GirlsAkiko HigashimuraWinner2019Tokyo Tarareba GirlsAkiko Higashimura2019 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winnerWonder Woman: The True AmazonJill ThompsonWinner2017Wonder Woman: The True AmazonJill Thompson2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winnerHellboy: Seeds of DestructionMike MignolaWinner1995Hellboy: Seeds of DestructionMike Mignola1995 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Nominee2026More Weight: A Salem StoryBen Wickey2026 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2026The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The SuperpowersKieron Gillen2026 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2024#DRCL midnight childrenShin-ichi Sakamoto2024 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2024#DRCL midnight children, vol. 1Shin-ichi Sakamoto2024 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2024Shubeik LubeikDeena Mohamed2024 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee
Nominee2024The Monkey King: The Complete OdysseyChaiko2024 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2022After the RainJohn Jennings and David Brame2022 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2022BubbleJordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, and Tony Cliff2022 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2022Crisis ZoneSimon Hanselmann2022 Harvey Award for Book of the Year nominee
Nominee2022Locke & Key: Keyhouse CompendiumJoe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2022Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons and Dragons Deluxe EditionPatrick Rothfuss, Jim Zub, and Troy Little2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2022The Many Deaths of Laila StarrRam V, Filipe Andrade, and Ines Amaro2022 Harvey Award for Book of the Year nominee
Nominee2022Thirsty MermaidsKat Leyh2022 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nominee
Nominee2021Die, Volume 2: Split the PartyKieron Gillen2021 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2021What If We Were...Axelle Lenoir2021 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nominee
Nominee2020Die, Volume 1: Fantasy HeartbreakerKieron Gillen2020 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2020MooncakesSuzanne Walker2020 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2020Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera2020 Harvey Award for Book of the Year nominee
Nominee2020The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic NovelRenee Nault2020 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2018H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other StoriesGou Tanabe2018 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2018Saga, Volume 7Brian K. Vaughan2018 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2017Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul NashDave McKean2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2017Last LookCharles Burns2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2017Princess JellyfishAkiko Higashimura2017 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2017orange: The Complete CollectionIchigo Takano2017 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2016A Glance BackwardPierre Paquet and Tony Sandoval2016 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee
Nominee2016Sam Zabel and the Magic PenDylan Horrocks2016 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2016The DivineBoaz Lavie2016 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2015All You Need Is KillHiroshi Sakurazaka, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Takeshi Obata, and yoshitoshi ABe2015 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2015Dragon’s Breath and Other True StoriesMariNaomi2015 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2015Groo vs. ConanSergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier, and Tom Yeates2015 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nominee
Nominee2015HereRichard McGuire2015 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2015SecondsBryan Lee O’Malley2015 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2015The Gigantic Beard That Was EvilStephen Collins2015 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2014Adventures of a Japanese BusinessmanJosé Domingo2014 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee
Nominee2014The Encyclopedia of Early EarthIsabel Greenberg2014 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2013GoliathTom Gauld2013 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2012Bubbles & GondolaRenaud Dillies2012 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2012Fables: Rose RedBill Willingham2012 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2012HabibiCraig Thompson2012 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2011ElmerGerry Alanguilan2011 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2010A Distant NeighborhoodJiro Taniguchi2010 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2010Alec: The Years Have PantsEddie Campbell2010 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2009Cat Eyed BoyKazuo Umezu2009 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2009Naoki Urasawa's MonsterNaoki Urasawa2009 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2009The Dresden Files: Welcome to the JungleJim Butcher2009 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2008Percy GloomCathy Malkasian2008 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2008The Magical Life of Long Tack SamAnn Marie Fleming2008 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2007Billy HazelnutsTony Millionaire2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2007Castle WaitingLinda Medley2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2007ScrublandsJoe Daly2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2007ShadowlandKim Deitch2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2005The Book of BalladsCharles Vess, et al.2005 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee1998The Wizards TaleKurt Busiek and Dave Wenzel1998 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee1997Mr. Monster: OriginsMichael T. Gilbert1997 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee1996Concrete: Killer SmilePaul Chadwick1996 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee1996Fairy Tales of the Brothers GrimmDoug Wheeler and David Wenzel1996 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee1993Bloodlines: A Tale from the Heart of AfricaCindy Goff, Rafael Nieves, and Seitu Hayden1993 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee1993The Mythology of an Abandoned CityJon J Muth1993 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nomineeAll Princesses Die Before DawnQuentin ZuttionNominee2025All Princesses Die Before DawnQuentin Zuttion2025 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nomineeThe Witches of World War IIPaul CornellNominee2024The Witches of World War IIPaul Cornell2024 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nomineeCryptid ClubSarah AndersenNominee2023Cryptid ClubSarah Andersen2023 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nomineeZom 100: Bucket List of the DeadHaro Aso and Kotaro TakataNominee2022Zom 100: Bucket List of the DeadHaro Aso and Kotaro Takata2022 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nomineeMagic Knight Rayearth 25th Anniversary EditionClampNominee2020Magic Knight Rayearth 25th Anniversary EditionClamp2020 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nomineeHerakles, Book 1Édouard CourNominee2019Herakles, Book 1Édouard Cour2019 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nomineeBeowulfSantiago García and David RubínNominee2018BeowulfSantiago García and David Rubín2018 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nomineeEarthaCathy MalkasianNominee2018EarthaCathy Malkasian2018 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nomineeMeat Cake BibleDame DarcyNominee2017Meat Cake BibleDame Darcy2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nomineeWolf Children: Ame & YukiMamoru Hosoda and YūNominee2015Wolf Children: Ame & YukiMamoru Hosoda and Yū2015 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nomineeAfter School NightmareSetona MizushiroNominee2007After School NightmareSetona Mizushiro2007 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nomineeDungeon: The Early YearsJoann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, and Christophe BlainNominee2006Dungeon: The Early YearsJoann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, and Christophe Blain2006 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee