Science and the real world books for adults
130 award-winning books for adults. Nonfiction, science, politics and journalism in comics form.
Fantasy and magic86Science fiction69Superheroes28Memoir and real lives139History98Funny109Manga124Horror and spooky48Crime and mystery57Adventure30Friendship and school25Family81Animals35Science and the real world130LGBTQ+ stories19
130 books, the first 120 shown
Winner2024Hip Hop Family TreeEd Piskor2024 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2023Cyberpunk 2077: Big City DreamsBartosz Sztybor2023 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic winner
Winner2022Not All RobotsMark Russell and Mike Deodato Jr.2022 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication winner
Winner2022Run: Book OneJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir winner
Winner2021Kent State: Four Dead in OhioDerf Backderf2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2021Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel AdaptationOctavia E. Butler and Damian Duffy2021 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic winner
Winner2021The Loneliness of the Long-Distance CartoonistAdrian Tomine2021 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir winner
Winner2020LaGuardiaNnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford2020 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2020They Called Us EnemyGeorge Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker2020 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2019Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the WorldPénélope Bagieu2019 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner2018KindredDamian Duffy and John Jennings2018 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium winner
Winner2017March: Book ThreeJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell2017 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2017Moebius Library: The World of EdenaJean “Moebius” Giraud, et al.2017 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner2017The Art of Charlie Chan Hock ChyeSonny Liew2017 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winner
Winner2016Showa: A History of Japan, 1926–1939Shigeru Mizuki2016 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winner
Winner2016The RealistAsaf Hanuka2016 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner2014RASLJeff Smith2014 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2014The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein StoryVivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker2014 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2014The Mysterious Underground MenOsamu Tezuka2014 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winner
Winner2013Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century BoysNaoki Urasawa2013 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winner
Winner2013The Carter Family: Don't Forget This SongFrank M. Young and David Lasky2013 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2011It Was the War of the TrenchesJacques Tardi2011 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2010Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the StormKaja Foglio and Phil Foglio2010 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic winner
Winner2010The PhotographerEmmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemercier2010 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner2009The Last MusketeerJason2009 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner2007Fun HomeAlison Bechdel2007 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2006Black HoleCharles Burns2006 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2006Nat TurnerKyle Baker2006 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2004Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames and DemonsPaul Dini, Bruce Timm, and others2004 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2004BlanketsCraig Thompson2004 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winner
Winner2002AkiraKatsuhiro Otomo2002 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner2001Safe Area GorazdeJoe Sacco2001 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winner
Winner1998Sin CityFrank Miller1998 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner1994A Small KillingAlan Moore and Oscar Zárate1994 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winner
Winner1993Signal to NoiseNeil Gaiman and Dave McKean1993 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winnerWonder Woman: The True AmazonJill ThompsonWinner2017Wonder Woman: The True AmazonJill Thompson2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winnerAbsolute JusticeAlex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Doug BraithewaiteWinner2010Absolute JusticeAlex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Doug Braithewaite2010 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Nominee2023Down to the Bone: A Leukemia StoryCatherine Pioli2023 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir nominee
Nominee2023Invisible Wounds: Graphic JournalismJess Ruliffson2023 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2023It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth: An Auto-Bio-Graphic-NovelZoe Thorogood2023 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir nominee
Nominee2022In.Will McPhail2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2022Save it for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of ProtestNate Powell2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir nominee
Nominee2022The Secret to Superhuman StrengthAlison Bechdel2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir nominee
Nominee2021Black Hammer Library EditionJeff Lemire, Dean Ormstom, Emi Lenox, and Rich Tommaso2021 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2021Dancing after TENVivian Chong and Georgia Webber2021 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir nominee
Nominee2021Department of Mind-Blowing TheoriesTom Gauld2021 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nominee
Nominee2021Paying the LandJoe Sacco2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2021Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of HumankindYuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave2021 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2021Year of the RabbitTian Veasna, translation by Helge Dascher2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2020Good Talk: A Memoir in ConversationsMira Jacob2020 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2020GrassKeum Suk Gendry-Kim, translation by Janet Hong2020 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2020Kid GlovesLucy Knisley2020 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2020Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of SpaceflightJonathan Fetter-Vorm2020 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2020The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic NovelRenee Nault2020 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2019Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic AdaptationAri Folman and David Polonsky2019 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2019Black Panther: Long Live the KingNnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington2019 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2019Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman2019 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2019One Dirty TreeNoah Van Sciver2019 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2019Upgrade SoulEzra Claytan Daniels2019 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2019Young FrancesHartley Lin2019 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2018Everything is FlammableGabrielle Bell2018 Harvey Award for Book of the Year nominee
Nominee2018HostageGuy Delisle2018 Harvey Award for Book of the Year nominee
Nominee2018Lighter Than My ShadowKatie Green2018 Harvey Award for Book of the Year nominee
Nominee2018Otherworld BarbaraMoto Hagio2018 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2018The Best We Could DoThi Bui2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2017Dark Night: A True Batman StoryPaul Dini and Eduardo Risso2017 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2017Last LookCharles Burns2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2017MooncopTom Gauld2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2017PatienceDaniel Clowes2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2017Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic MemoirTom Hart2017 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2017Tetris: The Games People PlayBox Brown2017 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2017The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and AnimeToshio Ban and Tezuka Productions2017 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2016Deep Dark FearsFran Krause2016 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nominee
Nominee2016Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran FatherCarol Tyler2016 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2016The Story of My TitsJennifer Hayden2016 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2016The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and BabbageSydney Padua2016 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New 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
Nominee2015Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?Roz Chast2015 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2015HereRichard McGuire2015 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2015In Clothes Called FatMoyoco Anno2015 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2015Rocket RaccoonSkottie Young2015 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nominee
Nominee2015Superior Foes of Spider-ManNick Spencer and Steve Lieber2015 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nominee
Nominee2014Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger StoryPeter Bagge2014 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2013A Chinese LifeLi Kunwu and Philippe Ôtié2013 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2013Marbles: Mania Depression Michelangelo & MeEllen Forney2013 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2013Schlock Mercenary: Force MultiplicationHoward Tayler2013 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2013UnterzakhnLeela Corman2013 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2012Saturn ApartmentsHisae Iwaoka2012 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2012The Death RayDan Clowes2012 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2012VietnamericaGB Tran2012 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2012WE3: The Deluxe EditionGrant Morrison and Frank Quitely2012 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2011Special Exits: A Graphic MemoirJoyce Farmer2011 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2010A.D.: New Orleans After the DelugeJosh Neufeld2010 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2010MonstersKen Dahl2010 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2010The Impostor's Daughter: A True MemoirLaurie Sandell2010 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2010Years of the ElephantWilly Linthout2010 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee
Nominee2009Blue Pills: A Positive Love StoryFrederik Peeters2009 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2009Serenity: Better DaysJoss Whedon and Brett Matthews2009 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2009Three ShadowsCyril Pedrosa2009 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2009Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and WhereforesBrian K. Vaughan2009 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2008The Magical Life of Long Tack SamAnn Marie Fleming2008 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2007A.L.I.E.E.E.N.Lewis Trondheim2007 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee
Nominee2007Mom's CancerBrian Fies2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2006Pyongyang: A Journey in North KoreaGuy Delisle2006 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2005In the Shadow of No TowersArt Spiegelman2005 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2005PersepolisMarjane Satrapi2005 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee
Nominee2004The Fixer: A Story from SarajevoJoe Sacco2004 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2002Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American PresidentKaiji Kawaguchi2002 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee
Nominee2002FalloutJim Ottaviani, Janine Johnston, Steve Lieber, Vince Locke, Bernie Mireault, and Jeff Parke2002 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2000Ethel & ErnestRaymond Briggs2000 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee1999Family MatterWill Eisner1999 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee1998The Borden TragedyRick Geary1998 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee199632 StoriesAdrian Tomine1996 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee1996Concrete: Killer SmilePaul Chadwick1996 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee1995Our Cancer YearHarvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, and Frank Stack1995 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nomineeThe Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of GriefCarol TylerNominee2026The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of GriefCarol Tyler2026 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir nomineeForces of NatureEdward SteedNominee2025Forces of NatureEdward Steed2025 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nomineeCryptid ClubSarah AndersenNominee2023Cryptid ClubSarah Andersen2023 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nomineeSaga, Volume 10Brian K. VaughanNominee2023Saga, Volume 10Brian K. Vaughan2023 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nomineeThe Winter of the CartoonistPaco RocaNominee2021The Winter of the CartoonistPaco Roca2021 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee