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Drawn Out: The 50 Best Non-Superhero Graphic Novels

Description: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/drawn-out-the-50-best-non-superhero-graphic-novels-20140505 Omnibuses included where possible.

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

by Alison Bechdel

8,430 members

368 reviews

4.2

6 Members: timtom, acenturyofsleep, mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

7,076 members

258 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: timtom, acenturyofsleep, mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Hark! A Vagrant

1,673 members

79 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: timtom, acenturyofsleep, mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

by Art Spiegelman

10,963 members

259 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: hipdeep, acenturyofsleep, mellowout124, racergirl76, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

by Art Spiegelman

7,513 members

140 reviews

½ 4.5

5 Members: hipdeep, acenturyofsleep, mellowout124, racergirl76, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Saga, Volume One

by Brian K. Vaughan

4,895 members

287 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: acenturyofsleep, mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

7

3,935 members

86 reviews

4.2

3 Members: acenturyofsleep, mellowout124, racergirl76

8

Saga, Volume Two

by Brian K. Vaughan

3,165 members

144 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

9

by Charles Burns

2,790 members

88 reviews

3.8

3 Members: timtom, mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Saga, Volume Three

by Brian K. Vaughan

2,659 members

113 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

11

Saga, Volume Four

by Brian K. Vaughan

2,317 members

95 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

12

Saga, Volume Five

by Brian K. Vaughan

2,024 members

72 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

13

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

1,803 members

73 reviews

3.9

3 Members: acenturyofsleep, mellowout124, racergirl76

14

Saga, Volume Six

by Brian K. Vaughan

1,668 members

60 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

15

Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick

by Matt Fraction

1,358 members

78 reviews

3.8

3 Members: acenturyofsleep, mellowout124, racergirl76

16

972 members

28 reviews

4.2

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

17

Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection

750 members

25 reviews

4.2

3 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Finder Library: Volume 1

by Carla Speed McNeil

214 members

7 reviews

4

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

19

by Daniel Clowes

3,680 members

81 reviews

3.8

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

20

The Invisibles, Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution

by Grant Morrison

1,222 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Tintin in America / Cigars of the Pharaoh / The Blue Lotus

967 members

8 reviews

4.1

2 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76

22

by Alejandro Jodorowsky

815 members

28 reviews

3.9

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

23

Berlin: City of Stones

793 members

33 reviews

3.9

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

24

The Invisibles, Vol. 4: Bloody Hell in America

by Grant Morrison

636 members

7 reviews

4

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Contract with God Trilogy

590 members

16 reviews

4.1

2 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76

26

The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures

by Phoebe Gloeckner

507 members

15 reviews

4

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

27

Maggie the Mechanic

by Jaime Hernandez

421 members

6 reviews

3.9

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

28

Heartbreak Soup: A Love and Rockets Book

by Gilbert Hernandez

405 members

5 reviews

4.2

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

29

Berlin: City of Smoke

404 members

16 reviews

4

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

30

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths

by Shigeru Mizuki

276 members

5 reviews

4

2 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76

31

by Leela Corman

214 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

32

Only a Poor Old Man

189 members

1 review

½ 4.7

2 Members: hipdeep, mellowout124

33

The Cowboy Wally Show

175 members

2 reviews

3.9

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Carla Speed McNeil

131 members

9 reviews

4.1

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

35

Finder Library: Volume 2

by Carla Speed McNeil

103 members

7 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

36

Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art

by Diane Noomin

90 members

1 review

4

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

37

You'll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man

84 members

3 reviews

3.8

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

38

Finder: Third World

by Carla Speed McNeil

58 members

3 reviews

3.9

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

39

You'll Never Know, Book Two: Collateral Damage

32 members

4 reviews

4.1

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

40

You'll Never Know, Book Three: Soldier's Heart

13 members

½ 4.4

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

41

Palookaville #9

6 members

4

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

42

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

3,268 members

57 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

43

Preacher Vol. 1: Gone to Texas

2,533 members

57 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

44

Akira, Volume 1

by Katsuhiro Otomo

1,828 members

36 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

45

Preacher Vol. 2: Until the End of the World

1,712 members

26 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

46

Preacher Vol. 3: Proud Americans

1,497 members

21 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

47

Preacher Vol. 4: Ancient History

1,288 members

18 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

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Preacher Vol. 5: Dixie Fried

1,279 members

15 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

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1,256 members

23 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

50

Preacher Vol. 6: War in the Sun

1,214 members

16 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

51

Preacher Vol. 7: Salvation

1,140 members

10 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

52

100 Bullets, Vol. 01: First Shot, Last Call

by Brian Azzarello

1,123 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

53

Preacher Vol. 8: All Hell's A-Coming

1,122 members

14 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

54

Preacher Vol. 9: Alamo

1,120 members

16 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

55

Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995

1,103 members

30 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

56

Akira, Volume 2

by Katsuhiro Otomo

1,064 members

16 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

57

Akira, Volume 3

by Katsuhiro Otomo

934 members

16 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

58

Akira, Volume 4

by Katsuhiro Otomo

848 members

13 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

59

Akira, Volume 5

by Katsuhiro Otomo

778 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

60

Akira, Volume 6

by Katsuhiro Otomo

753 members

11 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

61

Cerebus, Volume 1

732 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

62

The Invisibles, Vol. 2: Apocalipstick

by Grant Morrison

724 members

9 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

63

The Broken Ear / The Black Island / King Ottokar's Sceptre

710 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

64

100 Bullets, Vol. 02: Split Second Chance

by Brian Azzarello

664 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

65

Sex Criminals, Vol. 2: Two Worlds, One Cop

by Matt Fraction

646 members

21 reviews

3.8

Member: mellowout124

66

The Crab with the Golden Claws / The Shooting Star / The Secret of the Unicorn

644 members

10 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

67

The Invisibles, Vol. 3: Entropy in the UK

by Grant Morrison

612 members

11 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

68

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 1

by Naoki Urasawa

609 members

10 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

69

High Society (Cerebus, Volume 2)

606 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

70

The Invisibles, Vol. 5: Counting to None

by Grant Morrison

592 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

71

Red Rackham's Treasure / The Seven Crystal Balls / Prisoners of the Sun

555 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

72

Land of Black Gold / Destination Moon / Explorers on the Moon

552 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

73

The Calculus Affair / The Red Sea Sharks / Tintin in Tibet

551 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

74

The Invisibles, Vol. 6: Kissing Mister Quimper

by Grant Morrison

537 members

4 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

75

100 Bullets, Vol. 03: Hang Up on the Hang Low

by Brian Azzarello

535 members

10 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

76

The Invisibles, Vol. 7: The Invisible Kingdom

by Grant Morrison

524 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

77

100 Bullets, Vol. 04: A Foregone Tomorrow

by Brian Azzarello

489 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

78

Church & State I (Cerebus, Volume 3)

486 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

79

100 Bullets, Vol. 05: The Counterfifth Detective

by Brian Azzarello

459 members

8 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

80

100 Bullets, Vol. 06: Six Feet Under the Gun

by Brian Azzarello

437 members

7 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

81

Paying for It: A Comic-Strip Memoir about Being a John

by Chester Brown

429 members

20 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

82

Church & State II (Cerebus, Volume 4)

425 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

83

The Castafiore Emerald / Flight 714 / Tintin and the Picaros

412 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

84

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 2

by Naoki Urasawa

411 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

85

Sex Criminals, Vol. 3: Three the Hard Way

by Matt Fraction

390 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

86

100 Bullets, Vol. 07: Samurai

by Brian Azzarello

384 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

87

Freakangels, Volume 1

by Warren Ellis

383 members

12 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

88

100 Bullets, Vol. 08: The Hard Way

by Brian Azzarello

382 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

89

Jaka's Story (Cerebus, Volume 5)

372 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

90

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 3

by Naoki Urasawa

355 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

91

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 4

by Naoki Urasawa

338 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

92

Melmoth (Cerebus, Volume 6)

335 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

93

100 Bullets, Vol. 09: Strychnine Lives

by Brian Azzarello

321 members

6 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

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by Dylan Horrocks

315 members

16 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

95

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 6

by Naoki Urasawa

314 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

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Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 5

by Naoki Urasawa

314 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

97

Flight (Cerebus, Volume 7)

303 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

98

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 7

by Naoki Urasawa

300 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

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100 Bullets, Vol. 10: Decayed

by Brian Azzarello

300 members

4 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

100

Our Cancer Year

by Harvey Pekar

300 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: mellowout124

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