Publishers Weekly 2022 Graphic Novel Critics Poll (21 books)

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1st place:
(Nine votes from fifteen critics)

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Kate Beaton

2nd place (tie):
(Four votes each)

Keeping Two - Jordan Crane
The Third Person - Emma Grove

3rd place:
(Three votes each)

A Career in Books: A Novel About Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun - Kate Gavino
The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories - Rumi Hara
Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank - Eric Orner
Wash Day Diaries - Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith
What Is Home, Mum? - Sabba Khan
Who Will Make the Pancakes - Megan Kelso

Two votes each:

Acting Class - Nick Drnaso
Artist - Yeong-shin Ma
Genevieve Castrée: Complete Works 1981 - 2016 - Genevieve Castrée
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. - James Spooner
Invisible Wounds - Jess Ruliffson
Joseph Smith and the Mormons - Noah Van Sciver
The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women’s Lives - Kelcey Ervick
Men I Trust - Tommi Parrish
Notes From a Sickbed - Tessa Brunton
Shuna's Journey - Hayao Miyazaki
Talk to My Back - Yamada Murasaki
Time Zone J - Julie Doucet

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1	Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton 4.39 avg rating — 38,817 ratings score: 400, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser 4.34 avg rating — 12,363 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Invisible Wounds: Interviews with American Vets by Jess Ruliffson 3.90 avg rating — 330 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works 1981-2016: Complete Works 1981-2016 by Geneviève Castrée 4.64 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank by Eric Orner 4.14 avg rating — 225 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	A Career in Books: A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun by Kate Gavino 3.90 avg rating — 1,163 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives by Kelcey Parker Ervick (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 480 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Joseph Smith and the Mormons: A Graphic Biography by Noah Van Sciver 4.04 avg rating — 573 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Talk to My Back by Murasaki Yamada 4.03 avg rating — 1,576 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The High Desert by James Spooner (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 1,587 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Artist by Yeong-shin Ma 3.72 avg rating — 210 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki 4.33 avg rating — 14,398 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Acting Class by Nick Drnaso 4.18 avg rating — 2,884 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Third Person by Emma Grove 4.13 avg rating — 1,446 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories by Rumi Hara 3.37 avg rating — 322 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Notes from a Sickbed by Tessa Brunton 3.63 avg rating — 692 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories by Megan Kelso 3.38 avg rating — 327 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	What is Home, Mum? by Sabba Khan 4.32 avg rating — 1,162 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Keeping Two by Jordan Crane 3.61 avg rating — 2,446 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Men I Trust by Tommi Parrish 3.74 avg rating — 984 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Time Zone J by Julie Doucet 3.31 avg rating — 285 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars