Publishers Weekly 2025 Graphic Novel Critics Poll (20 books)

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Do Admit and Spent Top PW’s 2025 Graphic Novel Critics Poll

1st place (tie):
(Six votes each from fourteen critics)

• Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me - Mimi Pond
• Spent - Alison Bechdel

2nd place:
(Five votes)

• Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance - Ben Passmore

Honorable Mentions

Four votes each:

• More Weight - Ben Wickey
• Tongues, Vol. 1 - Anders Nilsen

Three votes each:

• Black Cohosh - Eagle Valiant Brosi
• Cannon - Lee Lai
• Checked Out - Katie Fricas
• Miss Ruki - Fumiko Takano, translated from Japanese by Alexa Frank
• Raised By Ghosts - Briana Loewinsohn

Two votes each:

• Buff Soul - Moa Romanova, translated from Swedish by Melissa Bowers
• The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief - Carol Tyler
• Ginseng Roots - Craig Thompson
• The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss - Jesse Mechanic
• Life Drawing - Jaime Hernandez
• The Once and Future Riot - Joe Sacco
• Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster, et al.
• Precious Rubbish - Kayla E.
• Simplicity - Mattie Lubchansky
• The Weight - Melissa Mendes

The 2024 list is here.

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1	Ginseng Roots: A Memoir by Craig Thompson 4.19 avg rating — 1,556 ratings score: 296, 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
2	Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection by Jaime Hernández 4.15 avg rating — 195 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
3	Tongues, Vol. 1 by Anders Nilsen 4.25 avg rating — 658 ratings score: 195, 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	Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 5,772 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
5	Raised By Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 837 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
6	Black Cohosh by Eagle Valiant Brosi 4.01 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 100, and 1 person 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 Weight by Melissa Mendes 4.21 avg rating — 130 ratings score: 95, and 1 person 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	The Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco 4.06 avg rating — 298 ratings score: 94, and 1 person 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	Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me by Mimi Pond (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 534 ratings score: 93, and 1 person 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	MISS RUKI by Fumiko Takano 3.99 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 92, and 1 person 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	Buff Soul by Moa Romanova 4.03 avg rating — 818 ratings score: 91, and 1 person 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	Precious Rubbish by Kayla E. 4.18 avg rating — 299 ratings score: 89, and 1 person 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	Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy: City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room by Paul Karasik (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 329 ratings score: 88, and 1 person 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	Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 549 ratings score: 87, and 1 person 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
15	More Weight: A Salem Story by Ben Wickey (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 263 ratings score: 86, and 1 person 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	The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief by Carol Tyler 3.54 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 85, and 1 person 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	Checked Out by Katie Fricas 3.71 avg rating — 312 ratings score: 84, and 1 person 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	Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance by Ben Passmore (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 147 ratings score: 83, and 1 person 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	Cannon by Lee Lai (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 652 ratings score: 82, and 1 person 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	The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss by Jesse Mechanic 4.51 avg rating — 112 ratings score: 81, and 1 person 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