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

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1	Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me by Mimi Pond (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 977 ratings score: 379, 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	Black Cohosh by Eagle Valiant Brosi 3.87 avg rating — 124 ratings score: 300, 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	Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection by Jaime Hernández 4.09 avg rating — 244 ratings score: 298, 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
4	Ginseng Roots: A Memoir by Craig Thompson 4.17 avg rating — 2,231 ratings score: 295, 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
5	Tongues, Vol. 1 by Anders Nilsen 4.23 avg rating — 1,095 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
6	Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,300 ratings score: 290, 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
7	The Weight by Melissa Mendes 4.16 avg rating — 273 ratings score: 289, 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
8	The Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco 4.09 avg rating — 768 ratings score: 286, 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
9	Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance by Ben Passmore (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 276 ratings score: 283, 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
10	MISS RUKI by Fumiko Takano 3.90 avg rating — 195 ratings score: 278, 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
11	Cannon by Lee Lai (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 1,842 ratings score: 276, 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
12	Raised By Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 1,141 ratings score: 275, 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
13	Buff Soul by Moa Romanova 4.02 avg rating — 942 ratings score: 274, 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
14	Precious Rubbish by Kayla E. 4.16 avg rating — 406 ratings score: 270, 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
15	Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy: City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room by Paul Karasik (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 531 ratings score: 267, 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
16	Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 783 ratings score: 264, 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
17	More Weight: A Salem Story by Ben Wickey (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 610 ratings score: 261, 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
18	The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief by Carol Tyler 3.63 avg rating — 92 ratings score: 257, 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
19	Checked Out by Katie Fricas 3.68 avg rating — 422 ratings score: 254, 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
20	The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss by Jesse Mechanic 4.47 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 251, 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