Best of Batman
From graphic novels to non-fiction to paperbacks to childrens books, Batman is everywhere, and deserves his own "Best of" list. Just try and avoid books where he only makes a cameo.
1 Batman: The Long Halloween
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 24,721 ratings
2 Batman: The Killing Joke
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 43,378 ratings
3 Batman: The Dark Knight Ret...
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 62,798 ratings
4 Batman: Year One
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 44,216 ratings
5 Batman: Arkham Asylum
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 21,323 ratings
6 Batman: Dark Victory
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 9,555 ratings
7 Batman: Hush
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 7,273 ratings
8 Batman: Hush, Vol. 1
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 5,366 ratings
9 Batman: Whatever Happened t...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 6,828 ratings
10 Batman: The Black Mirror
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 3,778 ratings
11 Batman: A Death in the Family
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 8,206 ratings
12 Kingdom Come
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 19,377 ratings
13 Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1:...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 7,562 ratings
14 Batman, Vol. 1: The Court o...
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4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 5,073 ratings
15 Batman: Hush, Vol. 2
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 5,558 ratings
16 Batman: The Man Who Laughs
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5,569 ratings
17 Batman R.I.P.
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 4,165 ratings
18 Joker
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 9,824 ratings
19 Batman: The Dark Knight Str...
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3.18 of 5 stars 3.18 avg rating — 5,995 ratings
20 All-Star Batman and Robin, ...
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3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 2,136 ratings
21 The Batman Adventures: Mad ...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
22 Gotham Central, Vol. 1: In ...
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 1,650 ratings
23 Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: B...
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 4,935 ratings
24 Batman Black and White, Vol. 1
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 2,501 ratings
25 Batman: Haunted Knight
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 3,638 ratings
26 Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 1
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 3,685 ratings
27 JLA, Vol. 7: Tower of Babel
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 2,118 ratings
28 Batman: The Return of Bruce...
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 1,539 ratings
29 Batman: Earth One
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 2,051 ratings
30 Batgirl: Year One
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,831 ratings
31 Superman: Red Son
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 14,627 ratings
32 Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 2
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
33 Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 3,594 ratings
34 Batman: Cacophony
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 1,047 ratings
35 Batman: War on Crime
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,282 ratings
36 Batman: Under the Hood Vol. 1
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 2,945 ratings
37 Batman: Bruce Wayne, Murderer?
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
38 Batman: Heart of Hush
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 2,597 ratings
39 Batman: Detective
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 637 ratings
40 Batman and Son
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 5,632 ratings
41 Batman: The Black Glove
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 2,117 ratings
42 Batman, Vol. 2: The City of...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 856 ratings
43 Batman: Knightfall
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
44 Batman: The Cult
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,034 ratings
45 Batman: Crimson Mist
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 213 ratings
46 JLA, Vol. 1: New World Order
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,484 ratings
47 Batman/Dracula: Red Rain
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 1,176 ratings
48 Batman and Robin, Vol. 3: B...
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,896 ratings
49 Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: B...
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 3,805 ratings
50 Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 3
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,678 ratings
51 The Complete Frank Miller B...
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4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 607 ratings
52 Gotham Central, Vol. 2: Hal...
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4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 760 ratings
53 Gotham City Sirens, Volume ...
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 748 ratings
54 Batman: Bloodstorm
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 399 ratings
55 Batman vs. Predator
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3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 361 ratings
56 Shortpacked!, Vol. 1: Bring...
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings
57 Superman/Batman: Public Ene...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 3,177 ratings
58 Batman Incorporated, Vol. 1
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,290 ratings
59 Batman Confidential, Vol. 2...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 429 ratings
60 Batman: No Man's Land
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,392 ratings
61 The Greatest Joker Stories ...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 425 ratings
62 Batman: Cataclysm
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
62 Batman: Joker's Asylum
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 423 ratings
62 Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 251 ratings
65 Gotham Central, Vol. 3: Unr...
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4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 667 ratings
66 Batman: Battle for the Cowl
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 2,517 ratings
67 Batman: Under the Red Hood
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 540 ratings
68 Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 4
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
69 Batman Illustrated, Vol. 1
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 97 ratings
70 Batman: Strange Apparitions
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 279 ratings
71 Batman: Nine Lives
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 265 ratings
72 Batman: Tales of the Demon
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 304 ratings
72 Batman: Prey
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 352 ratings
74 Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2:...
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,340 ratings
75 Batman: The Black Casebook
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3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 209 ratings
76 Batman: Ego and Other Tails
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 647 ratings
77 Batman/Aliens
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3.1 of 5 stars 3.10 avg rating — 124 ratings
78 Batman: Noel
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
79 Batman/Hellboy/Starman
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 177 ratings
80 Batman: No Man's Land, Vol. 5
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 819 ratings
81 Batman: Son of the Demon
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,071 ratings
82 Batman: Bruce Wayne, Fugiti...
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 835 ratings
83 Batman: Bruce Wayne, Fugiti...
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 601 ratings
84 Batman: Year Two   Fear The...
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3.01 of 5 stars 3.01 avg rating — 429 ratings
84 Batman: Streets of Gotham, ...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 862 ratings
86 Batman, Vol. 3: Death of th...
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 192 ratings
87 Batman Animated
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4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 361 ratings
88 The Batman Chronicles, Vol. 1
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 2,182 ratings
89 Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: B...
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,041 ratings
90 Batman & Superman: World's ...
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 96 ratings
91 52, Vol. 2
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,826 ratings
92 Gotham Central, Book One:  ...
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4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
93 The Batman Handbook
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 270 ratings
93 Batman: Arkham Reborn
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3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 228 ratings
95 Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgeme...
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 274 ratings
95 Superman/Batman: Supergirl
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
97 Batman: Shaman
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3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 196 ratings
98 Flashpoint: The World of Fl...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 384 ratings
99 Superman/Batman, Vol. 3: Ab...
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,333 ratings
100 Batman: Thrillkiller
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 488 ratings
231 books · 291 voters · list created July 29th, 2008 by Matt Mazenauer (votes) .
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message 1: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Why is 38 on here twice...?


message 2: by Andrés (new)

Andrés Pacheco paniagua All-stars?...seriously?


message 3: by Shane (new)

Shane Carter My favourite batman graphics are
Dark knight returns
Dark knight strikes back
Batman odyssey
Death by design
The cult
Long Halloween
Fear the reaper
Court of the owls
Black mirror
Not in any order. I know that a few of them are highly criticised but I love them, is there anyone else who really loved batman odyssey. Yes it does make sense.


message 4: by Wirotomo (new)

Wirotomo Nofamilyname Shane wrote: "My favourite batman graphics are
Dark knight returns
Dark knight strikes back
Batman odyssey
Death by design
The cult
Long Halloween
Fear the reaper
Court of the owls
Black mirror
Not in any or..."


Shane, if you really love Death By Design, Fear The Reaper and The Cult, why you're not vote The Cult (#51), Year Two Fear The Reaper (#105) and Death By Design (#194)? Just curious. :-)


message 5: by Shane (new)

Shane Carter Good point, only recently joined good reads and haven't been through whole list yet. Thank you.


message 6: by Wirotomo (new)

Wirotomo Nofamilyname Ah Shane, you have voted for those 3 books and add Batman Odyssey. Good! so we can get more and more choices of Batman graphic novels. :-)

OOT, i see that many voters have their vote with lower ratings (ie: he/she rated it 2 stars) above the higher one (ie: he/she rated it 5 stars). Are their opinion change?
Or they don't know that if you vote for a book, that book will come up at the bottom of "My Votes" section (on the right side of you computer). but you can change that by changing the number position.
For my case, if I read another Batman comics, i will vote those comics, and it will be at no. 55. From my read, i think it should stay at no. 35. So I can change the number to 35, and the book will be at no. 35.
Really curious. :-)

#i apologize for my poor english ;-)


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