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Fun Home by Alison BechdelHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshMs. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow WilsonAnya's Ghost by Vera BrosgolThrough the Woods by E.M. Carroll
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
83rd out of 1,494 books — 1,365 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanBatman by Frank Miller
Required Reading Graphic Novels
176th out of 1,175 books — 2,015 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
440th out of 3,452 books — 6,772 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
184th out of 772 books — 1,399 voters

What It Is by Lynda BarryKeep Going by Austin KleonSyllabus by Lynda BarrySteal Like an Artist by Austin KleonArt Matters by Neil Gaiman
Get Messy Favorites
1st out of 74 books — 19 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books on Creative Life
63rd out of 509 books — 622 voters

What It Is by Lynda BarryPicture This by Lynda BarrySteal Like an Artist by Austin KleonThe Creative Habit by Twyla TharpCartooning by Ivan Brunetti
How To Make It: Nurturing Your Creative Practice
1st out of 29 books — 8 voters
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis CarrollWhat Happened In Vienna, Jack? by Daniel   KempBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.What Katy Did by Susan CoolidgeIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck
"What" in Titles
21st out of 699 books — 40 voters

Middlemarch by George EliotWatership Down by Richard  AdamsBreakfast Of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Four Quartets by T.S. EliotOur Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
The View from Fifty-One
51st out of 75 books — 29 voters
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloudMen of Tomorrow by Gerard JonesThe Ten-Cent Plague by David HajduMaking Comics by Scott McCloudComics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner
Best Nonfiction about Comics
76th out of 414 books — 105 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Books I'd Want With Me On A Desert Island
42nd out of 317 books — 44 voters
School is Hell by Matt GroeningEmotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis BradberrySimple Abundance by Sarah Ban BreathnachThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.El Deafo by Cece Bell
Books You Wish You'd Read As A Kid
31st out of 121 books — 23 voters

Tintin in Tibet by HergéThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 by Alan             MooreBlacksad by Juan Díaz CanalesUltimate Spider-Man, Volume 1 by Brian Michael BendisFlashpoint by Geoff Johns
All Graphic Novels with 10,000 and 24,999 ratings
344th out of 381 books — 47 voters
On Writing by Stephen  KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Books on Writing
256th out of 799 books — 1,328 voters

Secrets of the Realm by Bev StoutSpellbound in His Arms by Angel SeferTagged by Joseph M. ChironWood, Talc And Mr. J by Chris   RoseSame Old Truths by Delora Dennis
For the pure pleasure of reading
59th out of 145 books — 106 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
75723rd out of 76,944 books — 286,338 voters

Art and Fear by David BaylesDaily Rituals by Mason CurreyMaps of the Imagination by Peter TurchiA Humument by Tom  PhillipsFlatland by Edwin A. Abbott
The Complete Recommended Works of Austin Kleon
19th out of 169 books — 12 voters
Educational Game Design Fundamentals by George KalmpourtzisA New Culture of Learning by Douglas ThomasPlay by Stuart M. Brown Jr.Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigalLifelong Kindergarten by Mitchel Resnick
Playing to Learn
20th out of 31 books — 18 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsGraceling by Kristin CashoreThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanPaper Towns by John Green
YALSA 2009 Best Books for Young Adults
80th out of 86 books — 208 voters
Black Hole by Charles BurnsAsterios Polyp by David MazzucchelliJimmy Corrigan by Chris WareThe Frank Book by Jim WoodringMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Best Art Comics of All Time
150th out of 372 books — 90 voters

Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerFallen by Lauren Kate
Best Book Cover Art
10527th out of 12,378 books — 7,093 voters
The Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinActor for Life by Connie de VeerBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererSmoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin DoughtyThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Nonfiction by Female Authors
217th out of 363 books — 62 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfFun Home by Alison BechdelThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiA Writer's Diary by Virginia WoolfHow to be Both by Ali Smith
Books About Women Artists
211th out of 232 books — 65 voters
Fun Home by Alison BechdelSpinning by Tillie WaldenFlung Out of Space by Grace EllisNat Turner by Kyle BakerSatchel Paige by James Sturm
Eisner Best Reality-Based Work
6th out of 21 books — 2 voters

How to Be a Wildflower by Katie DaisyLet's Make Some Great Art by Marion DeucharsVisual Journaling by Barbara GanimThe Art of Gathering by Priya ParkerMake Your Art No Matter What by Beth Pickens
Creativity, Mindfulness & Art Journaling
29th out of 100 books — 1 voter
Steal Like an Artist by Austin KleonWhole Lotta Creativity Going On by Regina PacelliThe Creative Habit by Twyla TharpCreativity Now! by Jürgen WolffHow to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri Smith
Creative Inspiration
17th out of 31 books — 19 voters

Smile by Raina TelgemeierThe Stonekeeper by Kazu KibuishiThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickDiary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff KinneyDrama by Raina Telgemeier
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1102nd out of 1,453 books — 1,804 voters
Wimbledon Green by SethHark! A Vagrant by Kate BeatonAnt Colony by Michael DeForgeIt's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by SethLouis Riel by Chester Brown
The Best of Drawn and Quarterly
206th out of 214 books — 26 voters

Labyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeFood of the Gods by Terence McKennaHekate Soteira by Sarah Iles Johnston
Expressive-Occult Fiction/Writing
21st out of 71 books — 5 voters

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