The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray PollockThe Loney by Andrew Michael HurleyÉric Rohmer by Antoine de BaecqueWintering by Peter GeyeAllegheny Front by Matthew Neill Null
Publisher's Weekly Best Summer Books 2016
6th out of 17 books — 2 voters
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonShoe Dog by Phil KnightElon Musk by Ashlee VanceThe Lean Startup by Eric RiesThe Everything Store by Brad Stone
Business Biographies and Memoirs
147th out of 237 books — 271 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanFun Home by Alison BechdelBlankets by Craig ThompsonStitches by David Small
Best Biographical Comics
220th out of 264 books — 103 voters
Fire in the Belly by Cynthia CarrGeorgia O'Keeffe's Hawai'i by Patricia JenningsThe Judgment of Paris by Ross KingThe Success and Failure of Picasso by John BergerVan Gogh by Steven Naifeh
Best Biographies and Memoirs About Artists
77th out of 88 books — 42 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese authors
118th out of 236 books — 173 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
3016th out of 3,453 books — 6,773 voters
Year of the Rabbit by Tian VeasnaThe Arab of the Future by Riad SattoufAya of Yop City by Marguerite AbouetThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Grande Odalisque by Bastien Vivès
Graphic Novels from Around the World
128th out of 149 books — 10 voters

Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonMade in Japan by Akio MoritaThe Mad World of William M. Gaines by Frank JacobsTotal Recall by Arnold SchwarzeneggerSelf Made by A'Lelia Bundles
Leadership & Company Biographies
14th out of 109 books — 3 voters
Manga! Manga! by Frederik L. SchodtAnime by Susan J. NapierDreamland Japan by Frederik L. SchodtHayao Miyazaki by Helen  McCarthyThe Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements
Anime and Manga Research List
79th out of 125 books — 27 voters

Marvel Comics by Sean HoweUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudThe Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill LeporeSuperman by Larry TyeThe Supergirls by Mike Madrid
Best Books About Comic Books
87th out of 248 books — 18 voters