Reading Radar

From the New York Times Bestseller Lists

Paperback Graphic Books

  • #1

    THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 15

    Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

    Tensions mount at the latest safe haven for this group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies. It is tough to say much else without spoiling the story.

    On the bestsellers list for 5 weeks.

  • #2

    HEALTH CARE REFORM

    Jonathan Gruber

    Mr. Gruber, an adviser to President Obama, explains the Affordable Care Act, in comic book form.

    On the bestsellers list for 3 weeks.

  • #3

    MAUS: A SURVIVOR’S TALE, VOL. 1

    Art Spiegelman

    The author tells the story of his father, a Holocaust survivor, in a critically-acclaimed tale where Jewish people are mice and Germans are cats.

    On the bestsellers list for 19 weeks.

  • #4

    THE COMPLETE PERSEPOLIS

    Marjane Satrapi

    This graphic-novel memoir chronicles the author's life in Iran during its 1979 revolution and its war with Iraq.

    On the bestsellers list for 12 weeks.

  • #5

    MAUS: A SURVIVOR'S TALE

    Art Spiegelman

    This is the concluding volume of this critically-acclaimed chronicle of surviving the Holocaust. It was originally released in 1991. The next year, the work was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize.

    On the bestsellers list for 3 weeks.

  • #6

    THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS

    Mark Long and Jim Demonakos

    This graphic novel is based on Mr. Long’s childhood experience with the civil rights movement in the suburbs of Houston in 1967.

    On the bestsellers list for 1 week.

  • #7

    ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR

    Stan Lee and Terry Dougas

    The Shakespeare classic is reinvented with a sci-fi twist: the Montagues are cyborgs and the Capulets are genetically-enhanced humans who are at odds. See what happens when a young Montague boy and Capulet girl fall in love.

    On the bestsellers list for 1 week.

  • #8

    TWILIGHT, VOL. 1

    Stephenie Meyer

    The comic adaptation of the ever-popular vampire series.

    On the bestsellers list for 1 week.

  • #9

    WATCHMEN

    Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

    This epic tale from 1986 signaled a new maturity in comic books.

    On the bestsellers list for 105 weeks.

  • #10

    THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 1

    Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore

    The gripping story of the human survivors in a world overrun by zombies begins.

    On the bestsellers list for 105 weeks.

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