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Best Graphic Novels For Children

1,451 books — This list was created and voted on by Goodreads members.

Graphic novels, comics, manga, or graphic-novel hybrids (a combination of traditional text and graphics) for children ages 5 to 12. Both fiction and nonfiction stories are welcome.

Please honor the age range for this Listopia. Genderqueer, Snow Glass Apples, Maus, and Persepolis, for example, aren't appropriate for the age range and should instead be added to a graphic-novels-for-adults list. Wonder, the Goosebumps series, and the Uglies series, for example, are not graphic novels and should instead be added to a chapter-books-for-children list. Picture books also aren't the same as graphic novels and should be added to a picture-books list.

1.

Smile (Smile, #1)
Smile (Smile, #1)
4.23 308,409 ratings 13,562 reviews

2.

The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1)
The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1)
4.16 111,696 ratings 7,025 reviews

3.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
4.22 189,516 ratings 16,834 reviews

4.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
3.98 775,801 ratings 23,753 reviews

5.

Drama
Drama
4.18 161,235 ratings 8,048 reviews

6.

Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville (Bone, #1)
Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville (Bone, #1)
4.19 90,858 ratings 2,972 reviews

7.

Sisters (Smile, #2)
Sisters (Smile, #2)
4.32 111,267 ratings 7,305 reviews

8.

El Deafo
El Deafo
4.20 90,524 ratings 8,295 reviews

9.

Anya's Ghost
Anya's Ghost
3.90 93,772 ratings 7,260 reviews

10.

Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, #1)
Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, #1)
4.09 19,008 ratings 1,459 reviews