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Best Graphic Novels For Children

1,453 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)
4.23 309,374 ratings 13,587 reviews

2.

The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1)
The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1)
4.16 111,985 ratings 7,031 reviews

3.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
4.22 189,702 ratings 16,838 reviews

4.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)
3.98 779,952 ratings 23,827 reviews

5.

Drama
Drama
4.18 161,676 ratings 8,054 reviews

6.

Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville (Bone, #1)
Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville (Bone, #1)
4.19 90,915 ratings 2,979 reviews

7.

Sisters (Smile, #2)
Sisters (Smile, #2)
4.32 111,623 ratings 7,316 reviews

8.

El Deafo
El Deafo
4.20 90,654 ratings 8,297 reviews

9.

Anya's Ghost
Anya's Ghost
3.90 93,928 ratings 7,260 reviews

10.

Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, #1)
Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, #1)
4.09 19,027 ratings 1,459 reviews