Top 10 Best Graphic Novels I Have Read So Far

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  • @Jmlisheid
    @Jmlisheid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'm too much of a completionist to start getting into Marvel or DC comics, because I'd have to start at the beginning and read everything in order. But I have found a few non-super-hero graphic novels that I've really enjoyed. Saga is one of them! I also read Locke & Key and strongly, strongly recommend it. Fantastic story, great art.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea there are so many editions when it comes to Marvel and DC! Saga is great though! I watched Locke and Key and it was decent!

    • @spiderjerusalem4009
      @spiderjerusalem4009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      DC is definitely to go if what you want is non-mainstream stories. They've made a lot of such things since the DC Vertigo's era.
      Marvel has made some too despite not as much as DC has, Ed Brubaker's criminals for instance.

    • @JediCrackSmoke
      @JediCrackSmoke 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like a mental disorder.

    • @Nodisgrac3
      @Nodisgrac3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there are a lot of standalone comics, search black labels

  • @TheBookishMom
    @TheBookishMom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Saga is probably one of my favorites as well! I really need to read more Graphic novels!

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its great! I've been recommended Monstress by a lot of people and I just got it so I will let you know if that one is good too!

  • @alechernandez1942
    @alechernandez1942 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Frist graphic novel I ever read was Maus, and I instantly fell in love with the medium. For a while I gravitated towards autobiographies (Fun House, Persepolis I and II), but after reading Watchman and starting Hellboy I've started to get more into superhero content. I'm reading allstar superman right now and I love it!

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is really awesome to hear! I need to check out Maus because I have heard only good things about it!

  • @ChelseaZhao
    @ChelseaZhao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Saga! ♥️
    Paper Girls is from the same writer, and it has time travel. I love that series so much too!
    I don’t really read DC or Marvel superhero comics, but it makes me so happy that so many are on your favorites.
    Another comic series I’m loving lately is Something is Killing the Children. If you’re okay with blood and gore, I would suggest checking it out.

    • @KatrinaEames
      @KatrinaEames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've never read Saga, but I did really enjoy reading Paper Girls. It's just such a great concept .

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh I have heard of Paper Girls before! I will keep an eye out for that one! Blood and Gore....YES! I'm in for that 😜

  • @MayBhank
    @MayBhank 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “everybody’s sane until one bad day” wow
    when you say deadpool fighting wolverine. All I can see is ryan reynolds and hugh jackman in a chaotic fight LMAO

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha that is a great image to have in your head 😜. I think it would be so cool if Wolverine was in Deadpool 3

  • @meltedbooks
    @meltedbooks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love love love this video concept! I wish I saw more graphic novel videos on booktube! I'd love to read some Deadpool comics someday.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      YASS they are so funny! Let me know if you ever pick one up!

  • @danielhand9810
    @danielhand9810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just starting reading graphic novel. I seriously don't know why I didn't start years ago. I just finished Heart Stopper #1, need to pick up the rest SOON!. Also if you liked Heart Stopper, you will probably like Check, Please. Only two books in the series, a fantastic story. Thanks for the suggestions. I will be picking some of them up.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's awesome!! Im happy to hear you are enjoying them. I have had Check Please on my radar for a while now and should really buy them because everyone tells me they are good!

  • @hannahcanreadsometimes
    @hannahcanreadsometimes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE me some graphic novels!! 💜💜 saga is really top tier content!! Secret invasion sounds super interesting!! Heartstopper is super super wholesome💜💜 that watercolor style is beautiful!!

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I strongly recommend Secret Invasion. That one will take you on a trip 😊

  • @creamdory9619
    @creamdory9619 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Subscribed! Fight club 2 felt like it veered too far from being a psychological story, which imo sucks if compared to the original, but still a great pick. Have you tried watchmen yet? I was surprised you didn't have it on your list. Great video man! keep em coming

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome! I really like the art style in Fight Club 2 as well. It was one of the big things that drew me in. I have read Watchmen but that was back in high school so perhaps a reread is on order! Thanks!!

  • @comicgainz
    @comicgainz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much!! Love this video. Do you collect hardcovers or TPB? :)

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I collect both! I prefer paperback but have both.

  • @Lorie336
    @Lorie336 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am starting to pick up graphic novels/manga/comics. Nana volume 1 is on backorder and I just received volume 1 of Paper Girls. The one you suggested, Rapture, I am ordering tomorrow.
    Not sure if the Omnibuses of The Walking Dead counts, but I have the first 3 and planning to get the fourth some time this year.
    When I was younger I used to read the Sunday comics and would borrow from the library Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes books. I do have at least two Calvin & Hobbes books and I think two of The Simpsons Treehouse of Terror books. I may still have a few Sailor Moon manga.
    They are good palette cleansers as are middle grade for me anyways.
    Would love to see more videos like this. 😊❤️❤️❤️

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never got into the Walking Dead ones but have always wanted to try! I really liked the show. Calvin and Hobbes was the best! I loved reading those when I was younger 😊.

  • @CatH092
    @CatH092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just started the Batman Knightfall series and now I wanna pick up Deadpool and Saga!

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have the first volume of that series! I like it because you get some backstory into Bane 😊

  • @rachelstrahan2486
    @rachelstrahan2486 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍 When I was getting a master's degree one of the classes I took was all on graphic novels. Another reason I took that class was because I knew I always had to buy a lot of books and this way my son could read them too when he was younger. He was probably about 14 at the time and he could read anything from any of my classes and often did. He started reading Lord of the Rings when he was in second grade. I really enjoyed the graphic novels and off the top of my head I can remember two. I'll have to ask him if he remembers any others. The first that came to mind was a really good one and my son liked it a lot too. The name of it is Maus. And, Watchmen was one of the graphic novels on the required reading list. Taking that class made me feel more confident in my personal view that all books are important and have meaning. Just because there's a lot of pictures involved doesn't mean they're any less of a book. Stories can be told by a written word or by a pictorial expression like cave art or other things. To me, all are important and have meaning just like all people are important. I started reading books to my son when he was 4 months old. I personally have always liked lots of pictures because you can look at them and think longer on the words you've read and it sparks imagination. I don't feel you have to apologize for reading graphic novels or label it in a certain way. 🙂 Thank you for these suggestions.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've had many people recommend Maus to me! I will have to try and get my hands on a copy. I read Watchmen when I was in high school and remember really liking it. I 100% agree that books can be told in a visual format as well 😊. No problem!

  • @noelle7pages
    @noelle7pages 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    oooh i'm dying to pick up the fight club graphic novels!!
    CIVIL WAR OMG dang i'm due for a reread on that masterpiece for sure
    my all time favorite book/graphic novel is Daytripper by fabio moon and gabriel ba! I also love the Flight anthology series which is edited by kazu kibuishi!

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right?! It was so good! Oh thanks for the recs! I will look these up 🙂

  • @nl3064
    @nl3064 ปีที่แล้ว

    No one will read this, but my favorites, at the moment, are:
    1. Watchmen (A. Moore; D. Gibbons)
    2. Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (C. Ware)
    3. My Friend Dahmer (Derf)
    4. From Hell (A. Moore; E. Campbell)
    5. Black Hole (C. Burnes)
    6. Berlin (J. Lutes)
    7. Sabrina (N. Drnaso)
    8. Multiple Warheads (B. Graham)
    9. Uzumaki (J. Ito)
    10. Batman: The Killing Joke (A. Moore; B. Bolland)
    BTW, I actually prefer Fight Club 3 over 2. Not sure why I said that.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  ปีที่แล้ว

      I really enjoyed Watchmen as well! And Batman: The Killing Joke was phenomenal. I haven't read the other ones but I will have to check them out.

  • @wanwan3994
    @wanwan3994 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have no idea if you'll see this but check out swamp thing saga. It's amazing it made me fall in love with a hero I didn't even know anything about. Swamp thing became my all time fav. It's really a story about understanding what you really are and coming to terms with it for the better. (I'd recommend getting the version with the original art but both are top notch)

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh nice! Thanks for the rec! This has been one I have wanted to read for a while 😊

  • @athfstl
    @athfstl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    watchmen
    batman-long halloween
    the maus
    the dark knight returns
    daredevil-borb again
    all star superman
    invincible

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! Love your choices. Such great graphic novels 😊

    • @athfstl
      @athfstl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BreakevenBooks I'm on tictok if u wanna. See my comic hauls

  • @ARNdreams
    @ARNdreams 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have You read Nimona ? If you have read,how is it ? I m deciding to buy it.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I haven't read that one so I can't say how it is but I think I have had friends who liked it!

  • @KatrinaEames
    @KatrinaEames 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm trying to collect all of the Lumberjanes trade paperbacks now. Whenever I'm in the neighborhood of my local comic shop I try to pick one up

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh I heard that series is good! I wish we had a comic book shop where I am from! I'd be there all the time.

  • @bbysuli98
    @bbysuli98 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    loved your video!! i would love to get into reading batman/joker graphic novels!! i love the joker and the way he’s depicted but don’t know if there is a specific order i should read them in? would you be able to help :)?

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!! I don't really have a specific order to read them in but I did make a video of my favorite Batman graphic novels which would probably help. They are all different storylines but worth the read!
      Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/1JOo32Dw3ak/w-d-xo.html

    • @bbysuli98
      @bbysuli98 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BreakevenBooks thank you so much!! :)

  • @ARNdreams
    @ARNdreams ปีที่แล้ว

    Which is your fav YA Graphic novel ?

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For YA, I really love Heartstopper. It is such a cute story 💛

  • @cidnyaa
    @cidnyaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    omg I really WANNA read Heartstopper and more Daredevil comics !! Saga is so GREAT one of my faves for sure !! have u read tom kings run on batman ?

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think I have read any of Tom King's Batman graphic novels! I will have to fix that by ordering some!

    • @cidnyaa
      @cidnyaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BreakevenBooks yes! i think you will love it !

  • @vincytvholic
    @vincytvholic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't afford the physical copy but I just purchased the kindle version of deadpool and I'm legit lmao within the first page. Can I admit that this is also my first graphic novel and thanks so much!!!

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah this makes me so happy!! I hope you love it. I LOLed so many times reading that 😊

  • @gyract8051
    @gyract8051 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool video in cool comics and I’m the hundredth commenter on this video😎😎😎😎😎

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Very cool! Thanks for being the 100th commenter 👌

  • @mimimayhem
    @mimimayhem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoying this video but I stopped with "ever since Daredevil movie with Ben Affleck."

  • @realrecognisereviews
    @realrecognisereviews ปีที่แล้ว

    Invincible is easily one of my favourite graphic novels of all time.. Criminal and Lazarus are great too

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  ปีที่แล้ว

      I really like the show! I should give the comics a try!

  • @speronocte7516
    @speronocte7516 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you dabbled in manga at all? I feel like you’d really like Planetes by Mokoto Yukimura. Best two volumes of sci fi manga I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've only read a little bit of horror manga but that sounds awesome so I will have to check it out!

  • @JolienReads
    @JolienReads 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yesss! I need graphic novel recommendations. 🤩 I really want to pick up Saga. I'm not too big on sci-fi but I think I will like the relationships. Heartstopper sounds so cute I want to give it a try as well.
    I haven't read that much graphic novels, but if I can recommend a manga: I really like Vinland Saga!

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saga is soooo good! Heartstopper is adorable 😍! Sounds cool, I will look it up!

  • @joeyzt6184
    @joeyzt6184 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is a good place to pick up these books? Buying books can be really expensive, especially for a teen. I don't want to have run down copies from ebay, although used books are always an option if they are not ruined. Any ideas?

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I try and check local used bookstores first but if I can't find anything there, I check Second Sale. They sell used books online and usually have them in great condition but they will mark it with the condition it will be in. You can use my code BREAK10 for 10% off used book orders of $10 or more if you want which should help you save a little more money. Hope that helps a bit!
      affiliate.secondsale.com/151.html

    • @joeyzt6184
      @joeyzt6184 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BreakevenBooks Thank you so much!

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joeyzt6184 No problem!

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    nightcrawler has always been my favorite marvel character. the 90s and early 2000s cartoons made me a fan. plus he's so hot lol. movies have yet adapt him correctly, he's always an after thought. Disney don't disappoint me 🥺🥺🥺

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nightcrawler is awesome!! I did a painting of him in high school lol.

    • @MrRorosuri
      @MrRorosuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BreakevenBooks share?

  • @aniketchowdhury1827
    @aniketchowdhury1827 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If u like afflecks daredevil you will be blown away by the netflix series on him.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have watched that too and loved it!

  • @keatonthorne6456
    @keatonthorne6456 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, I was watching and then he said "Sega" and even titled that portion of the video "Sega".... Its "Saga"... It LITERALLY is spelled SAGA NOT SEGA. You can see the letters on the title are S-A-G-A, not "Sega" which is how you pronounced it and misspelled it. Why in the world would I take literary advice and/or recommendations from someone that can't spell the title of the novel they are promoting?

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hmmm didn't think that an angry person on the internet complaining that I call a book SAGA as in "S-a-y-g-u-h" not Sega would be on my bingo board for 2023 but here we are. Also where am I spelling it?? Never said I was giving literary advice. I'm just sharing a list of graphic novels I love. Anyways, its cool to know that the way I say a word has this much power to make someone that angry that they go on a rant about it 😊

  • @rpf8949
    @rpf8949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice! I’m going to check out some of those books.
    My Recommendations:
    The Fire of Theseus
    The Incal
    The Metabarons (2nd cycle is my favorite but you can appreciate it more after reading the first collection)
    Harrow County
    Batman White Knight
    Harleen
    Wonder Woman Dead Earth
    Neil Gaiman Library volumes 1 & 2
    Snow, Glass, Apples
    Basket Full of Heads
    Kindred
    Maus

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome! I love a list of graphic novel recs!! Thanks for this. I will definitely be checking some of them out 😊

  • @NeterRafi77
    @NeterRafi77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Court of Owls is freaking amazing

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      100%!! I have a best Batman graphic novels video and I think it is in there!

  • @novasite7795
    @novasite7795 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When you pick a graphic novel are you more a fan of the writing or the art? For me, since day 1, it’s always been about the art!

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The art has always drawn me in but the writing keeps me reading more of the series 😋

  • @BooksofAmber
    @BooksofAmber 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yessss I love Saga!

  • @hariharanpappulli824
    @hariharanpappulli824 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, I am a big fan.....
    Have you read books by Dan Brown?
    It is amazing....
    Read that......
    And books of R K Narayan....
    They are great tooo....
    My favourite graphic books are
    Geronimo Stilton.
    Buy that and read it....

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi! I haven't read anything by Dan Brown but see his books all the time at the used bookstore. I'll look up your other recs 😊

    • @hariharanpappulli824
      @hariharanpappulli824 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BreakevenBooks 😊😊😊
      Check out R K Narayan's books tooo......☺☺😊😊😊😊

  • @Gojirrra
    @Gojirrra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn! No, the old guard mention!!! Boo! 😌😂

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never read that one but I did see the movie and liked it a lot!

  • @Gojirrra
    @Gojirrra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saga is my no. 1 and I adore it so much. 🥰🥰

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    deadpool fighting wolverine . sounds fun ^^

  • @simianmurphy
    @simianmurphy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorites are
    Batman the long Halloween
    Sleeper
    Day tripper
    100 bullets
    Brother Lono

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The only one I have read is Batman and I loved it so much! I will look up these other ones 😃

    • @jamesneely541
      @jamesneely541 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      100 Bullets is amazing

  • @dacotoasumjas6014
    @dacotoasumjas6014 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey, you need to read more european comics/graphic novels.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well do you have any suggestions?

    • @dacotoasumjas6014
      @dacotoasumjas6014 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BreakevenBooks try first with Cyril Pedrosa, my favorite is Portugal

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    graphic novels 🤗💕💕💕

  • @comicsdude3166
    @comicsdude3166 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Handsome hardcovers.

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    nightwing/ dick grayson is my fave DC

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great choice! such a great character!

  • @rysd8334
    @rysd8334 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    🔥🔥❤️❤️

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    read MONSTRESS, erik 🤗

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Markus got it for me so I can!

    • @MrRorosuri
      @MrRorosuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BreakevenBooks yaay

  • @Readitandeat
    @Readitandeat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you ever read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi?

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope but I will look it up 😊

    • @Readitandeat
      @Readitandeat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BreakevenBooks Highly highly recommend! It's one of my favorite graphic novels of all time. I'm also half Persian and my dad was from Iran, so the book has a second layer of importance to me 😊

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Readitandeat I will definitely see if I can find it!

    • @alechernandez1942
      @alechernandez1942 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Persepolis is amazing! Back in high school we had to read the first one for class. I loved it so much though that I went to Barnes and Noble and bought Persepolis II the day I finished it.
      If you like historical autobiographies told in the same format then I recommend Maus. It's about the Holocaust with Jews portrayed as mice and Germans as cats. That might sound weird and maybe even a little disrespectful potentially but I promise it's amazing.

  • @StudioLindsay
    @StudioLindsay 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can’t believe I still haven’t seen Captain America: Civil War, but it’s on my watch list. And the comics sound really interesting.

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are really good! More events happen in the comic books but yea the movie is still really good too!

  • @kennethmatthew9638
    @kennethmatthew9638 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like sandman and Alan moore Swamp thing.
    The writing is metaphorical and poetic and the stories are cool not cliché

    • @BreakevenBooks
      @BreakevenBooks  ปีที่แล้ว

      I have been meaning to pick up The Sandman for so long. My cousin read the entire series and loves it.