Best Graphic Novels Ever Written - April 2024

Appalachian Serenade (Appalachian Blessings): A Novella

Delilah Morrissey has always wanted to be a mother, but when she becomes a young widow, that dream now seems farther away than ever. Unable to continue to live alone in Chicago, her only option is to accept her sister's offer to move in with her family back in West Virginia. Will Delilah have the faith to pursue a new dream--even if it means giving up the old?In this charming novella, debut novelist Sarah Loudin Thomas introduces readers to Wise, West Virginia--a small town nestled in an Appalachian valley where the everyday miracles of life and faith play out in stories of healing, hope, and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00KQS1DJ8
• ASIN: B00KQS1DJ8
• Manufacturer: Bethany House Publishers

Honeymoon Cottage (A Pajaro Bay Mystery Book 1)

• ASIN: B0190LLDKA
• ASIN: B0190LLDKA
• Manufacturer: Pajaro Bay Publishing

The Alchemist

• ASIN: 0062315005
• ASIN: 0062315005
• ISBN: 0062315005
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

Invisible

Read the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller Invisible, then continue the series with Unsolved. Everyone thinks Emmy Dockery is crazy. Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved cases, Emmy has taken leave from her job as an FBI researcher. Now all she has are the newspaper clippings that wallpaper her bedroom, and her recurring nightmares of an all-consuming fire.Not even Emmy's ex-boyfriend, field agent Harrison "Books" Bookman, will believe her that hundreds of kidnappings, rapes, and murders are all connected. That is, until Emmy finds a piece of evidence he can't aff... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00FPQA7O8
• ASIN: B00FPQA7O8
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future.Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451673310
• UPC: 642688055004
• ASIN: 1451673310
• ISBN: 9781451673319
• Brand: Ray Bradbury
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

• ASIN: 0385333846
• ASIN: 0385333846
• ISBN: 0812988523
• Brand: Delta
• Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback

Then She Was Gone: A Novel

A 2018 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist—Top 5 Best Mystery & Thriller * A Suspense Magazine “Best of 2018” Thriller/Suspense Pick “An acutely observed family drama with bone-chilling suspense.” —People “Jewell teases out her twisty plot at just the right pace, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. Her multilayered characters are sheer perfection, and even the most astute thriller reader won’t see where everything is going until the final threads are unknotted.” —Booklist, starred review “Sharply written with twists and turns, Jewell’s latest will please fans of Gon... [Read More]

• ASIN: B074MDD3H6
• ASIN: B074MDD3H6
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

Lord of the Flies

Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age.   This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler.At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399501487
• ASIN: 0399501487
• ISBN: 0399501487
• Brand: Golding, William/ Epstein, E. L. (CON)
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Ready Player One: A Novel

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadThe worldwide bestseller—now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307887448
• ASIN: 0307887448
• ISBN: 0307887448
• Brand: Brand: Broadway Books
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

The Outsiders

50 years of an iconic classic! This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is a heroic story of friendship and belonging. No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends—true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up on “greasers” like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to ex... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014240733X
• ASIN: 014240733X
• ISBN: 014240733X
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Speak

Outlander 4-Copy Boxed Set: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn

There’s never been a better time to discover the novels behind the blockbuster Starz original series Outlander. Blending rich historical fiction with riveting adventure and a truly epic love story, here are the first four books of Diana Gabaldon’s New York Times bestselling saga that introduced the world to the brilliant Claire Randall and valiant Highlander Jamie Fraser:   OUTLANDER DRAGONFLY IN AMBER VOYAGER DRUMS OF AUTUMN   Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she wa... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101887486
• ASIN: 1101887486
• ISBN: 9781101887486
• Brand: Dell
• Manufacturer: Dell

All My Love, Detrick: A Historical Novel Of Love And Survival During The Holocaust (All My Love Detrick Book 1)

Book One in the All My Love, Detrick SeriesCan Forbidden Love Survive in Nazi Germany? After Germany’s defeat in the First World War, she lays in ruins, falling beneath the wheel of depression and famine. And so, with a promise of restoring Germany to her rightful place as a world power, Adolf Hitler begins to rise. Detrick, a handsome seventeen-year-old Aryan boy is reluctant to join the Nazi party because of his friendship with Jacob, who is Jewish and has been like a father figure to him. However he learns that in order to protect the woman he loves, Jacob’s daughter, he must abandon a... [Read More]

• ASIN: B007A19V84
• ASIN: B007A19V84

The Kite Runner

The #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel that introduced Khaled Hosseini to millions of readers the world over.   The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159463193X
• ASIN: 159463193X
• ISBN: 9781594631931
• Brand: Riverhead Books
• Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

The Things They Carried

A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.   The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.  Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0618706410
• UPC: 046442706414
• ASIN: 0618706410
• ISBN: 0544309766
• Brand: Tim O Brien
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Beastie Boys Book

• ASIN: 0812995546
• ASIN: 0812995546
• ISBN: 0812995546
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

Best Family Ever

"When Dr. Baxter tells the family that they will be moving from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Bloomington, Indiana, the five Baxter children, ages six to thirteen, are sure that their lives and home will never

• UPC: 152187007
• Rating: 3.0

The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel 2)

The New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new heights in this graphic novel

• UPC: 751251886
• Rating: 4.0

Kristy's Big Day (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #6): A Graphix Book: Full-Color Edition (Full Color) (Hardcover)

A brand-new full-color graphic novel adapted by USA Today bestselling author Gale

• UPC: 591592529
• Rating: 4.0

Claudia and Mean Janine (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #4): A Graphix Book (Paperback)

Based on: Claudia and mean Janine / Ann M.

• UPC: 46851008
• Rating: 4.286

Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever (REV) (Hardcover)

A pictorial vocabulary book with words grouped under common activities such as mealtime and basic concepts such as

• UPC: 483322
• Rating: 4.773

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas

• UPC: 25690969
• Rating: 4.31

Jokelopedia : The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever!

For use in schools and libraries only. An all-encompassing, gut-busting collection of more than 1,500 family-friendly jokes includes old classics, newfangled variations, and every shade of joke, pun, and riddle, organized by subject for easy

• UPC: 370470012
• Rating: 4.0

The Kane Chronicles, Paperback Box Set (with Graphic Novel Sampler)

A collection fit for the (Egyptian) gods! All three books in the blockbuster Kane Chronicles trilogy are included in this deluxe boxed set of paperbacks, each with dynamic new cover art, and a bonus graphic

• UPC: 833259953

The Richest Man in Babylon : The Success Secrets of the Ancients--the Most Inspiring Book on Wealth Ever Written

An inspirational guide to personal money problems which presents eleven ancient Babylonian tales revealing the way to financial

• UPC: 1623703
• Rating: 4.316

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Picture Book Edition)

"A picture book adaptation of the novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson"--T.p.

• UPC: 15907206
• Rating: 4.31