Browsing: Novels

Mike Flanagan has discussed the challenges of adapting Warhammer 40,000 into an Amazon TV series, calling it “brutally difficult.”

We’ve come a long way since She’s All That. Nerds don’t need makeovers to be lovable anymore. In fact, it’s preferable to most of us nerdy readers if they don’t have to compromise who they are for a romantic relationship. The nerds have won, but not in the creepy Revenge of the Nerds way. It’s…

Comics can be intimidating. I started reading them fairly early, maybe around ten, with a run of the Astonishing X-Men. But even so, having grown up on a diet of Star Wars and superhero movies with my dad, I remember feeling overwhelmed with where to start in the traditional world of comics. There’s so much…

We talk a lot about queer romance, about romantic manga and graphic novels, and about queer comics here at Book Riot. You can’t go far into the archives without seeing a thrilled mention of Heartstopperor Check, Please! or Bingo Love. (And there’s a reason for that: they’re all absolute bangers.)

Graphic novels, manga, comics, and webtoons constitute a huge market and are receiving a lot of attention at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF).

MARKETS TOP 20 GRAPHIC NOVELS – SEPTEMBER 2026 Sales Rankings Based on Data from Two Comic Store POS Systems Posted by ICv2 on October 7, 2026 @ 3:43 pm CT

“Creating” A.I. Graphic Novels at New York Comic Con and Frankfurt Book Fair… where are we all heading now?

From the Ignatz Awards to the Nashville Comics Festival, the world of comics has been booked and busy the last couple of months. That includes new releases.

When I think of award-winning graphic novels, two immediately come to mind. They are Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic and Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper series. Although I’m not as well-read in graphic novels as some, I’ve read both of those. I absolutely adored them for very different reasons. People recommend Bechdel’s memoir so often…

A hundred years ago, learning Japanese started with stuff. A dictionary with yellow pages. Half a minute to find one word. A novel you asked someone to bring back from Japan. A radio you tuned through static for NHK. Anime? Nowhere. The only break was less katakana.