According to Empire magazine in 2010 the ‘Top 30 Must Read Graphic Novels’ are;
- Sandman – By: Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean etc.
- Maus – By: Art Spiegelman
- Rising Stars – By: J. Michael Straczynski, Fiona Avery
- Palestine – By: Joe Sacco
- Persepolis – By: Marjane Satrapi
- Y: The Last Man – By: Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra
- The Scott Pilgrim Series – By: Bryan Lee O’Malley
- The Walking Dead – By: Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, Charlie Adlard
- The Dark Knight Returns – By: Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley
- Preacher – By: Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon
- Watchmen – By: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
- Batman: Year One – By: Frank Miller, Dave Mazzuchelli
- 100 Bullets – By: Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso
- Superman: Red Son – By: Mark Millar, Dave Johnson, Kilian Plunkett
- Fables – By: Bill Willingham et al
- X-Men: Days of Future Past – By: Chris Claremont, John Byrne
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – By: Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neill
- Astonishing X-Men – By: Joss Whedon, John Cassaday
- Hellboy: Seed of Destruction – By: Mike Mignola, John Byrne
- Scalped – By: Jason Aaron, R.A. Guera
- Planetary – By: Warren Ellis, John Cassaday
- Powers – By: Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming
- Invincible – By: Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker
- Punisher Max – By: Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon
- Tintin – By: Hergé
- Asterix – By: René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
- Black Hole – By: Charles Burns
- Ghost World – By: Daniel Clowes
- Locke & Key – By: Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez
- Tank Girl – By: Alan Martin, Jamie Hewlett et al
