Comic books & graphic novels
Here’s an update to this list.
Best of the best
- El Deafo – Cece Bell
- The Best of Star Trek – Mike W. Barr, Diane Duane & Peter David
- Hyperbole and a Half – Allie Brosh
- Star Trek: Debt of Honor – Chris Claremont
- Star Trek: Who Killed Captain Kirk? – Peter David
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Frank Miller
- Battlestar Galactica: Complete Omnibus V.1 – Greg Pak
- Serenity: No Power in the ‘Verse – Chris Roberson
- Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 3 – Greg Rucka
- The Amazing Spider-man (starting with Coming Home) – J. Michael Straczynski
- Superman: Grounded – J. Michael Straczynski & Chris Roberson
- Star Trek: Harlan Ellison’s City on the Edge of Forever – Scott Tipton & David Tipton
- Angel season 8 (starting with After the Fall) – Joss Whedon et al
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 8 (starting with The Long Way Home) – Joss Whedon et al
Runner ups
- Star Trek: Countdown – J.J. Abrams et al
- Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Saga – Mike W. Barr
- Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm – Corinna Bechko
- Angel & Faith season 9 (starting with Live Through This) – Christos Gage et al
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 10 (starting with New Rules) – Christos Gage & Nicholas Brendon
- Angel & Faith season 10 (starting with Where the River Meets the Sea) – Victor Gischler & Will Conrad
- Planet of the Apes (starting with The Long War) – Daryl Gregory et al
- Star Trek: Year Five — Odyssey’s End by Jackson Landing & Collin Kelly, Brandon Easton, and Jody Holiser
- Angel Omnibus 1 – Jeff Mariotte et al
- Identity Crisis – Brad Meltzer
- Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again – Frank Miller
- Watchmen – Alan Moore
- The Man Who Grew Young – Daniel Quinn
- Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 1 – Greg Rucka
- Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 2 – Greg Rucka
- Superman: Earth One – J. Michael Straczynski & Shane Davis
- Supreme Power – J. Michael Straczynski
- Star Trek: Alien Spotlight – Scott & David Tipton, John Byrne & others
- Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge – David Tipton & Scott Tipton
- Star Trek / Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive – Scott Tipton & David Tipton
- Star Trek: Spock – Reflections – Scott Tipton & David Tipton
- Star Trek: TNG — Mirror Broken – David Tipton & Scott Tipton
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 9 (starting with Freefall) – Joss Whedon et al
- Fray – Joss Whedon
- Serenity: Better Days – Joss Whedon et al
- Serenity: Leaves on the Wind – Zack Whedon et al
Honourable mentions
- Star Trek: TNG — Hive – Brannon Braga
- Star Trek: New Visions – John Byrne
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus 7 – Tom Fassbender et al
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus 6 – Christopher Golden et al
- All-Star Superman – Grant Morrison
- Batman: Cacophony – Kevin Smith
- Angel: Illyria — Haunted – Scott Tipton
- Star Trek: TNG — Intelligence Gathering – Scott & David Tipton
- Star Trek: The Original Series Omnibus – David Tischman et al
- Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale – Zack Whedon et al