Wonderfully Wordless: The 500 Most Recommended Graphic Novels and Picture Books

This book starts with the claim in the introduction that this is “the only comprehensive guide to illustration-only books on the contemporary scene”. The problem for me as a reader is that although there are definitely areas of connection between the two forms of book stated in the subtitle, I am considerably more interested in comics and graphic novels than picture books. And although there are comics for children and adults, it is much rarer to find a picture book for adults. So this volume presents an uneasy mix of graphic novels aimed at different readerships – and children’s story...