The Harvey Award for Book of the Year, established in 2018 as part of the Harvey Awards, is an annual American award for comics and graphic novels. Per the Harvey Awards website, the award honors the "best long-form graphic novel or collection that demonstrating excellence in writing, art or cartooning showcasing great representation of the form."
In 2018, the Harvey Awards were revamped into six categories, recognizing works as opposed to individual creators as in previous years.
Winner and nominees +Book of the Year Award nominees, 2018–presentYearTitleAuthorPublisherResult2018Monstress and Sana TakedaImage ComicsWinnerBlack Hammer: Secret Origins, Dean Ormston and Dave StewartBlack HorseFinalistBoundlessDrawn and QuarterlyEverything is FlammableUncivilized BooksHostageDrawn and QuarterlyKindred, adapted by Damian Duffy and illustrated by John JenningsAbrams ComicArtsLighter Than My ShadowLion ForgeMy Favorite Thing is MonstersFantagraphicsRoughneckGallery 13Shade the Changing Girl and Marley ZarconeDC ComicsSpinningFirst SecondAbrams BooksDrawn and Quarterly and Steve PughDC ComicsJen WangFirst Second2019Hey KiddoScholastic GraphixWinnerBelonging: A German Reckons with History and HomeScribnerFinalistBerlinDrawn & QuarterlyBTTM FDRS and Ben PassmoreFantagraphicsKid GlovesFirst SecondLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me and Rosemary Valero-O'ConnellFirst SecondMy Heroes Have Always Been Junkies and Sean PhillipsImageOn a SunbeamFirst SecondUpgrade SoulLion ForgeWhen I Arrived at the CastleKoyama Press2020Dragon HoopsFirst Second BooksWinnerAre You Listening?First SecondFinalistGrassKeum Suk Gendry-KimDrawn and QuarterlyDrawn and QuarterlyInvisible Kingdom Vol. 1 and Christian WardDark Horse Books/Berger BooksLittle Bird: The Fight for Elder's Hope and Ian BertramImage ComicsMaking ComicsDrawn and QuarterlyReincarnation StoriesFantagraphicsRusty BrownPantheon Graphic LibrarySomething is Killing the Children Vol. 1 and Werther Dell'EderaBOOM! Studios2021 Random HouseWinner Top Sheld ProductionsFinalistCyclopedia ExoticaDrawn & QuarterlyDepartment of Truth, Vol 1: The End Of The World, Martin SimmondsImage ComicsHeaven No HellDrawn & QuarterlyKent State: Four Dead in OhioAbramsMonstersFantagraphicsStone FruitFantgraphicsSuperman's Pal Jimmy Olsen: Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? and Steve LieberDC ComicsSave It For Later: Promises, Protest and ParenthoodAbrams2022 and Alexandre Tefenkgi Image ComicsWinner Ballad for Sophie and Juan CaviaTop Shelf ProductionsFinalistCrisis ZoneFantagraphicsDepartment of Truth, Vol 3: Free Country, Jorge Fornes, David Romero, John J. Pearson, Tyler Boss, Elsa Charretier and Alison SampsonImage ComicsFar Sector and Jamal CampbellDC ComicsThe Many Deaths of Laila Starr , Filipe Andrade, & Ines AmaroBOOM! StudiosLightfall Book 2: Shadow of the BirdHarperAlley and Alvaro Martinez BuenoDC ComicsRun: Book One, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury and Nate PowellAbrams BooksSisters of the MistFlying Eye Books2023 Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands Drawn & QuarterlyWinner Acting ClassDrawn and QuarterlyFinalistFollow Me Down: A Reckless Book, Sean Phillips and Jacob PhillipsImage ComicsGirl JuiceDrawn and QuarterlyIt's Lonely at the Centre of the EarthImage ComicsLittle Monsters Vol. 1 and Dustin NguyenImage ComicsDrawn and QuarterlyMimosaAbrams ComicArts/SurelyPublic Domain Vol. 1Image ComicsWho Will Make The PancakesFantagraphics2024 Roaming and Mariko Tamaki Drawn & QuarterlyWinner MonicaFantagraphicsFinalistMacmillan PublishersMy Favorite Thing is Monsters Vol. 2Emil FerrisFantagraphicsShubeik LubeikPenguin Random HouseWatership Down Graphic Novel and Joe Sutphin, based on the novel by Richard AdamsPenguin Random HouseTenderFantagraphicsLunar New Year Love Story and LeUyen PhamMacmillan PublishersLove Everlasting and Elsa CharretierImageWhere the Body Was and Sean PhilipsImageRadiant Black Vol. 5, Joe Clark, Eduardo Ferigato, and Marcelo CostaImage2025Beneath the Trees Where Nobody SeesIDW PublishingWinnerFinal CutPantheonFinalistUltimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 and Marco ChecchettoMarvel ComicsHelen of Wyndhorn and Bilquis EvelyIDW PublishingPrecious Metal: From the World of Little Bird and Ian BertramImage Comics2026Absolute Batman Vol. 1: The Zoo and Nick DragottaDCFinalistAbsolute Martian Manhunter Vol. 1: Martian Vision and Javier RodriguezDCBlack Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black ResistancePantheonCannonDrawn & QuarterlyDrome23rd Street Books/MacmillanFantagraphicsPeow2More Weight: A Salem StoryTop Shelf/IDWMetropolitan/HoltDrawn & Quarterly
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