Author Meave Gallagher’s list is thoughtful, including some older titles and critically-acclaimed OGNs among the obvious current bestsellers like Ms. Marvel, Bitch Planet and Saga.

The list includes:

• Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, and Noelle Stevenson (BOOM! Box)
• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)
• Bobbins/Scary Go Round/Bad Machinery/Giant Days by John Allison (BOOM! Box)
• Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Mariner Books)
• Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue Deconnick and Valentine De Landro (Image)
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North And Erica Henderson (Marvel)
• Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash (Candlewick Press)
• Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)
• Ms. Marvel written by G. Willow Wilson (Marvel)
• Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio (Airship Entertainment)
• Love and Rockets by Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
• Promethea by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III, and Mick Gray (America’s Best Comics/Wildstorm)
• Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)