The Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table of the American Library Association has released a first-ever list of the best graphic novels for adults published in late 2019 and through 2020.  The goal of the list is "…to increase awareness of the graphic novel medium, raise voices of diverse comics creators, and aid library staff in the development of graphic novel collections," but, of course, retailers and others may also find the list useful.

The Top 10 (alpha order) is:

• Be Gay, Do Comics, by The Nib, from IDW Publishing, $24.99.
• Big Black: Stand at Attica, by Frank "Big Black" Smith, Jared Reinmuth, Améziane, from Boom! Studios. $19.99.
• Come Home, Indio, by Jim Terry, from Street Noise Books, $16.99.
• House of X / Powers of X, by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, R.B. Silva, from Marvel Comics, $60.00.
• Invisible Kingdom Vol. 1-2, by G. Willow Wilson, Christian Ward, from Berger Books/Dark Horse Comics, $19.99 ea.
• Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, by Derf Backderf, from Abrams Books, $24.99.
• Making Comics, by Lynda Barry, from Drawn & Quarterly, $22.95.
• Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Damian Duffy, John Jennings, from Abrams Books, $24.99.
• Sentient, by Jeff Lemire, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, from TKO Studios, $19.99.
• Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1, by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, from BOOM! Studios, $14.99.

The group also put together a longer list of additional recommended titles (available here).

YALSO, of course, has been issuing a list of the Best Graphic Novels for Teens for years (see "YALSA Unveils This Year’s Top Graphic Novels for Teens List").