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Macbeth · William Shakespeare
Macbeth the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics)
Content warning: Witchcraft, murders, regicide; full play text. Quick Text ed. is for younger/struggling readers.
Romeo and Juliet · William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics)
Content warning: Romantic love, wedding-night scene implied, street violence, double suicide.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics)
Fairy magic, light bawdy humor typical of the play.
The Tempest · William Shakespeare
The Tempest the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics)
Prospero's magic and spirits; mild violence.
Henry V · William Shakespeare
Henry V the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics)
Battle violence (Harfleur, Agincourt); St Crispin's Day speech.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics: Original Text)
Ghosts and a frightening graveyard vision; strongly redemptive.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
Great Expectations the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics: Original Text)
Convict menace, Miss Havisham's fire; mild.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics: Original Text)
Romance, attempted bigamy, madwoman in attic; Christian themes intact.
Frankenstein · Mary Shelley
Frankenstein the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics: Original Text)
Content warning: Gothic horror, murders incl. a child; SLJ notes grotesque monster art.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
Dracula the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics)
Content warning: Vampire horror, blood, implied seduction by the vampire 'brides'; crucifix/Host used against evil.
Wuthering Heights · Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights the Graphic Novel: Original Text (Classical Comics: Original Text)
Content warning: Obsessive romance, cruelty, ghostly elements.
Pride and Prejudice · Jane Austen
Manga Classics: Pride and Prejudice (Hard Cover) (Manga Classics: Hard Cover #2)
Romance comedy; SLJ 4 stars. Manga (right-to-left). Publisher lists grade 9-10.
Les Misérables · Victor Hugo
Manga Classics: Les Miserables (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #1)
Content warning: Revolution violence, Fantine's fall into prostitution (handled discreetly), suicide of Javert. Publisher grade 9-10.
The Scarlet Letter · Nathaniel Hawthorne
Manga Classics the Scarlet Letter
Content warning: Adultery is the premise; shame, hypocrisy, repentance. Pretty shojo art.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
Manga Classics: Great Expectations (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #4)
Publisher lists grade 7. Manga art.
Emma · Jane Austen
Manga Classics: Emma (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #5)
Gentle romance comedy. Publisher lists grade 7.
Sense and Sensibility · Jane Austen
Manga Classics Sense and Sensibility
Romance, a seduced-and-abandoned backstory (discreet). Publisher lists grade 6.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
Manga Classics: Jane Eyre (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #7)
Content warning: Publisher lists grade 6, retailer 8-11. Romance, attempted bigamy.
The Count of Monte Cristo · Alexandre Dumas
Manga Classics: Count Of Monte Cristo (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #9)
Content warning: Revenge, poisonings, suicide. Publisher grade 9-10.
Tales (Selection) · Edgar Allan Poe
Manga Classics: Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #10)
Content warning: Macabre horror (Tell-Tale Heart, Raven, etc.). Publisher grade 11-12. Check that the stories match the library selection.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer · Mark Twain
Manga Classics: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #11)
Graveyard murder scene, Injun Joe. Publisher grade 8.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · Mark Twain
Manga Classics: Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #12)
Content warning: Publisher grade 11-12. The novel has racial slurs and abuse, so check how this edition handles the language.
The Jungle Book · Rudyard Kipling
Manga Classics: The Jungle Book (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #8)
Publisher grade 5; animal peril, Shere Khan's death.
Romeo and Juliet · William Shakespeare
Manga Classics: Romeo and Juliet - Full Original Text Edition (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #13)
Content warning: Full original text; SLJ: grades 9-11. Romance, sword fights, double suicide. Shojo-style art.
Macbeth · William Shakespeare
Manga Classics: Macbeth - Full Original Text Edition (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #14)
Content warning: Full original text. Witches, murders.
Hamlet · William Shakespeare
Manga Classics: Hamlet - Full Original Text Edition (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #16)
Content warning: Full original text (500+ pp). Ghost, murders, Ophelia's death.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · William Shakespeare
Manga Classics: A Midsummer Nights Dream - Full Original Text Edition (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #15)
Full original text. Fairy magic, light bawdy humor.
Othello · William Shakespeare
Manga Classics: Othello - Full Original Text Edition (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #17)
Content warning: Full original text. Sexual slander, racial insults, a wife murdered in bed.
King Lear · William Shakespeare
Manga Classics: King Lear - Full Original Text Edition (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #21)
Content warning: Full original text (Dec 2025). Blinding of Gloucester, adultery plots. No age range published yet.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
Manga Classics: Dracula (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #18)
Content warning: Vampire horror and seduction. Manga art can be sensual; preview.
Frankenstein · Mary Shelley
Manga Classics: Frankenstein (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #19)
Content warning: Gothic horror, murders.
Anne of Green Gables · L. M. Montgomery
Manga Classics: Anne of Green Gables (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback #20)
Gentle; only authorized manga adaptation. Retailer lists grades 8-11 even though the novel is gentle.
The Phantom of the Opera · Gaston Leroux
Manga Classics: The Phantom of the Opera (Paperback) (Manga Classics: Paperback)
Content warning: New Sept 2026. Gothic menace, murders, obsession.
Journey to the West (A Mission to Heaven) · Wu Cheng'en
Manga Classics: Journey To The West - The Beginning (Paperback)
Content warning: New Oct 2026. Buddhist/Taoist cosmology and demons; covers only the opening section.
Romeo and Juliet · William Shakespeare
Manga Classics: Romeo and Juliet: Great Literature Brought to Life
Content warning: Kids' retelling (ages 8-12) but the deaths are still there; suggest grade 6+.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes · Arthur Conan Doyle
Manga Classics: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Great Literature Brought to Life
Kids' manga retelling, ages 8-12. Mild mystery peril.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Lewis Carroll
Manga Classics: Alice in Wonderland: Great Literature Brought to Life
Kids' manga retelling, ages 8-12.
Treasure Island · Robert Louis Stevenson
Manga Classics: Treasure Island: Great Literature Brought to Life
Kids' manga retelling, ages 9-12; pirate violence.
Around the World in Eighty Days · Jules Verne
Manga Classics: Around the World in Eighty Days: Great Literature Brought to Life
Kids' manga retelling, ages 8-12.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · L. Frank Baum
Manga Classics: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Kids' manga retelling (Apr 2026), ages 8-12. Good and wicked witches.
Little Women · Louisa May Alcott
Manga Classics: Little Women: Great Literature Brought to Life
Kids' manga retelling (Oct 2026), ages 8-12. Beth's death.
The Odyssey · Homer
The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel: (A Modern Visual Adaptation of Homer's Epic Tale of Greek Mythology for Young Adults)
Content warning: SLJ: Gr 7 up. Common Sense: vivid gore (Cyclops, suitors' slaughter, maids hanged). Some moderate nudity and Odysseus' affairs.
The Iliad · Homer
The Iliad: A Graphic Novel: (A Modern Visual Adaptation of Homer's Epic War Story of Greek Mythology for Young Adults)
Content warning: War violence throughout (source); pagan gods.
Beowulf · Anonymous
Beowulf: A Graphic Novel; Illustrated by Gareth Hinds
Content warning: Monster combat; Grendel's arm torn off (source).
King Lear · William Shakespeare
King Lear: A Graphic Novel
Content warning: Source includes the blinding of Gloucester, betrayal, many deaths.
The Merchant of Venice · William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice: A Graphic Novel
Content warning: Antisemitism is a central theme of the play and needs teacher framing.
Romeo and Juliet · William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet: A Graphic Novel: (A Retelling of the Classic Romantic Tragedy for Young Adults)
Content warning: Romance, wedding night implied, street violence, double suicide (source).
Macbeth · William Shakespeare
Macbeth: A Graphic Novel: A Graphic Novel (A Classroom-Friendly Visual Adaptation of Shakespeare's Tragedy for YA & Teens Ages 12+ in Grades 7-12)
Content warning: Witches, bloody murders and battles.
Tales (Selection) · Edgar Allan Poe
Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel (A Haunting Visual Adaptation and Retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's Chilling Works - For Young Adults and Teens)
Content warning: Includes 'The Raven', 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'The Cask of Amontillado', etc.; macabre.
The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe
Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel (A Haunting Visual Adaptation and Retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's Chilling Works - For Young Adults and Teens)
Content warning: Same book as above; it opens with 'The Raven'.
Treasure Island · Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Pirate violence, deaths.
Moby-Dick · Herman Melville
Moby Dick: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Heavily abridged; whaling violence.
Robinson Crusoe · Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Cannibal threat; Crusoe's conversion is a theme of the source text.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea · Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Sea-monster peril.
Journey to the Center of the Earth · Jules Verne
A Journey to the Center of the Earth: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Adventure peril.
The Time Machine · H. G. Wells
The Time Machine: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Morlocks are cannibalistic (implied).
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Content warning: Murders, horror tone.
Gulliver's Travels · Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Some crude episodes in the original; check this edition.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Ages 7-10; good and wicked witches.
The Merchant of Venice · William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Content warning: Antisemitism theme needs framing.
The Tempest · William Shakespeare
The Tempest: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Magic, spirits.
The Jungle Book · Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Animal peril.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Ages 10-14 listed; content gentle.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer · Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: A Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Graveyard murder scene.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Content warning: Abridged; source has racial slurs and violence.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Ghosts; redemptive.
Frankenstein · Mary Shelley
Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Content warning: Gothic horror, murders.
Oliver Twist · Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Criminal gang; Nancy's murder (often softened).
The Prince and the Pauper · Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Mild peril.
The Three Musketeers · Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Content warning: Duels, intrigue, Milady's seductions (source).
The Count of Monte Cristo · Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo: Campfire Classics Line (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Content warning: Revenge, poisoning, suicide in source.
The Hound of the Baskervilles · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Spooky moor, mild violence.
The Invisible Man · H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Violence, a murder.
Pride and Prejudice · Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Gentle romance; Lydia's elopement.
Romeo and Juliet · William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Content warning: Romance, deaths, suicide.
Julius Caesar · William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Assassination, battle suicides.
The Call of the Wild · Jack London
The Call of the Wild: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Animal cruelty and fights.
King Solomon's Mines · H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Content warning: Colonial-era portrayals of Africans; battles.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) · Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Gentle comedy (publisher: ages 7-10).
Macbeth · William Shakespeare
Macbeth: The Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Content warning: No age range listed by retailer. Witches, murders.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Graphic Novel (Campfire Classic)
2022 Campfire Classic; no age range listed.
Wuthering Heights · Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights: A Graphic Novel (Campfire Classic)
Content warning: 2022 Campfire Classic; no age range listed. Obsessive romance, cruelty.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea · Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo, about 70 pp, with discussion prompts.
The Hound of the Baskervilles · Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) · Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Content warning: Hi-lo; mob violence, Esmeralda's execution.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights · Howard Pyle
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
General Arthurian retelling, not specifically Pyle's text.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood · Howard Pyle
Robin Hood: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
General Robin Hood retelling, not specifically Pyle's. Grades 5-9.
Treasure Island · Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo.
Frankenstein · Mary Shelley
Frankenstein: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Content warning: Hi-lo; horror toned down for grades 5-9.
Journey to the Center of the Earth · Jules Verne
Journey to the Center of the Earth: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo.
The Time Machine · H. G. Wells
The Time Machine: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' only (from Irving's Sketch Book). Headless horseman scare.
Gulliver's Travels · Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Content warning: Hi-lo; murder.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo; grades 5-9.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo; ghosts.
Robinson Crusoe · Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo.
Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) · J. M. Barrie
Peter Pan: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo; pirate peril.
Around the World in Eighty Days · Jules Verne
Around the World in 80 Days: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo.
The Wind in the Willows · Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo; gentle.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
Dracula: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Content warning: Hi-lo for grades 5-9, but still vampire horror; preview.
The Swiss Family Robinson · Johann David Wyss
The Swiss Family Robinson: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo; family and faith themes in the source text.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer · Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
Hi-lo.
The Odyssey · Homer
The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel (Classic Fiction)
Grades 4-7. Monster peril; gentler than Hinds.
The Aeneid · Virgil
The Aeneid: A Graphic Novel (Classic Fiction)
Grades 4-7. Battles; Dido's suicide in source.
Les Misérables · Victor Hugo
Les Misérables: A Graphic Novel (Classic Fiction)
Grades 4-7; heavily simplified.
Romeo and Juliet · William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet: A Graphic Novel (Classic Fiction)
Content warning: Grades 4-7 listed; deaths remain.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Graphic Novel (Classic Fiction)
Content warning: Listed grades 4-7, but the source's themes (vice, murder, the cursed portrait) suit older students.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments · Andrew Lang (ed.)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: Graphic Novel (Classic Fiction)
Ali Baba only. Thieves killed in oil jars.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments · Andrew Lang (ed.)
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad: Graphic Novel (Classic Fiction)
Sinbad's seven voyages; monster peril.
Macbeth · William Shakespeare
Macbeth (Shakespeare Graphics)
Content warning: Abridged, grades 5-9; witches, murders.
Romeo and Juliet · William Shakespeare
Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Graphics)
Content warning: Abridged, grades 5-9; deaths.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Graphics)
Abridged, grades 5-9.
Julius Caesar · William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare Graphics)
Abridged, grades 5-9; assassination.
Tales (Selection) · Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe Graphic Novels)
Content warning: 'The Tell-Tale Heart': murder, madness. Check that the story is in the library selection.
Tales (Selection) · Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe Graphic Novels)
Content warning: 'The Fall of the House of Usher': gothic horror. Also in this series: 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'.
Just So Stories · Rudyard Kipling
How the Camel Got His Hump: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'How the Camel Got His Hump.' Grades 3-6.
Just So Stories · Rudyard Kipling
How the Leopard Got His Spots: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'How the Leopard Got His Spots.' Grades 3-6.
Fairy Tales (Selection) · Hans Christian Andersen
The Ugly Duckling: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'The Ugly Duckling.'
Fairy Tales (Selection) · Hans Christian Andersen
Thumbelina: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'Thumbelina.'
Fairy Tales (Selection) · Hans Christian Andersen
The Emperor's New Clothes: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'The Emperor's New Clothes.'
Fairy Tales (Selection) · Hans Christian Andersen
The Princess and the Pea: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'The Princess and the Pea.'
Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales) · Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Hansel and Gretel: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'Hansel and Gretel': witch and oven peril.
Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales) · Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Rumpelstiltskin: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'Rumpelstiltskin.'
Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales) · Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Snow White: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'Snow White': the queen's revenge plot.
Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales) · Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Sleeping Beauty: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))
'Sleeping Beauty' (Grimm's 'Briar Rose'); curse and fairy magic.
Frankenstein · Mary Shelley
Frankenstein: Volume 3 (Graphic Classics #3)
Content warning: Ages 8-12 listed; horror is softened.
Hamlet · William Shakespeare
Hamlet: Volume 6 (Graphic Classics #6)
Content warning: Ages 8-12 listed; ghost, deaths.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) · Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Volume 7 (Graphic Classics #7)
Content warning: Ages 8-12 listed.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Volume 9 (Graphic Classics #9)
Ages 8-12 listed.
The Three Musketeers · Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers: Volume 12 (Graphic Classics #12)
Ages 8-12 listed.
Treasure Island · Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island: Volume 13 (Graphic Classics #13)
Ages 8-12 listed.
White Fang · Jack London
White Fang: Volume 15 (Graphic Classics #15)
Ages 8-12 listed; animal fights.
Anne of Green Gables · L. M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel
Adapted by Mariah Marsden, art by Brenna Thummler. Gentle.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel
Marsden and Luechtefeld. Gentle.
Black Beauty · Anna Sewell
Black Beauty (Puffin Graphics Plus)
2018 reissue (orig. 2005 edition listed ages 8-12). Animal cruelty scenes (source).
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · L. Frank Baum
The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Graphics Plus)
2018 Puffin Graphics Plus reissue.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · L. Frank Baum
Oz: The Complete Collection – Wonderful Wizard/Marvelous Land
Eric Shanower and Skottie Young. Collected with 'Marvelous Land of Oz'.
The Odyssey · Homer
The Odyssey
Content warning: Marvel Illustrated (Roy Thomas); retailer lists ages 15+. Combat violence.
The Hobbit · J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit (Graphic Novel): An illustrated edition of the fantasy classic (The Lord of the Rings)
Chuck Dixon and David Wenzel; painted art. Battle of Five Armies.
A Wrinkle in Time · Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel
Adapted by Hope Larson. Cosmic good-vs-evil imagery; L'Engle's theology is debated in some Christian circles.
The Giver · Lois Lowry
The Giver Graphic Novel (Giver Quartet #1)
Content warning: P. Craig Russell. Booklist: Gr 5-8. Infanticide ('release') scene; 'Stirrings'.
Animal Farm · George Orwell
Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel
Odyr. Booklist: Gr 9-12. Animal violence, executions.
Nineteen Eighty-Four · George Orwell
1984: The Graphic Novel
Content warning: Fido Nesti. HMCPL: 'teens and adults', challenged for explicit sexual content. Also torture.
Fahrenheit 451 · Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation (Ray Bradbury Graphic Novels)
Content warning: Tim Hamilton, authorized adaptation. Violence, a suicide-by-fire, language.
To Kill a Mockingbird · Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
Content warning: Fred Fordham. Rape-trial plot, racial slurs, language.
The Great Gatsby · F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel
Content warning: Fred Fordham and Aya Morton. Adultery, drinking, violent deaths.
Brave New World · Aldous Huxley
Brave New World: A Graphic Novel
Content warning: Fred Fordham. Reviews note sexual content and some nudity (framed discreetly), drug use, orgies.
Watership Down · Richard Adams
Watership Down: The Graphic Novel
Content warning: James Sturm and Joe Sutphin. Booklist: Gr 7-12. Rabbit violence and death.
Frankenstein · Mary Shelley
Gris Grimly's Frankenstein: A Graphic Novel
Content warning: Gris Grimly. Deliberately macabre, grotesque art style.
The Red Badge of Courage · Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Stephen Crane’s Classic
Content warning: 2025 Abrams ComicArts. War violence. No age range listed.
Les Misérables · Victor Hugo
Les Miserables (Classics Illustrated Vintage Replica Hardcover #7)
Vintage 1940s-60s comic art, reprinted. Very abridged.
The Time Machine · H. G. Wells
The Time Machine (Classics Illustrated Vintage Replica Hardcover #8)
Vintage reprint.
Oliver Twist · Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Classics Illustrated Vintage Replica Hardcover #2)
Vintage reprint.
The Man in the Iron Mask · Alexandre Dumas
The Man in the Iron Mask (Classics Illustrated Vintage Replica Hardcover #4)
Vintage reprint.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood · Howard Pyle
Robin Hood (Classics Illustrated Vintage Replica Hardcover #3)
Vintage reprint; general Robin Hood legend.
Romeo and Juliet · William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (Classics Illustrated)
Content warning: Vintage reprint; ages 10-13 listed.
Crime and Punishment · Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment (Classics Illustrated)
Content warning: Vintage reprint; axe murder.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. · Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Classics Illustrated)
'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.'
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) · Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Classics Illustrated)
Content warning: Vintage reprint.