| The graphic novel: an introduction J Baetens, H Frey Cambridge University Press, 2014 | 196 | 2014 |
| A comics studies reader J Heer, K Worcester Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009 | 173 | 2009 |
| Ethos and Narrative Interpretation: The Negotiation of Values in Fiction LK Altes U of Nebraska Press, 2014 | 118* | 2014 |
| Dictionnaire des termes littéraires H Van Gorp, D Delabastita, L D'hulst, R Ghesquiere, R Grutman, G Legros, ... Champion; Paris, 2001 | 92 | 2001 |
| Revealing traces: A new theory of graphic enunciation J Baetens The Language of Comics: Word and Image, 145-155, 2001 | 81 | 2001 |
| The graphic novel Jan Baetens Leuven University Press, 2001 | 76 | 2001 |
| Close reading new media: Analyzing electronic literature J Van Looy, J Baetens Leuven University Press, 2003 | 72 | 2003 |
| La novellisation: du film au roman: lectures et analyses d'un genre hybride J Baetens Impressions nouvelles; Bruxelles, 2008 | 47 | 2008 |
| Abstraction in comics J Baetens SubStance 40 (1), 94-113, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| Pour une lecture moderne de la bande dessinée J Baetens, P Lefèvre | 41 | 1993 |
| Graphic novels: literature without text? J Baetens English Language Notes 46 (2), 77-88, 2008 | 40 | 2008 |
| Novelization, a contaminated genre? J Baetens Critical Inquiry 32 (1), 43-60, 2005 | 40 | 2005 |
| Littérature et bande dessinée. Enjeux et limites J Baetens Cahiers de Narratologie. Analyse et théorie narratives, 2009 | 32 | 2009 |
| From screen to text: novelization, the hidden continent J Baetens Cambridge university press; Cambridge, 2007 | 31 | 2007 |
| Autobiographie et bandes dessinées: Problèmes, enjeux, exemples J Baetens Belphégor, 2004 | 30 | 2004 |
| Europa! Europa? S Bru, J Baetens, P Nicholls, B Hjartarson, T Orum Walter de Gruyter, 2009 | 29 | 2009 |
| Cultural studies after the cultural studies paradigm J Baetens Cultural studies 19 (1), 1-13, 2005 | 29 | 2005 |
| Hergé écrivain J Baetens Flammarion, 2011 | 28 | 2011 |
| Formes et politique de la politique (essai sur la bande dessinée) J Baetens Peeters/Vrin; Leuven/Paris, 1998 | 26 | 1998 |
| Speed, rhythm, movement: a dialogue on K. Hume's article" narrative speed" J Baetens, K Hume Narrative 14 (3), 349-355, 2006 | 25 | 2006 |