Giant Days Books in Order
Part ofJohn Allison Books in OrderExplore John Allison's Giant Days comics in reading order, with volume summaries and a starting guide to the friendships and mishaps of university life.
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Giant Days books in publication order
15 books
Giant Days, Vol. 1
by John Allison
2015
New university neighbors Susan, Esther and Daisy become close friends while trying to reinvent themselves away from home. Their first weeks bring illness, romantic confusion and academic pressures, turning ordinary student life into a string of shared comic disasters.
Giant Days, Vol. 2
by John Allison
2016
Susan, Esther and Daisy continue navigating their first university semester through romantic uncertainty, personal experiments and holiday festivities. Their effort to establish independent lives repeatedly collides with campus attitudes, awkward encounters and the inconvenient demands of coursework.
Giant Days, Vol. 3
by John Allison
2016
Susan, Esther and Daisy discover that university life extends well beyond lectures and instant meals. With Ed and McGraw alongside them, pub visits, hookups, breakups and political scandal make their first semester increasingly difficult to manage.
Giant Days, Vol. 4
by John Allison
2017
Spring brings fresh complications for Susan, Esther and Daisy as their first university year continues. A breakup, doubts about staying in school and the hunt for housing test their friendship alongside film festivals and awkward attempts at online dating.
Giant Days, Vol. 5
by John Allison
2017
The friends finish their first university year as their residence hall faces demolition. End-of-term romances, music festivals and moving into a shared home open a new chapter for Daisy, Susan and Esther, with fresh opportunities for mistakes.
Giant Days, Vol. 6
by John Allison
2017
Daisy, Susan and Esther begin their second year in an off-campus home and discover new responsibilities. A robbery, unwanted visitors and Susan's proximity to ex-boyfriend McGraw make independent living considerably more complicated than simply paying rent.
Giant Days, Vol. 7
by John Allison
2018
Susan, Daisy and Esther continue their second year at Sheffield University with more than coursework to occupy them. Grocery-store protests, family reunions and an online game's wedding complicate a semester already shaped by friendships and questions about the future.
Giant Days, Vol. 8
by John Allison
2018
As their second year ends, Susan, Daisy and Esther's friendship begins showing strain. New relationships, concealed old attachments, surprising alliances and troublesome housing challenge the trio's confidence that they can face every part of university life together.
Giant Days Vol. 9
by John Allison
2019
The close of second year brings moving plans, broken relationships and physical mishaps for Esther, Daisy and Susan. Their determination to remain best friends faces another test as university transitions threaten to scatter their carefully balanced lives.
Giant Days, Vol. 10
by John Allison
2019
Daisy, Esther and Susan's final university year begins with housing problems, romantic fallout and an injury. McGraw and Susan struggle over their new flat, while the approaching adult world makes every immediate crisis feel more consequential.
Giant Days, Vol. 11
by John Allison
2019
Third year brings Daisy an unwelcome encounter with her ex, Esther a new relationship and Susan an attempt at romance. Work at a dubious Christmas market adds another complication as the friends approach the end of university.
Giant Days, Vol. 12
by John Allison
2020
Comic-shop mysteries, a family wedding and Daisy's driving lessons keep the Sheffield friends busy. Meanwhile, Ed confronts his girlfriend about her drinking, bringing more serious questions about responsibility and the future into a familiar mix of everyday chaos.
Giant Days, Vol. 13
by John Allison
2020
Esther faces the aftermath of a breakup and an essay competition that might change her future. McGraw struggles with a personal loss, while friendship offers support through the pressures, uncertainty and growing responsibilities of life beyond familiar routines.
Giant Days, Vol. 14
by John Allison
2020
Daisy and Esther approach graduation with Susan cheering them on, bringing their university adventures toward a close. A later reunion draws Daisy and Susan into helping Esther with difficult colleagues, testing how their friendship survives changing adult lives.
The Quotable Giant Days
by John Allison
2020
This illustrated companion collects memorable advice, observations and moments from Esther, Susan and Daisy's adventures. New artwork accompanies selections from Giant Days, turning the trio's experiences with friendship and everyday upheaval into a humorous guide to managing life's emotions.
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