Gossip Girl: The Manga Graphic Novels Books in Order
Part ofCecily von Ziegesar Books in OrderFind the Gossip Girl: The Manga graphic novels by Cecily von Ziegesar in order, with volume summaries, series background, and guidance on how these comics connect to the original Gossip Girl books.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
3 books
For Your Eyes Only, Vol. 1
by Cecily von Ziegesar
2010
This first manga volume retells the opening Gossip Girl drama in stylish panels. Serena returns to New York hoping to repair things with Blair, but jealousy, Nate’s lingering guilt, and an ever present camera phone culture turn apologies into fresh fuel for Gossip Girl’s feed.
For Your Eyes Only, Vol. 2
by Cecily von Ziegesar
2011
Blair has lost her Upper East Side throne and is exiled to Brooklyn with Vanessa, where cramped quarters and culture shock bring out new sides of both girls. As Serena and Nate couple up, Blair’s attempts to reclaim her image only give Gossip Girl more chaos to post about.
For Your Eyes Only, Vol. 3
by Cecily von Ziegesar
2011
In the final manga volume, Blair slips back into Manhattan determined to repair her reputation before graduation. A cruel stunt at a school auction backfires, Vanessa’s secret film exposes uncomfortable truths, and the group has to decide which relationships can survive life after high school.
Series background & context
Gossip Girl: The Manga, subtitled For Your Eyes Only, reimagines the Upper East Side in black and white panels. Instead of prose chapters, the familiar tangle of Serena, Blair, Nate, Dan, Jenny, and Vanessa unfolds through stylized artwork, speech bubbles, and dramatic reaction shots.
The manga keeps the core setup from the novels. Serena has just returned from boarding school, Blair is furious that her best friend once slept with her boyfriend, and Gossip Girl is still narrating every twist from behind a laptop. Constance Billard and St. Jude feel both recognizably Manhattan and slightly heightened, like sets built for a fashion forward teen soap.
Volume one focuses on the fracture between Blair and Serena and the power vacuum it creates. Serena tries, and mostly fails, to apologize her way back into Blair’s good graces. Nate drifts helplessly between them, Dan hovers at the edge as the outsider with a crush, and Jenny watches in awe as the girls’ feud spills into parties and hallways.
Later volumes push the story in directions that are unique to the manga. Blair loses her queen bee status and even ends up living in Brooklyn, sharing cramped space with Vanessa and discovering she has more domestic skills than she ever imagined. Serena fights to hold onto her new relationship with Dan while Nate and Jenny develop inconvenient feelings of their own.
By the third volume, senior year is closing in and the group is facing college, breakups, and a few spectacular acts of revenge. Gossip Girl’s posts still frame the action, but the visual format lets small gestures, outfits, and glances carry as much weight as the snarky narration.
These books are not straight adaptations of the original novels; they remix familiar dynamics into new, fast moving plots. They are a fun detour if you already know the characters and want to see them through a different lens. If you are new to Gossip Girl, they work as a compact, manga-style introduction to the world before you dive into the full series.
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