Recommendations

[jb681131]

Some Spidey essential works, preferably graphic novels or collected editions?

Here is what I would suggest in publication order:
(some have of course, already been mentionned above)

The Very Best of Spider-Man tpb

1. Amazin Fantasy #15 - first Siper-Man appearance
2. If this be my destiny... The Final Chapter - Amazing Spider-Man #33
3. Spider-Man no more - Amazing Spider-Man #50
4. The Kid Who Collects Spiderman - Amazing Spider-Man #248
5. Whatever Happened to Crusher Hogan? - Amazing Spider-Man #271
6. The Sand and the Fury - Amazing Spider-Man #317
7. Fathers and Sins - Amazing Spider-Man #365
8. The Osborn Legacy - Spectacular Spider-Man #189

Spider-Man: Wizard Masterpiece Edition tpb

1. Nothing Stops the Juggernaut - Amazing Spider-Man #229-230
2. Hyde in Plain Sight (aka Hyde & Seek) - Amazing Spider-Man #231-232
3. The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man - Amazing Spider-Man #248
4. Venom Strikes Back - Amazing Spider-Man #315-317
5. The Death of Jean DeWolff - Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110

Saga of the Sandman tpb

1. The End of Spider-Man! - Amazing Spider-Man #18-19
2. Where Stalks the Sandman? - Fantastic Four #61
3. ...Sincerely, the Sandman - The Incredible Hulk #138
4. Have Yourself a Sandman Little Christmas! - Marvel Team-Up #1
5. Time Runs Like Sand - Marvel Two-In-One #86
6. Sand Blasted - Untold Tales of Spider-Man #3

Death of the Stacys tpb

1. Spider-Man vs. Dr. Octopus/And Death shall come - Amazing Spider-Man #88-92
2. The Night Gwen Stacy Died - Amazing Spider-Man #121-122

The Original Clone Saga tpb

1. The Delusion Conspiracy! - Amazing Spider-Man #139-151
2. Beware the path of the Monster! - Giant-Size Spider-Man #5
3. Till Death Do Us Part! - The Spectacular Spider-Man #25-31
4. What about Carrion ? - The Spectacular Spider-Man #149
5. The Carrion Cure - The Spectacular Spider-Man #162-163
6. The Evolution War - The Spectacular Spider-Man annual #8

Origin of the Hobgoblin tpb

1. Pretty Poison - The Spectacular Spider-Man #43
2. A Night on the Prowl/Double Defeat - The Spectacular Spider-Man #47-48
3. In the Shadow of Evil Past/Now Strikes the Hobgoblin - Amazing Spider-Man #238-239
4. Ordeals/Sacrefice Play - Amazing Spider-Man #244-245
5. The Hatred of the Hobgoblin - The Spectacular Spider-Man #85
6. Secrets/Confessions/Endings - Amazing Spider-Man #249-251

Kraven's Last Hunt Epic Collection

1. Man Of The Year - The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #20
2. High Tide - Spider-Man versus Wolverin - prequel to The Hobgoblin Revealed
3. The Hobgoblin Revealed! - The Amazing Spider-Man #289
4. Mask - Web of Spider-Man #29 - sequel to The Hobgoblini Revealed
5. The Wedges of Sin - Web of Spider-Man #30 - sequel to The Hobgoblini Revealed
6. The Big Question - The Amazing Spider-Man #290 - prequel to The Wedding
7. Dark Journey - The Amazing Spider-Man #291 - prequel to The Wedding
8. Growing Pains - The Amazing Spider-Man #292 - prequel to The Wedding
9. The Wedding - The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21
10. The Honeymoon - The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #7 - Sadly not collected
11. Part 1: The Coffing - Web of Spider-Man #31
12. Part 2: Crawling - Amazing Spider-Man #293
13. Part 3: Descent - Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #131
14. Part 4: Resurrection - Web of Spider-Man #32
15. Part 5: Thunder - Amazing Spider-Man #294
16. Part 6: Ascending - Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #132
17. The Wedding of the Year - Marvel Age #54 - includes interviews, the Shea Stadium and the Newspaper Strip weddings

Birth of Venom tpb

1. Invasion! - Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8
2. The New Spider-Man - Amazing Spider-Man #252-259
3. Chance - Amazing Spider-Man #298-300
4. Return of Venom - Amazing Spider-Man #315-317
5. Monster Mash - Fantastic Four #274
6. Til Death Do Us Part! - Web of Spider-Man #1

Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin tpb

1. The Return of the Green Goblin - Amazing Spider-Man #17
2. Green Goblin Reborn! - Amazing Spider-Man #96-98
3. The Night Gwen Stacy Died - Amazing Spider-Man #121-122
4. Best of Enemies - Spectacular Spider-Man #200

Return of The Sinister Six tpb

1. Spider-Man: Spirit of the Earth - One shot
2. Return of the Sinister Six - Amazing Spider-Man #334-350

Blue tpb

1. Spider-Man: Blue - Spider-Man Blue #1-5

Civil War

1. Road to Civil War - The Amazing Spider-Man #529-531 + Fantastic Four #536-537 + New Avengers: Illuminate
2. Civil War by Mark Millar - Civil War #1-7

Brand New Day

1. Brand New Day vol.1 - Free Comic Book Day 2007 + Amazing Spider-Man #546-564 + Spider-Man: Swing Shift
2. Brand New Day vol.2 - Amazing Spider-Man #565-577 + Annual #1 + Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #1-3
3. Brand New Day vol.3 - Amazing Spider-Man #578-591 + Spider-Man: Presidents' Day Special + Spider-Man: Fear Itself + Amazing Spider-Man: Extra #1-3

The Gauntlet and Grim Hunt
Prequels

1. Died in Your Arms Tonight - The Amazing Spider-Man #600-601, annual 36 + Amazing Spider-Familly #7
2. Red-Headed Stranger - The Amazing Spider-Man #602-605
3. Return of the Black Cat - The Amazing Spider-Man #606-611 + Web of Spider-Man #1

The Gauntlet

1. Book 1 - Electro & Sandman - The Amazing Spider-Man #612-616, Dark Reign: The List - Amazing Spider-Man + Web of Spider-Man #2 Electro + Sandman origins
2. Book 2 - Rhino & Mysterio - The Amazing Spider-Man #617-621 and Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #3-4 Rhino and Mysterio origins
3. Book 3 - Vulture & Morbius - The Amazing Spider-Man #622-625 + Web of Spider-Man #5-6 origins of Vulture and Morbius
4. Book 4 - Juggernaut - The Amazing Spider-Man #626-629 + #229-230 (the original "Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut)
5. Book 5 - The Lizard - The Amazing Spider-Man #630-633 + Web of Spider-Man #6

Sequel

1. Grim Hunt - The Amazing Spider-Man #634-637 + Web of Spider-Man #7 + Grim Hunt Prologue + Spider-Man Origin Of The Hunter

More Sequels

1. Origin of the Species - The Amazing Spider-Man #642-647
2. Kraven's First Hunt - The Amazing Spider-Man #663-667

Big Time

1. Big Time - Amazing Spider-Man #648-651
2. Spider Island - Amazing Spider-Man #659-660, 662-665, 666-673 + Venom (2011) #6-8 + Spider-Island: Deadly Foes + Spider-Island Spotlight
3. Ends of Earth - Amazing Spider-Man Ends of the Earth #1 + Amazing Spider-Man #682-687 + Avenging Spider-Man #8
4. Dying Wish - Amazing Spider-Man #698-700 + Amazing Spider-Man #699.1 + Avenging Spider-Man #15.1

Superior Spider-Man

1. Superior Spider-Man Vol. 1 - #1-5 + Amazing Spider-Man #698-700
2. Superior Spider-Man Vol. 2 - #6-16
3. Superior Spider-Man Vol. 3 - #17-31

Spider-Verse

1. Amazing Spider-Man #7-15
2. Superior Spider-Man #32-33
3. Spider-Verse #1-2 + Spider-Verse Team-Up #1-3
4. Scarlet Spiders #1-3
5. Spider-Woman #1-4
6. Spider-Man 2099 #6-8
7. Free Comic Book Day 2014

Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man

1. Death of Spider-Man - Ultimate Spider-Man #156-160

Back in Black

1. Back in Black - Amazing Spider-Man #539-543 + Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #17-23, Annual #1

All-New Ultimate Spider-Man: Miles Morales

1. Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection Book One - Ultimate Fallout #4 + Ultimate Spider-Man vol.2 #1-12 + Spider-Men #1-5
2. Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection Book Two - Ultimate Spider-Man vol.2 #13-28, 16.1
3. Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection Book Three - Cataclysme: Ultimate Comics Spider-MAn #1-3 + Ultimate Spider-Man vol.2 #200 + Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #1-12

Secret War

1. Secret Wars - Free Comics Book Day 2015: Secret Wars #0 + Secret Wars #1-8

Renew Your Vows

1. Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows - Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1-5, Secret Wars: Secret Love #1

[Mister Mets]

There have been some other threads on similar questions with lots of recommendations.

https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=Dewolff
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=Dewolff
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=Dewolff
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=Dewolff

[AlexPirvulescu]

There have been some other threads on similar questions with lots of recommendations.

https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=Dewolff
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=Dewolff
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=Dewolff
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=Dewolff

Thank you, sincerely!