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Maus

Maus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that depicts the Holocaust through the poignant metapho...

Holocaust Memoir Pulitzer Spiegelman

9.5 Brilliant

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The Complete Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi’s *The Complete Persepolis* offers a powerful visual memoir detailing her childhood and adolescence in I...

Marjane Satrapi Memoir Iran Pantheon

9.2 Excellent

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Fun Home

Alison Bechdel’s *Fun Home* is a groundbreaking graphic novel memoir detailing her coming-of-age story. It meticulously...

Family Lgbtq+ Memoir Autobiographical

9.0 Excellent

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Adolf

Adolf is a graphic novel created by Osamu Tezuka that examines World War II through the narratives of three distinct ind...

Drama Manga World War Ii Osamu Tezuka

8.9 Great

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The Arab of the Future

Riad Sattouf’s “The Arab of the Future” is a poignant graphic memoir detailing his upbringing in Amman, Jordan during th...

Memoir Childhood Metropolitan Books Riad Sattouf

8.9 Great

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Blankets

Blankets is a 2003 autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson, chronicling his coming-of-age experiences, first lo...

Romance Coming Of Age Memoir Craig Thompson

8.8 Great

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Alec: The Years Have Pants

A comprehensive collection of Eddie Campbell's autobiographical comics spanning decades, following his life and alter eg...

Literary Memoir Autobiographical Shelf

8.8 Great

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The Photographer

The Photographer is a 2009 graphic memoir by Emmanuel Guibert and Didier Lefèvre documenting a 1986 Doctors Without Bord...

Memoir Mixed Media Afghanistan First Second

8.7 Great

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American Splendor

American Splendor is an autobiographical comic series created by Harvey Pekar in 1976, celebrated for its mundane yet pr...

Slice Of Life Memoir Working Class Dark Horse

8.6 Great

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Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City

Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City is a 2011 travelogue by Guy Delisle that details his complex everyday experienc...

Travel Memoir Drawn And Quarterly Guy Delisle

8.6 Great

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It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken

Published in 1996 by Canadian cartoonist Seth, this graphic novel follows a man's obsessive search for an obscure mid-ce...

Nostalgia Literary Memoir Drawn And Quarterly

8.6 Great

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American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese is a 2006 graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, acclaimed for intertwining Chinese folklore with a mode...

Identity Young Adult Asian American Gene Luen Yang

8.5 Great

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The Best We Could Do

A graphic memoir by Thi Bui tracing her family's flight from Vietnam as refugees and their resettlement in the United St...

Immigrant Vietnamese Memoir Thi Bui

8.5 Great

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El Deafo

El Deafo is a 2014 autobiographical graphic novel by Cece Bell that explores her childhood experiences with hearing loss...

Hearing Loss Memoir Middle Grade Cece Bell

8.3 Great

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Stuck Rubber Baby

Stuck Rubber Baby is a 1995 graphic novel by Howard Cruse exploring the intersecting struggles of homophobia and racism...

Lgbtq+ Memoir Civil Rights DC Vertigo

8.3 Great

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Pyongyang

Pyongyang is a 2003 graphic travelogue by Canadian cartoonist Guy Delisle detailing his observations of daily life while...

Travel Memoir North Korea Drawn And Quarterly

8.3 Great

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Kampung Boy

An autobiographical graphic novel by Lat depicting childhood in a Malaysian village, one of Malaysia's most beloved and...

Coming Of Age Memoir Malaysian First Second

8.3 Great

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Hey Kiddo

A graphic memoir by Jarrett J. Krosoczka about being raised by grandparents due to his mother's heroin addiction, a 2018...

Family Memoir Middle Grade Jarrett J Krosoczka

8.3 Great

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Ho Che Anderson's King

Created by Ho Che Anderson, this biographical graphic novel chronicles the life and historical impact of civil rights le...

Biography Civil Rights Fantagraphics Ho Che Anderson

8.2 Great

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Town Boy

The sequel to Lat's Kampung Boy, continuing his autobiographical account of adolescence in a Malaysian town and his grow...

Coming Of Age Memoir Malaysian First Second

8.0 Great