swap_horiz Drama Alternatives

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Maus

Art Spiegelman's Maus recounts his father Vladek's experiences as a Polish Jew during the Holocaust alongside their diff...

Holocaust Memoir Pulitzer Spiegelman

9.41 Excellent

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Sandman

Neil Gaiman's The Sandman follows Dream, also called Morpheus, one of the seven Endless who embody fundamental aspects o...

Fantasy Mythology DC Comics Neil Gaiman

9.30 Excellent

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The Incal

Written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and drawn by Moebius, The Incal follows John DiFool, a lowly private detective whose enc...

Sci Fi French Jodorowsky Surreal

9.20 Excellent

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Phoenix (Hi no Tori)

Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix, or Hi no Tori, is an unfinished manga cycle that moves between distant historical periods and im...

Epic Japan Manga Reincarnation

9.20 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

8.61 Great

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Bone: Out from Boneville

Bone: Out from Boneville introduces readers to the Bone family’s journey after their unexpected expulsion from Boneville...

Fantasy Classic Scholastic All Ages

8.37 Great

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Lumberjanes

"Lumberjanes" is a coming-of-age comic book series created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, and Brooke...

Adventure Youth Lgbtq+ All Ages

7.82 Good

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Are You My Mother?

Are You My Mother? is a 2012 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It serves as a co...

Literary Lgbtq+ Memoir Alison Bechdel

7.78 Good

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El Deafo

El Deafo is an autobiographical graphic novel written and illustrated by Cece Bell, published in 2014. The memoir detail...

Hearing Loss Memoir Middle Grade Cece Bell

7.69 Good

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Stuck Rubber Baby

Stuck Rubber Baby is a 1995 graphic novel written and illustrated by Howard Cruse, originally published by Paradox Press...

Lgbtq+ Memoir Civil Rights DC Vertigo

7.69 Good

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Hey Kiddo

"Hey, Kiddo" is an autobiographical graphic novel created by author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka, published by G...

Family Memoir Middle Grade Jarrett J Krosoczka

7.69 Good

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Smile

Smile is an autobiographical graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier, published by Scholastic's Graphix imprint. The book reco...

Memoir Scholastic Raina Telgemeier Middle Grade

7.56 Good

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New Kid

New Kid is a 2019 middle-grade graphic novel written and illustrated by Jerry Craft. The story follows Jordan Banks, an...

School Race Middle Grade Jerry Craft

7.43 Good

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Skim

Skim is a 2008 Canadian graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki. Set in 1993 at an all-...

Teen Lgbtq+ Diary Mariko Tamaki

7.28 Good

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Skim (Jillian & Mariko Tamaki)

"Skim" is a coming-of-age graphic novel published in 2008, created by the Canadian cousins Mariko Tamaki, who wrote the...

Canada Teen Lgbtq+ Drawn And Quarterly

7.28 Good

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When Stars Are Scattered

"When Stars Are Scattered" is a graphic novel published in 2020, co-authored by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed, with...

Refugee Middle Grade Victoria Jamieson Dial Books

7.28 Good

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Displacement

Displacement is a young adult graphic novel written and illustrated by Kiku Hughes. It follows Kiku, a biracial Japanese...

Time Travel Young Adult Scholastic Kiku Hughes

6.89 Fair

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Roller Girl

Roller Girl is a middle-grade graphic novel written and illustrated by Victoria Jamieson, published by Dial Books in 201...

Friendship Derby Middle Grade Victoria Jamieson

6.59 Fair

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Guts

Guts is a 2019 autobiographical graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier, published by Scholastic. It recounts Telgemeier's chi...

Anxiety Memoir Scholastic Raina Telgemeier

6.24 Fair

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Amulet

Amulet is a middle-grade fantasy graphic novel series created by Kazu Kibuishi and begun in 2008, with the books publish...

Fantasy Adventure Scholastic Middle Grade

6.24 Fair