swap_horiz Shenzhen Alternatives

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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

Fun Home is a 2006 graphic memoir by American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, exploring her complex relationship with her fat...

Family Lgbtq+ Memoir Autobiographical

9.0 Excellent

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The Arab of the Future

Created by French cartoonist Riad Sattouf in 2014, this autobiographical graphic novel series chronicles the author's ch...

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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Clyde Fans

Created by Canadian cartoonist Seth, this literary graphic novel details the decades-long decline of a fictional oscilla...

Family Melancholy Literary Drawn And Quarterly

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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Alan's War

Alan's War is a 2008 biographical graphic novel by French artist Emmanuel Guibert illustrating the World War II experien...

World War Ii Biography Memoir First Second

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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Smile

Smile is an autobiographical graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier chronicling her dental struggles and social anxieties dur...

Memoir Scholastic Raina Telgemeier Middle Grade

8.2 Great

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Burma Chronicles

Burma Chronicles is a 2007 graphic novel by Guy Delisle recounting his experiences accompanying his NGO-worker wife livi...

Travel Memoir Myanmar Drawn And Quarterly

7.8 Good