12 Top biography books like Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator by Darryl Cunningham

Cover of Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator by Darryl Cunningham

Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator

By: Darryl Cunningham

3.98

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

From schoolyard thug to Russian president: Vladimir Putin’s rise to power comes under the microscop…

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1. Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China

By: Guy Delisle

2.67

Format: 166 pages,

Shenzhen is entertainingly compact with Guy Delisle's observations of life in urban southern China,… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
  • nonfiction

2. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

By: Guy Delisle

3.50

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Famously referred to as one of the "Axis of Evil" countries, North Korea remains one of the most se… read more

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3. The Photographer

By: Emmanuel Guibert , Didier Lefèvre , Fréderic Lemercier

3.33

Format: 300 pages,

In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. This graphic novel/photo-journa… read more

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4. Les Guerres de Lucas

By: Laurent Hopman

4.65

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Scrupuleusement fidèle à la réalité historique, méticuleusement documenté, Les Guerres de Lucas met… read more

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  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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5. De la Turquie à la Grèce (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #2)

By: Fabien Toulmé

4.75

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

Suite du récit de l'histoire vraie d'Hakim, réfugié syrien en exil, ce deuxième tome aborde avec ém… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

6. Shubeik Lubeik

By: Deena Mohamed

4.50

Format: 528 pages, ebook

A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishe… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

7. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

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  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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8. The Waiting

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

4.43

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

The story begins with a mother's confession... sisters permanently separated by a border during the… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
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9. Själens telegraf

By: Amanda Svensson

3.67

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

”Som de efteråt skulle lära mig på ungdomsvårdsanstalten fanns det antagligen många anledningar til… read more

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10. Acting Class

By: Nick Drnaso

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and suspenseful follow-up to the Booker-nominated graphic novel Sabrina."Every single p… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
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11. Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

By: Harold Schechter

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One of the greats in the field of true-crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Kill… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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12. El tesoro del Cisne Negro

By: Paco Roca

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Mayo de 2007. La principal empresa cazatesoros del mundo capta la atención de la opinión pública al… read more

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  • history
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

13. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

By: Timothy Snyder

4.40

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resis… read more

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  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"Якщо ніхто з нас не готовий загинути за свободу, усі ми загинемо під тиранією."

-Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

"Люди, які запевняють вас, що безпека можлива лише коштом свободи, зазвичай хочуть забрати у вас і безпеку, і свободу."

-Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

"Whoever can pierce your privacy can humiliate you and disrupt your relationships at will. No one (except perhaps a tyrant) has a private life that can survive public exposure by hostile directive."

-Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Cover of Are You Willing to Die for the Cause by Chris Oliveros

14. Are You Willing to Die for the Cause

By: Chris Oliveros

4.09

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A deep dive into a contentious and dramatic period in Canadian history―the rise of a militant separ… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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15. The Third Person

By: Emma Grove

4.14

Format: 920 pages, Paperback

In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby’s office. She wants to share this wonder… read more

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  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator by Darryl Cunningham

16. Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator

By: Darryl Cunningham

3.98

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

From schoolyard thug to Russian president: Vladimir Putin’s rise to power comes under the microscop… read more

Similar categories in Darryl Cunningham's Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator book and Darryl Cunningham's Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator

  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers by Ken Krimstein

17. When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers

By: Ken Krimstein

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An NPR Best Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Fall "Best R… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"I decided to write down everything, to tell everything, because with my friends I can't talk about it at all. And because I believe that something should come out of so much suffering, I've written t…"

-Ken Krimstein, When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers

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18. Luonnollinen näytelmä

By: Ulla Donner

4.10

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Minä olen ainutlaatuinen ja itsevarma. Minä kutsun positiivista energiaa elämääni. Minä ansaitsen k… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
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19. Mazebook

By: Jeff Lemire

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A lonely building inspector still grieving the loss of his puzzle-loving daughter receives a myster… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • adult
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20. Rave

By: Jessica Campbell

3.65

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age story, complete with secret cigarettes, gross gym teachers, and a lot of chur… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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21. Birds of Maine

By: Michael DeForge

4.25

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Take flight to this post-apocalyptic utopia filled with birds. Birds roam freely around the Moon c… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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22. The Con Artists

By: Luke Healy

3.31

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

A quintessentially millennial tale about friendship and the quest for self-actualization This is g… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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23. Welcome to the New World

By: Jake Halpern

4.07

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Now in a full-length book, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic story of a refugee fam… read more

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  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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24. Our Little Secret

By: Emily Carrington

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize At 15, Emily is a relatively typical teenage girl… read more

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  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary by Don  Brown

25. 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary

By: Don Brown

3.98

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A young adult graphic novel that captures the complexities of the war in Ukraine, focusing on the s… read more

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  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"When...there are explosions, you understand that your life is simply...not worth anything."

-Don Brown, 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary

Cover of Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin by Andrew S. Weiss

26. Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin

By: Andrew S. Weiss

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Jag älskar Astrid Lindgren by Elin Lucassi

27. Jag älskar Astrid Lindgren

By: Elin Lucassi

3.26

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Ylva har nyligen blivit fråntagen sitt barn. Hon ser tecken och samband överallt. Nummer. Namn. Sit… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Ultrasound by Conor Stechschulte

28. Ultrasound

By: Conor Stechschulte

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Driving home from a wedding late one night during a heavy storm, out of cell range, Glen blows out … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
Cover of You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife by Kel McDonald

29. You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

By: Kel McDonald

3.84

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Death—the one aspect of life we all have in common—is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beli… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Save It for Later: Promises, Protest, and Parenthood by Nate Powell

30. Save It for Later: Promises, Protest, and Parenthood

By: Nate Powell

4.01

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From Nate Powell, the National Book Award–winning artist of March, a collection of graphic nonficti… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator by Sofia Warren

31. Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator

By: Sofia Warren

4.14

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

You won the election…now what? Activist organizing meets government gridlock as a millennial New Yo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • graphic novels
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Shubeik Lubeik

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4.50

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4.41

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El tesoro del Cisne Negro

Paco Roca

3.98

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Vehka Kurjenmiekka

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