12 Best biography memoir books like This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

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This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

By: Navied Mahdavian

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a h…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Talk

By: Darrin Bell

4.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more

Similar categories in Darrin Bell's The Talk book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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2. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's Roaming book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • adult
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3. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

Similar categories in Thien Pham's Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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4. A Guest in the House

By: Emily Carroll

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

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5. Lunar New Year Love Story

By: Gene Luen Yang

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more

Similar categories in Gene Luen Yang's Lunar New Year Love Story book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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6. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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7. I Must Be Dreaming

By: Roz Chast

3.65

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrativ… read more

Similar categories in Roz Chast's I Must Be Dreaming book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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8. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

By: Julia Wertz

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronic… read more

Similar categories in Julia Wertz's Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"Go fuck yourself, melted spatula!"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"Do the stepwork and don't give me any of your excuses. We both know they're bullshit."

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"It's the fantasy of a life gone wrong. You've been doing the best you can, but it's hard and you're tired. Then something horrible happens and you get to give up and go be sad somewhere. There's some…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a come…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

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9. Transitions - Journal d'Anne Marbot

By: Élodie Durand

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

" Vous savez, les genres féminin et masculin sont les deux extrêmes d'un état. Chacun est libre de … read more

Similar categories in Élodie Durand's Transitions - Journal d'Anne Marbot book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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10. Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey

By: Edel Rodriguez

4.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From “America’s illustrator in chief” ( Fast Company ), a graphic memoir of a childhood in Cuba, co… read more

Similar categories in Edel Rodriguez's Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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11. We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel

By: Josh Tuininga

4.35

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel follows a Jewish immigrant’s efforts to help his Japan… read more

Similar categories in Josh Tuininga's We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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12. This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

By: Navied Mahdavian

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a h… read more

Similar categories in Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • sequential art
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • nature
Cover of Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls

13. Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir

By: Tessa Hulls

4.52

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing, deeply moving graphic memoir about three generations of Chinese women, exploring lo… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Hulls's Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

14. I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

By: Maurice Vellekoop

4.17

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of four children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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15. The Naked Tree

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

3.84

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

A delicate, timeless, and breathtaking coming-of-age story.The critically acclaimed and award-winni… read more

Similar categories in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim's The Naked Tree book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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16. My Picture Diary

By: Maki Fujiwara

4.04

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The wife of Japan’s most lauded manga-ka documents a year in their lives with her own artistry. … read more

Similar categories in Maki Fujiwara's My Picture Diary book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir by Denise Dorrance

17. Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir

By: Denise Dorrance

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For fans of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? , an unputdownable debut graphic The what… read more

Similar categories in Denise Dorrance's Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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18. But You Have Friends

By: Emilia McKenzie

3.92

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

When a dear friend dies by suicide, Emilia is left with only memories. Full of humor and poignancy,… read more

Similar categories in Emilia McKenzie's But You Have Friends book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Red Harvest: A Novel of the Terror Famine in Soviet Ukraine by Michael Cherkas

19. Red Harvest: A Novel of the Terror Famine in Soviet Ukraine

By: Michael Cherkas

4.10

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin waged a brutal war against the Soviet peasantry leading to the Holodo… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cherkas's Red Harvest: A Novel of the Terror Famine in Soviet Ukraine book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil

20. Artificial: A Love Story

By: Amy Kurzweil

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A visionary story of three generations of artists whose search for meaning and connection transcend… read more

Similar categories in Amy Kurzweil's Artificial: A Love Story book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account by Ernesto Saade

21. Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account

By: Ernesto Saade

3.95

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

"This is the story of Carlos and Elena, the story of thousands, the story of my country . . . This … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Saade's Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account book and Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

14 Best adult books like This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

Transform Your Habits

The Talk

Darrin Bell

4.65

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

Transform Your Habits

I Must Be Dreaming

Roz Chast

3.65

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15 best-selling childrens books like Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

Transform Your Habits

The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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