The High Desert
By: James Spooner
4.42
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print Comics One of …
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1. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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- music
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- punk
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
2. 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
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- adult
3. 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
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- biography memoir
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- adult
4. Monica
By: Daniel Clowes
3.95
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
5. 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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- adult
6. Keeping Two
By: Jordan Crane
3.61
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
20 years in the making, the long-awaited graphic novel masterpiece from acclaimed cartoonist Jordan… read more
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- graphic novels comics
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- adult
7. Where the Body Was
By: Ed Brubaker
4.14
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more
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- graphic novels comics
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8. 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
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9. 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
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- biography
- memoir
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10. 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
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"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
11. 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
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- graphic novels
- comics
12. Boys Weekend
By: Mattie Lubchansky
4.03
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more
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13. The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night
By: Marjorie M. Liu
4.08
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda—the creati… read more
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"No creepy dolls!"-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night
"Not the demon anus!"-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night
"It’s Sarlaac Satan!"-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night
"Oh my God. We’re superheroes."-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night
14. 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
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- memoir
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- graphic novels
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- 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
15. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse
By: Brontez Purnell
4.16
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
16. 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
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- nonfiction
- adult
17. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)
By: Lewis Hancox
4.28
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more
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- memoir
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- comics
- nonfiction
18. The High Desert
By: James Spooner
4.42
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print Comics One of … read more
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- music
- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
- punk
- adult
19. 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
20. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
By: Emil Ferris
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
21. 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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- comics
22. Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir
By: Ai Weiwei
3.74
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei… read more
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- memoir
- graphic novels comics
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- biography memoir
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- nonfiction
23. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
By: Sarah Myer
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more
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24. 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
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- memoir
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- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
25. It Won't Always Be Like This
By: Malaka Gharib
4.03
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family,… read more
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- memoir
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- graphic novels
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- comics
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- adult
26. The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood
By: Brian "Box" Brown
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic novel, … read more
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- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
27. The Keeper: A Graphic Novel
By: Tananarive Due
3.69
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
NAMED A BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST NAMED A BOOK WE LOVED BY NPR A yo… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
"I hate to say things that might scare you, but I can't sugarcoat the real world."-Tananarive Due, The Keeper: A Graphic Novel
28. Tender
By: Beth Hetland
3.91
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
A psychological thriller about a woman obsessed with her vision for a picture-perfect, curated life… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
29. Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard
By: Ronald Wimberly
4.27
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
From author Ronald Wimberly, creator of the viral comic Lighten Up , comes a soaring graphic biogra… read more
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- memoir
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
30. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings
By: Will Betke-Brunswick
4.00
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
During Will Betke-Brunswick’s sophomore year of college, their beloved mother, Elizabeth, is diagno… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
31. Space Story
By: Fiona Ostby
3.80
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
Two women fall in love and start a family on a dying Earth. Only one escapes to space. Her fa… read more
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- adult