Rx
By: Rachel Lindsay
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A graphic memoir about the treatment of mental illness, treating mental illness as a commodity. I…
Want to Read $ 14.99"In a lot of ways, sanity is a performance."-Rachel Lindsay, Rx
"In a lot of ways, sanity is a performance."-Rachel Lindsay, Rx
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1. Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
By: M.K. Czerwiec
4.40
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In 1994, at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, MK Czerwiec took her first nursin… read more
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- memoir
- graphic novels
- medicine
- comics
- nonfiction
"Remember—as hard as this seems to you now, it's nothing compared to what our patients are facing."-M.K. Czerwiec, Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
2. Stitches
By: David Small
3.70
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transfo… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
3. Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
By: Don Brown
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protectiv… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
4. Lighter Than My Shadow
By: Katie Green
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toa… read more
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- memoir
- graphic novels
- mental health
- mental illness
- comics
- nonfiction
5. Psychiatric Tales
By: Darryl Cunningham
3.68
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This books delves inside the mysteries of mental disorders - presenting explanations and recollecti… read more
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6. Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
By: Ellen Forney
3.79
Format: 1 pages, Paperback
Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between "crazy" and "creative" in this graphic me… read more
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7. Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame
By: Erin Williams
3.73
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, clever, and ultimately gut-wrenching graphic memoir about the daily decision women mus… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- mental health
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
"Perspective can be hard to come by, when you spend most of your time licking your own wounds."-Erin Williams, Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame
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
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- mental health
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
"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
9. Ephemera
By: Briana Loewinsohn
4.00
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
A debut graphic novel that poignantly blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine. Ephem… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- mental health
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
10. Stone Fruit
By: Lee Lai
4.06
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- mental health
11. Feelings: A Story in Seasons
By: Manjit Thapp
4.18
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous visual journey through one young woman's year of emotions--from the saturated highs of e… read more
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- memoir
- graphic novels
- mental health
- comics
- nonfiction
12. And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
By: Margaret Kimball
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In 1988, when Kimball is only four years old, her mother attempts suicide on Mother's Day—and this … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- mental health
- mental illness
- comics
- nonfiction
"All together, someone would always be missing and I could feel the pull of that longing in my chest, in the pit of my stomach."-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
"I settled into the water for some serious reflection. Bathrooms made supreme thinking spaces, a place that defied interruption."-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
"This is how silence works in families: it means questions go unanswered, timelines are unclear, and the details of a child's life are a mystery that will not be resolved."-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
"I once watched a video of a deer being rescued from drowning only to find herself surrounded by humans, and then she ran immediately back into the water. It's what panic looks like. An animal feeling…"-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir
13. Rx
By: Rachel Lindsay
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A graphic memoir about the treatment of mental illness, treating mental illness as a commodity. I… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- medicine
- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
"In a lot of ways, sanity is a performance."-Rachel Lindsay, Rx
14. Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image
By: Siobhan Gallagher
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Author and illustrator Siobhán Gallagher’s humorous and heartfelt graphic memoir details her journe… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- mental health
- comics
- nonfiction
15. Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women
By: Sarah Bargiela
3.82
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Autism in women and girls is still not widely understood, and is often misrepresented or even overl… read more
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- graphic novels
- psychology
- mental health
- comics
- nonfiction
16. My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders
By: Monzusu
4.20
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
In this manga essay anthology, follow the true stories of nine people (including the illustrator) n… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
17. Waves
By: Ingrid Chabbert
4.04
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A young woman and her wife's attempts to have a child unfold in this poetic tale that ebbs and flow… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Crazy, the things fear puts into your head…"-Ingrid Chabbert, Waves
"I just wanted to see my laughter in your eyes."-Ingrid Chabbert, Waves
"Think of yourselves as dung beetles. Yes! Dung beetles lug their balls of dung around… We all have our own ball of dung to lug around. We’re all dung beetles, in our own way."-Ingrid Chabbert, Waves
18. Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
By: Liana Finck
3.77
Format: 240 pages, None
A visually arresting graphic memoir about a young artist struggling against what’s expected of her … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- mental health
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
"A draw-er doesn't draw because she loves to draw. She doesn't draw because she draws well. She draws because once she lost something. And by drawing--she will find it again."-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
"From a distance, every relationship is similar—an old story with a new face. But if you know how to really look at things—you’ll see that every man is the first man—and every place is Eden."-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
"In her heart, the devil said, "No! No!" But from her mouth came the words "Yes, you may." And from then on, everything the devil said was the opposite of what she meant. And everything she did, she d…"-Liana Finck, Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
19. Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life
By: Ellen Forney
4.35
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
In the follow up to her acclaimed Marbles , Forney writes and draws a guide for people with mood di… read more
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- memoir
- graphic novels
- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- comics
- nonfiction
"Stability means figuring out how to prioritize what serves you, not feeling like a failure if you don't do everything perfectly, + just balancing everything as best you can."-Ellen Forney, Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life
20. Look Again
By: Elizabeth A. Trembley
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Once, years ago, while walking her dogs in the woods, Elizabeth found a dead body. Trauma can m… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- graphic novels
- mental health
- comics
- nonfiction
