10 Best nonfiction books like Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California by Dave Chisholm

Cover of Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California by Dave Chisholm

Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California

By: Dave Chisholm

4.46

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The graphic novel tells the story of Bird’s time in L.A. starting in December 1945, where Bird and …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California by Dave Chisholm , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark

1. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score

By: Darwyn Cooke , Richard Stark

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A high-octane trip across America, The Score finds Parker assembling the best caper men he can find… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe

2. Miles: The Autobiography

By: Miles Davis , Quincy Troupe

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

For more than forty years Miles Davis has been in the front rank of American music. Universally acc… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • jazz
  • nonfiction
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3. Ghost World

By: Daniel Clowes

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ghost Worldhas become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5) by Elmore Leonard

4. Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

By: Elmore Leonard

4.00

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Elmore Leonard, best-selling author of 37 novels including Get Shorty and the recent Pagan Babies, … read more

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"I want you to understand,"

-Elmore Leonard, Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

"I thought I explained it to you. Boyd and I dug coal together."

-Elmore Leonard, Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

"Boyd looked at him now like he was trying to decide something in his mind. “You’d shoot me, you get the chance?"

-Elmore Leonard, Fire in the Hole (Raylan Givens, #2.5)

5. Wilson

By: Daniel Clowes

3.67

Format: 499 pages, Hardcover

AN ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM THE OSCAR-NOMINATED SCREENWRITER AND AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST Meet W… read more

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Cover of Feynman by Jim Ottaviani, Leland Myrick

6. Feynman

By: Jim Ottaviani , Leland Myrick

3.81

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

Richard Feynman: physicist . . . Nobel winner . . . bestselling author . . . safe-cracker. In this … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult

7. Get Jiro!

By: Anthony Bourdain , Langdon Foss , Joel Rose

4.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A #1 NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER In a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town lik… read more

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8. The Score (Parker, #5)

By: Richard Stark

3.93

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in on… read more

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9. Assassination Vacation

By: Sarah Vowell

3.67

Format: 220 pages,

Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and… read more

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10. Caricature

By: Daniel Clowes

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The dramatic short stories included in Caricaturehave drawn comparisons to Nabokov for their comple… read more

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11. Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker

By: None

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

This work on Charlie Bird Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an art… read more

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Cover of Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

12. 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 Monica by Daniel Clowes

13. 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
Cover of 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan

14. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

Similar categories in James Kaplan's 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool book and Dave Chisholm's Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California

  • music
  • biography
  • history
  • jazz
  • nonfiction
Cover of Public Domain, Volume 1: Past Mistakes by Chip Zdarsky

15. Public Domain, Volume 1: Past Mistakes

By: Chip Zdarsky

3.94

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Syd Dallas is responsible for pop culture's greatest hero: THE DOMAIN! But his sons Miles and David… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of The Mysteries by Bill Watterson

16. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Everything is Fine Volume One: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic Novel (Everything is Fine, 1) by Mike Birchall

17. Everything is Fine Volume One: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic Novel (Everything is Fine, 1)

By: Mike Birchall

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Perfectly normal couple Sam and Maggie live in a perfectly normal neighborhood, with their perfectl… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter

18. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham

19. To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

By: Fred Fordham

4.40

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

‘Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me."

-Fred Fordham, To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

Cover of Paying the Land by Joe Sacco

20. Paying the Land

By: Joe Sacco

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial, by their account. To … read more

Similar categories in Joe Sacco's Paying the Land book and Dave Chisholm's Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California

  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

21. 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
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith

22. Bea Wolf

By: Zach Weinersmith

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids wh… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
"Dawn rose, like a jerk."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

"Make no more clouds. I have drawn the rainbow here."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

Cover of The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker

23. The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History

By: David F. Walker

4.43

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE EISNER AWARD • A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Blac… read more

Similar categories in David F. Walker's The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History book and Dave Chisholm's Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California

  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bad Weekend by Ed Brubaker

24. Bad Weekend

By: Ed Brubaker

4.03

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Just in time for Convention Season, the ultimate comic con crime tale! Comics won't just break y… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution by Youssef Daoudi

25. Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution

By: Youssef Daoudi

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Read this invigorating graphic narrative, then—quickly, before the spell breaks!—play one of Monk'… read more

Similar categories in Youssef Daoudi's Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution book and Dave Chisholm's Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California

  • music
  • biography
  • history
  • jazz
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California by Dave Chisholm

26. Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California

By: Dave Chisholm

4.46

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The graphic novel tells the story of Bird’s time in L.A. starting in December 1945, where Bird and … read more

Similar categories in Dave Chisholm's Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California book and Dave Chisholm's Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California

  • music
  • biography
  • history
  • jazz
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of The Naked Tree by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

27. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Che by Héctor Germán Oesterheld

28. Che

By: Héctor Germán Oesterheld

3.74

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Publicada por la Editorial Jorge Álvarez en 1968, Vida del Che iba a contar, en principio, con dos … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"The true revolution can only occur within the heart."

-Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Che

Cover of Made in Korea by Jeremy Holt

29. Made in Korea

By: Jeremy Holt

3.29

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

A Korean nine-year-old named Jesse is adopted and sent to live with a lovely couple in America. Soc… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Don't Call It Mystery (Omnibus) Vol. 1-2 by Yumi Tamura

30. Don't Call It Mystery (Omnibus) Vol. 1-2

By: Yumi Tamura

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Totonou is a young man who stands out–partly for his bushy hair, partly for his finely honed abilit… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Total Jazz by Blutch

31. Total Jazz

By: Blutch

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

In this freewheeling collection of short stories and vignettes, the famed French cartoonist examin… read more

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  • music
  • jazz
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction

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4.50

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3.94

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