5 Top historical books like I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Mannie Murphy

Cover of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Mannie Murphy

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

By: Mannie Murphy

3.56

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel, what begins as an affectionate reminiscence of the author’s 1990s teenage in…

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Cover of It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

1. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.21

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt … read more

Similar categories in Zoe Thorogood's It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"And maybe that 'something' is a piece of my stupid little soul trapped in a book with very divisive reviews on Goodreads!"

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

"You're going to spend infinitely more time being dead than alive, so it's probably best to make peace with it while you can."

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

Cover of Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

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

Similar categories in Deena Mohamed's Shubeik Lubeik book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Monica by Daniel Clowes

3. 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

Similar categories in Daniel Clowes's Monica book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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4. 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

Similar categories in Nick Drnaso's Acting Class book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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5. 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 Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • adult
  • queer
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6. 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 Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • lgbt
  • 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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7. No One Else

By: R. Kikuo Johnson

3.65

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

In this graphic novel, Charlene is a divorced mom, has a young son named Brandon, and works full-ti… read more

Similar categories in R. Kikuo Johnson's No One Else book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll

8. When I Arrived at the Castle

By: Emily Carroll

3.69

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

"A castle, a killer, and prey all bound and blurred by lust and blood." Like many before her tha… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's When I Arrived at the Castle book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
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9. 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 Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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10. 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 Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • 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

"...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

"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

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11. The Cliff

By: Manon Debaye

3.65

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A budding friendship between two misfits unravels in the wake of school violence Schoolyard outcas… read more

Similar categories in Manon Debaye's The Cliff book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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12. 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 Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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13. Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir

By: Robert Kirby

3.75

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Marriage doesn’t define a relationship. Unless you want it to. In Marry Me a Little, Rob Kirby r… read more

Similar categories in Robert Kirby's Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

14. 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 Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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15. 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

Similar categories in Lee Lai's Stone Fruit book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • queer
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16. Men I Trust

By: Tommi Parrish

3.75

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Eliza is a thirtysomething struggling single mother and poet. Sasha, a twentysomething yearning for… read more

Similar categories in Tommi Parrish's Men I Trust book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls

17. 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 Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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18. Apsara Engine

By: Bishakh Kumar Som

3.84

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

In turns both fantastical and familiar, this graphic short story collection with South Asian roots … read more

Similar categories in Bishakh Kumar Som's Apsara Engine book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
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19. Blood of the Virgin

By: Sammy Harkham

3.70

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

“A story about storytelling...Conjures up the grindhouse movie-making scene in 1970s Los Angeles an… read more

Similar categories in Sammy Harkham's Blood of the Virgin book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

20. Fine: A Comic About Gender

By: Rhea Ewing

4.28

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Washington Post • 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 A vibrant and informative debut with “great doc… read more

Similar categories in Rhea Ewing's Fine: A Comic About Gender book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
"Gender affects everybody, so whether you're trans or not, gender is fucking you up. -Jac, 2013"

-Rhea Ewing, Fine: A Comic About Gender

Cover of Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei

21. 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
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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22. 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

Similar categories in Emily Carrington's Our Little Secret book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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23. Liebestrasse

By: Greg Lockard

4.02

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

During the final years of the Weimar Republic, Sam meets Philip in Berlin and they fall in love. Th… read more

Similar categories in Greg Lockard's Liebestrasse book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
"Time moves in one direction and love stands still."

-Greg Lockard, Liebestrasse

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24. Discipline

By: Dash Shaw

3.53

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

During the Civil War, many Quakers were caught between their fervent support of abolition, a desire… read more

Similar categories in Dash Shaw's Discipline book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Mannie Murphy

25. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

By: Mannie Murphy

3.56

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel, what begins as an affectionate reminiscence of the author’s 1990s teenage in… read more

Similar categories in Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • history
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of I Am Not Okay with This by Charles Forsman

26. I Am Not Okay with This

By: Charles Forsman

3.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Sydney seems like a normal 15-year-old freshman. She hangs out underneath the bleachers, listens to… read more

Similar categories in Charles Forsman's I Am Not Okay with This book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Queen of Snails: A Graphic Memoir by Maureen Burdock

27. Queen of Snails: A Graphic Memoir

By: Maureen Burdock

3.94

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Explores the author’s family history in graphic novel format, examining the emotional baggage of vi… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Burdock's Queen of Snails: A Graphic Memoir book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • history
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories by Megan Kelso

28. Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories

By: Megan Kelso

3.44

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A suite of five brilliant comics stories united by themes of motherhood, family, and love. The Guar… read more

Similar categories in Megan Kelso's Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick

29. 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

Similar categories in Will Betke-Brunswick's A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Lure by Lane Milburn

30. Lure

By: Lane Milburn

3.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In this SF graphic novel, a group of idealistic young artists from Earth are commissioned to collab… read more

Similar categories in Lane Milburn's Lure book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Sensory: Life on the Spectrum by Bex Ollerton

31. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum

By: Bex Ollerton

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more

Similar categories in Bex Ollerton's Sensory: Life on the Spectrum book and Mannie Murphy's I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult

16 must-read adult books like I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Mannie Murphy

Transform Your Habits

It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

Zoe Thorogood

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

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Transform Your Habits

Monica

Daniel Clowes

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Acting Class

Nick Drnaso

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Where the Body Was

Ed Brubaker

4.14

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Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

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