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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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
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- 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
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
- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
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
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
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
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
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
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- adult
- queer
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
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- lgbt
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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
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
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
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
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
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
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- memoir
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
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
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- memoir
- graphic novels comics
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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
"...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
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
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
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
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- graphic novels comics
- historical
- graphic novels
- comics
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
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- memoir
- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
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
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- memoir
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
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
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
- queer
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
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
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
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- history
- memoir
- historical
- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
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
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
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
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
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
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- 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
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
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
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- memoir
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
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
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- historical
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
"Time moves in one direction and love stands still."-Greg Lockard, Liebestrasse
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
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- historical
- graphic novels
- comics
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
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- memoir
- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- historical
- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
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
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- graphic novels comics
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- queer
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
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- history
- memoir
- lgbt
- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
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
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
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
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- lgbt
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- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
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
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
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
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- memoir
- graphic novels comics
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- nonfiction
- adult
