7 Best memoir books like Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes by Lun Zhang

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Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes

By: Lun Zhang

3.95

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Follow the story of China's infamous June Fourth Incident -- otherwise known as the Tiananmen Squar…

If you liked the memoir plot in Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes by Lun Zhang , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Underwater Welder

By: Jeff Lemire , Steve Wands

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immen… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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2. Showa, 1926-1939: A History of Japan

By: Shigeru Mizuki

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

A fascinating period in Japanese history explored by a master of manga "Showa 1926"-"1939: A Histor… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. Daytripper

By: None , Fábio Moon , Gabriel Bá , Craig Thompson , Sean Konot

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

What are the most important days of your life? Meet Brás de Oliva Domingos. The miracle child of… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
"And sometimes we die to prove that we lived."

-None, Daytripper

"It's strange being famous. People think they know you."

-None, Daytripper

"He feels safer just knowing that even if he's away there is a home waiting for him to return."

-None, Daytripper

"She was the most beautiful creature on Earth - her hair said so in that language only hair can speak."

-None, Daytripper

4. Irmina

By: Barbara Yelin

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Die ehrgeizige Irmina reist Mitte der 1930er Jahre nach London, um eine Ausbildung zur Fremdsprache… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics

5. March: Book Two (March, #2)

By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues! Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and on… read more

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6. The End of Summer

By: Tillie Walden

4.37

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

In a secluded castle, at the beginning of a winter that is predicted to last for three years, Lars … read more

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7. They Called Us Enemy

By: George Takei

4.42

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within Americ… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"The wheel of democracy turns slowly."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

"Shame is a cruel thing. It should rest on the perpetrators but they don't carry it the way the victims do."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

"Our Democracy is a Participatory Democracy. Existentially it's dependent on people who cherish the shinning, highest ideals of our Democracy and actively engage in the political process."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

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8. Tunnels

By: Rutu Modan

3.75

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A race for the Ark of the Covenant finds an exploration into the ethics and world of the internatio… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
"In this confusing state of affairs when each fact is immediately contrasted with a counter-fact and everyone is branded a liar, when the word truth can be used only in apology and within quotation ma…"

-Rutu Modan, Tunnels

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9. 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

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  • history
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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10. Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection

By: Yao Xiao

3.71

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid perfectly captures the feelings of a young sojourner in… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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11. You Brought Me the Ocean

By: Alex Sanchez

3.79

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Jake Hyde doesn’t swim—not since his father drowned. Luckily, he lives in Truth or Consequences, Ne… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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12. Brave New World: A Graphic Novel

By: Fred Fordham

3.65

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Available in graphic novel form for the first time, Aldous Huxley's classic novel of authoritariani… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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13. Big Black: Stand at Attica

By: Frank "Big Black" Smith

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A graphic novel memoir from Frank “Big Black” Smith, a prisoner at Attica State Prison in 1971, who… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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14. Year of the Rabbit

By: Tian Veasna

4.07

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

One family’s quest to survive the devastation of the Khmer RougeYear of the Rabbit tells the true s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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15. American Cult

By: Robyn Chapman

3.97

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

A graphic history of religious cults in American from the colonial era to today From its earlies… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession

By: Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A humorous graphic investigation of the author's obsession with true crime, the murders that have m… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison by Sarah Mirk

17. Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison

By: Sarah Mirk

4.52

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

An anthology of illustrated narratives about the prison and the lives it changed forever   In Janua… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"We created an entire new legal system for brown men. If these were white men from France or Germany, there is no way Guantanamo would exist. There is no way we would have gotten away with being able …"

-Sarah Mirk, Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World’s Most Infamous Prison

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18. Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes

By: Lun Zhang

3.95

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Follow the story of China's infamous June Fourth Incident -- otherwise known as the Tiananmen Squar… read more

Similar categories in Lun Zhang's Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes book and Lun Zhang's Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • china
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19. Aya de Yopougon, Tome 7 (Aya, #7)

By: Marguerite Abouet

4.18

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

À Yopougon, les problèmes vont bon train! Aya tente de concilier un stage à la Solibra et sa relati… read more

Similar categories in Marguerite Abouet's Aya de Yopougon, Tome 7 (Aya, #7) book and Lun Zhang's Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of It's Not You, It's Capitalism: Why It's Time to Break Up and How to Move On by Malaika Jabali

20. It's Not You, It's Capitalism: Why It's Time to Break Up and How to Move On

By: Malaika Jabali

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A biting, brilliant, often hilarious guide to socialism for budding anti-capitalists who know it’s … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story

By: Catherine Pioli

4.36

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

A narrative, in graphic novel format, of the author’s life and experiences as a leukemia patient. … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction

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Showa, 1926-1939: A History of Japan

Shigeru Mizuki

4.57

Transform Your Habits

They Called Us Enemy

George Takei

4.42

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Paying the Land

Joe Sacco

4.34

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Big Black: Stand at Attica

Frank "Big Black" Smith

4.23

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March: Book Three (March, #3)

Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.65

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Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

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George Takei

4.42

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Robin Ha

4.22

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