9 Best history books like Einstein by Jim Ottaviani

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Einstein

By: Jim Ottaviani

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In Einstein, writer Jim Ottaviani and artist Jerel Dye take us behind the veneer of Einstein’s cele…

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1. When the Wind Blows

By: Raymond Briggs

4.27

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Raymond Briggs' now famous bestselling comic cartoon book depicts the effects of a nuclear attack o… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Showa, 1926-1939: A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki

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

Similar categories in Shigeru Mizuki's Showa, 1926-1939: A History of Japan book and Jim Ottaviani's Einstein

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
  • nonfiction

3. Juliette - Les fantômes reviennent au printemps

By: Camille Jourdy

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Apres le succes de la trilogie Rosalie Blum, Camille Jourdy revient avec un nouveau roman graphique… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics

4. The Sculptor

By: Scott McCloud

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

David Smith is giving his life for his art--literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculp… read more

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5. 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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  • biography
  • 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

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6. 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
  • adult
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7. The Talk

By: Darrin Bell

4.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more

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  • biography
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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8. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • 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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9. Where the Body Was

By: Ed Brubaker

4.14

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more

Similar categories in Ed Brubaker's Where the Body Was book and Jim Ottaviani's Einstein

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Alors, tout tombe - Première partie (Blacksad, #6) by Juan Díaz Canales

10. Alors, tout tombe - Première partie (Blacksad, #6)

By: Juan Díaz Canales

4.32

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

Chargé de protéger le président d’un syndicat infiltré par la mafia à New York, John Blacksad va me… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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11. Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Ryan North

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
"Recomendei aos meus filhos que não se envolvam com massacres sob hipótese alguma, e que notícias de massacres de inimigos não devem ser motivo de satisfação ou alegria."

-Ryan North, Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

"A coisa mais importante que aprendi em Tralfamadore é que, quando uma pessoa morre, ela apenas parece estar morta. Mas continua bem viva no passado, e é uma bobagem chorar quando ela é enterrada. Tod…"

-Ryan North, Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

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12. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

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  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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13. ¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

By: Christine Suggs

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"An absolutely heartwarming and vibrant story of belonging, family, and the meaning of home. This b… read more

Similar categories in Christine Suggs's ¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico book and Jim Ottaviani's Einstein

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • biography memoir
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14. Global

By: Eoin Colfer

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Time is running out for Sami and Yuki. Sami and his grandfather live in a village along the Indian … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Brave New World: A Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham

15. 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
  • adult
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16. Catwoman Lonely City

By: Cliff Chiang

4.37

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

In a world without Batman...will Selina Kyle's old wounds tear Gotham City apart? Cliff Chiang writ… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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17. Belle of the Ball

By: Mari Costa

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young adult graphic novel about high school wallflower Belle Hawkins, who ends up in a love trian… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Friday, Book Two: On a Cold Winter's Night by Ed Brubaker

18. Friday, Book Two: On a Cold Winter's Night

By: Ed Brubaker

4.31

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

BOOK TWO is finally here! A young adult detective hero finally grows up in this second volume of th… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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19. EL CIELO EN LA CABEZA

By: Antonio Altarriba

4.32

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Grand Prix de la Critique ACBD 2024. C'est d'une odyssée qu'il s'agit, d'un long voyage plein de pé… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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20. Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin

By: Andrew S. Weiss

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer… read more

Similar categories in Andrew S. Weiss's Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin book and Jim Ottaviani's Einstein

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of It Won't Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib

21. It Won't Always Be Like This

By: Malaka Gharib

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family,… read more

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  • biography
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Salamandre by I.N.J. Culbard

22. Salamandre

By: I.N.J. Culbard

3.49

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Salamandre is a sweeping, evocative graphic novel from award-winning artist and writer I.N.J. Culba… read more

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  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth by Ken Krimstein

23. The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth

By: Ken Krimstein

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For Persepolis and Logicomix fans, a New Yorker cartoonist's page-turning graphic biography of the … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"For me, in the ashes, it’s not enough to describe what happened, but to focus unforgivingly on what actually happened, to provide a road map, a game plan for how hell happens, not just in Nazi German…"

-Ken Krimstein, The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth

Cover of Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott

24. Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day

By: Dan Nott

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

We use water, electricity, and the internet every day--but how do they actually work? And what’s th… read more

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  • history
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of I'm Still Alive by Roberto Saviano

25. I'm Still Alive

By: Roberto Saviano

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

For the first time since the publication of his internationally bestselling novel, Gomorrah, Robert… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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26. The Roles We Play

By: Sabba Khan

4.35

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

'Where is home, Mum?' From the foothills of the Himalayas in the Kashmiri valleys to bustling Green… read more

Similar categories in Sabba Khan's The Roles We Play book and Jim Ottaviani's Einstein

  • biography
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"How convenient for those in power to have a labour force accustomed to disempowerment and willing to settle for less."

-Sabba Khan, The Roles We Play

"We must remember... ... race is a construct... ... class is a construct... ... gender is a construct. Beneath it all we are quivering flesh. Glistening in the sun. Goose-pimpled in the moon."

-Sabba Khan, The Roles We Play

Cover of Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes by Lun Zhang

27. 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 Jim Ottaviani's Einstein

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tokyo Rose - Zero Hour (A Graphic Novel): A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption after World War II by Andre R. Frattino

28. Tokyo Rose - Zero Hour (A Graphic Novel): A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption after World War II

By: Andre R. Frattino

3.68

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

**2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Silver Award Winner in Graphic Novels & Comics Category** **Rec… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Einstein by Jim Ottaviani

29. Einstein

By: Jim Ottaviani

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In Einstein, writer Jim Ottaviani and artist Jerel Dye take us behind the veneer of Einstein’s cele… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • marriage
  • adult
  • science
Cover of Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century by Youssef Daoudi

30. Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century

By: Youssef Daoudi

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of July 4, 1910, thousands of boxing fans stormed a newly built stadium in Reno, Nev… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction

9 best-selling adult books like Einstein by Jim Ottaviani

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

The Talk

Darrin Bell

4.65

Transform Your Habits

Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Ryan North

4.40

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10 Top adult books like The Talk by Darrin Bell

Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Talk

Darrin Bell

4.65

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

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