5 must-read medieval history books like The Middle Ages: A Graphic History by Eleanor Janega

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The Middle Ages: A Graphic History

By: Eleanor Janega

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Middle Ages: A Graphic History busts the myth of the ‘Dark Ages’, shedding light on the medieva…

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1. Halloween Party (Fear Street, #8)

By: R.L. Stine

3.30

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Welcome to Fear Street. Don't listen to the stories they tell you about Fear Street. Wouldn't you r… read more

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2. The Shearing Gun

By: Renae Kaye

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

At twenty-five, Hank owns a small parcel of land in Australia's rural southwest where he supplement… read more

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3. The Off Season (Dairy Queen, #2)

By: Catherine Gilbert Murdock

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Life is looking up for D.J. Schwenk. She's in eleventh grade, finally. After a rocky summer, she's … read more

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4. Goblin Market and Other Poems

By: Christina Rossetti , Candace Ward

4.19

Format: 45 pages, Paperback

An important and often-quoted literary figure, the English poet Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) wrot… read more

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5. Ancient Greece: Everyday Life in the Birthplace of Western Civilization

By: Robert Garland

3.23

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

Ancient Greece comes alive in this vibrant portrait of the daily lives of ordinary people--men and … read more

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6. Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

By: Ian Mortimer

4.00

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Gui… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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7. The Way Home: Two Novellas from the World of The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn)

By: Peter S. Beagle

3.78

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

One brand-new, long-awaited novella, and one Hugo and Nebula award winning novella, both featuring … read more

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"Death said he would wait for me, but not forever."

-Peter S. Beagle, The Way Home: Two Novellas from the World of The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn)

"You will have to excuse me, I am not even sure if I could tell you what a friend looks like, or what they do. But I think you might be my one friend, if that should suit you."

-Peter S. Beagle, The Way Home: Two Novellas from the World of The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn)

"The worst thing in the world is not to lose all you have. The worst thing in this world is not having your heart broken. Loss passes, pain passes - even heartbreak passes. The very worst thing in thi…"

-Peter S. Beagle, The Way Home: Two Novellas from the World of The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn)

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8. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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9. Nayra and the Djinn

By: Iasmin Omar Ata

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In this coming-of-age graphic novel with a fantastical twist, Nayra Mansour, a Muslim American girl… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Menacing Manor (Sinister Summer #4) by Kiersten White

10. Menacing Manor (Sinister Summer #4)

By: Kiersten White

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The penultimate adventure finds the Sinister-Winterbottoms at the manor of Mr. Frank and Dr. Stein!… read more

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11. The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe

By: Matthew Gabriele

3.65

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle … read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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12. 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

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13. The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur

By: Max Adams

3.77

Format: 545 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of The King in the North turns his attention to the obscure era of British h… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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14. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

By: Martyn Rady

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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15. The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the graphic novel horror trilogy The Night Eaters from Marjorie Liu and Sana T… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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16. Art Club

By: Rashad Doucet

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Drawn from the author’s own childhood like New Kid , this contemporary graphic novel paints a pictu… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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17. The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English

By: Hana Videen

4.26

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from … read more

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  • medieval
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"For some reason, the ball-biting beaver doesn't live on in modern fiction like Aslan the lion or Fawkes the phoenix."

-Hana Videen, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English

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18. Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Vol. 2

By: C.R.C. Payne

4.57

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

The dynamics of the Bat-Family have always been a topic of interest—but being a parent can't be har… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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19. Vampiric Vacation (Sinister Summer #2)

By: Kiersten White

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The spooky summer adventures of the Sinister-Winterbottom twins continue in another gothic mystery:… read more

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20. Batter Royale: A Graphic Novel

By: Leisl Adams

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Leisl Adams’s fun debut graphic novel, Batter Royale , a talented young chef is selected to part… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Anzu and the Realm of Darkness: A Graphic Novel by Mai K. Nguyen

21. Anzu and the Realm of Darkness: A Graphic Novel

By: Mai K. Nguyen

4.27

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

5 Worlds meets Spirited Away in this tale of a girl fighting her way back home after getting trappe… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball by Jon Chad

22. Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball

By: Jon Chad

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

in this dynamic, nonfiction graphic novel, Jon Chad illustrates the little-known story of pinball―h… read more

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  • history
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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23. Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2)

By: Hannah Templer

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Escape was just the beginning. The sensational "gays in space" webcomic/graphic novel returns, with… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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24. Island of Whispers

By: Frances Hardinge

4.35

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett unite for the first time to conju… read more

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"Kindness is not weakness. To be kind in this unkind world is walking through a battlefield without armour or sword. It takes courage and strength to be kind."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"They do not touch you. But they will trick you into touching them. Falter-moths, grief-winged. Things of doubt and confusion that feed on loss. If you touch them, they will feed on you..."

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"There was a trick to seeing and hearing the Dead, like the trick to falling asleep. You had to not quite listen, not quite look, not quite think. You let the edges of your mind slip into the right so…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

"Everywhere Milo saw traces of his father - his chair, his bowl, the roof he had planned to mend. The worst thing about losing somebody is that, even after you survive a difficult day, the next mornin…"

-Frances Hardinge, Island of Whispers

Cover of The Middle Ages: A Graphic History by Eleanor Janega

25. The Middle Ages: A Graphic History

By: Eleanor Janega

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Middle Ages: A Graphic History busts the myth of the ‘Dark Ages’, shedding light on the medieva… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • sequential art
  • medieval history
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8) by Sherry Thomas

26. A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

By: Sherry Thomas

4.19

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself … read more

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  • historical
Cover of The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel by Christopher Lincoln

27. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel

By: Christopher Lincoln

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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28. The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion

By: Ann Bausum

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four-hundred-yea… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Yokai Cats Vol. 3 (Yokai Cats, #3) by Pandania

29. Yokai Cats Vol. 3 (Yokai Cats, #3)

By: Pandania

4.09

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

MORE AND MORE YOKAI CATS! The special mischief of yokai cats never ends! Meet the one who hangs … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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30. Little Shrew

By: Akiko Miyakoshi

4.33

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Akiko Miyakoshi returns with a beguiling, quietly magical appreciation of life’s little pleasures. … read more

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3.65

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