It's Not What You Thought It Would Be
By: Lizzy Stewart
3.67
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
This poignant coming-of-age story follows several young women on their circuitous paths to adulthoo…
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1. Displacement: A Travelogue
By: Lucy Knisley
3.92
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
In her graphic memoirs, New York Times-best selling cartoonist Lucy Knisley paints a warts-and-all … read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
2. Lighter Than My Shadow
By: Katie Green
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toa… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
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
- graphic novels
- bande dessinée
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Tamara Drewe
By: Posy Simmonds
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Tamara Drewe has transformed herself. Plastic surgery, a different wardrobe, a smouldering look, ha… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- bande dessinée
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
5. Keeping Two
By: Jordan Crane
3.61
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
20 years in the making, the long-awaited graphic novel masterpiece from acclaimed cartoonist Jordan… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- bande dessinée
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
6. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man
By: Jean-Christophe Deveney
3.67
Format: 153 pages, ebook
Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time! Haruki Murakami's novels, es… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- short stories
- comics
- fiction
7. 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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- graphic novels comics
- coming of age
- graphic novels
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
8. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
By: Thien Pham
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
9. 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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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
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- 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
10. In Limbo
By: Deb J.J. Lee
4.18
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age story—and a coming home stor… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- coming of age
- graphic novels
- comics
- contemporary
11. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- coming of age
- graphic novels
- comics
- contemporary
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
12. Mimosa: A Graphic Novel
By: Archie Bongiovanni
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/T… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
13. Clementine: Book Two
By: Tillie Walden
3.99
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Clementine and her new friends are rescued by an island community led by an enigmatic doctor called… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
14. Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës
By: Isabel Greenberg
3.86
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
A graphic novel about the Brontë siblings, and the strange and marvelous imaginary worlds they inve… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
15. Ephemera
By: Briana Loewinsohn
4.00
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
A debut graphic novel that poignantly blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine. Ephem… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
16. 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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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
17. 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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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
18. Crushing
By: Sophie Burrows
3.86
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Life is full of connections – if you know how to make them. Crushing follows two people -- one de… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- bande dessinée
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
19. 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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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Luisa: Now and Then
By: Carole Maurel
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
At 32, Luisa encounters her 15-year-old self in this sensitive, bold story about self-acceptance an… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- adult
21. 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
- graphic novels
- comics
- contemporary
- adult
22. Summer Fires
By: Giulia Sagramola
2.79
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In Giulia Sagramola's first long-form graphic novel, we follow the story of two sisters, Rachel and… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- coming of age
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
23. The Lie And How We Told It
By: Tommi Parrish
3.67
Format: 123 pages, Hardcover
Parrish’s emotionally loaded, painted graphic novel is is a visual tour de force, always in the ser… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- bande dessinée
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
24. In Utero
By: Chris Gooch
3.79
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Akira meets Aliens , and Annihilation meets Evangelion , in this coming-of-age monster tale from aw… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- coming of age
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
25. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
By: Emil Ferris
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more
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- graphic novels
- bande dessinée
- comics
- fiction
"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
26. Paul à la maison
By: Michel Rabagliati
4.27
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Paul à la maison est le 9e tome de la série. Cette fois-ci, l'action de déroule en 2012, Paul est a… read more
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- graphic novels
- bande dessinée
- comics
- fiction
27. My Last Summer with Cass
By: Mark Crilley
3.79
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A coming-of-age YA graphic novel about two childhood friends at a crossroads in their lives and art… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- coming of age
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
28. It's Not What You Thought It Would Be
By: Lizzy Stewart
3.67
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
This poignant coming-of-age story follows several young women on their circuitous paths to adulthoo… read more
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- comic book
- graphic novels comics
- coming of age
- graphic novels
- bande dessinée
- short stories
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
29. The Summer of Her Life
By: Thomas von Steinaecker
3.87
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
A contemplative and compelling tale about growing old and what it means to be happy Gerda stands … read more
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- comic book
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- bande dessinée
- comics
- fiction
30. Brownstone
By: Samuel Teer
4.33
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- coming of age
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- contemporary
31. Lights, Planets, People!
By: Molly Naylor
4.18
Format: 130 pages, Hardcover
Renowned astronomer Maggie Hill is giving a lecture about her career, to inspire young women to wor… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- fiction
- adult
