25 must-read comics books like Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel by Edmund White

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Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

By: Edmund White

3.08

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A landmark American novel, hailed by the New York Times as J.D. Salinger crossed with Oscar Wilde, …

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Cover of Cenizas by Álvaro Ortiz

1. Cenizas

By: Álvaro Ortiz

3.86

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Tres amigos que no se ven desde hace años, discutiendo dentro de un coche, con un montón de kilómet… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Lampje by Annet Schaap

2. Lampje

By: Annet Schaap

4.41

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Dit is een verhaal over de zee. Over geheimzinnige zeewezens en woeste piraten. Over het Zwarte Hu… read more

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3. The Sluts

By: Dennis Cooper

3.79

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and tol… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Cooper's The Sluts book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon

4. Fellow Travelers

By: Thomas Mallon

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the highly acclaimed author of Bandboxand Dewey Defeats Truman-a searing new historical novel … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mallon's Fellow Travelers book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

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

Similar categories in Zoe Thorogood's It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

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
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Public Domain, Volume 1: Past Mistakes by Chip Zdarsky

7. Public Domain, Volume 1: Past Mistakes

By: Chip Zdarsky

3.94

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Syd Dallas is responsible for pop culture's greatest hero: THE DOMAIN! But his sons Miles and David… read more

Similar categories in Chip Zdarsky's Public Domain, Volume 1: Past Mistakes book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons by Kelly Sue DeConnick

8. Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons

By: Kelly Sue DeConnick

4.49

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Millennia ago, Queen Hera and the goddesses of the Olympian pantheon grew greatly dissatisfied with… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Sue DeConnick's Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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9. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

Similar categories in Bill Watterson's The Mysteries book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Roaming by Jillian Tamaki

10. 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

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's Roaming book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • coming of age
  • graphic novels
  • queer
Cover of In Limbo by Deb J.J. Lee

11. 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

Similar categories in Deb J.J. Lee's In Limbo book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • coming of age
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Parasocial by Alex de Campi

12. Parasocial

By: Alex de Campi

3.50

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In the middle of the pandemic, a fading genre-TV actor, fresh from his long-running series' cancell… read more

Similar categories in Alex de Campi's Parasocial book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

13. 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

Similar categories in Archie Bongiovanni's Mimosa: A Graphic Novel book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu

14. Carmilla: The First Vampire

By: Amy Chu

3.40

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1… read more

Similar categories in Amy Chu's Carmilla: The First Vampire book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir by Robert Kirby

15. 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

Similar categories in Robert Kirby's Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Darkly She Goes by Hubert

16. Darkly She Goes

By: Hubert

3.74

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time there was a fallen knight, who believed that saving a princess would allow him to … read more

Similar categories in Hubert's Darkly She Goes book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Hide: The Graphic Novel by Kiersten White

17. Hide: The Graphic Novel

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition in an abandoned amusement park comes to life in this graphi… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Hide: The Graphic Novel book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • lgbt
Cover of The High Desert by James   Spooner

18. The High Desert

By: James Spooner

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print Comics One of … read more

Similar categories in James Spooner's The High Desert book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics by The Kao

19. The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics

By: The Kao

4.37

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this vibrant and affirming comics anthology, 29 trans & nonbinary comic artists share their pers… read more

Similar categories in The Kao's The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Parallel by Matthias Lehmann

20. Parallel

By: Matthias Lehmann

3.90

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Karl Klings Geschichte ist eine Offenbarung. Eine Offenbarung gegenüber seiner Tochter Hella, die v… read more

Similar categories in Matthias Lehmann's Parallel book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of The Super Hero’s Journey by Patrick McDonnell

21. The Super Hero’s Journey

By: Patrick McDonnell

3.62

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Abrams’ Marvel Arts line, featuring the art of the multi-award-winning, bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Patrick McDonnell's The Super Hero’s Journey book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Queenie: Godmother of Harlem: A Graphic Novel by Elizabeth Colomba

22. Queenie: Godmother of Harlem: A Graphic Novel

By: Elizabeth Colomba

3.74

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A historical graphic novel inspired by the life of Harlem's legendary mobster, Stephanie Saint-Clai… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Colomba's Queenie: Godmother of Harlem: A Graphic Novel book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Horizon, Vol. 1 (The Horizon #1) by JH

23. The Horizon, Vol. 1 (The Horizon #1)

By: JH

4.33

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

A world where everything has been lost. A boy and a girl alone together. All they can do is move fo… read more

Similar categories in JH's The Horizon, Vol. 1 (The Horizon #1) book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Whisper of the Woods by Ennun Ana Iurov

24. Whisper of the Woods

By: Ennun Ana Iurov

3.12

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

What happens when a foreigner doesn't listen to the local's warnings and dives head-first into a ha… read more

Similar categories in Ennun Ana Iurov's Whisper of the Woods book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of My Life Among Humans by Jed M. McGowan

25. My Life Among Humans

By: Jed M. McGowan

3.67

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

My Life Among Humans is an evocative, melancholy, and ultimately hopeful story of a solitary alien’… read more

Similar categories in Jed M. McGowan's My Life Among Humans book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Hex Americana by Bree D. Wolf

26. Hex Americana

By: Bree D. Wolf

3.39

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

"A sweet and quirky romance sure to set hearts racing." — KIRKUS  Starred Review "A rip-roaring tal… read more

Similar categories in Bree D. Wolf's Hex Americana book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • lgbt
Cover of Enlightened Transsexual Comix by Sam Szabo

27. Enlightened Transsexual Comix

By: Sam Szabo

4.52

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

"Perfectly balanced and ridiculously funny, Enlightened Transsexual Comix is an out-of-this-world p… read more

Similar categories in Sam Szabo's Enlightened Transsexual Comix book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel by Edmund White

28. Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

By: Edmund White

3.08

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A landmark American novel, hailed by the New York Times as J.D. Salinger crossed with Oscar Wilde, … read more

Similar categories in Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • memoir
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • coming of age
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Oblivion Rouge, Volume 2: Deeper Than Blood (Saturday AM TANKS / Oblivion Rouge, 2) by Pap Souleye Fall

29. Oblivion Rouge, Volume 2: Deeper Than Blood (Saturday AM TANKS / Oblivion Rouge, 2)

By: Pap Souleye Fall

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Oumi has survived famine, tribal warfare, and a devastating virus. Now, in Oblivion Rouge, Volume 2… read more

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Cover of Mindset: The Complete Series by Zack Kaplan

30. Mindset: The Complete Series

By: Zack Kaplan

3.63

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Black Mirror meets The Social Network in the mind-bending, sci-fi technothriller Mindset, where min… read more

Similar categories in Zack Kaplan's Mindset: The Complete Series book and Edmund White's Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story: The Graphic Novel

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Zevenpoot by Arnon Grunberg

31. Zevenpoot

By: Arnon Grunberg

3.64

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Een serenade aan de mens Een unieke samenwerking van Arnon Grunberg en Thé Tjong-Khing ‘Onze li… read more

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