8 Top biography books like Happiness Will Follow by Mike Hawthorne

Cover of Happiness Will Follow by Mike Hawthorne

Happiness Will Follow

By: Mike Hawthorne

3.80

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Eisner Award-nominated artist Mike Hawthorne presents a true and tragic graphic novel memoir about …

"I don't want to romanticize poverty. I just mean that there was, for me, a kind of grace and joy in it that I can't quite describe. I'd have loved to give us all enough to live better, but... this was pretty good regardless."

-Mike Hawthorne, Happiness Will Follow

"I don't want to romanticize poverty. I just mean that there was, for me, a kind of grace and joy in it that I can't quite describe. I'd have loved to give us all enough to live better, but... this was pretty good regardless."

-Mike Hawthorne, Happiness Will Follow

"I don't want to romanticize poverty. I just mean that there was, for me, a kind of grace and joy in it that I can't quite describe. I'd have loved to give us all enough to live better, but... this was pretty good regardless."

-Mike Hawthorne, Happiness Will Follow

"Long before there were digital photos and digital manipulation, there were scissors. A simple pair of scissors could remove history, remove the truth. Sometimes the truth behind a picture doesn't have to be cut out. You just have to keep quiet about it."

-Mike Hawthorne, Happiness Will Follow

If you liked the biography plot in Happiness Will Follow by Mike Hawthorne , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Stitches

By: David Small

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transfo… read more

Similar categories in David Small's Stitches book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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2. Killing and Dying: Stories

By: Adrian Tomine

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"One of the most gifted graphic novelists of our time." --Wired Killing and Dying is a stunning sho… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • comic book

3. Illegal: A graphic novel telling one boy's epic journey to Europe

By: Eoin Colfer , Andrew Donkin , Giovanni Rigano

4.25

Format: 432 pages,

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4. Palimpsest

By: Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom

4.00

Format: 300 pages,

Lisa ar adopterad fran Korea. Som de flesta undrar hon om sin bakgrund, sarskilt nar hon sjalv skaf… read more

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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
  • comics
  • adult
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6. Displacement

By: Kiku Hughes

4.29

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japa… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
"A memory is too powerful a weapon."

-Kiku Hughes, Displacement

"But when a community comes together to demand more, when we do not let trauma stay obscured but bring it up to the surface and remember it together, we can make sure it is not repeated."

-Kiku Hughes, Displacement

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7. The Infinity Particle

By: Wendy Xu

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeous graphic novel by Wendy Xu, co-creator of the award-winning Mooncakes, a young inve… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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8. De la Syrie à la Turquie (L'Odyssée d'Hakim, #1)

By: Fabien Toulmé

4.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

L’histoire vraie d’un homme qui a dû tout quitter : sa famille, ses amis, sa propre entreprise... p… read more

Similar categories in Fabien Toulmé's De la Syrie à la Turquie (L'Odyssée d'Hakim, #1) book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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9. I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir

By: Malaka Gharib

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

One part Mari Andrew, one part Marjane Satrapi, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir is a t… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
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10. Wynd, Book One: The Flight of the Prince

By: James Tynion IV

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The team of award-winning superstars James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas present the first graphic… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
Cover of Walk Me to the Corner by Anneli Furmark

11. Walk Me to the Corner

By: Anneli Furmark

3.92

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Stability withers where passion blossoms in this cool-toned meditation on mid-life relationships.A … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
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12. Welcome to the New World

By: Jake Halpern

4.07

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Now in a full-length book, the New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic story of a refugee fam… read more

Similar categories in Jake Halpern's Welcome to the New World book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image by Siobhan  Gallagher

13. Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image

By: Siobhan Gallagher

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Author and illustrator Siobhán Gallagher’s humorous and heartfelt graphic memoir details her journe… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Gallagher's Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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14. Estamos todas bien

By: Ana Penyas

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Un homenaje gráfico a esas mujeres que siempre han sido personajes secundarios de otras vidas: la … read more

Similar categories in Ana Penyas's Estamos todas bien book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • memoir
  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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15. Maids

By: Katie Skelly

3.18

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Christine Papin, an overworked live-in maid, is reunited with her younger sister, Lea, who has also… read more

Similar categories in Katie Skelly's Maids book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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16. 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

Similar categories in Leisl Adams's Batter Royale: A Graphic Novel book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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17. Shadow Life

By: Hiromi Goto

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

2022 Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Winner for Adult Fiction 2022 L.A Times Book Prize Fi… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"It's the living who struggle to accept death."

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

"There's a special place kept for the person who first breaks your heart."

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

"It's a relief to leave unnecessary things. But do the necessary things have to be so heavy?"

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

Cover of Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir by Denise Dorrance

18. Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir

By: Denise Dorrance

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

For fans of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? , an unputdownable debut graphic The what… read more

Similar categories in Denise Dorrance's Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
Cover of Faithless by Brian Azzarello

19. Faithless

By: Brian Azzarello

3.30

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Faith is bored as hell. And Hell has noticed.Faith. Sex. The Devil. Faith likes to dabble with magi… read more

Similar categories in Brian Azzarello's Faithless book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Happiness Will Follow by Mike Hawthorne

20. Happiness Will Follow

By: Mike Hawthorne

3.80

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Eisner Award-nominated artist Mike Hawthorne presents a true and tragic graphic novel memoir about … read more

Similar categories in Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow book and Mike Hawthorne's Happiness Will Follow

  • biography
  • memoir
  • the united states of america
  • graphic novels comics
  • comic book
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • family
  • adult
"I don't want to romanticize poverty. I just mean that there was, for me, a kind of grace and joy in it that I can't quite describe. I'd have loved to give us all enough to live better, but... this wa…"

-Mike Hawthorne, Happiness Will Follow

"Long before there were digital photos and digital manipulation, there were scissors. A simple pair of scissors could remove history, remove the truth. Sometimes the truth behind a picture doesn't hav…"

-Mike Hawthorne, Happiness Will Follow

"I don't think the drug dealer in ghetto culture is really admired just because of the shit he owns. He isn't respected for his money, either. Think about it—there are plenty of people with money who …"

-Mike Hawthorne, Happiness Will Follow

Cover of Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account by Ernesto Saade

21. Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account

By: Ernesto Saade

3.95

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

"This is the story of Carlos and Elena, the story of thousands, the story of my country . . . This … read more

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

10 best-selling adult books like Happiness Will Follow by Mike Hawthorne

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Stitches

David Small

3.70

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Keeping Two

Jordan Crane

3.61

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4.09

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3.92

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Scott Snyder , Matt Hollingsworth , Jock , Clem Robins

3.80

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4.26

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Marjorie M. Liu

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