9 must-read biography books like Esther's Notebooks by Riad Sattouf

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Esther's Notebooks

By: Riad Sattouf

3.89

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

The author of The Arab of the Future chronicles the hilarious and heartbreaking true life of a youn…

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Cover of It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

1. 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 Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography
  • memoir
  • 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

2. 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

Similar categories in Deena Mohamed's Shubeik Lubeik book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Talk by Darrin Bell

3. 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

Similar categories in Darrin Bell's The Talk book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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4. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Clowes's Monica book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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5. Všetko, čo nás spája: Príbeh slovenskej Vietnamky

By: Kvet Nguyen

4.59

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Už pri jej narodení sa vyskytli problémy s identitou, pridelili jej totiž nesprávne rodné číslo. Mo… read more

Similar categories in Kvet Nguyen's Všetko, čo nás spája: Príbeh slovenskej Vietnamky book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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6. 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 Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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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

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's Roaming book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
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8. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

By: Julia Wertz

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronic… read more

Similar categories in Julia Wertz's Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"Go fuck yourself, melted spatula!"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"Do the stepwork and don't give me any of your excuses. We both know they're bullshit."

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"It's the fantasy of a life gone wrong. You've been doing the best you can, but it's hard and you're tired. Then something horrible happens and you get to give up and go be sad somewhere. There's some…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a come…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

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9. Corps vivante

By: Julie Delporte

4.30

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

En 1990, Julie Delporte n’a encore jamais vu de butch, mais sa tante préférée chasse et fume le cig… read more

Similar categories in Julie Delporte's Corps vivante book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • france
  • nonfiction
"On entend dire que le sexe est bon pour la santé, mais la moitié du monde autour de moi a été violée."

-Julie Delporte, Corps vivante

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10. U severní zdi

By: Petra Klabouchová

4.72

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Přišel čas platit účty za padesátá léta. Tajemný Muž s dírou v srdci si nese životem nezhojené … read more

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11. The Cliff

By: Manon Debaye

3.65

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A budding friendship between two misfits unravels in the wake of school violence Schoolyard outcas… read more

Similar categories in Manon Debaye's The Cliff book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • france
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12. Thieves

By: Lucie Bryon

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ella can’t seem to remember a single thing from the party the night before at a mysterious stranger… read more

Similar categories in Lucie Bryon's Thieves book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
"I'm not just your friend when everything is going well. I'm your friend through the crappy times too."

-Lucie Bryon, Thieves

Cover of This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

13. 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

Similar categories in Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • sequential art
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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14. 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

Similar categories in Lee Lai's Stone Fruit book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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15. Finding Phoebe

By: Gavin Extence

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

'Totally enchanting, warm and funny' Ciara Smyth, author of Not My Problem‘Neurodiversity has a voi… read more

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16. Mall Goth

By: Kate Leth

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me gets a Y2K twist in this coming-of-age young adult graphic nov… read more

Similar categories in Kate Leth's Mall Goth book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
"Oh mall... at least you're always here for me"

-Kate Leth, Mall Goth

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17. Blood of the Virgin

By: Sammy Harkham

3.70

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

“A story about storytelling...Conjures up the grindhouse movie-making scene in 1970s Los Angeles an… read more

Similar categories in Sammy Harkham's Blood of the Virgin book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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18. Les Vermeilles

By: Camille Jourdy

4.13

Format: 155 pages, Hardcover

Beau temps pour un pique-nique ! Pas pour Jo, la cadette, qui fuit sa famille recomposée le temps d… read more

Similar categories in Camille Jourdy's Les Vermeilles book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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19. 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 Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

20. I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

By: Maurice Vellekoop

4.17

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of four children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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21. Good Girls Go to Hell

By: Tohar Sherman-Friedman

3.38

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

This was the last day I prayed. A coming-of-age graphic memoir set in the West Bank, Good Girls Go… read more

Similar categories in Tohar Sherman-Friedman's Good Girls Go to Hell book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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22. Freshman Year

By: Sarah Mai

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A stylish graphic novel about the unique angst, humor, and self-doubt universal to the experience o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mai's Freshman Year book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age by Stephen Graham Jones

23. Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.29

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Guest artists Riccardo Burchielli ( DMZ ), Patricio Delpeche, and Emily Scnall join Stephen Graham … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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

Similar categories in Dan Nott's Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Esther's Notebooks by Riad Sattouf

25. Esther's Notebooks

By: Riad Sattouf

3.89

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

The author of The Arab of the Future chronicles the hilarious and heartbreaking true life of a youn… read more

Similar categories in Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • sequential art
  • humor
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • france
Cover of Tokyo These Days, Volume 2 by Taiyo Matsumoto

26. Tokyo These Days, Volume 2

By: Taiyo Matsumoto

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a m… read more

Similar categories in Taiyo Matsumoto's Tokyo These Days, Volume 2 book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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27. Second Hand Love

By: Yamada Murasaki

3.87

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

In the end, we're all the same…we just want to be smothered like babies against another human's bea… read more

Similar categories in Yamada Murasaki's Second Hand Love book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Andy Warhol (Volume 60) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 60) by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara

28. Andy Warhol (Volume 60) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 60)

By: Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAM… read more

Similar categories in Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara's Andy Warhol (Volume 60) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 60) book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hľadanie Adama by František Kozmon

29. Hľadanie Adama

By: František Kozmon

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Tínedžer Adam dospieva v rodine zasvätenej fanatickému náboženstvu a zápasí s dvojakosťou svojej vi… read more

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30. Jedna k jedný

By: Jakub Guman

3.20

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Cítíte tu vůni čerstvých langošů? Slyšíte z plážového baru tóny devadesátkových hitů? V rekreačním … read more

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Cover of Good: From the Amazon Jungle to Suburbia and Back by David Good

31. Good: From the Amazon Jungle to Suburbia and Back

By: David Good

4.00

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the incredible journey of David Good, the son of an American anthropologist fa… read more

Similar categories in David Good's Good: From the Amazon Jungle to Suburbia and Back book and Riad Sattouf's Esther's Notebooks

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • memoir

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Zoe Thorogood

4.21

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4.65

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4.35

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