11 Best history books like A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020 by Elise Engler

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A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

By: Elise Engler

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary illustrated chronicle of 2020 that captures this indelible year in America in all …

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1. The New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons

By: The New Yorker

3.50

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

Here are the funniest and most feline cats ever assembled in 101 cartoons, the cream of the cream, … read more

Similar categories in The New Yorker's The New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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2. Queer: A Graphic History

By: Meg-John Barker , None , Jules Scheele

0.00

Format: 287 pages,

Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer th… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Five by Brian K. Vaughan, José Marzán Jr., Pia Guerra, Clem Robins, Goran Sudžuka

3. Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Five

By: Brian K. Vaughan , José Marzán Jr. , Pia Guerra , Clem Robins , Goran Sudžuka

3.16

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

In this final deluxe edition, Yorick and Agent 355 prepare for their ultimate quest to reunite the … read more

Similar categories in Brian K. Vaughan's Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Five book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • graphic novels
  • comics

4. Akira, Vol. 1

By: None , Katsuhiro Otomo , None , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The science fiction tale set in 2019 in Tokyo after the city was destroyed by World War III, follow… read more

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5. Earth's the Right Place for Love

By: Elizabeth Berg

4.11

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

This beautiful new novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story … read more

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"Your girlfriend won't stay pretty for long. I myself was a hot tomato, but look at me now. 'Pretty' goes away, but what can come in its place is 'beautiful.' And that's better. Do you know what I mea…"

-Elizabeth Berg, Earth's the Right Place for Love

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6. 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

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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7. They Called Us Enemy

By: George Takei

4.42

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within Americ… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"The wheel of democracy turns slowly."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

"Shame is a cruel thing. It should rest on the perpetrators but they don't carry it the way the victims do."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

"Our Democracy is a Participatory Democracy. Existentially it's dependent on people who cherish the shinning, highest ideals of our Democracy and actively engage in the political process."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

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8. Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy.… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"I AM WHO I AM IN SPITE OF MY MOTHER, BUT I ALSO AM WHO I AM BECAUSE OF HER."

-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

"I NOW KNOW WHAT JOE MEANT WHEN HE ALWAYS SAID THAT HIS PARENTS WOULD'VE LOVED ME."

-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

"I AM NOW LIVING OUT MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS OF MAKING A LIVING AS AN AUTHOR AND AN ARTIST, BUT IT IS A GREATER TRIUMPH FOR ME TO HAVE CREATED A STABLE, LOVING HOME WITH MY WIFE."

-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

"When you're a kid and a teen, you're not in control of your circumstances. But the beautiful thing about growing up is that you get to create your own reality and your own family. That family might b…"

-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

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9. Oddball (Sarah's Scribbles, #4)

By: Sarah Andersen

4.22

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

The newest Sarah's Scribbles collection from New York Times bestselling author Sarah Andersen Th… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Andersen's Oddball (Sarah's Scribbles, #4) book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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10. Cryptid Club

By: Sarah Andersen

4.27

Format: 112 pages, ebook

Do you hate social gatherings? Dodge cameras? Enjoy staying up just a little too late at night? You… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Andersen's Cryptid Club book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles, #3) by Sarah Andersen

11. Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles, #3)

By: Sarah Andersen

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Adjusting to life as a world-famous cartoonist isn't easy. Terrifying deadlines, piles of junk-food… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Andersen's Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles, #3) book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"Go make stuff."

-Sarah Andersen, Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles, #3)

"In a world where every single person -good or bad- has a voice, I hope you pick up your pen and use yours."

-Sarah Andersen, Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles, #3)

"The Internet was actually never a nice place. With anonymity, soapbox, lost empathy, fire party harassment campaigns exist mainstream, doing damage to the marginalized, saying it was just a joke. It …"

-Sarah Andersen, Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles, #3)

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12. The Waiting

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

4.43

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

The story begins with a mother's confession... sisters permanently separated by a border during the… read more

Similar categories in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim's The Waiting book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson

13. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

By: Maureen Johnson

4.01

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Thinking of a foray to a quaint English village? You'll think twice after reading this tongue-in-ch… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
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14. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It by Elie Honig

15. Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It

By: Elie Honig

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of America’s two-tier justice system, explaining how the rich, the famous, and the p… read more

Similar categories in Elie Honig's Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Women Talking

By: Miriam Toews

3.62

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past … read more

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"All we women have are our dreams – so of course we are dreamers."

-Miriam Toews, Women Talking

"Doubt and uncertainty and questioning are inextricably bound together with faith"

-Miriam Toews, Women Talking

"There must be satisfaction gained in accurately naming the thing that torments you."

-Miriam Toews, Women Talking

"Perhaps all of us are crazy, Ona says. Of course we're all crazy, says Mejal. How can we not be?"

-Miriam Toews, Women Talking

Cover of Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story by Julia Wertz

17. 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

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  • graphic novels
  • 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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18. Everything Is OK

By: Debbie Tung

4.31

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World comes a gently humorous and poignant col… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter

19. Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

By: Harold Schechter

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One of the greats in the field of true-crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Kill… read more

Similar categories in Harold Schechter's Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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20. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

By: Rachel Aviv

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions … read more

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  • nonfiction
"It's startling to realize how narrowly we avoid, or miss, living radically different lives."

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

"For a child, solipsistic by nature, there are limits to the ways that despair can be communicated. Culture shapes the scripts that expressions of distress will follow. In both anorexia and resignatio…"

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

Cover of Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith

21. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

By: Tommie Smith

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more

Similar categories in Tommie Smith's Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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22. Aesthetica

By: Allie Rowbottom

3.36

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

In a debut novel as radiant as it is caustic, a former influencer confronts her past—and takes inve… read more

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23. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

By: Derf Backderf

4.47

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer, comes the Eisner and ALA/YALSA Alex… read more

Similar categories in Derf Backderf's Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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24. The End of October

By: Lawrence Wright

3.76

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

In this medical thriller Dr. Henry Parsons, an unlikely but appealing hero, races to find the origi… read more

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"Those laboratory animals have done us no harm. They are tortured and murdered in the name of science. I know, I used to do it myself to my great shame. Is the benefit to humanity worth the sacrifice …"

-Lawrence Wright, The End of October

"By now night had fully occupied the sky, which was splattered with stars that seemed merely a few feet away. "I can see why religions are born in the desert," Henry said. "Yes, we have this problem,"…"

-Lawrence Wright, The End of October

"Both sides had entered the war already weakened by the disease, and just as in 1918, armies propagated the contagion. Hospitals, already overfilled by flu victims, were unable to treat more than a fr…"

-Lawrence Wright, The End of October

Cover of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas by Megan Shepherd

25. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

By: Megan Shepherd

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the holiday classic Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas w… read more

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26. 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary

By: Don Brown

3.98

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A young adult graphic novel that captures the complexities of the war in Ukraine, focusing on the s… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"When...there are explosions, you understand that your life is simply...not worth anything."

-Don Brown, 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary

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27. Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir

By: Wil Wheaton

4.03

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated actor, personality, and all-around nerd, Wil Wheaton updates his memoir of collected blo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"If there’s a red dwarf in Canis Major, and it isn’t named Clifford, I’m going to say a swear word."

-Wil Wheaton, Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir

"So don't you ever let a person make you feel bad because you love something they decided is only for nerds. You're loving a thing that's for you>. "

-Wil Wheaton, Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir

"Still, I accepted this invitation to speak tonight because if one of my fundamental rules for living a successful and happy life is: don't be the smartest person in the room, it's corollary is: if yo…"

-Wil Wheaton, Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir

Cover of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer

28. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present

By: David Treuer

4.23

Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE A sweeping history—and counter-narr… read more

Similar categories in David Treuer's The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • historical
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country's First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad by Mari K.  Eder

29. The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country's First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad

By: Mari K. Eder

3.51

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

”For fans of Margot Lee Shetterley and Liza Mundy comes an inspiring feminist tale of a woman who d… read more

Similar categories in Mari K. Eder's The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country's First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don  Brown

30. The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees

By: Don Brown

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Don Brown’s critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic novels The Grea… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020 by Elise Engler

31. A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

By: Elise Engler

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary illustrated chronicle of 2020 that captures this indelible year in America in all … read more

Similar categories in Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020 book and Elise Engler's A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020

  • art
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • 21st century

10 best-selling historical books like A Diary of the Plague Year: An Illustrated Chronicle of 2020 by Elise Engler

Transform Your Habits

They Called Us Enemy

George Takei

4.42

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The Waiting

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

4.43

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Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

Harold Schechter

4.24

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Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

Tommie Smith

4.46

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Catana Chetwynd

4.38

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Sarah Andersen

4.22

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I Left The House Today!

Cassandra Calin

4.03

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4.28

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