9 Best memoir books like Qualification: A Graphic Memoir in Twelve Steps by David Heatley

Cover of Qualification: A Graphic Memoir in Twelve Steps by David Heatley

Qualification: A Graphic Memoir in Twelve Steps

By: David Heatley

3.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

"Say what you mean, but don't say it mean." --12-Step aphorism From the author of My Brain Is Ha…

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1. Hostage

By: Guy Delisle

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

How does one survive when all hope is lost? In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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2. Same Difference

By: Derek Kirk Kim

3.68

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

When Derek Kirk Kim ( The Eternal Smile ) published his debut graphic novel back in 2003, it made a… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
"Who knows anybody?"

-Derek Kirk Kim, Same Difference

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3. Becoming Unbecoming

By: Una

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

A devastating personal account of gender violence told in comic book form, set against the backdrop… read more

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

4. Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (Deadpool Killogy, #1)

By: Cullen Bunn , None

3.84

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

What if everything you thought was funny about Deadpool was actually just disturbing? What if he de… read more

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5. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

By: Gustave Doré , Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1.75

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner(originally "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere") is the longest major… read more

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6. Imagine Wanting Only This

By: Kristen Radtke

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeous graphic memoir about loss, love, and confronting grief When Kristen Radtke was in colleg… read more

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7. Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me

By: Ellen Forney

3.79

Format: 1 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between "crazy" and "creative" in this graphic me… read more

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8. Radium Girls

By: Cy.

4.18

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

New Jersey, 1918. Edna Bolz entre comme ouvrière à l’United State Radium Corporation, une usine qui… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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9. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • mental health
"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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10. Wash Day Diaries

By: Jamila Rowser

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to t… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
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11. Pilu of the Woods

By: Mai K. Nguyen

4.24

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story of friendship, loss, and finding your way home from debut author/illustrator M… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • mental health
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12. 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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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"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

"...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

"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

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13. 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

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  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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14. Appelez-moi Nathan

By: Catherine Castro

3.93

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Nathan est né Lila, dans un corps de fille. Un corps qui ne lui a jamais convenu, il décide alors d… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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15. Sabrina

By: Nick Drnaso

3.83

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Rate your overall mood from 1 to 5, 1 being poor. R… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
"There you are."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"Just remember that crisis leads to opportunity."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"A lot of people are able to turn their grief into something positive. Maybe you’re destined for some kind of job in law enforcement."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"What if an American citizen needs to disappear, for reasons that might never be revealed to you, and you are involved, even peripherally, in the plot? Are you willing to participate in a crime like t…"

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

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16. Archival Quality

By: Ivy Noelle Weir

3.45

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Everything you need to know is in the archives. The Logan Museum is a mysterious old building pr… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • mental health
Cover of And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir by Margaret Kimball

17. And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir

By: Margaret Kimball

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In 1988, when Kimball is only four years old, her mother attempts suicide on Mother's Day—and this … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"All together, someone would always be missing and I could feel the pull of that longing in my chest, in the pit of my stomach."

-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir

"I settled into the water for some serious reflection. Bathrooms made supreme thinking spaces, a place that defied interruption."

-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir

"This is how silence works in families: it means questions go unanswered, timelines are unclear, and the details of a child's life are a mystery that will not be resolved."

-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir

"I once watched a video of a deer being rescued from drowning only to find herself surrounded by humans, and then she ran immediately back into the water. It's what panic looks like. An animal feeling…"

-Margaret Kimball, And Now I Spill the Family Secrets: An Illustrated Memoir

Cover of Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

18. 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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  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs by Johann Hari

19. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

By: Johann Hari

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel by Salva Rubio

20. The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel

By: Salva Rubio

4.18

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this graphic novel tells the in… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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21. The Happy Shop

By: Brittany Long Olsen

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Darcy thinks she’s found the answer to her problems when she discovers a store sell… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

22. Fine: A Comic About Gender

By: Rhea Ewing

4.28

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Washington Post • 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 A vibrant and informative debut with “great doc… read more

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  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"Gender affects everybody, so whether you're trans or not, gender is fucking you up. -Jac, 2013"

-Rhea Ewing, Fine: A Comic About Gender

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23. La Ligue des Super Féministes

By: Mirion Malle

4.11

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

La Ligue des super-féministes est une super-boite à outils féministes. Elle s'adresse aux enfants d… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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24. The Greatest Thing

By: Sarah Winifred Searle

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist A 2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens A 2023 Children… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • mental health
Cover of I Wish I Was Stupid by Yoshikazu Ebisu

25. I Wish I Was Stupid

By: Yoshikazu Ebisu

4.15

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Since his debut in the legendary alt-manga magazine Garo in 1973, ugly-but-amazing ‘heta-uma’ super… read more

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  • comics
Cover of Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball by Jon Chad

26. Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball

By: Jon Chad

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

in this dynamic, nonfiction graphic novel, Jon Chad illustrates the little-known story of pinball―h… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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27. All The Answers

By: Michael Kupperman

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this profoundly moving graphic novel memoir, Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Michael Kupp… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Sensory: Life on the Spectrum by Bex Ollerton

28. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum

By: Bex Ollerton

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more

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  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Qualification: A Graphic Memoir in Twelve Steps by David Heatley

29. Qualification: A Graphic Memoir in Twelve Steps

By: David Heatley

3.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

"Say what you mean, but don't say it mean." --12-Step aphorism From the author of My Brain Is Ha… read more

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  • relationships
  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • graphic novels manga
Cover of The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated Guide to the Chosen Food by Ben Nadler

30. The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated Guide to the Chosen Food

By: Ben Nadler

4.23

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

A delightful celebration of Jewish delicatessens in an accessible comics format, full of history an… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction

13 Best adult books like Qualification: A Graphic Memoir in Twelve Steps by David Heatley

Transform Your Habits

Hostage

Guy Delisle

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Same Difference

Derek Kirk Kim

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Radium Girls

Cy.

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Wash Day Diaries

Jamila Rowser

4.35

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Transform Your Habits

David Boring

Daniel Clowes

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Megahex

Simon Hanselmann

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Black Hole

Charles Burns

2.83

Transform Your Habits

Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

3.82

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