The Comic Book Story of Baseball: The Heroes, Hustlers, and History-Making Swings (and Misses) of America's National Pastime
By: Alexander C. Irvine
3.91
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
A graphic novel-style history of baseball, providing an illustrated look at the major games, player…
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1. Gotham Central, Vol. 1: In the Line of Duty
By: Ed Brubaker , Greg Rucka , Michael Lark
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
Meet Gotham's Finest. Living in the shadows of the Dark Knight makes the detectives of Gotham's pol… read more
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2. Black Hole
By: Charles Burns
2.83
Format: 124 pages, Hardcover
Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon… read more
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3. Shortcomings
By: Adrian Tomine
3.20
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
FROM THE PREEMINENT CARTOONIST OF HIS GENERATION, THE MOST ANTICIPATED GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2007 Shortc… read more
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4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection, Volume 1
By: Tom Waltz , Kevin Eastman , Erik Burnham , Bobby Curnow , Brian Lynch , None
3.00
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
IDW's relaunch of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been a hit with fans and critics alike. Now,… read more
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5. The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution
By: Jonathan Hennessey , Jack McGowan
4.15
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
A complete, illustrated history of video games--highlighting the machines, games, and people who ha… read more
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6. Song of Myself
By: Walt Whitman
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
One of Walt Whitman's most loved and greatest poems, "Song of Myself" is an optimistic and inspirat… read more
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7. The Public Library: A Photographic Essay
By: Ann Patchett , Bill Moyers , Robert Dawson
3.97
Format: 649 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bi… read more
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8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection, Volume 2
By: Joshua Williamson , Tom Waltz , Kevin Eastman , Mateus Santolouco , Erik Burnham , Barbara Randall Kesel , Andy Kuhn , Mike Costa , Ben Bates , Paul Allor
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
The IDW Collection presents the TMNT stories in recommended reading order. Volume 2 collects issues… read more
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9. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz
4.28
Format: None pages,
This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of… read more
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10. The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
By: Robert Coover
3.85
Format: 208 pages,
A satirical fable with a rootless and helpless accountant as the protagonist. Alone in his apartmen… read more
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11. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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12. Where the Body Was
By: Ed Brubaker
4.14
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more
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13. A Guest in the House
By: Emily Carroll
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more
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"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House
14. Lunar New Year Love Story
By: Gene Luen Yang
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more
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15. Boys Weekend
By: Mattie Lubchansky
4.03
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more
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16. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome
By: Aparna Nancherla
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and ou… read more
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17. The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood
By: Brian "Box" Brown
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic novel, … read more
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18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection, Volume 4
By: Kevin Eastman
4.48
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Recovering from the events of “City Fall,” the Turtles seek sanctuary in the countryside, but quest… read more
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19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection, Volume 3
By: Kevin Eastman
4.56
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Violence and carnage rage across the city as Shredder’s master plan unfolds. When tragedy strikes t… read more
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20. Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.39
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A striking graphic novel edition of the National Book Award-winning history of how racist ideas hav… read more
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21. The Comic Book Story of Baseball: The Heroes, Hustlers, and History-Making Swings (and Misses) of America's National Pastime
By: Alexander C. Irvine
3.91
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
A graphic novel-style history of baseball, providing an illustrated look at the major games, player… read more
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