7 Top history books like A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge by David Hajdu

A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge

By: David Hajdu

3.75

Format: None pages, ebook

Winner - 2022 Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Book Awards in Pop from the American Society of Compose…

If you liked the history plot in A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge by David Hajdu , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner

1. The Corner That Held Them

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

3.94

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here In memory of the wife who had once … read more

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"And here am I, she thought, fixed in the religious life like a candle on a spike. I consume, I burn away, always lighting the same corner, always beleaguered by the same shadows; and in the end I sha…"

-Sylvia Townsend Warner, The Corner That Held Them

Cover of A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner

2. A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories

By: Will Eisner

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Go back to where graphic novels all started, on the Bronx street of Dropsie Avenue and A Life Force… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics

3. The Canterbury Tales

By: Seymour Chwast

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Accompany a band of merry medieval pilgrims as they make their way-on motorcycles, of course-to Can… read more

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Cover of The Talk by Darrin Bell

4. 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
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

5. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Flamer by Mike Curato

6. Flamer

By: Mike Curato

4.32

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graph… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Acting Class by Nick Drnaso

7. Acting Class

By: Nick Drnaso

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and suspenseful follow-up to the Booker-nominated graphic novel Sabrina."Every single p… read more

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  • graphic novels
Cover of Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld

8. Revenge of the Librarians

By: Tom Gauld

3.94

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

9. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

By: Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi

10. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

By: Franny Choi

3.99

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds--past, present, an… read more

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  • queer
"I have last year's ashes in my throat, stories stuffed so full of morals they bleed sugar."

-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

"How can I explain the things and things and things I did wrong? I was never any good at telling the difference between what wanted me and what wanted me gone"

-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

Cover of Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

11. Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk

3.85

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more

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  • queer
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

Cover of Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu

12. Carmilla: The First Vampire

By: Amy Chu

3.40

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

13. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

By: Timothy Snyder

4.40

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resis… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Якщо ніхто з нас не готовий загинути за свободу, усі ми загинемо під тиранією."

-Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

"Люди, які запевняють вас, що безпека можлива лише коштом свободи, зазвичай хочуть забрати у вас і безпеку, і свободу."

-Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

"Whoever can pierce your privacy can humiliate you and disrupt your relationships at will. No one (except perhaps a tyrant) has a private life that can survive public exposure by hostile directive."

-Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Cover of Your Utopia by Bora Chung

14. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

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Cover of Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

15. Frankenstein in Baghdad

By: Ahmed Saadawi

3.58

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

From the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi--a scavenger and an oddball fixture a… read more

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"Death stalked the city like the plague."

-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad

"Each of us has a measure of criminality."

-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad

"None of us should think only of ourselves."

-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad

"Your wonderful stories saved you, my friend."

-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad

Cover of Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds

16. Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel

By: Jason Reynolds

4.31

Format: 208 pages, None

Jason Reynolds's Newbery Honor, Printz Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor–winning, #1 New York Tim… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Washington's Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben by Josh Trujillo

17. Washington's Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben

By: Josh Trujillo

4.03

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel biography of Baron von Steuben, the soldier, immigrant, and flamboyant homosexual w… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith

18. Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy

By: Bill Griffith

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham

19. 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

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada

20. Scattered All Over the Earth

By: Yōko Tawada

3.27

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now re… read more

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"People are always saying the humanities are dead so it's strange how many conferences there are."

-Yōko Tawada, Scattered All Over the Earth

Cover of I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

21. 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

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  • biography
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of It Won't Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib

22. It Won't Always Be Like This

By: Malaka Gharib

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family,… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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23. Anne of West Philly

By: Ivy Noelle Weir

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Anne of Green Gables, with a twist: in this follow-up to Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy  and The Secret Ga… read more

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  • graphic novels
Cover of Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh

24. Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine

By: Mohammad Sabaaneh

4.55

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

What does freedom look like from inside an Israeli prison? The walls of the cell are etched with… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth by Ken Krimstein

25. The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth

By: Ken Krimstein

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For Persepolis and Logicomix fans, a New Yorker cartoonist's page-turning graphic biography of the … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • graphic novels
"For me, in the ashes, it’s not enough to describe what happened, but to focus unforgivingly on what actually happened, to provide a road map, a game plan for how hell happens, not just in Nazi German…"

-Ken Krimstein, The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth

Cover of Ultrasound by Conor Stechschulte

26. Ultrasound

By: Conor Stechschulte

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Driving home from a wedding late one night during a heavy storm, out of cell range, Glen blows out … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir by Denise Dorrance

27. 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

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of But You Have Friends by Emilia McKenzie

28. But You Have Friends

By: Emilia McKenzie

3.92

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

When a dear friend dies by suicide, Emilia is left with only memories. Full of humor and poignancy,… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Listening Well: Bringing Stories of Hope to Life by Heather   Morris

29. Listening Well: Bringing Stories of Hope to Life

By: Heather Morris

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Heather Morris comes the memoir of a life of listening to ot… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Survival Street #1 by James Asmus

30. Survival Street #1

By: James Asmus

4.20

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

Survival Street is a unrepentant action satire tearing through a dystopia packed with economic and … read more

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  • comics

31. A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge

By: David Hajdu

3.75

Format: None pages, ebook

Winner - 2022 Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Book Awards in Pop from the American Society of Compose… read more

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  • queer

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Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

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