Brittle Joints
By: Maria Sweeney
4.54
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
An evocative and heartfelt graphic memoir about the challenges of living with a progressive disabil…
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1. 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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- graphic novels
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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
2. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- contemporary
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
3. I Must Be Dreaming
By: Roz Chast
3.65
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrativ… read more
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- memoir
- graphic novels
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
4. 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
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"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
5. Plain Jane and the Mermaid
By: Vera Brosgol
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
6. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
By: Patrick Horvath
4.21
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Live, laugh, shed blood. Dexter meets Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Town in this twisted debut graphi… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
7. La méduse
By: Boum
4.49
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Odette a une méduse dans l’œil, qu’elle seule peut voir. Une méduse qui se multiplie. Avec un p… read more
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- adult
- disability
8. Safer Places
By: Kit Anderson
3.90
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
From road trips to doctors’ offices to the mysterious spaces under the house, Kit Anderson’s short … read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
9. 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
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- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
10. Tender
By: Beth Hetland
3.91
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
A psychological thriller about a woman obsessed with her vision for a picture-perfect, curated life… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
- contemporary
11. Awkward Pause
By: Ryan Harby
3.55
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Awkward Pause is an anthology collection curated from Ryan Harby's popular online comic series Hone… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- adult
12. 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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- memoir
- graphic novels
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- adult
13. Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair
By: Lucy Knisley
4.43
Format: 208 pages, Library Binding
WOE! SCREAM! MEOW! ...PURR? Join the hilarious and of course dramatic world of Linney the House Cat… read more
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- comics
- nonfiction
- adult
14. What's Wrong?: Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine
By: Erin Williams
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“A humane and gripping work that illuminates how (and why) our treatments of chronic illness fail, … read more
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- memoir
- health
- graphic novels
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
- disability
15. The Change
By: Whoopi Goldberg
3.98
Format: 72 pages, Hardcover
Whoopi Goldberg brings new meaning to what it means to be a superhero in a new graphic novel! Isab… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
16. The Wendy Award
By: Walter Scott
4.41
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Everybody’s favorite party girl Wendy is so back When Wendy is nominated for the coveted Nationa… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
17. Somna
By: Becky Cloonan
4.18
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
BECKY CLOONAN and TULA LOTAY - both writing and drawing a graphic novel together for the FIRST TIME… read more
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- comics
- adult
18. Brownstone
By: Samuel Teer
4.33
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more
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- comics
- contemporary
19. Youth Group
By: Jordan Morris
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
When Kay reluctantly agreed to join the youth group at Stone Mission Church in Orange County Califo… read more
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20. Brittle Joints
By: Maria Sweeney
4.54
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
An evocative and heartfelt graphic memoir about the challenges of living with a progressive disabil… read more
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- memoir
- health
- graphic novels
- biography memoir
- comics
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- adult
- disability
21. The Heart That Fed: A Father, a Son, and the Long Shadow of War
By: Carl Sciacchitano
4.31
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant graphic memoir debut, this is a loving son’s exploration of his tumultuous relationship… read more
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- comics
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