7 Top historical books like Black '47: A Story of Ireland's Great Famine - A Graphic Novel by Damien Goodfellow

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Black '47: A Story of Ireland's Great Famine - A Graphic Novel

By: Damien Goodfellow

3.53

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A gritty graphic novel about Ireland's Great Hunger. Jack and his family have been evicted by their…

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1. alterNatives

By: Drew Hayden Taylor

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A very liberal contemporary couple—Angel, an urban Native science fiction writer, and Colleen, a “n… read more

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2. Kanthapura

By: Raja Rao

3.39

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

This is the story of how Mahatma Gandhi's struggle for independence from the British came to a typi… read more

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"Seenu rang the gong, and the eyes shut themselves in silence, and the brahmin heart and the weaver heart and pariah heart seemed to beat the one beat of Siva dancing"

-Raja Rao, Kanthapura

"There is but one force in life and that is Truth, and there is but one love in life and that is love of mankind, and there is but one God in life and that is the God of all"

-Raja Rao, Kanthapura

"O fire, O soul Give us the spark of God-eternal, That friend to friend and friend to foe, One shall we stand before HIM. And the flame of Jatin, And the fire of Bhagath, And the love of the Mahatma i…"

-Raja Rao, Kanthapura

"And the police got nervous and they began to kick us in our backs and stomachs, and the crowd shouted 'Mahatma Gandhi ki jai!' and someone took a kerosene tin and began to beat it, and someone took a…"

-Raja Rao, Kanthapura

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3. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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4. The Marquise of O— and Other Stories

By: Heinrich von Kleist , None , Nigel Reeves

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baff… read more

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"In M---, an important town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise of O---, a lady of unblemished reputation and the mother of several well-brought-up children, inserted the following announcement in…"

-Heinrich von Kleist, The Marquise of O— and Other Stories

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5. Daytripper

By: None , Fábio Moon , Gabriel Bá , Craig Thompson , Sean Konot

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

What are the most important days of your life? Meet Brás de Oliva Domingos. The miracle child of… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
"And sometimes we die to prove that we lived."

-None, Daytripper

"It's strange being famous. People think they know you."

-None, Daytripper

"He feels safer just knowing that even if he's away there is a home waiting for him to return."

-None, Daytripper

"She was the most beautiful creature on Earth - her hair said so in that language only hair can speak."

-None, Daytripper

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6. Kingdom Come

By: Alex Ross , Mark Waid , Elliot S. Maggin

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

Winner of five Eisner and Harvey Awards, KINGDOM COME is the best-selling graphic novel from acclai… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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7. Moominsummer Madness (The Moomins, #5)

By: Tove Jansson , Thomas Warburton

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

When a flood sweeps through the valley, the Moomins must find a new house. And with typical Moomin … read more

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8. March: Book One (March, #1)

By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movem… read more

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  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
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9. Der Sandmann

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Unter Hoffmanns Werken hat Der Sandmann das weitaus grosste Interesse gefunden. Sein Grundproblem i… read more

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10. V for Vendetta

By: Alan Moore , David Lloyd

3.50

Format: 92 pages, Hardcover

"Remember, remember the fifth of November..." A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedo… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics

11. The Machine Stops

By: E.M. Forster

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial… read more

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12. Finn Family Moomintroll (The Moomins, #3)

By: Tove Jansson , Elizabeth Portch

3.42

Format: None pages,

It is spring in the valley and the Moomins are ready for adventure Moomintroll and his friends Snuf… read more

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13. Through the Woods

By: Emily Carroll

3.94

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
"you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... but the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once."

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"But the worst kind of monster was the BURROWING KIND. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"I married my love in the springtime, but by summer he'd locked me away. He'd murdered me dead by the autumn, & by winter I was naught but decay. It's cold where I am and so lonely, but in loneliness …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

14. The Miniaturist

By: Jessie Burton

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam--a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion--a … read more

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15. Canto yo y la montaña baila

By: Irene Solà

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Primero llegan la tormenta y el rayo y la muerte de Domènec, el campesino poeta. Luego, Dolceta, qu… read more

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"La eternidad, cosa ligera. Cosa diaria, cosa pequeña."

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

"Em diu coses boniques que no entenc però sí que entenc"

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

"Quan arribés a casa s'hauria de fer escalfar aigua per rentar-se el fred i la plutja"

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

"S'hi està bé aquí sota. S'hi està bé, en aquest bosc. En aquest tros de terra. En aquest tros de món."

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

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16. The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel

By: Renée Nault

4.21

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Everything Handmaids wear is red: the colour of blood, which defines us. Offred is a Handmaid in… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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17. 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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  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
"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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18. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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  • irish literature
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19. So Late in the Day

By: Claire Keegan

4.00

Format: 47 pages, Hardcover

After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more

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  • irish literature
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20. Chlorine

By: Jade Song

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of The Pisces and The Vegetarian, Chlorine is a debut novel that blurs the line between… read more

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"Nearly every human memory is corrupted by the fact that it is a memory of being human"

-Jade Song, Chlorine

"Would a mermaid who stays at home, much-loved, with two beautiful parents and loving sisters who share everything, be worth memorializing? No."

-Jade Song, Chlorine

"Humans break so easily. They break their bones, their bodies, their hearts. I, too, as a girl, once broke. My head. And when this happened, I, like many other humans, did not allow myself the time an…"

-Jade Song, Chlorine

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21. The Ferryman (NHB Modern Plays)

By: Jez Butterworth

4.36

Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition

Armagh, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. … read more

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  • historical
  • irish literature
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22. BRZRKR, Volume 1

By: Keanu Reeves

3.76

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Keanu Reeves makes his comic book writing debut alongside New York Times bestselling co-writer Matt… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1) by Christopher Buehlman

23. The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which include… read more

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"This heavy, grass-loving dog,"

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"He who leaps at the moon Into cowshyte falls. Glory unto cowshyte!"

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"When listening for danger, one must never mistake silence for safety."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

"Funny how an attack by a sea monster makes everyone less interested in a duel."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue, #1)

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24. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

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  • irish literature
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25. The Colony

By: Audrey Magee

4.11

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west c… read more

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  • historical
  • irish literature
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26. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

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  • historical
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27. Unnatural Life

By: Erin K. Wagner

3.52

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Murderbot meets To Kill a Mockingbird in Erin K. Wagner's An Unnatural Life , an interplanetary tal… read more

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Cover of UNeducation, Vol 1: A Residential School Graphic Novel (PG) (UNeducation Series) by Jason Eaglespeaker

28. UNeducation, Vol 1: A Residential School Graphic Novel (PG) (UNeducation Series)

By: Jason Eaglespeaker

4.24

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

The chilling chronicles of a family's exploitation in Canada's notorious residential schools.It beg… read more

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  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • history
Cover of Bog Bodies by Declan Shalvey

29. Bog Bodies

By: Declan Shalvey

3.34

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

An Irish gangster, on the run after a job gone wrong, stumbles upon a young woman lost in the Dubli… read more

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  • comics
  • irish literature
Cover of Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change by Chelsea Kwakye

30. Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change

By: Chelsea Kwakye

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Understand that your journey is unique. Use this book as a guide. Our wish for you is that you read… read more

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Cover of Black '47: A Story of Ireland's Great Famine - A Graphic Novel by Damien Goodfellow

31. Black '47: A Story of Ireland's Great Famine - A Graphic Novel

By: Damien Goodfellow

3.53

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A gritty graphic novel about Ireland's Great Hunger. Jack and his family have been evicted by their… read more

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  • historical
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  • comics
  • irish literature

11 Best graphic novels books like Black '47: A Story of Ireland's Great Famine - A Graphic Novel by Damien Goodfellow

Transform Your Habits

Daytripper

None , Fábio Moon , Gabriel Bá , Craig Thompson , Sean Konot

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Kingdom Come

Alex Ross , Mark Waid , Elliot S. Maggin

3.84

Transform Your Habits

March: Book One (March, #1)

Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

V for Vendetta

Alan Moore , David Lloyd

3.50

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Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation

Ray Bradbury , Tim Hamilton

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Through the Woods

Emily Carroll

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

Alice Oseman

4.49

Transform Your Habits

The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel

Renée Nault

4.21

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