15 Best nonfiction books like Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown

Cover of Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don  Brown

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

By: Don Brown

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protectiv…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of I Remember Beirut by Edward Gauvin, Zeina Abirached

1. I Remember Beirut

By: Edward Gauvin , Zeina Abirached

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Zeina Abirached, author of the award-winning graphic novel A Game for Swallows, returns with a powe… read more

Similar categories in Edward Gauvin's I Remember Beirut book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of March: Book One (March, #1) by Nate Powell, John             Lewis, Andrew Aydin

2. 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

Similar categories in Nate Powell's March: Book One (March, #1) book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don  Brown

3. Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

By: Don Brown

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protectiv… read more

Similar categories in Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • history
  • teen
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans by Gary Krist

4. Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans

By: Gary Krist

4.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war… read more

Similar categories in Gary Krist's Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history

5. The Great American Dust Bowl

By: Don Brown

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A speck of dust is a tiny thing. In fact, five of them could fit into the period at the end of this… read more

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6. Stage Dreams

By: Melanie Gillman

3.87

Format: 104 pages, Library Binding

In this rollicking queer western adventure, acclaimed cartoonist Melanie Gillman (Stonewall Award H… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Gillman's Stage Dreams book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely

7. Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting

By: Kindra Neely

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This searing graphic memoir portrays gun violence through a fresh lens, giving it urgency, humanity… read more

Similar categories in Kindra Neely's Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham

8. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

Similar categories in Thien Pham's Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

9. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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10. As the Crow Flies

By: Melanie Gillman

3.66

Format: 276 pages, webcomic

Melanie Gillman's webcomic about a queer, black teenager who finds herself stranded in a dangerous … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Gillman's As the Crow Flies book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
  • teen
Cover of Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace  Elliott

11. Yummy: A History of Desserts

By: Victoria Grace Elliott

4.14

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Cake is delicious and comics are awesome: this exciting non-fiction graphic novel for kids combines… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Grace Elliott's Yummy: A History of Desserts book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • history
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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12. Banned Book Club

By: Kim Hyun Sook

3.97

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her … read more

Similar categories in Kim Hyun Sook's Banned Book Club book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • history
  • nonfiction
"In times like this, no act is apolitical."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"Everyone has a right to the truth. But I don't owe you mine."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But you can learn a lot about history by figuring out what people wanted to hide."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But if they're going to keep calling us communists, we might as well learn what that means!"

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

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13. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • teen
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Louder Than Hunger by John Schu

14. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • middle grade
Cover of Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

15. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

By: Derf Backderf

4.47

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer, comes the Eisner and ALA/YALSA Alex… read more

Similar categories in Derf Backderf's Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer

16. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

By: Sarah Myer

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Myer's Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Malaka Gharib's It Won't Always Be Like This book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust by Don Brown

18. Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust

By: Don Brown

4.31

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A gripping nonfiction graphic novel that follows the stories of Jewish children, separated from the… read more

Similar categories in Don Brown's Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • history
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • middle grade
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Fire Story by Brian Fies

19. A Fire Story

By: Brian Fies

4.19

Format: 154 pages, Hardcover

Early in the morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resu… read more

Similar categories in Brian Fies's A Fire Story book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Wildful

By: Kengo Kurimoto

4.17

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Discover the magic of the wilderness in this breathtaking graphic novel reminiscent of The Secret G… read more

Similar categories in Kengo Kurimoto's Wildful book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade
Cover of Who Owns the Clouds? by Mario Brassard

21. Who Owns the Clouds?

By: Mario Brassard

3.91

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Even though Mila is no longer a child, she is overcome by memories — memories of a childhood halfwa… read more

Similar categories in Mario Brassard's Who Owns the Clouds? book and Don Brown's Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • middle grade

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Edward Gauvin , Zeina Abirached

3.63

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March: Book One (March, #1)

Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

Don Brown

3.32

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Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans

Gary Krist

4.38

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Dave Eggers

4.25

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Nicholas Day

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Katherine Marsh

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