16 must-read graphic novels books like How the World Was: A California Childhood by Emmanuel Guibert, Kathryn M. Pulver

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How the World Was: A California Childhood

By: Emmanuel Guibert , None , Kathryn M. Pulver

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1994, French cartoonist Emmanuel Guibert befriended an American veteran named Alan Cope and bega…

If you liked the graphic novels plot in How the World Was: A California Childhood by Emmanuel Guibert, None, Kathryn M. Pulver , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Les Souvenirs by David Foenkinos

1. Les Souvenirs

By: David Foenkinos

3.76

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

«Je voulais dire à mon grand-père que je l'aimais, mais je n'y suis pas parvenu. J'ai si souvent ét… read more

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2. Special Exits

By: Joyce Farmer

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Joyce Farmer's memoir chronicles the decline of the author's parents' health, their relationship wi… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Farmer's Special Exits book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Park Bench by Christophe Chabouté

3. The Park Bench

By: Christophe Chabouté

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Chaboute's enchanting story of a park bench was first published to critical acclaim in France in 20… read more

Similar categories in Christophe Chabouté's The Park Bench book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
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4. Polina

By: Bastien Vivès

3.97

Format: 570 pages, Hardcover

Tres douee pour la danse, la petite Polina Oulinov est selectionnee pour suivre les cours de Nikita… read more

Similar categories in Bastien Vivès's Polina book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
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5. Stitches

By: David Small

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transfo… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. Ventoux

By: Bert Wagendorp

4.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

Op 25 juni 1982 verongelukt de jonge, veelbelovende dichter Peter Seegers op de Mont Ventoux. Derti… read more

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7. Burma Chronicles

By: Guy Delisle

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

'Burma Chronicles' presents a personal and distinctively humorous glimpse into a political hotspot,… read more

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  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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8. How the World Was: A California Childhood

By: Emmanuel Guibert , None , Kathryn M. Pulver

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1994, French cartoonist Emmanuel Guibert befriended an American veteran named Alan Cope and bega… read more

Similar categories in Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blue Pills:  A Positive Love Story by Frederik Peeters

9. Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story

By: Frederik Peeters

4.02

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From one of Europe’s most celebrated young comics artists, a deeply personal story that will resona… read more

Similar categories in Frederik Peeters's Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"Spend twenty years there and you ask yourself how there can still be strangers with so many familiar faces ... it's probably that cities generate strangers continuously ..."

-Frederik Peeters, Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story

10. Asterios Polyp

By: David Mazzucchelli

4.35

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

The triumphant return of one of comics' greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man's sea… read more

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11. Les ignorants. Récit d'une initiation croisée

By: Étienne Davodeau

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Etienne Davodeau est auteur de bande dessinee, il ne sait pas grand-chose du monde du vin. Richard … read more

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12. Paul à Québec

By: Michel Rabagliati

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

L'achat d'une premiere maison et la mort d'un proche sont au coeur de ce nouvel opus, centre sur la… read more

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13. Coming In

By: Élodie Font

4.38

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Le récit bouleversant et drôle de l’acceptation de son homosexualité par une jeune fille, de ses 15… read more

Similar categories in Élodie Font's Coming In book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
  • nonfiction
Cover of Histoire de Jérusalem by Vincent Lemire

14. Histoire de Jérusalem

By: Vincent Lemire

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

4 000 ans d'une histoire universelle pour la première fois racontés dans une BD exceptionnelle. Il … read more

Similar categories in Vincent Lemire's Histoire de Jérusalem book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • history
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of L'Arabe du futur 5 : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient, 1992-1994 by Riad Sattouf

15. L'Arabe du futur 5 : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient, 1992-1994

By: Riad Sattouf

4.44

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Riad a 14 ans, ses cheveux blonds ont disparu, et il a un physique difficile. À la fin du tome préc… read more

Similar categories in Riad Sattouf's L'Arabe du futur 5 : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient, 1992-1994 book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

16. Grass

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

4.52

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This true story of a Korean comfort woman documents how the atrocity of war devastates women’s live… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"Frágiles ramas que tiemblan en las postrimerías del largo invierno. Dentro albergan la energía de una vida nueva que pronto brotará y abrirá grietas en la corteza La tierra despertará de su hibernaci…"

-Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Grass

Cover of In Waves by A.J. Dungo

17. In Waves

By: A.J. Dungo

4.37

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner and the shared lo… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Dungo's In Waves book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Slash Them All by Antoine Maillard

18. Slash Them All

By: Antoine Maillard

3.09

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

2022 WINNER for Best Crime Graphic Novel at the Angouleme International Comics Festival Two high s… read more

Similar categories in Antoine Maillard's Slash Them All book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
Cover of Capital et Idéologie en bande dessinée. D'après le livre de Thomas Piketty by Claire Alet

19. Capital et Idéologie en bande dessinée. D'après le livre de Thomas Piketty

By: Claire Alet

4.40

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

D’où viennent les inégalités et pourquoi perdurent-elles ? Pour répondre à ces questions, le livre … read more

Similar categories in Claire Alet's Capital et Idéologie en bande dessinée. D'après le livre de Thomas Piketty book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • history
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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20. Penelope

By: Judith Vanistendael

4.01

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Penelope is vrouw, moeder en chirurg. Terwijl thuis haar dochter worstelt met de ablatief en met ha… read more

Similar categories in Judith Vanistendael's Penelope book and Emmanuel Guibert's How the World Was: A California Childhood

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
Cover of Les grands espaces by Catherine Meurisse

21. Les grands espaces

By: Catherine Meurisse

4.19

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

Catherine Meurisse a grandi à la campagne, entourée de pierres, d'arbres, et avec un chantier sous … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • nonfiction

6 must-read history books like How the World Was: A California Childhood by Emmanuel Guibert, Kathryn M. Pulver

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4.35

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3.95

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Riad Sattouf

4.44

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4.52

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3.77

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4.52

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4.53

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