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Maus
A Holocaust narrative featuring anthropomorphic characters, by Art Spiegelman.
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical tale of growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
Fun Home
A family tragicomic by Alison Bechdel that explores the author's relationship with her father and her identity.
Blankets
Craig Thompson's coming-of-age story about childhood, faith, and relationships, depicted in beautiful, detailed artwork.
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Chris Ware's complex, multi-layered narrative that examines loneliness and familial relationships.
Ghost World
Daniel Clowes' story of two teenage girls and their reflections on the people and culture around them.
Black Hole
Written and illustrated by Charles Burns, this graphic novel tells the story of teenagers dealing with a mysterious STD that causes grotesque mutations.
Stitches
David Small’s graphic memoir detailing his traumatic childhood and battle with cancer.
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel that weaves together three narratives about Chinese American identity.
Asterios Polyp
David Mazzucchelli's tale of a professor whose life undergoes dramatic changes after a lightning storm.
Palestine
Joe Sacco's journalistic graphic novel set in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the early 1990s.
Daytripper
By Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, this story explores different moments in the life of a Brazilian writer and the outcomes of his choices.
Are You My Mother?
A comic drama by Alison Bechdel that dives into her relationship with her mother and her own personal history.
Epileptic
David B.'s graphic memoir about growing up with an epileptic brother and the search for a cure.
My Favorite Thing is Monsters
Emil Ferris's graphic novel that employs a diary format, telling the story of a girl investigating her neighbor's death in 1960s Chicago.
A Contract with God
Considered one of the first graphic novels, it’s a collection of short stories by Will Eisner set in a Bronx tenement in the 1930s.
Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud's comic book about comics, explaining the inner workings, history, and significance of the medium.
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
Ellen Forney's graphic memoir about her struggle with bipolar disorder and the link between mental illness and creativity.
Logicomix
An epic search for truth written by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou, this graphic novel explores the life of philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell.
This One Summer
By Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, a graphic novel that captures the transition from childhood to adolescence during a summer at a lakeside cottage.
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