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Black Hole

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Written and illustrated by Charles Burns, this graphic novel tells the story of teenagers dealing with a mysterious STD that causes grotesque mutations.

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Understanding Comics

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Scott McCloud's comic book about comics, explaining the inner workings, history, and significance of the medium.

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Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

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Chris Ware's complex, multi-layered narrative that examines loneliness and familial relationships.

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Are You My Mother?

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A comic drama by Alison Bechdel that dives into her relationship with her mother and her own personal history.

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Logicomix

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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.

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This One Summer

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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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Stitches

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David Small’s graphic memoir detailing his traumatic childhood and battle with cancer.

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Palestine

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Joe Sacco's journalistic graphic novel set in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the early 1990s.

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Ghost World

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Daniel Clowes' story of two teenage girls and their reflections on the people and culture around them.

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Fun Home

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A family tragicomic by Alison Bechdel that explores the author's relationship with her father and her identity.

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Blankets

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Craig Thompson's coming-of-age story about childhood, faith, and relationships, depicted in beautiful, detailed artwork.

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American Born Chinese

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Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel that weaves together three narratives about Chinese American identity.

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Daytripper

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By Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, this story explores different moments in the life of a Brazilian writer and the outcomes of his choices.

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A Contract with God

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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.

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Maus

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A Holocaust narrative featuring anthropomorphic characters, by Art Spiegelman.

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Asterios Polyp

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David Mazzucchelli's tale of a professor whose life undergoes dramatic changes after a lightning storm.

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My Favorite Thing is Monsters

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Emil Ferris's graphic novel that employs a diary format, telling the story of a girl investigating her neighbor's death in 1960s Chicago.

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Epileptic

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David B.'s graphic memoir about growing up with an epileptic brother and the search for a cure.

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Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me

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Ellen Forney's graphic memoir about her struggle with bipolar disorder and the link between mental illness and creativity.

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Persepolis

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Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical tale of growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

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