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Maus
Summary: Maus is a groundbreaking graphic novel that tells the story of the Holocaust through an inventive allegorical lens: Jews are drawn as mice, Germans as cats, Poles as pigs, and other groups given similar anthropomorphic forms. At its heart, it is the biography of Vladek Spiegelman, a Polish Jew and... Read More
Author: Art Spiegelman
Rating: 4.7
Persepolis
Summary: Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel that recounts Marjane Satrapi’s childhood and early adulthood during and after the Iranian Revolution. Told in stark black-and-white art, it chronicles her life in Tehran as Islamic fundamentalism reshapes her country, her experiences with repression and exile, and her eventual move to Europe. Satrapi... Read More
Author: Marjane Satrapi
Rating: 4.6
Daytripper
Summary: Daytripper is a poignant, magical realist exploration of life’s fleeting beauty and the inevitability of death. The book follows Brás de Oliva Domingos, a Brazilian writer, through different possible versions of his life. Each chapter presents a pivotal moment in Brás’s existence—falling in love, becoming a father, losing family, finding... Read More
Author: Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá
Rating: 4.6
Blankets
Summary: Blankets is a deeply personal coming-of-age graphic novel that chronicles Craig Thompson’s childhood and adolescence in rural Wisconsin. It explores his strict religious upbringing, his struggles with faith, and his first love. The story captures the awkwardness of growing up—sibling rivalries, the suffocating influence of fundamentalism, and the transformative power... Read More
Author: Craig Thompson
Rating: 4.5
Essex County
Summary: Essex County is a quiet, deeply emotional trilogy of interconnected stories set in rural Ontario. Through stark black-and-white art and spare dialogue, Jeff Lemire explores themes of family, memory, isolation, and the ties that bind generations together. The three volumes—Tales from the Farm, Ghost Stories, and The Country Nurse—each stand... Read More
Author: Jeff Lemire
Rating: 4.6
Palestine
Summary: Palestine is a landmark work of comics journalism that documents Joe Sacco’s time in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s. Combining reportage with illustration, Sacco records the voices of Palestinians living under occupation, highlighting their struggles, resilience, and everyday realities. The narrative is non-linear and often... Read More
Author: Joe Sacco
Rating: 4.5
Safe Area Goražde
Summary: Safe Area Goražde is Joe Sacco’s graphic reportage about the Bosnian War, focusing on the town of Goražde, which was declared a UN 'safe area' but suffered isolation, deprivation, and shelling throughout the conflict. Based on interviews conducted in the late 1990s, Sacco reconstructs the experiences of survivors, weaving together... Read More
Author: Joe Sacco
Rating: 4.6
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Summary: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is an ambitious, genre-bending graphic novel presented as the illustrated diary of Karen Reyes, a 10-year-old girl growing up in 1960s Chicago. Drawn in ballpoint-pen style, the book combines coming-of-age narrative, murder mystery, historical fiction, and gothic horror. Karen imagines herself as a werewolf girl... Read More
Author: Emil Ferris
Rating: 4.7
Building Stories
Summary: Building Stories is an experimental graphic novel packaged as a box containing 14 separate printed works—booklets, pamphlets, newspapers, and fold-outs—that can be read in any order. The collection chronicles the lives of residents in a Chicago apartment building, with a focus on an unnamed woman living with loneliness, regret, and... Read More
Author: Chris Ware
Rating: 4.4
Rusty Brown
Summary: Rusty Brown is an intricate, multi-perspective graphic novel that examines childhood, loneliness, and the lifelong effects of formative experiences. Set primarily in an Omaha private school during a snowy Nebraska winter, the story begins with Rusty, a socially awkward boy obsessed with his action figures and comic books. The narrative... Read More
Author: Chris Ware
Rating: 4.2