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Exit Wounds
Summary: Exit Wounds is a contemporary drama set in Tel Aviv, exploring the aftermath of a terrorist attack and the lingering effects of absence and disconnection. The story follows Koby Franco, a young taxi driver who learns from a soldier named Numi that his estranged father may have been killed in... Read More
Author: Rutu Modan
Rating: 4.3
The Photographer
Summary: The Photographer is a hybrid graphic novel that combines Emmanuel Guibert’s illustrations with Didier Lefèvre’s original photographs to document a Doctors Without Borders mission in Afghanistan during the 1980s. The story follows Lefèvre, a French photojournalist, who accompanies a medical team as they trek through treacherous terrain to provide care... Read More
Author: Didier Lefèvre, Emmanuel Guibert, Frédéric Lemercier
Rating: 4.6
Through the Woods
Summary: Through the Woods is a collection of five gothic horror short stories, each illustrated in Emily Carroll’s signature eerie and atmospheric style. The tales draw on folklore and fairy-tale traditions but twist them into unsettling explorations of fear, guilt, and the uncanny. Stories include chilling accounts of sisters haunted by... Read More
Author: Emily Carroll
Rating: 4.4
Asterios Polyp
Summary: Asterios Polyp is a visually inventive graphic novel about an arrogant, middle-aged architect whose life collapses after a personal crisis. When his home is destroyed by fire, Asterios leaves New York and drifts into small-town life, working as a mechanic while reflecting on his past. The narrative shifts between his... Read More
Author: David Mazzucchelli
Rating: 4.6
The Arrival
Summary: The Arrival is a wordless graphic novel that tells a universal story of migration, displacement, and the search for belonging. Using detailed sepia-toned illustrations, Tan depicts an unnamed man who leaves his homeland to find work and safety in a strange new world. The new land is filled with surreal... Read More
Author: Shaun Tan
Rating: 4.8
Habibi
Summary: Habibi is an ambitious, richly illustrated graphic novel that interweaves Middle Eastern folklore, Islamic calligraphy, and modern social critique. The story follows Dodola and Zam, two child slaves who escape captivity and form a deep bond as they grow up together in a desert wasteland. Their relationship, evolving from caretaker... Read More
Author: Craig Thompson
Rating: 4.3
Berlin
Summary: Berlin is a meticulously researched historical graphic novel trilogy that portrays life in the German capital during the Weimar Republic, from the late 1920s through the rise of the Nazi regime. The story intertwines the lives of diverse characters—artists, journalists, working-class families, communists, and nationalists—capturing the city’s vibrancy and tensions.... Read More
Author: Jason Lutes
Rating: 4.6
The Sculptor
Summary: The Sculptor is a modern fable about art, mortality, and the price of ambition. The story follows David Smith, a struggling young sculptor who makes a Faustian bargain with Death: he will gain the power to sculpt anything with his bare hands, but will die in 200 days. Empowered by... Read More
Author: Scott McCloud
Rating: 4.4
Goodbye, Chunky Rice
Summary: Goodbye, Chunky Rice is a bittersweet allegory about friendship, loss, and the inevitability of change. The story follows Chunky Rice, a small turtle who leaves his best friend, a deer mouse named Dandel, to journey across the sea in search of a new life. While Chunky seeks adventure, Dandel grapples... Read More
Author: Craig Thompson
Rating: 4.2