Biography & Memoir

  • Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution

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    Soviet Daughter provides a window into the life of a rebellious, independent woman coming of age in the USSR, and the impact of her story and her spirit on her American great-granddaughter.

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    • Series: Comix Journalism
    • Author: Alekseyeva, Julia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: January 10 2017
    • ISBN10: 1621069699
    • Language: English
  • So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship

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    A 2023 Eisner Award Nominee for Best Graphic Memoir
    A 2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Selection

    Part memoir, part self-help book, So Much For Love offers hilarious and empathetic advice on ho

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    • Author: Lambda, Sophie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: May 03 2022
    • ISBN10: 1250785995
    • Language: English
  • Turning Japanese: Expanded Edition

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    “A vulnerable, searching, raw record.” — Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

    The year is 1995. Fresh out of a long-term relationship, twenty-two-year old MariNaomi finds herself in San Jose, Ca

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    • Author: Marinaomi
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 236
    • Publish Date: June 06 2023
    • ISBN10: 1637150946
    • Language: English
  • Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me

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    In Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me, one of the final graphic memoirs from the man who defined the genre, Harvey Pekar explores what it means to be Jewish and what Israel means to the Jews. Pekar

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    • Author: Pekar, Harvey
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: July 01 2014
    • ISBN10: 0809074044
    • Language: English
  • Quentin by Tarantino

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    Take a dive into the brain of master auteur, Quentin Tarantino, writer and director of multiple award-winning films such as Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.

    In this sensational graphic novel, Part of the C

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    • Author: Améziane, Amazing
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: February 13 2024
    • ISBN10: 1787740641
    • Language: English
  • Steady Rollin’

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    Starting as a hardscrabble misfit and minister’s son in the Bible Belt, followed by a stint as a suburban So-Cal Black punk, and onward to bicycle-obsessed, graphic novelist and dad in Oakland, Steady… [more below]

    • Author: Noland, Fred
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: April 11 2023
    • ISBN10: 1957795913
    • Language: English
  • Bad Sister

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    This middle grade graphic memoir by Charise Mericle Harper, featuring illustrations by Rory Lucey, follows a young girl who undergoes a crisis of conscience, realizing that she is a “bad sister.”

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    • Author: Harper, Charise Mericle
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: September 14 2021
    • ISBN10: 1250219051
    • Language: English
  • Hakim’s Odyssey: Book 1: From Syria to Turkey

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    What does it mean to be a “refugee”? It is easy for those who live in relative freedom to ignore or even to villainize people who have been forced to flee their homes. After all, it can be hard to ide… [more below]

    • Author: Toulmé, Fabien
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: November 02 2021
    • ISBN10: 1637790007
    • Language: English
  • Fighting for America: Nisei Soldiers

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    The last installment in a series of graphic novels that began with We Hereby Refuse (Washington State Book Award Finalist) and Those Who Helped Us:

    This book tells the stories of six courageous Japane

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    • Author: Matsuda, Lawrence
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 1
    • Publish Date: November 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 163405055X
    • Language: English
  • Cartoonshow

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    A L.A. Times Book Prize Graphic Novel Finalist

    A New York Public Library Top 5 Comic Strip Collection

    For Better or For Worse meets the satirical humor of contemporary American life in Cartoonshow, w

    • Author: Ballard, Derek M.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: August 01, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1637152183
    • Language: English
  • Fart School

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    Based on the author’s experience attending art school in the early 2000s, this funny, heartfelt graphic novel will resonate with anyone who had a youthful dream–or a DeviantArt account.

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    • Author: Stringer, Mel
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 200
    • Publish Date: March 29, 2023
    • ISBN10: 9798886200157
    • Language: English
  • Starman: Bowie’s Stardust Years

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    Award-winning writer/illustrator Reinhard Kleist’s Starman is a full-color graphic novel biography of David Bowie’s transformation into Ziggy Stardust, the genesis and near apocalypse of a rock ‘n’ ro

    • Author: Kleist, Reinhard
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: May 02, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1914224086
    • Language: English
  • I’m a Terminal Cancer Patient, But I’m Fine.

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    After being diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, the creator documents her physical and emotional journey through treatment in this powerful memoir manga.

    At 38 years old, Hilnama, an erotic manga ar

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    • Author: Hilnama
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: November 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 1638585253
    • Language: English
  • Who Is the Man in the Air?: Michael Jordan: A Who HQ Graphic Novel

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    “Pulse-pounding, both as a sports highlight and a tribute to the character and determination of one of the game’s unexcelled greats.” — Kirkus

    Discover the story behind Michael Jordan’s incredible tr

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    • Series: Who HQ Graphic Novels
    • Author: Soria, Gabe
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 64
    • Publish Date: November 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 0593385926
    • Language: English
  • Portrait of a Body

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    A portrait of flourishing desire in a body ever-changing

    As she examines her life experience and traumas with great care, Delporte faces the questions about gender and sexuality that both haunt and ent

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    • Author: Delporte, Julie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 268
    • Publish Date: January 16 2024
    • ISBN10: 1770466800
    • Language: English
  • Pill Hill

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    Pill Hill, Nicholas Breutzman’s darkly funny and utterly heartbreaking memoir, plunges the reader into a world of horrifying Tinder dates, flea markets, lizard people, child protective services, black… [more below]

    • Author: Breutzman, Nicholas
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: November 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 1941250556
    • Language: English
  • Dear Mini: A Graphic Memoir, Book One

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    This debut graphic memoir (the first of two books, with Book Two coming in 2025) is a bittersweet coming of age story that chronicles the author’s teenage experiences with sexual assault, PTSD, and re… [more below]

    • Author: Norris, Natalie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 218
    • Publish Date: July 04 2023
    • ISBN10: 1683967798
    • Language: English
  • Queen in Comics!

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    Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Freddie Mercury form one of the greatest rock bands in the world. Under the leadership of its charismatic singer, Queen is a planetary success for each hit with its decade… [more below]

    • Series: Nbm Comics Biographies
    • Author: Blitman, Sophie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: May 03 2023
    • ISBN10: 1681123118
    • Language: English
  • Marvel Black Panther Shuri Defender of Wakanda

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    Discover how Shuri uses amazing technology to protect Wakanda!

    Meet princess Shuri, the smart scientist behind Wakanda’s amazing technology.

    Join in the action as Shuri, her brother the Black Panther,

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    • Series: DK Readers Level 2
    • Author: Afram, Pamela
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 48
    • Publish Date: March 15 2022
    • ISBN10: 0744048176
    • Language: English
  • Who Is Tibet’s Exiled Leader?: The 14th Dalai Lama: An Official Who HQ Graphic Novel

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    Discover the story behind the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s journey from Tibet to permanent exile in India in this captivating graphic novel written by 2020 APALA Award-winning author Teresa Robeson and ill

    • Series: Who HQ Graphic Novels
    • Author: Robeson, Teresa
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 64
    • Publish Date: April 04, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0593384601
    • Language: English
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