Graphic Novels About Real And Hard Topics

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The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,705 ratings
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When the Wind Blows
When the Wind Blows 4.29 avg rating — 3,960 ratings
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Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? 4.23 avg rating — 4,313 ratings
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Solutions and Other Problems
Solutions and Other Problems 4.21 avg rating — 38,067 ratings
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Blankets
Blankets 4.06 avg rating — 123,325 ratings
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Our Cancer Year
Our Cancer Year 3.91 avg rating — 1,295 ratings
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Death Talks About Life
Death Talks About Life 3.91 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Road Map
Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Road Map 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Not Funny Ha-Ha: A Handbook for Something Hard
Not Funny Ha-Ha: A Handbook for Something Hard 3.92 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
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Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works
Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works 3.79 avg rating — 462 ratings
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The Sad Ghost Club
The Sad Ghost Club 3.96 avg rating — 17,822 ratings
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Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting
Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting 3.97 avg rating — 2,339 ratings
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In the Shadow of No Towers
In the Shadow of No Towers 3.67 avg rating — 4,111 ratings
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Psychiatric Tales: Eleven Graphic Stories About Mental Illness
Psychiatric Tales: Eleven Graphic Stories About Mental Illness 3.61 avg rating — 2,198 ratings
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Underground
Underground 4.39 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Dragonslippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like
Dragonslippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like 4.02 avg rating — 715 ratings
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Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned 4.06 avg rating — 2,807 ratings
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My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders
My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders
by: Monzusu
4.18 avg rating — 1,244 ratings
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Vietnamese Memories Vol.1: Leaving Saigon (1) (Vietnamese Memories, 1)
Vietnamese Memories Vol.1: Leaving Saigon (1) (Vietnamese Memories, 1) 3.86 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands 4.40 avg rating — 34,139 ratings
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Don't Go Where I Can't Follow
Don't Go Where I Can't Follow 4.17 avg rating — 707 ratings
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It's Going to Be Okay
It's Going to Be Okay 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings
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How to Commit Suicide in South Africa
How to Commit Suicide in South Africa
by: Sue Coe
4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me 3.84 avg rating — 68,148 ratings
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Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by: G. Neri
3.99 avg rating — 6,899 ratings
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When Your House is Burning Down, You Should Brush Your Teeth
When Your House is Burning Down, You Should Brush Your Teeth 4.15 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains
Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains
by: Uta Frith
4.14 avg rating — 444 ratings
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Ghost World
Ghost World 3.82 avg rating — 78,783 ratings
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Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer 3.72 avg rating — 800 ratings
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Breakwater
Breakwater 3.67 avg rating — 407 ratings
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Katusha: Girl Soldier of the Great Patriotic War
Katusha: Girl Soldier of the Great Patriotic War 4.40 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4) 4.58 avg rating — 431,523 ratings
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Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles
Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles 4.27 avg rating — 2,096 ratings
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Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria 4.51 avg rating — 777 ratings
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Speak: The Graphic Novel
Speak: The Graphic Novel 4.39 avg rating — 20,754 ratings
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A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories (The Contract With God Trilogy #1)
A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories (The Contract With God Trilogy #1) 4.06 avg rating — 13,606 ratings
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Vietnam: An Antiwar Comic Book
Vietnam: An Antiwar Comic Book 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story
Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story 4.31 avg rating — 18,386 ratings
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Box Office Poison
Box Office Poison 3.94 avg rating — 4,562 ratings
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The Courage Party: Helping Our Resilient Children Understand and Survive Sexual Assault
The Courage Party: Helping Our Resilient Children Understand and Survive Sexual Assault 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood 4.27 avg rating — 224,952 ratings
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Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History
Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History 3.30 avg rating — 326 ratings
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Real War Stories No.2 Citizen Soldier
Real War Stories No.2 Citizen Soldier really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual 4.13 avg rating — 3,965 ratings
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Gender Queer: A Memoir
Gender Queer: A Memoir 4.27 avg rating — 74,790 ratings
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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 4.17 avg rating — 213,873 ratings
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Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, and Dealers Plotted Against the Plague
Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, and Dealers Plotted Against the Plague 3.69 avg rating — 190 ratings
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The Real Cost of Prisons Comix
The Real Cost of Prisons Comix 4.33 avg rating — 132 ratings
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American Splendor: Unsung Hero
American Splendor: Unsung Hero 3.95 avg rating — 191 ratings
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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands 4.40 avg rating — 34,139 ratings
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Return to Eden
Return to Eden
by: Paco Roca
4.42 avg rating — 2,811 ratings
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It's Her Story - Ida B. Wells - A Graphic Novel
It's Her Story - Ida B. Wells - A Graphic Novel 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Last Queen
The Last Queen 4.37 avg rating — 902 ratings
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Batman: Death of Innocents
Batman: Death of Innocents 3.69 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85 3.91 avg rating — 56 ratings
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We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology
We're Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology 4.36 avg rating — 196 ratings
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Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)
Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 5,630 ratings
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Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition (Super Late Bloomer, #1)
Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition (Super Late Bloomer, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 2,099 ratings
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Fine: A Comic About Gender
Fine: A Comic About Gender 4.27 avg rating — 2,231 ratings
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Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life
Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life 4.35 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
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MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus
MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus 4.31 avg rating — 2,956 ratings
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Prison Island: A Graphic Memoir
Prison Island: A Graphic Memoir 3.14 avg rating — 837 ratings
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Goddamn This War!
Goddamn This War! 4.16 avg rating — 818 ratings
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Cancer Vixen
Cancer Vixen 3.73 avg rating — 1,566 ratings
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Mom's Cancer
Mom's Cancer 3.93 avg rating — 1,681 ratings
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Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics
Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics 3.90 avg rating — 629 ratings
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In-Between Days: A Memoir About Living with Cancer
In-Between Days: A Memoir About Living with Cancer 4.20 avg rating — 760 ratings
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Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival
Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival 4.35 avg rating — 654 ratings
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Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence
Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence 4.09 avg rating — 760 ratings
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Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence, A True Story in Black and White
Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence, A True Story in Black and White 4.03 avg rating — 3,007 ratings
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Rinse, Spin, Repeat
Rinse, Spin, Repeat 4.03 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Mel's Story: Surviving Military Sexual Assault
Mel's Story: Surviving Military Sexual Assault 4.52 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Just Peachy: Comics About Depression, Anxiety, Love, and Finding the Humor in Being Sad
Just Peachy: Comics About Depression, Anxiety, Love, and Finding the Humor in Being Sad 3.89 avg rating — 1,347 ratings
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Kind of Coping: An Illustrated Look at Life with Anxiety
Kind of Coping: An Illustrated Look at Life with Anxiety 4.34 avg rating — 1,367 ratings
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Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously
Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously 3.95 avg rating — 2,710 ratings
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Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression
Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression 4.32 avg rating — 1,444 ratings
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Kinds of Blue: An Anthology of Comics about Depression
Kinds of Blue: An Anthology of Comics about Depression 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings
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I Had a Black Dog: His Name Was Depression
I Had a Black Dog: His Name Was Depression 4.39 avg rating — 1,496 ratings
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Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom
Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom 3.77 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
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Undocumented: A Worker's Fight
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight 4.30 avg rating — 602 ratings
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Jack Jackson's American History: Los Tejanos & Lost Cause
Jack Jackson's American History: Los Tejanos & Lost Cause 4.03 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Queer: A Graphic History
Queer: A Graphic History 3.92 avg rating — 7,148 ratings
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Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History and Politics
Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History and Politics 4.37 avg rating — 584 ratings
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Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
by: Nora Krug
4.32 avg rating — 9,225 ratings