Books Like Persepolis

Loved Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi? If its graphic novel & manga, memoir & biography and female lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Becoming, The Diary of a Young Girl and Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Persepolis: Graphic Novel & Manga · Memoir & Biography · Female Lead · Coming of Age · Child Narrator

Becoming
Michelle Obama

Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Politics · Cultural Identity · Feminism

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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank

Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Coming of Age · Religious Identity · First Person Narrator

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Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story
Debbie Tung

Graphic Novel & Manga · Illustrated Book · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator

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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini

Immigration · War Zone · War and Its Aftermath · Cultural Identity · Coming of Age

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Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen

Memoir & Biography · Sparse Prose · Feminism · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age

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The Giver Quartet Omnibus Deluxe Collector's Edition
Lois Lowry

Rebellion Against Authority · Sparse Prose · Coming of Age · Loss of Innocence · Emotional

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Spare
Prince Harry

Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · War Zone · First Person Narrator · Nonfiction

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Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson

Revolution · Loss of Innocence · Rebellion Against Authority · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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Ham On Rye
Charles Bukowski

Coming of Age · Sparse Prose · Rebellion Against Authority · Memoir & Biography · First Person Narrator

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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner

Memoir & Biography · Cultural Identity · First Person Narrator · Nonfiction · Coming of Age

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A Promised Land
Barack Obama

Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Politics · Cultural Identity · First Person Narrator

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Driven
Susie Wolff

Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Feminism · First Person Narrator · Nonfiction

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My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Abigail Adams, John Adams

Revolution · Memoir & Biography · Politics · Feminism · Nonfiction

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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee

Child Narrator · Coming of Age · Loss of Innocence · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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Nice Girls Don't Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power
Parvati Shallow

Memoir & Biography · Feminism · Religious Identity · First Person Narrator · Nonfiction

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The Poppy War
R.F. Kuang

Loss of Innocence · War Zone · War and Its Aftermath · Female Lead · Emotional

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong

Cultural Identity · Immigration · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator · Memoir & Biography

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What My Bones Know
Stephanie Foo

Memoir & Biography · Cultural Identity · First Person Narrator · Nonfiction · Female Lead

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Little
Edward Carey

Revolution · Illustrated Book · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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Marsha
Tourmaline

Memoir & Biography · Rebellion Against Authority · Feminism · Nonfiction · Emotional

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