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by Marjane Satrapi · about this book

Loved The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi? If its graphic novel & manga, nonfiction and female lead hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Diary of a Young Girl, Becoming and Girl, Interrupted. 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 The Complete Persepolis: Graphic Novel & Manga · Nonfiction · Female Lead · Memoir & Biography · Autobiography

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   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Coming of Age · Identity Formation · Religious Identity

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   Becoming

   Michelle Obama

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Identity Formation · Nonfiction · Cultural Identity

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   Girl, Interrupted

   Susanna Kaysen

   Memoir & Biography · Identity Formation · Nonfiction · Freedom vs Control · Feminism

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   Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

   Michelle Zauner

   Memoir & Biography · Identity Formation · Cultural Identity · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator

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   The Woman in Me

   Britney Spears

   Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Freedom vs Control · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator

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   The Kite Runner

   Khaled Hosseini

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

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   The Giver

   Lois Lowry

   Censorship · Identity Formation · Coming of Age · Freedom vs Control · Rebellion Against Authority

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8. 

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

   Debbie Tung

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

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9. 

   The Record Keeper

   Agnes Gomillion

   Identity Formation · Rebellion Against Authority · Freedom vs Control · Cultural Identity · First Person Narrator

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10. 

    Spare

    Prince Harry

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

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11. 

    Driven

    Susie Wolff

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

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12. 

    Marsha

    Tourmaline

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

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13. 

    A Promised Land

    Barack Obama

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

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14. 

    Forge

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Revolution · War Zone · Freedom vs Control · Coming of Age · First Person Narrator

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15. 

    Middlesex

    Jeffrey Eugenides

    Coming of Age · Immigration · Cultural Identity · Identity Formation · First Person Narrator

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16. 

    My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

    Abigail Adams, John Adams

    Revolution · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Feminism · Politics

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17. 

    What My Bones Know

    Stephanie Foo

    Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · Cultural Identity · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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18. 

    Animal Farm

    George Orwell

    Revolution · Rebellion Against Authority · Freedom vs Control · Censorship · Propaganda

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19. 

    The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

    Stephanie Oakes

    Freedom vs Control · Religious Identity · Rebellion Against Authority · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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20. 

    The Complete Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    Graphic Novel & Manga · Memoir & Biography · Nonfiction · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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