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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Story of My Tits
Jennifer Hayden · 344 pages
"When Jennifer Hayden was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43, she realized that her tits told a story. Across a lifetime, they'd held so many meanings: hope and fear, pride and embarrassment, life and death. And then they were gone. Now, their story has become a way of understanding her story: a journey from the innocence of youth to the chaos of adulthood, through her mother's mastecto
Our Cancer Year
Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner
A graphic novel which depicts Harvey Pekar's struggle with cancer.
Alone Forever: The Singles Collection
Liz Prince · 104 pages
Liz Prince takes an autobiographical look in graphic novel form at dating and relationships.
Kampung Boy
LAT (Mohammad Nor Khalid) · 141 pages
The Dumbest Idea Ever!
Jimmy Gownley · 240 pages
Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey
Ozge Samanci · 190 pages
In her unpredictable and funny graphic memoir, Ozge recounts her story using inventive collages, weaving together images of the sea, politics, science, and friendship.
One Hundred Demons
Lynda Barry · 224 pages
"Name that demon!!! Freaky boyfriend! Shouting Moms! Innocence betrayed! Rotten things we've done that will haunt us forever! These are some of the pickled demons Lynda Barry's stories serve up comic-strip style, mixing the true and the un-true into something she calls "autobifictionalography". Inspired by a 16th-century Zen monk's painting of a hundred demons chasing each other across a long scro
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Marjane Satrapi · 187 pages
187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmGN500L Lexile
Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham
In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman · 296 pages
A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Jenny Lawson · 318 pages
When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it. In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husban
Cancer Vixen
Marisa Acocella Marchetto · 224 pages
A New York City cartoonist recounts her eleven-month bout with breast cancer, from initial diagnosis to cure, chronicling her high-powered Manhattan lifestyle, the romance between the ultimate bachelorette and her surprising Prince Charming, and her fierce battle against disease.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Allie Brosh · 384 pages
Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. Touching, absurd, and darkly comic, Allie Brosh’s highly anticipated book Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features mor
Kiss and Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22
MariNaomi · 331 pages
Recounts the author's romantic experiences, from first love to heartbreak.
My Brain is Hanging Upside Down
David Heatley
Cartoonist David Heatley details his life in five graphically illustrated threads, and describes his history of sexual encounters, his thoughts on racism, his parents, and other related topics. Contains adult content.
Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey
G.B. Tran · 288 pages
A memoir in graphic novel format about the author's experiences as the son of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to America during the fall of Saigon describes how he learned his tragic ancestral history and the impact of the Vietnam War on his family while visiting their homeland years later.
My New York Diary
Julie Doucet · 100 pages
From the publisher: "*My New York Diary* is the classic graphic novel by the acclaimed and iconic artist Julie Doucet. In one of the first contemporary graphic novels, Doucet abruptly packs her bags and moves to New York. Trouble follows her in the form of a jealous boyfriend, insecurity about her talent, her worsening epilepsy, and a tendency to self-medicate with booze and drugs."
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel
Siena Cherson Siegel · 64 pages
The author describes how she first decided she wanted to be a ballerina at the age of six, and how that dream carried her from her home in Puerto Rico to dance class in Boston to performing with the New York City Ballet
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir
Maggie Thrash · 272 pages
Maggie Thrash has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls, set deep in the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a guy, she's into Backstreet Boys in a really deep way, and her long summer days are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing . . . until one confounding moment. A split-second of innocent phys
Unlikely
Jeffrey Brown · 256 pages
The cartoonist uses a full-length graphic novel format to tell the bittersweet story of how he lost his virginity at age 24 and presents vignettes from his relationship with Allisyn that take place before and after the event.
The Quitter
Harvey Pekar · 104 pages
The Voyeurs
Gabrielle Bell · 160 pages
"The voyeurs is a real-time memoir of four turbulent years in the life of renowned cartoonist and diarist Gabrielle Bell"--P. [4] cover.