Graphic Novels That Grown-Ups Would Love
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and
March (Trilogy) by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell
Real Friends by Shannon Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Best Friends by Shannon Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan, illustrated by Meg Wolitzer
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott, illustrated by Harmony Becker
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
New Kid by Jerry Craft
White Bird: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio
Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
El Deafo by Cece Bell
The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
Princeless by Jeremy Whitley, illustrated M Goodwin
Stargazing by Jen Wang
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by
Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series by Nathan Hale
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Displacement by Kiku Hughes
Go With the Flow by K
Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg
Catherine’s War by Julia Billet, illustrated by Claire Fauvel
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Becoming RBG by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Whitney Gardner
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Anne of Green Gables by Maria Marsden
The House by Paco Roca
Anne Frank’s Diary by Ari Folman, illustrated by David Polonsky
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
The Witch Boy series by Molly Knox Ostertag
Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland
Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen
Babysitters Club by Raina Telgemeier
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug
Short and Skinny by Mark Tatulli