Non-Fiction Comics and Graphic Novels (Nonfiction)
Explore the best non-fiction comics and graphic novels! Discover compelling true stories, biographies, history, and more in our curated list of nonfiction graphic books.
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Understanding Comics
by Scott McCloud
Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at …
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The Cartoon History of the Universe
by Larry Gonick
An entertaining and informative illustrated guide that makes world history accessible, appealing, and funny.
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A People's History of American Empire
by Howard Zinn
Adapted from the critically acclaimed chronicle of U.S. history, a study of American expansionism around the world is told from a grassroots perspective and provides …
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Students for a Democratic Society
by Harvey Pekar
A history of the group Students for a Democratic Society told in graphic form.
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The Beats
by Harvey Pekar
This revelatory and exhilarating and funny book not only tells us of the Beat generation, but of a time when we as individuals felt truly …
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The Vietnam War
by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Depicts the Vietnam War from its expansion in the early 1960s through the evacuation of Saigon in 1975, plus what happened at home, including the …
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Wobblies!
by Paul Buhle
A vibrant history in graphic art of the Wobblies, published for the centenary of the founding of the Industrial Workers of the World.
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What It Is
by Lynda Barry
"Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+" --Salon How do …
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Safe Area Goražde
by Joe Sacco
A graphic novel based on the author's 1995-96 visits to Gorazde, one of the U.N.-created "safe areas" in Eastern Bosnia, showing the brutality and humanity …
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Palestine
by Joe Sacco
A landmark of journalism and the art form of comics. Based on several months of research and an extended visit to the West Bank and …
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King
by Ho Che Anderson
This groundbreaking body of comics journalism collects for first time Anderson's entire biography of the renowned civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Over …
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Kafka
by David Zane Mairowitz
Mairowitz's text and Crumb's graphic novel-style illustration help the reader understand Kafka's life and thinking and the phrase "Kafkaesque."
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Logicomix
by Apostolos Doxiadis
Recounts, in graphic novel format, the life of Bertrand Russell, mathematician and philospher, and his life-long struggle to achieve perfect logic and ultimate truth.
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A Dangerous Woman
by Sharon Rudahl
Throughout her richly storied life, Emma Goldman always took the side of the oppressed against capitalism and militarism and was always at the forefront of …
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The Stuff of Life
by Mark Schultz
Learn about the fundamentals of human DNA and evolution in clear, simple language.
