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• Good Talk

  a Memoir in Conversations

  Jacob, Mira, 1973-

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  A memoir of race and parenting.

• Hey, Kiddo

  Krosoczka, Jarrett,

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  A National Book Award finalist, looking back on childhood through adult eyes.

• Strange Fruit. Volume 1, Uncelebrated Narratives From Black History

  Gill, Joel Christian,

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  A brilliant anthology that focuses on unknown stories from Black history.

• Saints

  Yang, Gene Luen,

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  It's difficult to choose just one work by Gene Luen Yang, but this historical narrative and its companion piece, Boxers, are rivoting works.

• Through the Woods

  Carroll, Emily,

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  For fans of the creepy, the unsettling, the downright scary.

• Nimona

  Stevenson, Noelle,

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  Light-hearted fantasy at its best.

• Hyperbole and a Half

  Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

  Brosh, Allie,

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  For fans of laugh-out-loud writing.

• Bloom

  Panetta, Kevin,

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  For romance lovers.

• The Color of Earth

  Kim, Dong Hwa

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  Beautifully rendered literary, historical fiction, set in Korea.

• Strong Female Protagonist. [Book One]

  Mulligan, Brennan Lee,

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  A brilliant commentary on the ethics of the superhero legacy comics have created.

• Maus I

  a Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History

  Spiegelman, Art

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  A definitive classic, telling the author's father experience in the Holocaust through a metaphorical lense.

• Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

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  A classic coming-of-age memoir, set in Tehran.

• Blankets

  a Graphic Novel

  Thompson, Craig, 1975-

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  Loosely based on the author's life, this is part coming-of-age story, part romance.

• Fun Home

  a Family Tragicomic

  Bechdel, Alison, 1960-

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  A classic memoir, made into a stunning Broadway musical.

• March. Book One

  Lewis, John, 1940-2020

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  An instant classic by a man with a well-deserved legacy of greatness.

• Saga. Volume One

  Vaughan, Brian K.,

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  A beloved fantasy series.

• The Sandman. Vol. 1, Preludes & Nocturnes

  Gaiman, Neil,

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  A classic of the fantasy genre, with poetic lyricism throughout.

• Ms. Marvel. Vol. 1, No Normal

  Wilson, G. Willow, 1982-

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  It's impossible to choose just one Marvel comic, and yet here we are.

• Check, Please! Book 1, #Hockey!

  Ukazu, Ngozi,

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  For light-hearted romance and sports fans alike.

• They Called Us Enemy

  Takei, George, 1937-

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  A critically important memoir.