Books like Asterios polyp by David Mazzucchelli

Bod is the lone living child in a graveyard, raised by ghosts, werewolves and other spectral inhabitants. As he learns their ancient customs and the ability to Fade, he confronts the mysteries of both living and dead worlds.

Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir follows his Jewish father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor, and the son’s effort to understand his past and the history of Hitler’s Europe.

Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novel follows middle‑school theater enthusiast Callie as she designs a blue‑grass‑tired set for a school play, grappling with teamwork, budgets, and the drama of friendship and family.

A personal, illustrated memoir of Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in Tehran, her coming‑of‑age during the Islamic Revolution, teenage years in Vienna and eventual exile from Iran.

Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir, *Fun Home*, chronicles her complex relationship with her father, a funeral-home director, and her own coming-of-age as a lesbian, using intimate drawings and witty narrative.

In a blustery Wisconsin winter, two brothers navigate sibling rivalry and a budding romance as they grow up in an isolated rural setting.

Scott McCloud’s "Understanding Comics" offers a thorough exploration of the history, techniques, and cultural impact of comic art, revealing the hidden language that shapes this misunderstood medium.

A graphic novel that follows humanity after a zombie outbreak collapses civilization, forcing survivors to navigate a new reality of danger and duty.

Three Bone cousins—Fone, Phoney, and Smiley—are cast out of Boneville, wander a strange desert and forest valley, and eventually find refuge on Gran'Ma Ben’s farm, where hidden dangers await.

Josh and his twin brother Jordan navigate high school, basketball, and the changing bond between them through verses of rhyme and the thrill of the game.

A graphic novel about Dodola and Zam, childhood refugees and slaves, whose bond deepens amid distant deserts and modern chaos, revealing a timeless story of love, faith, and the power of narrative.

Blending science, fantasy, and humor, "Nimona" follows the mischievous shapeshifter Nimona and her co-conspirator Lord Ballister Blackheart as they challenge the kingdom’s notion of heroism, all while unraveling the mystery of Nimona’s past.

A coming‑of‑age graphic novel where junior high student Clementine discovers love and identity after meeting the bold Emma in a New York lesbian bar.

A vibrant graphic novel set in the Star Wars universe, offering young readers an action-packed journey through space warfare, clone battles, and encounters with iconic Jedi and Sith across diverse planet environments.

An imaginative boy's quest for survival and redemption in a fantastical world after entering a vivid fantasy after eating his diabetes pills.

"[This book] is intended as a methodological guide to a group of semiotic writings frequently taught in advanced undergraduate courses in North America and Britain, writings that are for the most part available in English. It should therefore be viewed as a supplementary and explanatory text rather than as one that precedes the reading of any primary semiotic materials."--Preface.

Hee‑So, a high‑school girl with a string of boyfriends, falls for the thirteenth—Won‑Jun—on national TV. When he abruptly ends the romance, she vows to win him back and reunite with her destined love.

"A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading--how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page--a graceful ear there, a stray curl, a hat positioned just so--and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved--or reviled--literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature--he considers himself first and foremost as a reader--into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading"-- "An illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading"--