Resource Guides: MS7: Memoirs: Graphic Memoirs

Graphic Memoirs

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Call Number: GN 973.049592 BUI
An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui.
Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash (Illustrator)
Call Number: GN 813 THR
All-girl camp. First love. First heartbreak. At once romantic and devastating, brutally honest and full of humor, this graphic-novel memoir is a debut of the rarest sort.
March by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)
Call Number: GN 323.1196
The groundbreaking graphic novel memoir of a living legend of the civil rights movement, told in 3 volumes
Mexikid by Pedro. Martín (Illustrator)
Call Number: 973.0495
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER * An unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Call Number: GN 955.054 SAT
Marjane Satrapi's memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
Tomboy by Liz Prince (Illustrator)
Call Number: GN 305.3 PRI
Growing up, Prince wasn't a girly girl. But she wasn't exactly one of the guys either. This graphic memoir follows Prince through her early childhood into adulthood and explores her ever-evolving struggles and wishes regarding what it means to "be a girl."