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Biography and memoir
Biographies and memoirs are detailed non-fiction accounts of an individual's life. They may be written by the person or by someone else, with the help of primary or secondary sources. 
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Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer

Maia Kobabe

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced

240 pages | first published 2019

Esclavos del trabajo by Daria Bogdańska

Esclavos del trabajo

Daria Bogdańska

nonfiction comics memoir emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

200 pages | first published 2016

They Called Us Enemy by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

They Called Us Enemy

Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei with Harmony Becker (Illustrator), Gilberto Lazcano (Illustrator)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional fast-paced

204 pages | first published 2019

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced

240 pages | first published 2006

I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation by Natalie Nourigat

I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation

Natalie Nourigat

nonfiction comics memoir reflective slow-paced

96 pages | first published 2018

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

Almost American Girl

Robin Ha with Robin Ha (Illustrator)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

240 pages | first published 2020

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers

Ben Passmore

nonfiction comics race adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

112 pages | first published 2018

The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

The Complete Maus

Maus #1-2

Art Spiegelman

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

296 pages | first published 1986

A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova

A Year Without Mom

Dasha Tolstikova

nonfiction memoir middle grade emotional reflective medium-paced

176 pages | first published 2015

Meine lesbische Erfahrung mit Einsamkeit by Nagata Kabi

Meine lesbische Erfahrung mit Einsamkeit

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness #1

Nagata Kabi

nonfiction lgbtqia+ manga memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

144 pages | first published 2016