May is Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month! This year, celebrate the wide-ranging diversity of AAPI heritage with a graphic novel. From memoirs to superheroes to coming-of-age tales and more, let this list be your jumping off point for exploring Asian American creators and stories this month and beyond.
Top Picks for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
By Kat La Mantia | April 29 2022 | Graphic Novels
9781302918293
Collects Magnificent Ms. Marvel (2019) #1-6. Ms. Marvel is back - and she's magnificent! But there's no such thing as business as usual in Jersey City. Aliens are wreaking havoc in Kamala's corner of the world, and they seem weirdly interested in Ms. Marvel...and her family! Kamala is about to face a devastating loss - but with an alien invasion ravaging her neighborhood, she won't have much time to grieve. Even if Kamala saves her hometown, will her life ever be the same? And what's all this business about a "Chosen One"? Eisner Award winner Saladin Ahmed (BLACK BOLT, EXILES) and rising star Minkyu Jung take the reins of one of Marvel's most beloved young characters for the shocking start of an all-new era! Guest-starring the Invincible Iron Man!
$17.99 US
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$23.99 CAN
On sale
Oct 15, 2019
FOC
Aug 26, 2019
Paperback
136 Pages
Marvel Universe
World
9781779504210
Harvey Award winner for Best Children or Young Adult Book!
$16.99 US
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$22.99 CAN
On sale
May 12, 2020
Paperback
240 Pages
DC Comics
Age 12 and up
World
Volumes 1 and 2
9780375714832
Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution has for twenty years been a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most popular and widely known graphic novels of all time. "A stunning graphic memoir...a wholly original achievement in the form." —The New York TimesPersepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming—both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.Edgy, searingly observant, and candid, often heartbreaking but threaded throughout with raw humor and hard-earned wisdom—Persepolis is a stunning work from one of the most highly regarded, singularly talented graphic artists at work today.
$28.00 US
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$37.99 CAN
On sale
Oct 30, 2007
Paperback
352 Pages
Pantheon
World
(A Graphic Novel)
9781984851598
In this gorgeous graphic novel that Entertainment Weekly called "one of the most astounding . . . of the year," fairy tales are the only way one teen boy can express himself to his parents, who are Vietnamese immigrants. But how will he find the words to tell them that he's gay?
$17.99 US
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$23.99 CAN
On sale
Oct 13, 2020
Paperback
256 Pages
Random House Graphic
Age 12 and up
World
9781603094504
New York Times Bestseller!A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.
$19.99 US
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$25.99 CAN
On sale
Jul 16, 2019
Paperback
208 Pages
Top Shelf Productions
World
A Memoir in Conversations
9780399589065
A bold, wry, and intimate graphic memoir about American identity, interracial family, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing.
$22.00 US
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$29.99 CAN
On sale
Mar 24, 2020
Paperback
368 Pages
One World
US, Canada, Open Mkt
A Graphic Memoir
9780525575115
One part Mari Andrew, one part Marjane Satrapi, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir is a triumphant tale of self-discovery, a celebration of a family's rich heritage, and a love letter to American immigrant freedom. Malaka Gharib's illustrations come alive with teenage antics and earnest questions about identity and culture, while providing thoughtful insight into the lives of modern immigrants and the generation of millennial children they raised.
$16.99 US
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$22.99 CAN
On sale
Apr 30, 2019
Paperback
160 Pages
Clarkson Potter
World
A Graphic Memoir
9781984860293
An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country—from the award-winning author of I Was Their American Dream.
$19.99 US
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$25.99 CAN
On sale
Sep 20, 2022
FOC
Aug 22, 2022
Paperback
224 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic
World
9780307911735
A brilliant debut graphic novel about a young woman's search for happiness and self-fulfillment in the big city.
$19.95 US
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$23.95 CAN
On sale
Sep 02, 2014
Hardcover
96 Pages
Pantheon
World
9781910620632
A tale of love, heartbreak and surfing from an important new voice in comics. In Waves is Craig Thompson's Blankets meets William Finnegan's Barbarian Days.
$18.95 US
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$24.95 CAN
On sale
Jun 04, 2019
Paperback
368 Pages
Nobrow
Age 14 and up
US/CAN (No Open Mkt)
A Family's Journey
9780345508720
For readers of Persepolis, Fun Home, and Maus, a major new graphic memoir about family secrets, the immigrant experience, and the legacy of the Vietnam War.
$32.00 US
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$42.00 CAN
On sale
Jan 25, 2011
Hardcover
288 Pages
Villard
World
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