Yes, there’s a graphic novel for that!

By Kat La Mantia | July 11 2022 | Graphic Novels

Comics aren’t just for showcasing the exploits of your favorite superheroes these days. Whether you’re trying to cook the perfect dumpling or figure out how the internet really works or get to the deep introspective questions about what your gender is and what it means, there’s a graphic novel for you. You’ll find that a panel by panel illustrated work is often a more accessible way to approach a new topic, engaging the visual and lexical parts of your brain at the same time while you learn something new.

Go ahead: diversify that comics shelf.

An Illustrated Exploration
9780262047234
A lively, informative, and engaging guide to gender by an author-illustrator who helps readers understand the multiplicity of answers to “What even is gender?”
On sale Nov 01, 2022
Paperback
232 Pages
The MIT Press

The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel)
9780593125311
Is what I'm feeling normal? Is what my body is doing normal? Am I normal? How do I know what are the right choices to make? How do I know how to behave? How do I fix it when I make a mistake? Let's talk about it.
On sale Mar 09, 2021
Hardcover
240 Pages
Random House Graphic
Age 14 and up

An Illustrated Guide to Protocols, Privacy, Censorship, and Governance
9781718500297
An accessible, comic book-like, illustrated introduction to how the internet works under the hood, designed to give people a basic understanding of the technical aspects of the Internet that they need in order to advocate for digital rights.
On sale Dec 11, 2020
Hardcover
120 Pages
No Starch Press

An Ethno-graphic
9781635422504
Adapted from the landmark essay Enforcing Order, this striking graphic novel offers an accessible inside look at policing and how it leads to discrimination and violence.
On sale Mar 15, 2022
Hardcover
112 Pages
Other Press

A Comic Book Cookbook
9780399581991
A comic book cookbook with accessible ramen recipes for the home cook, including simple weeknight bowls, weekend project stocks, homemade noodles, and an array of delicious accompaniments, with insights and tips from notable ramen luminaries.
On sale Jul 16, 2019
Paperback
192 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic

A Comic Book Cookbook
9781984858757
An accessible and easy-to-follow comic book cookbook for bringing Asian dumplings into the home kitchen, with recipes for savory and sweet dumplings, dipping sauces, riffs, and more--from the authors of Let's Make Ramen!
On sale Jun 22, 2021
Paperback
208 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic

A Comic Book with Recipes [A Cookbook]
9781607748878
A charming introduction to the basics of Korean cooking in graphic novel form, with 64 recipes, ingredient profiles, and more, presented through light-hearted comics.
On sale Jul 05, 2016
Paperback
176 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic

A Graphic Novel That Shows You How to Make Comics
9781984858436
An aspiring young creator learns the fundamentals of visual storytelling from three comic book mentors in this charming illustrated tale—a graphic novel that teaches you how to turn your stories into comics!
On sale Jul 26, 2022
FOC Jun 06, 2022
Paperback
160 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic

A Magical Story
9780399580536
From the #1 New York Times best-selling author (110 weeks on the list; 6 million copies sold) and lifestyle/cleaning guru Marie Kondo, this graphic novelization brings Kondo's life-changing tidying method to life with the story of a woman who transforms her home, work, and love life using Kondo's advice and inspiration.
On sale Jun 27, 2017
Paperback
192 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic

Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone
9781984857262
The first graphic novel guide to growing a successful vegetable garden, from planning, prepping, and planting, to troubleshooting, care, and harvesting.
On sale Feb 02, 2021
Paperback
176 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic

9781684056682
It's the greatest WHODUNIT of our time... or a new low for "Presidential Harassment!"
On sale Sep 15, 2020
Hardcover
208 Pages
IDW Publishing

A Fast-Break History of Hoops
9781984856180
A fast-break history of basketball--from its humble beginnings to its all-time great players--featuring engaging true tales from the court and vivid, dynamic illustrations.
On sale Sep 22, 2020
Paperback
176 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic

A Hardcore, High-Flying, No-Holds-Barred History of the One True Sport
9780399580499
From the host of the critically acclaimed pro wrestling podcast Straight Shoot, this graphic novel history of wrestling features the key grapplers, matches, and promotions that shaped this beloved sport and form of entertainment.
On sale Oct 02, 2018
Paperback
184 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic

The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution
9780399578908
From the co-creator of the New York Times best-selling The Comic Book Story of Beer, a complete, illustrated history of video games--highlighting the machines, games, and people who have made gaming a worldwide, billion dollar industry/artform--told in a giftable graphic novel style.
On sale Oct 03, 2017
Paperback
192 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic

9780823445783
Never has natural history been so fun! Scientific accuracy and humor combine to tell the entire history of Earth in a comic book format.
On sale Dec 01, 2020
Hardcover
80 Pages
Holiday House
Age 10 and up

9781684052554
The medium is the message! Comics come in many forms, from all around the world. What better way to discover them than through a comic book?
On sale Jul 24, 2018
Paperback
104 Pages
IDW Publishing

A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West
9780399589737
A powerful work of visual nonfiction about three generations of an Apache family struggling to protect sacred land from a multinational mining corporation, by MacArthur "Genius" and National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss, the acclaimed author of Thunder & Lightning.
On sale Nov 09, 2021
Paperback
288 Pages
Random House Trade Paperbacks