Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-fiction

Highly Commended in the 2018 British Medical Association Book AwardsWhat is the difference between fear and excitement and how can you tell them ap...

Alan Turing (19121954) was the mathematician credited with cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, enabling the Allies to defeat the N...

The story of Jim Larkin and the lockout of Dublin workers in 1913 led by William Martin Murphy, told in graphic novel form. On August 26th 1913, t...

Edinburgh-based cartoonist Edward Ross uses comics to illuminate the ideas behind our favourite films. In Filmish, Rosss cartoon alter-ego guides ...

A Junior Library Guild Selection Highly recommended for readers passionate about activism. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review Sure to inspir...

You only think you know this story.

Andre Diniz tells the extraordinary story of Mauricio Hora, who lives in one of the most dangerous slums (favelas) in Rio, Brazil. In spite of the ...

Visionary artist and New York Times bestselling author of The Wild Unknown Kim Krans returns with a decadently illustrated and incredibly raw graph...

Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke: David Bowie had an extraordinary talent for reinvention. But at the beginning of his career, he ...

In the Middle Ages, surgery was performed by barbers, owing to their skill with sharp instruments. In the mid-19th century, a grand exhibition of t...

From bestselling author Derf Backderf comes the untold story of the Kent State shootingstimed for the 50th anniversary   On May 4, 1970, the Ohio N...

The lure of the spotlight can be intoxicating, and Jessica Martin was captured by it early on. The daughter of a bandleader, she came of age in the...

More than 60 female comics creators share their personal experiences with sexual violence and harassment through new and original comics Inspired ...

A graphic memoir like no other: the true story of a marriage in China that spanned the twentieth century, told in vibrant, original paintings and p...

The first edition of Darryl Cunningham''s Science Tales was published in 2012 and shortlisted for the British Comics Awards: Best Book. It was upda...

1941. Almost all of Europe is under the Nazi heel. Great Britain still holds out, but the situation worsens with every passing day. And in North Af...

A gritty graphic novel about Ireland's Great Hunger. Jack and his family have been evicted by their landlord and given one way tickets to the USA. ...

Finally, the acclaimed Rueben Award-nominated webcomic is collected! Follow the timely and terrifying adventures of Lil Donnie, the worst president...

The Drunken Sailor traces the life of Arthur Rimbaud: poet, surrealist, libertine and gun runner. In dazzling artwork, Nick Hayes follows Rimbaud f...