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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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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

430 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

232 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Esclavos del trabajo by Daria Bogdańska

Esclavos del trabajo

Daria Bogdańska

200 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction comics memoir emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

242 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation by Natalie Nourigat

I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation

Natalie Nourigat

96 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction comics memoir reflective slow-paced
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

Almost American Girl

Robin Ha

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel memoir young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova

A Year Without Mom

Dasha Tolstikova

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir middle grade emotional reflective medium-paced
Meine lesbische Erfahrung mit Einsamkeit by Nagata Kabi

Meine lesbische Erfahrung mit Einsamkeit

Nagata Kabi

144 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ manga memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
Spinning by Tillie Walden

Spinning

Tillie Walden

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Little Victories: Autism Through a Father's Eyes by Yvon Roy

Little Victories: Autism Through a Father's Eyes

Yvon Roy

152 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography graphic novel memoir emotional reflective medium-paced