NPR's Books We Love 2022: Favorite Comics and Graphic Novels (24 books)

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For Adults:

All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End: The Cartoons of Charles Johnson - Charles Johnson
Birds of Maine - Michael DeForge
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Kate Beaton
Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith - Grace Ellis, illustrated by Hannah Templer
The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night - Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories - Rumi Hara
Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank - Eric Orner
Tangier in the Rain - Fabien Grolleau, illustrated by Abdel de Bruxelles and translated by David Christensen
The Third Person - Emma Grove
Time Zone J - Julie Doucet
Tokyo Rose – Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II - Andre Frattino, illustrated by Kate Kasenow
What if? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - Randall Munroe
What is Home, Mum? - Sabba Khan
Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories - Megan Kelso

For Young Adults:

It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir - Malaka Gharib
The Keeper - Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, illustrated by Marco Finnegan
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice - Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwil

For Kids:

The Aquanaut - Dan Santat
The Flamingo - Guojing
Growing Pangs - Kathryn Ormsbee, illustrated by Molly Brooks
Little Monarchs - Jonathan Case
Miss Quinces: A Graphic Novel - Kat Fajardo
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria - Muhammad Najem and Nora Neus, illustrated by Julie Robine
Red Scare: A Graphic Novel - Liam Francis Walsh

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1	Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton 4.39 avg rating — 36,267 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel by Dan Santat (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 3,844 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis 4.10 avg rating — 2,572 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 4,733 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith 4.41 avg rating — 2,705 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Red Scare: A Graphic Novel by Liam Francis Walsh (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 820 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank by Eric Orner 4.16 avg rating — 216 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case 4.20 avg rating — 1,137 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo 4.17 avg rating — 3,843 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Tokyo Rose - Zero Hour (A Graphic Novel): A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption after World War II by Andre R. Frattino (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End: The Cartoons of Charles Johnson by Charles Johnson 3.96 avg rating — 133 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2) by Randall Munroe (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 17,127 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem 4.52 avg rating — 823 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 2,055 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Keeper: A Graphic Novel by Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 667 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Flamingo by Guojing (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 1,157 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Third Person by Emma Grove 4.14 avg rating — 1,383 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	It Won't Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib 4.02 avg rating — 2,319 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories by Rumi Hara 3.37 avg rating — 301 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Tangier in the Rain by Fabien Grolleau 3.51 avg rating — 312 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories by Megan Kelso 3.40 avg rating — 310 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	What is Home, Mum? by Sabba Khan 4.33 avg rating — 1,088 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Time Zone J by Julie Doucet 3.30 avg rating — 264 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Birds of Maine by Michael DeForge 4.27 avg rating — 817 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars