Graphic Novels

Teaching for Change carefully selects the best multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. Learn about our criteria for selecting titles. Feedback on these lists and suggestions for additional titles are welcome. Most of the books on these lists are linked for more information or purchase to Powells, an independent, union labor bookstore. Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk(*).

Abina and the Important Men

By Trevor R. Getz, Liz Clarke

 

AD New Orleans After The Deluge

By Josh Neufeld

 

American Born Chinese

By Gene Luen Yang

 

Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama

By Alison Bechdel

The Arrival

By Shaun Tan

As the World Burns 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial

By Derrick Jensen

 

Aya

By Marguerite Abouet

 

Aya: Love in Yop City

By Marguerite Abouet, Clement Oubrerie

 

Barefoot Gen 01 New Translation

By Keiji Nakazawa

 

Beats A Graphic History

By Harvey Pekar

 

The Boondocks

By Aaron McGruder

 

Bound by Law?: Tales from the Public Domain

By Keith Aoki, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins

 

Che: A Graphic Biography

By Spain Rodriguez, Paul Buhle (Editor)

 

Chicken with Plums

By Marjane Satrapi

Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America

By David H. T. Wong

 

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for

By Alison Bechdel

 

Fidel A Graphic Novel Life of Fidel Castro

By Nestor Kohan

 

Get Your War On: The Definitive Account of the War on Terror 2001-2008

By David Rees

 

Graffiti Coloring Book

By Uzi (Editor)

 

I Am Alfonso Jones*

By Tony Medina

Incognegro

By Mat Johnson

 

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation*

By Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy (Adapted by)

 

Macedonia

By Harvey Pekar, Heather Roberson, Ed Piskor (Illustrator)

 

March, Book One

By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Artist)

 

Maus: A Survivor's Tale

By Art Spiegelman

 

Maus II: A Survivors Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

By Art Spiegelman

 

Nelson Mandela: The Authorized Comic Book

By The Nelson Mandela Foundation, Umlando Wezithombe (Illustrator)

 

Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays The Diane Wilson Story

By Molly Bang

 

A People's History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation

By Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, Paul Buhle

 

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

By Marjane Satrapi

 

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

By Marjane Satrapi

 

The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocals of the Elders of Zion

By Will Eisner, Umberto Eco (Introduction by)

 

Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling

By Marc Mauer, Sabrina Jones

 

The Real Cost of Prisons Comix

By Kevin Pyle, Craig Gilmore

 

Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow*

By James Sturm, Rich Tommaso (Illustrator)

 

Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology

By Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow

 

Students for a Democratic Society A Graphic History

By Harvey Pekar

 

Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation

By Harvey Pekar, Paul Butler, Paul Buhle (Editor)

 

This Modern World 07 Futures So Bright I Cant Bear To Look

By Tom Tomorrow

 

The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman

By Nathan Hale

 

Waltz With Bashir A Lebanon War Story

By Ari Folman, Polonsky

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty*

By Greg Neri, Randy Duburke