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My Favourite Reads

Just a list of some of my favourite books...but especially comics!

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  • One of the funniest dramas ever -- this version is particularly good.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2009Venice : L.A. Theatre Works, 2009. — ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
  • A man with ambition, but no talent or drive. Too relatable.
    Graphic Novel, 2019New York : New York Review Comics, 2019, ©2019. — GRAPHIX 741. 5952 TSU T
  • Vagabond

    Three in One, Vol. 01

    Inoue, Takehiko,
    A raw account of the legendary swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi's, rise to becoming number one under the sun. Based on the dense (but equally good) novel Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa.
    Graphic Novel, 2008San Francisco, California : VIZ Media, 2008, ©2008. — GRAPHIX 741. 5 INO v.01
  • A young girl's journey to revenge -- and an unlikely friendship.
    eBook, 2010New York, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2010. — ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
  • A young Japanese girl is transported from modern (1995) day Japan to ancient Anatolia. Wonderfully researched, and beautifully illustrated. I've read this every year since it was published in English... it's just that good.
    Graphic Novel, 2024San Francisco, California : Viz Media, 2024, ©2024. — YA GRAPHIX SHI v.01
  • Whimsical. Melancholic. Perfect.
    eBook, 2001New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001. — ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
  • A memoir of the dehumanizing horrors of war -- and the pure boredom.
    Graphic Novel, 2011Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2011. — GRAPHIX 741. 5 MIZ
  • Tezuka is affectionately renowned as the godfather of manga... and this is affectionally renowned as my favourite of his works.
    eBook, 2017[place of publication not identified] : Kodansha USA, 2017. — ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
  • Better than the Sandra Dee movie.
    Book, 2001Berkley Books, 2001. — FICTION KOH
  • Carl Barks is the epitome of perfection.
    Unknown, 2021Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books, 2021, ©2021. — J GRAPHIX DUC
  • As a library worker -- this series delights me in ways I can't express.
    Unknown, 2010San Francisco, Calif. : VIZ Media, 2010. — YA GRAPHIX YUM v.01
  • There's a reason that there are a billion and a half film adaptations of this story. It's really, that good -- actually, I'd argue better than most of the films, too.
    eBook, 2003London ; New York : Penguin, 2003. — ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
  • A Contract With God

    and Other Tenement Stories

    Eisner, Will,
    Eisner's "Contract with God" will break you. It's also considered to be the first "Graphic Novel."
    Graphic Novel, 2017New York, New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2017, ©2017. — GRAPHIX 741. 5 EIS
  • Personally, I think Tamora Pierce gets better with each series. But also, I think you need to read her many older series first to really enjoy these ones fully. The audiobook is also good.
    eBook, 2014New York, NY : Random House, [2014] — ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
  • Practically Perfect in Every Way.
    eBook, 20172017. — ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
  • The full cast audio book version hits ALL the right notes. The book version is good too.
    eBook, 2007New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2007. — ELECTRONIC RESOURCE