As graphic novels have grown beyond traditional superheroes, there is a quickly increasing number that focus on particular topics such as history, social issues, and particular groups. We've complied a short list of some titles regarding the following topics:

Asian American Pacific Islander

Black and African American

Indigenous Peoples

LGBTQIA+

US Latinx

Memoirs

Fiction/Classics

History/Social Issues

Science/Medicine

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DC and Marvel are often referred to as "The Big Two" due to the size of their companies, their history of publication, and their global logo recognition. However due to their publication history and size (not to mention their multiple timelines per character or team up), they can also be overwhelming to a new person. This list we created is meant to give you intro pieces for their major characters and team ups.

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There are so many graphic novels, across multiple genres, subjects, and publishers that it would be impossible to name all the ones worth reading! So this list is for anything that you may want to read that fits into multiple categories, or we just think is really cool.

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