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Best Historical Graphic Novels

This a list of the top fifty historical graphic novels according to Goodreads. The list is in order of ranking.
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The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
The Complete Maus
Art Speigelman
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The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
3
Hark! a Vagrant (Kate Beaton)
Hark! a Vagrant
Kate Beaton
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Maus I: My Father Bleeds History (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman
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Pride of Baghdad
Pride of Baghdad
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (Guy Delisle)
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
Guy Delisle
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Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began (Art Spiegelman)
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
Art Spiegelman
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March : Book One (John Lewis)
March : Book One
John Lewis
9
Palestine
Palestine
10
Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima (Keiji Nakazawa)
Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
Keiji Nakazawa
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American Born Chinese (Gene Luen Yang)
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang
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It Was the War of the Trenches
It Was the War of the Trenches
13
The Rabbi's Cat
The Rabbi's Cat
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300
300
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Laika (Nick Abadzis)
Laika
Nick Abadzis
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Embroideries (Marjane Satrapi)
Embroideries
Marjane Satrapi
17
Burma Chronicles (Guy Delisle)
Burma Chronicles
Guy Delisle
18
Safe Area Goražde
Safe Area Goražde
19
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossom (Fumiyo Kouno)
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossom
Fumiyo Kouno
20
The Photographer
The Photographer
21
Footnotes in Gaza (Joe Sacco)
Footnotes in Gaza
Joe Sacco
22
My Friend Dahmer
My Friend Dahmer
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The Cartoon History of the Universe
The Cartoon History of the Universe
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Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi)
Chicken With Plums
Marjane Satrapi
25
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie (Lauren Redniss)
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie
Lauren Redniss
26
Shenzhen (Guy Delisle)
Shenzhen
Guy Delisle
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Barefoot Gen, Volume Two (Keiji Nakazawa)
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two
Keiji Nakazawa
28
Logicomix
Logicomix
29
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
30
From Hell (Alan Moore)
From Hell
Alan Moore
31
Stitches (David Small)
Stitches
David Small
32
Buddha Volume 1: Kapilavastu (Osamu Tezuka)
Buddha Volume 1: Kapilavastu
Osamu Tezuka
33
Chroniques De Jérusalem (Guy Deslisle)
Chroniques De Jérusalem
Guy Deslisle
34
The Cartoon History of the Universe II (Larry Gonick)
The Cartoon History of the Universe II
Larry Gonick
35
A Bride's Story (Kaoru Mori)
A Bride's Story
Kaoru Mori
36
Age of Bronze (Eric Shanower)
Age of Bronze
Eric Shanower
37
Feynman (Jim Ottaviani)
Feynman
Jim Ottaviani
38
Waltz With Bashir: A Lebanon War Story (Ari Folman)
Waltz With Bashir: A Lebanon War Story
Ari Folman
39
The Silence of Our Friends (Mark Long)
The Silence of Our Friends
Mark Long
40
Pedro and Me
Pedro and Me
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