Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography

by Chester Brown

“It has the thoroughness of a history book yet reads with the personalized vision of a novel.” – Time Chester Brown reinvents the comic-book medium to create the critically acclaimed historical biography Louis Riel , winning the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel for his compelling, meticulous, and dispassionate retelling of the charismatic, and perhaps insane, nineteenth-century Métis... (more)

Sin City: Book 1

The Hard Goodbye

by Frank Miller

Legendary artist Frank Miller opened a noir opus in Sin City. This critically-acclaimed triumph-honored by both an Eisner Award and the prestigious National Cartoonists' Award-combines the pulp intensity of writers like Spillane and Cain with the gritty graphic storytelling that only Miller can deliver. Sin City is the place-tough as leather and dry as tinder. Love is the fuel, and the now-infamous character Marv... (more)

Unlikely

by Jeffrey Brown

The follow-up to Jeffrey Brown's self-published debut hit, Clumsy. The bittersweet story of how Jeffrey Brown lost his virginity. A full-length graphic novel drawn in a simple and elegantly awkward style that heightens the emotional impact of the work.