History books for adults
98 award-winning books for adults. Wars, revolutions and lives from the past.
Fantasy and magic86Science fiction69Superheroes28Memoir and real lives139History98Funny109Manga124Horror and spooky48Crime and mystery57Adventure30Friendship and school25Family81Animals35Science and the real world130LGBTQ+ stories19
98 books
Winner2026Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black ResistanceBen Passmore2026 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2025Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic MemoirTessa Hulls2025 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir winner
Winner2025Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the U.S.Caitlin Cass2025 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2024Hip Hop Family TreeEd Piskor2024 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2024Wonder Woman Historia: The AmazonsKelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott2024 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner2022Run: Book OneJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir winner
Winner2021Kent State: Four Dead in OhioDerf Backderf2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2021Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel AdaptationOctavia E. Butler and Damian Duffy2021 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic winner
Winner2020They Called Us EnemyGeorge Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker2020 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2018KindredDamian Duffy and John Jennings2018 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium winner
Winner2018My Favorite Thing Is MonstersEmil Ferris2018 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winner
Winner2018Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the FreedomMarcelo D’Salete2018 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner2017March: Book ThreeJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell2017 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2017The Art of Charlie Chan Hock ChyeSonny Liew2017 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winner
Winner2016Showa: A History of Japan, 1926–1939Shigeru Mizuki2016 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winner
Winner2016Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant CollectionKate Beaton2016 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication winner
Winner2016Two BrothersFábio Moon and Gabriel Bá2016 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium winner
Winner2013Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century BoysNaoki Urasawa2013 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winner
Winner2011It Was the War of the TrenchesJacques Tardi2011 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2010The PhotographerEmmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemercier2010 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner2006Nat TurnerKyle Baker2006 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work winner
Winner2001Safe Area GorazdeJoe Sacco2001 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winner
Winner2000Blade of the ImmortalHiroaki Samura2000 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material winner
Winner2000From HellAlan Moore and Eddie Campbell2000 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner1996Stuck Rubber BabyHoward Cruse1996 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winner
Winner1992Maus IIArt Spiegelman1992 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint winner
Winner1992To the Heart of the StormWill Eisner1992 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New winnerShowa: A History of Japan, 1939–1944 and Showa: A History of Japan, 1944–1953Shigeru MizukiWinner2015Showa: A History of Japan, 1939–1944 and Showa: A History of Japan, 1944–1953Shigeru Mizuki2015 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia winner
Nominee2025The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic HistoryJohn Vasquez Mejias2025 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2023Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver BallJon Chad2023 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2022Ballad For SophieFilipe Melo and Juan Cavia2022 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2021Paying the LandJoe Sacco2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2021Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of HumankindYuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave2021 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2021Slaughterhouse-FiveRyan North and Albert Monteys2021 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2021Year of the RabbitTian Veasna, translation by Helge Dascher2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2020GrassKeum Suk Gendry-Kim, translation by Janet Hong2020 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2020Kid GlovesLucy Knisley2020 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2020New WorldDavid Jesus Vignolli2020 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2020Reincarnation StoriesKim Deitch2020 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2020The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic NovelRenee Nault2020 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2019Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic AdaptationAri Folman and David Polonsky2019 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2019Belonging: A German Reckons with History and HomeNora Krug2019 Harvey Award for Book of the Year nominee
Nominee2019Berlin: City of StonesJason Lutes2019 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2018Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary 1852–1903Christian Perrissin and Matthieu Blanchin2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2018Flight of the RavenJean-Pierre Gibrat2018 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee
Nominee2018FurariJiro Taniguchi2018 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2018Golden KamuySatoru Noda2018 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2018The Best We Could DoThi Bui2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2017Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul NashDave McKean2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2017Tetris: The Games People PlayBox Brown2017 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2017The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and AnimeToshio Ban and Tezuka Productions2017 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2016A Bride's StoryKaoru Mori2016 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2016Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran FatherCarol Tyler2016 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2016The DivineBoaz Lavie2016 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nominee
Nominee2016The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and BabbageSydney Padua2016 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2015Kill My MotherJules Feiffer2015 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2014Django UnchainedReginald Hudlin, R. M. Guéra, et al.2014 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2014Julio’s DayGilbert Hernández2014 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2014The Encyclopedia of Early EarthIsabel Greenberg2014 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2014The Summit of the GodsBaku Yumemakura and Jiro Taniguchi2014 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2014Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger StoryPeter Bagge2014 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2013A Chinese LifeLi Kunwu and Philippe Ôtié2013 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2013Chico and RitaFernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal2013 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium nominee
Nominee2012HabibiCraig Thompson2012 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2012Marzi: A MemoirMarzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia2012 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2011AyakoOsamu Tezuka2011 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2011House of Five LeavesNatsume Ono2011 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2011Two GeneralsScott Chantler2011 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2010A.D.: New Orleans After the DelugeJosh Neufeld2010 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2010Alec: The Years Have PantsEddie Campbell2010 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2010Footnotes in GazaJoe Sacco2010 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2010StitchesDavid Small2010 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2009A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh ChildRick Geary2009 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2009Berlin Book 2: City of SmokeJason Lutes2009 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2008James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and GolemsJames Sturm2008 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2008Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry BlossomsFumiyo Kōno2008 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Asia nominee
Nominee2008White RapidsPascal Blanchet2008 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2007Stagger LeeDerek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix2007 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nominee
Nominee2006War's EndJoe Sacco2006 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2005PersepolisMarjane Satrapi2005 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nominee
Nominee2005Suspended in LanguageJim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis2005 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2004Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip BiographyChester Brown2004 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2004Quimby the MouseChris Ware2004 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint nominee
Nominee2004The Fixer: A Story from SarajevoJoe Sacco2004 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2004Yossel, April 19, 1943Joe Kubert2004 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2002FalloutJim Ottaviani, Janine Johnston, Steve Lieber, Vince Locke, Bernie Mireault, and Jeff Parke2002 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee2000The Jew of New YorkBen Katchor2000 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee
Nominee1998A History of ViolenceJohn Wagner and Vince Locke1998 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nomineeThe Witches of World War IIPaul CornellNominee2024The Witches of World War IIPaul Cornell2024 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic nomineeBut I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the HolocaustCharlotte SchalliéNominee2023But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the HolocaustCharlotte Schallié2023 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nomineeThe Winter of the CartoonistPaco RocaNominee2021The Winter of the CartoonistPaco Roca2021 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material nomineeAll the Answers: A Graphic MemoirMichael KuppermanNominee2019All the Answers: A Graphic MemoirMichael Kupperman2019 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nomineeThe Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East 1978–1984Riad SattoufNominee2016The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East 1978–1984Riad Sattouf2016 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nomineeTo End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World WarJonathan Clode and John Stuart ClarkNominee2015To End All Wars: The Graphic Anthology of The First World WarJonathan Clode and John Stuart Clark2015 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nomineeThe (True!) History of ArtSylvain Coissard and Alexis LemoineNominee2014The (True!) History of ArtSylvain Coissard and Alexis Lemoine2014 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication nomineeYou'll Never KnowCarol TylerNominee2013You'll Never KnowCarol Tyler2013 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work nomineeAdolfOsamu TezukaNominee1997AdolfOsamu Tezuka1997 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nomineeSinkingJames Hudnall and Robert P. OrtalezaNominee1993SinkingJames Hudnall and Robert P. Ortaleza1993 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New nominee