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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
1
Art Speigelman
The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis
2
Marjane Satrapi
Hark! a Vagrant (Kate Beaton)
Hark! a Vagrant
3
Kate Beaton
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
4
Art Spiegelman
Pride of Baghdad
Pride of Baghdad
5
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (Guy Delisle)
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
6
Guy Delisle
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began (Art Spiegelman)
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
7
Art Spiegelman
March : Book One (John Lewis)
March : Book One
8
John Lewis
Palestine
Palestine
9
Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima (Keiji Nakazawa)
Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
10
Keiji Nakazawa
American Born Chinese (Gene Luen Yang)
American Born Chinese
11
Gene Luen Yang
It Was the War of the Trenches
It Was the War of the Trenches
12
The Rabbi's Cat
The Rabbi's Cat
13
300
300
14
Laika (Nick Abadzis)
Laika
15
Nick Abadzis
Embroideries (Marjane Satrapi)
Embroideries
16
Marjane Satrapi
Burma Chronicles (Guy Delisle)
Burma Chronicles
17
Guy Delisle
Safe Area Goražde
Safe Area Goražde
18
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossom (Fumiyo Kouno)
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossom
19
Fumiyo Kouno
The Photographer
The Photographer
20
Footnotes in Gaza (Joe Sacco)
Footnotes in Gaza
21
Joe Sacco
My Friend Dahmer
My Friend Dahmer
22
The Cartoon History of the Universe
The Cartoon History of the Universe
23
Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi)
Chicken With Plums
24
Marjane Satrapi
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie (Lauren Redniss)
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie
25
Lauren Redniss
Shenzhen (Guy Delisle)
Shenzhen
26
Guy Delisle
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two (Keiji Nakazawa)
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two
27
Keiji Nakazawa
Logicomix
Logicomix
28
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
29
From Hell (Alan Moore)
From Hell
30
Alan Moore
Stitches (David Small)
Stitches
31
David Small
Buddha Volume 1: Kapilavastu (Osamu Tezuka)
Buddha Volume 1: Kapilavastu
32
Osamu Tezuka
Chroniques De Jérusalem (Guy Deslisle)
Chroniques De Jérusalem
33
Guy Deslisle
The Cartoon History of the Universe II (Larry Gonick)
The Cartoon History of the Universe II
34
Larry Gonick
A Bride's Story (Kaoru Mori)
A Bride's Story
35
Kaoru Mori
Age of Bronze (Eric Shanower)
Age of Bronze
36
Eric Shanower
Feynman (Jim Ottaviani)
Feynman
37
Jim Ottaviani
Waltz With Bashir: A Lebanon War Story (Ari Folman)
Waltz With Bashir: A Lebanon War Story
38
Ari Folman
The Silence of Our Friends (Mark Long)
The Silence of Our Friends
39
Mark Long
Pedro and Me
Pedro and Me
40
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