NYT - Hardcover Graphic Books | Santa Fe Public Library

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#1 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format. More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States, and its complex and lasting impact on the present day. Adapted by celebrated academics and comics artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel powerfully...

2) Trayaurus and the enchanted crystal

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#2 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 12 week(s).

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"From the mind of one of the most popular YouTubers of all time, DanTDM, comes a graphic novel adventure that reimagines the Minecraft-style worlds and characters he's created like you've never seen them before. After a day of experiments, Trayaurus and DanTDM are about to call it a night when a strange-looking crystal plummets to earth, breaking into five pieces that scatter far and wide. DanTDM and Trayaurus recover one of the shards and quickly...

3) Snow White

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#4 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 12 week(s).

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The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...

4) The best American comics 2016

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#5 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 15 week(s).

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Best American Comics 2016 showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors and highlights both fiction and nonfiction from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, minicomics, and the Web to make a collection that is full of varied, provocative feats of cartooning .

5) alamo all stars

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6) Rolling blackouts: dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq

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Glidden, Sarah

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#7 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 7 week(s).

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"Cartoonist Sarah Glidden accompanies her two friends--reporters and founders of a journalism non-profit--as they research potential stories on the effects of the Iraq War on the Middle East and, specifically, the war's refugees. Joining the trio is a childhood friend and former Marine whose past service in Iraq adds an unexpected and sometimes unwelcome viewpoint, in the eyes of the people they come across and perhaps even their own. As the crew...

7) The one hundred nights of Hero: a graphic novel

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#9 on the Hardcover Graphic Books list for 2017-01-29. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 3 week(s).

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"From the author who brought you The Encyclopedia of Early Earth comes another epic tale of derring-do. Prepare to be dazzled once more by the overwhelming power of stories and see love prevail in the face of terrible adversity! You will read of betrayal, loyalty, madness, bad husbands, lovers both faithful and unfaithful, wise old crones, moons who come out of the sky, musical instruments that won't stay quiet, friends and brothers and fathers and...