(Part 2) Best historical & biographical novels according to redditors
We found 72 Reddit comments discussing the best historical & biographical novels. We ranked the 30 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Bone
Akira
Mouse guard
Persepolis
Scott Pilgrim
Swamp thing by Alan Moore
Judge Dredd: The cursed earth uncensored
Nemesis the warlock
The league of extra ordinary gentlemen
Hellboy
Zot! by Scott McCloud
V for vendetta
Nimona
The sandman
Maus
American Flagg
Bean world
Dan Dare by Garth Ennis
Flintstones by Mark Russell
Giant days
Groo
The incal
Jonah Hex
The nam
Queen and Country
Rork
Usagi yojimbo
Nausicaa
HISTORICAL COMICS
If anyone's interested in some quality comic books about the high Roman era, and can read French (or Latin), Murena by Jean Dufaux is completely amazing.
http://www.amazon.com/Murena-Pourpre-lOr-French-Edition/dp/2871293732/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1368813912&sr=8-11&keywords=murena+jean+dufaux
Click on the "look inside" to check out the artwork, which is quite detailed. There's also a Latin version of the very first comic. I've been told the series is very historically accurate.
Also check out "Age of Bronze" series for what's been called a very historically accurate rendering of the Illiad, though the series remains tantalizingly incomplete.
http://www.amazon.com/Age-Bronze-Vol-2-Sacrifice/dp/1582403996/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368814052&sr=1-2&keywords=age+of+bronze
I'm also curious as to what our Norse historians here think of Northlanders, because of its clearly intentional anachronisms. The first book actually has a segment which is set in high byzantine Constantinople, so I'd be interested in getting opinions into how "accurate" its rendering of the street scenes are, although they seem based on and plucked from later Ottoman Istanbul.
http://www.amazon.com/Northlanders-Vol-1-Sven-Returned/dp/1401219187/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368814145&sr=1-1&keywords=northlanders
There is a very well-done graphic novel about Quanah and Cynthia called Comanche Moon by Jack Jackson, who is probably the most serious combination of cartoonist/historian I've ever read. He has a couple other history of American West type comics that are worth checking out, too.
EDIT: Changed Quanah Parker to just Quanah.
I don't really know your tastes but here are a few if you likes.
• If you like Lord of the Rings or Nausicaa, maybe try out Bone by Jeff Smith. You can get the whole series in a single vol: https://www.amazon.com/dp/188896314X/
• If you like crime stories, check out Stray Bullets: Killers by David Lapham: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1632152150/
• If you like historical adventure, maybe check out Cape Horn by Christian Perrissin, Enea Riboldi https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594650799/
• If you want a bit of real life/romance, check out The Nao Of Brown by Glyn Dillon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1906838429/
• If you like biography, maybe check out Alan's War by Emanuel Guibert
• If you like a taste of superpowers without superheroes and then throw in espionage, check out Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt. It's 6 vols but you really can't go wrong with it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1595827978/
Other great reads that can be easy to get into:
Law of the Desert Born | Louis L'Amor, Charles Santino, et al.
Beautiful graphic novel all about it
Laika https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1250050626/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_mdSGub1EZNB5M
One of my favorites on my shelf is "Studio Space," published by Image Comics. Just a collection of interviews and photographs, but it's a fascinating glimpse behind the veil of modern comic illustrators. My favorite chapter is Mike Mignola's.
Matthew Hughes' Archonate books feature a far-future galactic society with all the science-fictional trappings...but their universe is, for reasons unknown, shifting over to a system of physics based on magic.
Many of them also feature a wonderful hero--a Sherlock Holmes-ish master detective, who relies on logic and deduction--but who has to adjust to a world where those rules no longer apply, and figure out just what the hell is going on.
I think these are among the most underrated/under-read novels out there. In addition to the cool idea, they're genuinely funny and have a completely unique voice.
Start with [Majestrum] (http://www.amazon.com/Majestrum-Tale-Of-Henghis-Hapthorn/dp/1597800619/ref=pd_sim_b_1)
There were a couple of comics in the Disney Kingdoms series that explored Big Thunder Railroad and the Haunted Mansion in a short comic series published by Marvel. https://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Mountain-Railroad-Dennis-Hopeless/dp/078519701X/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=JH4VHSAPW3S2Y67536JS
Having just finished Northlanders Vol. 2 this is incredibly timely. Thanks!