# Top 20 Autobiographical Graphic Novels of All Time

> Holocaust survival, revolutions, dental disasters and quiet grief — these illustrated lives swing from gut-punch tragedy to laugh-out-loud confession. Big-name landmarks share the field with cult favorites. Cast your vote!

*By YPB Team · Published June 28, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-20-autobiographical-graphic-novels-of-all-time*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **Maus** — 66.67% (2 votes · score 1000/1000)
   Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer-winning account of his father's Holocaust survival, drawn with mice and cats.
2. **Fun Home** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 653/1000)
   Alison Bechdel's intricate family tragicomic about her closeted father and her own coming out.
3. **Good Talk** — 0% (0 votes · score 625/1000)
   Mira Jacob's collage-style memoir built around conversations about race with her young son.
4. **Smile** — 0% (0 votes · score 515/1000)
   Raina Telgemeier's hugely popular memoir of dental disaster and middle-school growing pains.
5. **American Splendor** — 0% (0 votes · score 446/1000)
   Harvey Pekar's pioneering series finding drama in the mundane life of a Cleveland file clerk.
6. **Are You My Mother?** — 0% (0 votes · score 446/1000)
   Alison Bechdel's introspective companion to Fun Home, focused on her relationship with her mother.
7. **They Called Us Enemy** — 0% (0 votes · score 446/1000)
   George Takei's memoir of his childhood in WWII Japanese American internment camps.
8. **Persepolis** — 0% (0 votes · score 446/1000)
   Marjane Satrapi's stark black-and-white memoir of growing up during the Iranian Revolution.
9. **Stitches** — 0% (0 votes · score 365/1000)
   David Small's wordless-at-its-core memoir of a childhood scarred by silence and surgery.
10. **Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?** — 0% (0 votes · score 365/1000)
   Roz Chast's wry, tender chronicle of caring for her aging parents.
11. **Rosalie Lightning** — 0% (0 votes · score 365/1000)
   Tom Hart's wrenching graphic memoir of grief after the sudden loss of his young daughter.
12. **Hyperbole and a Half** — 0% (0 votes · score 365/1000)
   Allie Brosh's hilarious, raw illustrated memoir of depression, dogs, and childhood chaos.
13. **Epileptic** — 0% (0 votes · score 365/1000)
   David B.'s phantasmagoric memoir of his brother's epilepsy and his family's desperate search for cures.
14. **The Arab of the Future** — 0% (0 votes · score 365/1000)
   Riad Sattouf's darkly funny memoir of a childhood split between France, Libya, and Syria.
15. **Blankets** — 0% (0 votes · score 268/1000)
   Craig Thompson's sweeping coming-of-age memoir of first love and an evangelical childhood.
16. **Marbles** — 0% (0 votes · score 268/1000)
   Ellen Forney's candid memoir of living with bipolar disorder as a working artist.
17. **Spinning** — 0% (0 votes · score 268/1000)
   Tillie Walden's quiet, elegant memoir of competitive figure skating and coming out.
18. **Calling Dr. Laura** — 0% (0 votes · score 268/1000)
   Nicole Georges's memoir untangling family secrets and identity after a shocking revelation.
19. **The Best We Could Do** — 0% (0 votes · score 149/1000)
   Thi Bui's moving memoir of her family's flight from Vietnam and the meaning of parenthood.
20. **One! Hundred! Demons!** — 0% (0 votes · score 149/1000)
   Lynda Barry's vivid 'autobifictionalography' painting scenes from her life in collage and ink.

Tags: books, graphic novels, memoir