Abrams imprint: 1041 books
The Best We Could Do
An Illustrated Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
National bestseller
**2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist
ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection
ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection
An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey...
by Derf Backderf
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
“A well-told, powerful story. Backderf is quite skilled in using comics to tell this tale of a truly weird and sinister 1970s adolescent world.” —R. Crumb
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Named a BEST OF 2012 by Time, The Village Voice, A.V. Club, comiXology, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly,...
Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2020
The follow-up to Kindred, the #1 bestseller, comes Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking dystopian novel
In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower, by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel...
Nobody's Fool
The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Nobody’s Fool follows the story of Schlitzie’s long career—from Coney Island and the Ringling Bros. Circus to small-town carnivals and big-city sideshows—which is one of legend. Today, Schlitzie is most well-known for his appearance in the cult classic Freaks. The making of Freaks and Schlitzie’s...
by Derf Backderf
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
The bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
2013 ALA/YALSA Alex Award
2014 Revelation Award at Angoulême
2015 ALA/YALSA Alex Award (Excellence in Narrative Nonfiction)
Named a BEST OF 2012 by Time,...
The Imitation Game
Alan Turing Decoded
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
**A New York Times Bestseller
Selected as a 2017 ALA/YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens: Nonfiction
Award winning authors Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis present a historically accurate graphic novel biography of English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.**
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by The Topps Company, Talley Morse
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Bazooka Joe and his Gang have been synonymous with bubble gum ever since their debut in 1953, providing an irresistible combination of cheap laughs wrapped around pink, sugary sweetness. This book celebrates the iconic mini-comics that are recognized the world over. The story of Bazooka Bubble Gum...
Showtime at the Apollo
The Epic Tale of Harlem's Legendary Theater
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Writer Ted Fox and artist James Otis Smith bring to life Harlem’s legendary theater in this graphic novel adaptation of Fox’s definitive, critically acclaimed history of the Apollo.
Since its inception as an African-American theater in 1934, the Apollo, and the thousands of entertainers who...
Undocumented
A Worker's Fight
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Undocumented is the story of immigrant workers who have come to the United States without papers. Every day, these men and women join the work force and contribute positively to society. The story is told via the ancient Mixtec codex—accordion fold—format. Juan grew up in Mexico working in the...
PS Magazine
The Best of The Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Will Eisner—best known for his influential comic book series The Spirit and his groundbreaking graphic novel A Contract with God—believed in the teaching power of comics, and from 1951 to 1971 he produced PS magazine for the U.S. Army. This Preventive Maintenance Monthly (called PS because it...
The Bridge
How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
More than 130 years after its completion, the Brooklyn Bridge remains one of the most extraordinary landmarks and symbols of Brooklyn and New York City—and the story behind this architectural marvel is just as extraordinary.
The Brooklyn Bridge was originally designed by John Augustus Roebling,...
The Warren Commission Report
A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Within days of the murder of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed a seven-member commission to investigate the assassination. In its report, the Warren Commission determined that there was “no credible evidence” conflicting with its conclusion of a lone gunman. Artist Ernie Colón,...
by William Stout
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, Howlin’ Wolf, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters—say their names out loud and you can just hear the blues. Now, acclaimed artist William Stout visualizes these artists and their music with 100 stunning portraits. This graphically powerful collection includes...
The Age of Selfishness
Ayn Rand, Morality, and the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
“A sympathetic but deeply critical biography of [Ayn] Rand and the eventual role of libertarian philosophy in the recent financial crisis” (The New York Times Book Review).
Tracing the emergence of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectivism in the 1940s to her present-day influence, Darryl...