Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge discussion

Share and discuss book ideas for
Task 14: Read a comic in translation.

Your Wish Is My Command by Deena Mohamed. Setting is Egypt and the author/illustrator self -translated from Arabic to English.

I've read a lot of Korean graphic novels in translation, and all were fantastic: Umma's Table, Grass, The Waiting, and Moms.

I read Persepolis for the 2024 prompt a banned comic. I'll read
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return for this one OR
She and Her Cat

Denise wrote: "I read Persepolis for the 2024 prompt a banned comic. I'll read
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return for this one OR
She and Her Cat"

I'm reading Persepolis 2, Grass, or A Bride's Story, Vol. 1

I'm excited for this task. I love comics and I've been putting effort in the last few years to read more stuff in translation in general. I actually make my own personal challenge each year based on my own goals, and this exact wording was one of my own prompts until Book Riot published their list and I updated it so I wouldn't have the exact same prompt for both challenges haha

I would recommend The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, as well as her lesser known books Embroideries and Chicken with Plums. I would also recommend Poppies of Iraq by Brigitte Findakly, Ashes by Álvaro Ortiz, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu, The Body Factory: From the First Prosthetics to the Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois, Wage Slaves by Daria Bogdańska, and The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up by Marie Kondō.

I'm considering Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed (mentioned up thread as Your Wish Is My Command, I actually have it out of the library right now and won't get to it before the new year), Aya by Marguerite Abouet, Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Clover: Omnibus by Clamp, Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba, and Uzumaki by Junji Ito. I'll be paying attention to suggestions other people have too!

Denise wrote: "I read Persepolis for the 2024 prompt a banned comic. I'll read
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return for this one OR
She and Her Cat"

I'm doing Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood for this one.

I recommend The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife, Vol. 1 by Iwatobineko, translated from the Japanese. This is the first book in the series and is a charming, quirky story.

I'm currently working my way through Spy X Family, so I'm just going to read the next one in that series.

I am reading 녹색전상 2 hehe

I started reading Witch Hat Atelier for a challenge years ago, and it was so lovely! I need to catch up to where the translations are up to

Went to my local library to find one for this task. I really don't want to get started on a looong comic book series. I was looking for a stand alone... I found Princess Ai. I'm not 100% sure it's been translated, but it has two people listed as translators, so I'm using it. Also, super weird, one of the creators is Courtney Love (what?!).

Definitely rereading Persepolis: The Story of a Childhoodfor this one! Just got it from the library.

So because I'm not totally sure my former pick is actually translated, I've decided to also read The Complete Persepolis. I learned that my library has a copy, so it'll be easy to acquire.

I read Shubeik Lubeik

I'm going to read A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return by Zeina Abirached, a memoir, translated from the French, set in 1980's Beirut.

I also read Shubeik Lubeik! I forgot to post when I originally read it in January. I loved it, it's one of my favourite things I've read this year so far, and a new favourite for me in general. I love how immersive and expansive the worldbuilding is, and the story was engrossing.

I read A Cat from Our World and the Forgotten Witch Vol. 4 by Hiro Kashiwaba - 3/24/25.

Like so many of you, chose PERSEPOLIS, which one of my friends teaches to her high school students, so she loaned me a copy. I’ve been meaning to read it for years.

Carly Really Very Normal wrote: "I'm currently working my way through Spy X Family, so I'm just going to read the next one in that series."

SQUEEEEEEE We watched part of that series anime on TV and we all loved it. I'm totally going to start reading them. Thank you!

I'm planning to read two of my husband's Tintin comics. Translated from the French.

I read Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

I read I Cannot Reach You, Vol. 1 by Mika .

Based on Rebecca's recommendation earlier in this thread, I'm going to read Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim. 💖