Are you a person 18 years-of-age and up who loves graphic novels? Want to meet up with other readers and discuss great comic book literature? Then join the Santa Clara City Library’s Graphic Novel Book Club for the 2022 season! We will enjoy celebrated classics, award winning titles, and a wide range of genres from around the world. Just bring your enthusiasm, curiosity, and an open mind!

The Graphic Novel Book Club meets every second Thursday of the month at 5PM on Zoom.

To RSVP for this event use this link: bit.ly/gnbookclub2022

Books can be found on the Santa Clara City Library online catalog (sclibrary.bibliocommons.com), through LINK+ (https://www.sclibrary.org/services/other-services/link), or as an ebook through Hoopla (https://www.sclibrary.org/books-more/digital-library). The selected titles for each month should be completed before each meeting. Reading ahead is encouraged!

About July's read: "Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth—and frailty—of their connection.
 
At once contemporary and timeless, Habibi gives us a love story of astounding resonance: a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and, most potently, the magic of storytelling." (via Goodreads)

GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB 2022 SCHEDULE

JANUARY: Ghost World by Dan Clowes

FEBRUARY: Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

MARCH: Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughn

APRIL: The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

MAY: The Sandman Vols. 1 & 2 by Neil Gaiman

JUNE: Daytripper by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá

JULY: Habibi by Craig Thompson

AUGUST: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris

SEPTEMBER: Y, The Last Man Vols. 1 & 2 by Brian K. Vaughan

OCTOBER: Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine

NOVEMBER: Blacksad Vol. 1 by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido

DECEMBER: The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire