If You Liked Smile...
More graphic novels for readers who loved Smile, by Raina Telgemeier. These books are shelved in either J Comics or Y Comics; check the call number. Click here for a print-friendly version of this list.
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Bell | El Deafo Cece's giant hearing aid gives her the ability to hear but also isolates her from her classmates. Can she find a true friend, someone who appreciates her as she is? | J Comic BE |
| Brosgol | Anya's Ghost Anya feels like a misfit. A new friend, even if it is a ghost, is just what she needs. Or so she thinks... | Y Comic BR |
| Castellucci and Rugg | Plain Janes When Jane moves to Suburbia, she thinks her life is over. But she soon finds her tribe: three other girls named Jane who share her love of art. | Y Comic CA |
| Cazenove and William | The Sisters: Just Like Family Maureen and Wendy may love each other with all their hearts, but sometimes it's hard to get through the day without killing each other! | J Comic CA |
| Chmakova | Awkward Penelope tries to blend in at school, though it means shunning sweet but nerdy Jaime. But when the art club and science club face off, she can't avoid him anymore. | Y Comic CH |
| Clugston | Queen Bee Haley tries to hide her psychokinetic powers at school so that she can fit in with the rest of the popular girls. | Y Comic CL |
| Gownley | The Dumbest Idea Ever! After a long illness sinks Jimmy's grades and basketball dreams, can Jimmy get back on top at school and land a date with the cutest girl in class? | Y Comic GO |
| Gownley | The Whole World's Crazy Amelia deals with divorced parents and a new school, takes on bullies, and receives a disgustingly detailed explanation of the infamous Sneeze Barf. | J Comic GO |
| Gulledge | Page by Paige When Paige moves to New York City from rural Virginia, she tries to make sense of her new life through her sketchbook, bringing her true personality into the open. | Y Comic GU |
| Gulledge | Will & Whit Will longs for unplugged adventures with her friends. Little does she know she will get her wish in the form of a blackout, courtesy of a hurricane named Whitney. | Y Comic GU |
| Halliday and Hoppe | [Peanut] Nervous about starting at a new school, Sadie decides to make herself more interesting by claiming to be allergic to peanuts, but her lie spirals out of control. | Y Comic HA |
| Hicks | Friends with Boys After years of homeschooling, Maggie enrolls in public school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost following her. | Y Comic HI |
| Hicks | The War at Ellsmere Jun, a scholarship student at a prestigious boarding school, deals with mean girls and makes friends with quirky Cassie, who swears a man-eating unicorn lives in the forest nearby. | Y Comic HI |
| Holm and Holm | Sunny Side Up Sunny's summer with her grandfather is full of surprises, including golf-ball-eating alligators, runaway cats, and mysteriously disappearing neighbors. | J Comic HO |
| Jamieson | Roller Girl Astrid falls in love with the rough-and-tumble sport of roller derby, even as her best friend Nicole gravitates toward ballet camp. | Y Comic JA |
| Larson | Mercury After her house burns down, Tara moves in with her cousins and begins to search for the gold said to be hidden on their property. | Y Comic LA |
| Larson and Pantoja | Who Is AC? Lin is an ordinary zine-loving teenage girl until she is zapped with magical powers through her cell phone. | Y Comic LA |
| Martin and Telegemeier | Kristy's Great Idea Kristy forms a baby-sitters club with her friends, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacy, but they run into unexpected problems which threaten to break up the club. | J Comic MA |
| Parent | Kevin Keller: Welcome to Riverdale Kevin dives into social life at his new high school, including making friends, preparing for his first date, and organizing the entire prom himself! | Y Comic PA |
| Sellner and Vamos | Punky Brewster When Punky meets Henry, she decides he's the adoptive dad for her. All she has to do is convince the foster home, adoption officials, and possibly Henry himself. | J Comic SE |
| Shen and Hicks | Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong Best friends Charlie and Nate find themselves at odds when a school election promises to fund either a robotics competition or new cheerleading uniforms, but not both. | Y Comic SH |
| Takako | Wandering Son Shuichi and Yoshino are best friends who share a secret: Shuichi is a boy who feels like a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who feels like a boy. | Y Comic TA |
| Tamaki and Tamaki | This One Summer Rose and Windy have always been best friends for the summer at Awago Beach, but this year their vacation is complicated by secrets and heartache. | Y Comic TA |
| Telgemeier | Drama Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a school play, as relationships start and end, and others never quite get going. | Y Comic TE |
Last Updated: 9/16
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