Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and the American Comic Book Revolution (2004), by Ronin Ro, covers the life and career of influential comic book artist, Jack Kirby.

Superman Chronicles, Volume 1 (2006) is a collection by the original Superman creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. In this graphic novel, they reprint all of Superman’s early appearances, beginning in 1938.

The Final Solution: A Story of Detection is Michael Chabon’s 2004 novel about an aged Sherlock Holmes engaged in solving one last mystery.

Houdini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss (1996), by Kenneth Silverman, is an acclaimed biography of the world’s most famous escape artist. It contains more than a hundred photos, many of them rare and previously unseen.

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale (Volume I, 1986; Volume II, 1991), by Art Spiegelman, is a graphic novel memoir with comic-like drawings about Spiegelman’s father and how he survived World War II and the Holocaust. Maus won many awards, including the 1992 Pulitzer Prize Special Award.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2001), by Dave Eggers, is a critically acclaimed memoir about Eggers's life as a single-parent to his younger brother after the death of both of their parents. Eggars is the editor of McSweeney’s, a publishing house to which Chabon has strong ties.

A Model World and Other Stories (1991), by Michael Chabon, is the author’s first collection of short stories. These stories are about quirky individuals in ironic situations.