Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (2000–2003)

This incredible autobiographical graphic novel reveals a hidden story through Sartapi’s childhood and early adult years in Iran after the Islamic Revolution. Originally published in French, the graphic novel has been translated into a number of different languages.

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