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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two

by Emil Ferris

A diary, a murder mystery, and a turbulent Chicago summer

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    Forbes Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2024

    Named among Forbes’ Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2024.

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A diary, a murder mystery, and a turbulent Chicago summer

Set in Chicago during the summer of 1968, this second volume concludes Karen Reyes’s fictional graphic diary and her investigation into the death of her upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a Holocaust survivor. Karen attends a Grant Park protest that turns violent, while a newly discovered cassette brings more of Anka’s past in Nazi Germany into view. The story also follows Karen as she confronts questions about her sexual identity, her mother’s death, and what her brother may be keeping from her. Its visual storytelling draws on B-movie horror and pulp monster-magazine imagery, combining sequential panels with cartoon montages.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers who enjoy literary graphic novels with layered mysteries.
  • For readers interested in stories set amid the political turmoil of 1960s Chicago.
  • For readers drawn to graphic storytelling that incorporates horror and pulp-comic imagery.

Themes

Mystery and memoryHolocaust historyPolitical protest and violenceIdentity and family secretsHorror and pulp imagery

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Book overview

2025 Whiting Award WINNER in Fiction

Kirkus Reviews Best 100 Books of the Century (So Far)

New York Times Notable Books of 2024

Chicago Public Library Favorite Books of 2024

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books of 2024

NPR Books We Love 2024

Forbes Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2024

The Guardian Best Graphic Novels of 2024

Library Journal Best Graphic Novels of 2024

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two is the eagerly awaited conclusion to one of the most acclaimed graphic novels of the past decade. Presented as the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes as she tries to solve the murder of her beloved and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold.

In Book Two, dark mysteries past and present continue to abound in the tumultuous and violent Chicago summer of 1968. Young Karen attends a protest in Grant Park and finds herself swept up in a police stomping. Privately, she continues to investigate Anka's recent death and discovers one last cassette tape that sheds light upon Anka's heroic activities in Nazi Germany. She wrestles with her own sexual identity, the death of her mother, and the secrets she suspects her brother Deez of hiding. Ferris's exhilarating cast of characters experience revelations and epiphanies that both resolve and deepen the mysteries visited upon them earlier. Visually, the story is told in Ferris's inimitable style that breathtakingly and seamlessly combines panel-to-panel storytelling and cartoon montages filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster mag iconography.

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