Hack the S.A.T. by Eliot Schrefer

This book almost makes me want to take the SAT again at age 42! Almost. Yes, the book was that good.

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

"A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books.

This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, it's a story exhilaratingly suited to graphic memoir form."

--description from dust jacket