Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary | 2023 | Don Brown | Buy |
83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary arrived in 2023 as both a prose book and a graphic novel, adapting Don Brown’s account of the Russian siege of the Ukrainian port city. The graphic novel format allows the visual dimension of the conflict — the destruction of the city, the human cost — to come through in a way that supplements the diary format of the prose original.
Brown’s decision to publish in both formats reflects the influence of graphic journalism in documenting contemporary conflicts, from Joe Sacco’s work onward. For his existing readership of military fiction, the graphic novel is a different kind of engagement with the same subject matter; for readers new to Brown, it may be the more accessible entry point to this particular work.