Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood | 2003 | Marjane Satrapi | Buy |
| 2 | Persépolis | 2007 | Marjane Satrapi | N/A |
| 3 | Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return | 2003 | Marjane Satrapi | Buy |
| 4 | Persépolis, 2 | 2005 | Marjane Satrapi | N/A |
| 5 | Persepolis 3 | 2003 | Marjane Satrapi | Buy |
| 6 | Persepolis 4 | 2005 | Marjane Satrapi | Buy |
Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic memoir, originally published in French as four volumes and later collected into two English-language editions. The series tells the story of Satrapi’s childhood in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the Iran-Iraq War, followed by her experiences as a young Iranian woman living alone in Vienna and later returning to Iran.
The first volume, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, covers Satrapi’s early years, including her family’s leftist political background, the fall of the Shah, and the rise of the new theocratic government. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return picks up with her time in Europe and her difficult adjustment to life back in Iran. The books are drawn in a stark black-and-white style that gives the story a directness that suits its subject matter. Persepolis has been translated into dozens of languages and is widely assigned in schools and universities. The 2007 animated film adaptation, which Satrapi co-directed, brought the story to an even wider audience.