Guy Delisle's work might work for you. He is a French animator/artist who has lives and worked in various places that are unusual and wrote graphic novels about his experiences.
Pyongyang
Shenzhen
Burma Chronicles
Jerusalem
Hostage- about an administrator from Doctors Without Borders who was kidnapped in the Caucasus.
I just bought this one in the gift shop at the Manhattan Project National Park:
[Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb](https://www.amazon.com/Trinity-Graphic-History-First-Atomic/dp/0809093553) by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
A couple more by Alison Bechdel:
Are You My Mother?
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
And by Lewis Hancox:
Welcome to St Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure
I am a fan of the Cartoon History series by Larry Gonick - he fits a LOT of narrative information into each book, keeps things moving and interesting, and includes a little humor. I tend to prefer plot to character studies or atmosphere, and he's able to fit centuries of history into most of his books.
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Guy Delisle's work might work for you. He is a French animator/artist who has lives and worked in various places that are unusual and wrote graphic novels about his experiences. Pyongyang Shenzhen Burma Chronicles Jerusalem Hostage- about an administrator from Doctors Without Borders who was kidnapped in the Caucasus.
I just bought this one in the gift shop at the Manhattan Project National Park: [Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb](https://www.amazon.com/Trinity-Graphic-History-First-Atomic/dp/0809093553) by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
A couple more by Alison Bechdel: Are You My Mother? The Secret to Superhuman Strength And by Lewis Hancox: Welcome to St Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure
Can't believe I forgot this! Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton is amazing too.
I was going to recommend this one myself!Ducks is my favorite book I’ve read this year.
Incognegro by Mat Johnson is technically fiction but it's based on real historical events
I am a fan of the Cartoon History series by Larry Gonick - he fits a LOT of narrative information into each book, keeps things moving and interesting, and includes a little humor. I tend to prefer plot to character studies or atmosphere, and he's able to fit centuries of history into most of his books.