Building Stories #[n]

Building Stories is a landmark graphic novel by Chris Ware, originally released as a boxed set of 14 distinct printed pieces—booklets, broadsheets, and a hardcover—that can be read in any order. The collection weaves together the lives of several residents in a Chicago apartment building, centering on a lonely woman and her neighbors, exploring themes of memory, time, and connection through Ware's intricate, emotionally resonant art. This Pantheon edition compiles the entire work into a single, more conventional volume while preserving the narrative's fragmented, nonlinear structure.