Berlin

Set in the final years of the Weimar Republic, Berlin is a sweeping, meticulously researched graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly that captures the city's teeming, doomed vitality. Writer and artist Jason Lutes spent over two decades crafting this single, acclaimed work, which follows a cast of interconnected characters—from journalists and artists to political radicals—as their lives intersect against the backdrop of rising fascism and cultural ferment. Rather than a conventional series, it stands as a monumental, self-contained book that uses the rhythms of daily life to illuminate a pivotal, tragic moment in history.