Blankets (2003)

Craig Thompson's memoir of growing up in an evangelical Christian family in Wisconsin and falling for Raina, a girl from a similar background he meets at a winter camp. At nearly 600 pages it gives a first love the room most novels would, and its snowy, flowing art makes the hours drift. It won the Eisner and Harvey awards for best graphic album in 2004. It is quieter than the thrillers here, so it suits the stretch of a night flight when the cabin lights go down. If you also pack Habibi, read this one first; it is the gentler of the two.