We've got your back. With the Tough-O-Meter, you'll know whether to bring extra layers or Swiss army knives as you summit the literary mountain. (10 = Toughest)
(3) Base Camp
Stitches is a fast read, since so many panels have no words, and you can easily fly through it in an evening. However, it's a book that demands to be read more than once. You'll keep turning pages out of morbid curiosity about what happens next, but because this is a story about things left unsaid, you'll want to go back and ponder the worlds hidden inside those wordless panels. This is definitely a book in which you discover something new every time you read it.