Maus I and Maus II are two very good books to read... and because they are both "comics" most anyone can probably understand them. I studied these books in an English class and I was kind of skeptical about how much a "good" read they would be, but Spiegelman is a very good artist (both in how he writes and his drawings). The animals Spiegelman chose to represent certain races are of significance. For instance, the French are represented by frogs (this could be a reference to frog legs or could be a commentary on the French*).
We also studied the
psychology in the books. It's very interesting to look at how people are affected by
war, and see how that plays out in Maus I & II. They are very good...
read them (they're not
long).
*If you ARE French, I mean no offense. However, a frog is not a very noble creature and there are people who dislike France and/or French people.