20 Top comics books like The Third Person by Emma Grove

Cover of The Third Person by Emma Grove

The Third Person

By: Emma Grove

4.14

Format: 920 pages, Paperback

In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby’s office. She wants to share this wonder…

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Cover of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

1. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

Similar categories in Kate Beaton's Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Roaming by Jillian Tamaki

2. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's Roaming book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • queer
  • lgbt
Cover of A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

3. A Guest in the House

By: Emily Carroll

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • lgbt
"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

Cover of Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

4. Boys Weekend

By: Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more

Similar categories in Mattie Lubchansky's Boys Weekend book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

5. Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

By: Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/T… read more

Similar categories in Archie Bongiovanni's Mimosa: A Graphic Novel book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame by Erin   Williams

6. Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame

By: Erin Williams

3.73

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, clever, and ultimately gut-wrenching graphic memoir about the daily decision women mus… read more

Similar categories in Erin Williams's Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"Perspective can be hard to come by, when you spend most of your time licking your own wounds."

-Erin Williams, Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame

Cover of Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story by Julia Wertz

7. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

By: Julia Wertz

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronic… read more

Similar categories in Julia Wertz's Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"Go fuck yourself, melted spatula!"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"Do the stepwork and don't give me any of your excuses. We both know they're bullshit."

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a come…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"It's the fantasy of a life gone wrong. You've been doing the best you can, but it's hard and you're tired. Then something horrible happens and you get to give up and go be sad somewhere. There's some…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

Cover of The Third Person by Emma Grove

8. The Third Person

By: Emma Grove

4.14

Format: 920 pages, Paperback

In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby’s office. She wants to share this wonder… read more

Similar categories in Emma Grove's The Third Person book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki

9. Talk to My Back

By: Yamada Murasaki

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

An unearthed masterwork from one of the "three daughters of Garo," shimmering with realism and vuln… read more

Similar categories in Yamada Murasaki's Talk to My Back book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"Men live in a dream. They always want to be treated like children. When they're strong, we indulge them in this fantasy simply because they're men. Women, on the other hand, have reality shoved into …"

-Yamada Murasaki, Talk to My Back

Cover of Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood by Lonnie Mann

10. Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood

By: Lonnie Mann

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age graphic novel memoir about a young man who, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish commun… read more

Similar categories in Lonnie Mann's Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

11. This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

By: Navied Mahdavian

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a h… read more

Similar categories in Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Kisses for Jet by Joris Bas Backer

12. Kisses for Jet

By: Joris Bas Backer

3.50

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A striking and emotive graphic novel from trans creator, Joris Bas Backer about coming to terms wit… read more

Similar categories in Joris Bas Backer's Kisses for Jet book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • queer
Cover of The Con Artists by Luke Healy

13. The Con Artists

By: Luke Healy

3.31

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

A quintessentially millennial tale about friendship and the quest for self-actualization This is g… read more

Similar categories in Luke Healy's The Con Artists book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • lgbt
Cover of Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

14. Fine: A Comic About Gender

By: Rhea Ewing

4.28

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Washington Post • 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 A vibrant and informative debut with “great doc… read more

Similar categories in Rhea Ewing's Fine: A Comic About Gender book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
"Gender affects everybody, so whether you're trans or not, gender is fucking you up. -Jac, 2013"

-Rhea Ewing, Fine: A Comic About Gender

Cover of Our Little Secret by Emily  Carrington

15. Our Little Secret

By: Emily Carrington

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize At 15, Emily is a relatively typical teenage girl… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carrington's Our Little Secret book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

16. I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

By: Maurice Vellekoop

4.17

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of four children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of It Won't Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib

17. It Won't Always Be Like This

By: Malaka Gharib

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family,… read more

Similar categories in Malaka Gharib's It Won't Always Be Like This book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition by Julia   Kaye

18. Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition

By: Julia Kaye

4.27

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye’s gender transition.… read more

Similar categories in Julia Kaye's Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick

19. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings

By: Will Betke-Brunswick

4.00

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

During Will Betke-Brunswick’s sophomore year of college, their beloved mother, Elizabeth, is diagno… read more

Similar categories in Will Betke-Brunswick's A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • queer
Cover of Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars: A Graphic Memoir by Rick Louis

20. Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars: A Graphic Memoir

By: Rick Louis

4.51

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

WINNER Outstanding Work of Graphic Medicine (Long Form) 2023 Awards for Excellence in Graphic Medic… read more

Similar categories in Rick Louis's Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars: A Graphic Memoir book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Joy of Quitting by Keiler Roberts

21. The Joy of Quitting

By: Keiler Roberts

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

From toddler antics to doctor appointments, Keiler Roberts breathes humour and life into the fleeti… read more

Similar categories in Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting book and Emma Grove's The Third Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction

14 Best nonfiction books like The Third Person by Emma Grove

Transform Your Habits

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame

Erin Williams

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

Julia Wertz

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Third Person

Emma Grove

4.14

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15 best-selling fiction books like Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Boys Weekend

Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

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