11 must-read manga books like Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki

Cover of Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki

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…

"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 their faces. Useless dreams are not luxuries they can entertain for long. No matter how much they may hate the real world, they do not have the luxury of acting like children."

-Yamada Murasaki, Talk to My Back

"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 their faces. Useless dreams are not luxuries they can entertain for long. No matter how much they may hate the real world, they do not have the luxury of acting like children."

-Yamada Murasaki, Talk to My Back

"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 their faces. Useless dreams are not luxuries they can entertain for long. No matter how much they may hate the real world, they do not have the luxury of acting like children."

-Yamada Murasaki, Talk to My Back

If you liked the manga plot in Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. Juliette - Les fantômes reviennent au printemps

By: Camille Jourdy

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Apres le succes de la trilogie Rosalie Blum, Camille Jourdy revient avec un nouveau roman graphique… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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2. Hungry Ghost

By: Victoria Ying

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
Cover of Quando muori resta a me by Zerocalcare

3. Quando muori resta a me

By: Zerocalcare

4.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Un viaggio con suo padre verso il paesino tra le Dolomiti da cui proviene la famiglia paterna sareb… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

4. Shubeik Lubeik

By: Deena Mohamed

4.50

Format: 528 pages, ebook

A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishe… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
Cover of Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki

5. Shuna's Journey

By: Hayao Miyazaki

4.34

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a go… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • japan
  • manga
Cover of Parti e omicidi by Sayaka Murata

6. Parti e omicidi

By: Sayaka Murata

3.76

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Parti e omicidi è una raccolta di racconti ambientati in una Tokyo di un futuro non ben precisato, … read more

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  • fiction
  • japan
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7. Keeping Two

By: Jordan Crane

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

20 years in the making, the long-awaited graphic novel masterpiece from acclaimed cartoonist Jordan… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
Cover of Acting Class by Nick Drnaso

8. Acting Class

By: Nick Drnaso

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and suspenseful follow-up to the Booker-nominated graphic novel Sabrina."Every single p… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
Cover of Roaming by Jillian Tamaki

9. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • adult
  • fiction
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10. Girl Juice

By: Benji Nate

3.95

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A hilarious slice of twentysomething life in the twenty-first century Welcome to the Girl Juice … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
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11. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
"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 C'est comme ça que je disparais by Mirion Malle

12. C'est comme ça que je disparais

By: Mirion Malle

4.32

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

« La première fois où j'ai eu le goût de mourir, j'avais genre euh 12 ans ? Mais ça compte pas, ça … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • adult
"Je suis vide, je ne ressens rien, juste du vide. Avoir le cœur brisé me manque. Être triste me manque."

-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais

"Je me sentais tellement vivante à ce moment-là, je crois. Maintenant, je ne me rappelle plus ce que ça fait d'être triste."

-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais

"Il continue sa vie, sans embûches, sans répercussions. Il m'a détruite et il a le droit de vivre une vie heureuse. Et moi, je suis brisée à tout jamais."

-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais

"J'aurais aimé... j'aurais tellement aimé profiter de ma vie. Profiter de ma vingtaine. Finir mon adolescence doucement. J'aurais voulu avoir ce droit-là."

-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais

Cover of Tokyo These Days, Volume 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto

13. Tokyo These Days, Volume 1

By: Taiyo Matsumoto

3.96

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a m… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • slice of life
  • fiction
  • japan
  • manga
Cover of Work-Life Balance by Aisha Franz

14. Work-Life Balance

By: Aisha Franz

3.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A cutting portrayal of the pursuit of work-life balance from the cartoonist of Shit is Real To a… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki

15. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • sequential art
  • comics
  • slice of life
  • fiction
  • japan
  • manga
  • adult
"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 The Man in the McIntosh Suit by Rina Ayuyang

16. The Man in the McIntosh Suit

By: Rina Ayuyang

3.27

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

A Filipino-American take on Depression-era noir featuring mistaken identities, speakeasies, and los… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Ephemera by Briana Loewinsohn

17. Ephemera

By: Briana Loewinsohn

4.00

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A debut graphic novel that poignantly blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine. Ephem… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Why Don't You Love Me? by Paul B. Rainey

18. Why Don't You Love Me?

By: Paul B. Rainey

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Claire and Mark are in the doldrums of an unhappy marriage. She doesn’t get out of her bathrobe and… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Nejishiki by Yoshiharu Tsuge

19. Nejishiki

By: Yoshiharu Tsuge

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Un ragazzo approda sulla spiaggia di un piccolo villaggio di pescatori con l'arteria del braccio re… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • japan
  • manga
Cover of Okinawa by Susumu Higa

20. Okinawa

By: Susumu Higa

4.08

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island’s pre-eminent mangaka,… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • japan
  • manga
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21. Men I Trust

By: Tommi Parrish

3.75

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Eliza is a thirtysomething struggling single mother and poet. Sasha, a twentysomething yearning for… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Umma's Table by Yeon-Sik Hong

22. Umma's Table

By: Yeon-Sik Hong

4.18

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

The joy of food and tradition unites a family faltering in the face of illness and loss Madang is … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • manga
Cover of Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham

23. Blood of the Virgin

By: Sammy Harkham

3.70

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

“A story about storytelling...Conjures up the grindhouse movie-making scene in 1970s Los Angeles an… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of The Swamp (Yoshiharu Tsuge, 1) by Yoshiharu Tsuge

24. The Swamp (Yoshiharu Tsuge, 1)

By: Yoshiharu Tsuge

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The essential early work by the modern master of Japanese literary comicsYoshiharu Tsuge is one of … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • japan
  • manga
Cover of Spa by Erik Svetoft

25. Spa

By: Erik Svetoft

3.72

Format: 328 pages, Häftningsbunden

På ett Spa- och konferenshotell någonstans i norra Europa har en gäst gått vilse. Ett gift par söke… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of The Naked Tree by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

26. The Naked Tree

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

3.84

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

A delicate, timeless, and breathtaking coming-of-age story.The critically acclaimed and award-winni… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • manga
Cover of My Picture Diary by Maki Fujiwara

27. My Picture Diary

By: Maki Fujiwara

4.04

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The wife of Japan’s most lauded manga-ka documents a year in their lives with her own artistry. … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • manga
  • adult
Cover of Ribāzu Ejji by Kyōko Okazaki

28. Ribāzu Ejji

By: Kyōko Okazaki

3.92

Format: 232 pages, Comic

A story about high school students who go to a school at the bank of a river. read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • japan
  • manga
Cover of Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories by Megan Kelso

29. Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories

By: Megan Kelso

3.44

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A suite of five brilliant comics stories united by themes of motherhood, family, and love. The Guar… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud by Kuniko Tsurita

30. The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud

By: Kuniko Tsurita

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The work of a visionary and iconoclastic feminist cartoonist—available in English for the first tim… read more

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  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • japan
  • manga
Cover of The Joy of Quitting by Keiler Roberts

31. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics

26 must-read fiction books like Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki

Juliette - Les fantômes reviennent au printemps

Camille Jourdy

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Hungry Ghost

Victoria Ying

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Shuna's Journey

Hayao Miyazaki

4.34

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Transform Your Habits

Monica

Daniel Clowes

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Acting Class

Nick Drnaso

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Where the Body Was

Ed Brubaker

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

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