6 best-selling picture books books like Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan

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Tales from the Inner City

By: Shaun Tan

4.29

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

Tales from the Inner City is a collection of incredibly original stories, rich with feeling, strang…

"Horses know this more than most: The greatest curse of any animal is to be worth money to men."

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

"Horses know this more than most: The greatest curse of any animal is to be worth money to men."

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

"And when you died I took you down to the river. And when I died you waited for me by the shore. So it was that time passed between us."

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

"And when you died I took you down to the river. And when I died you waited for me by the shore. So it was that time passed between us."

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

If you liked the picture books plot in Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Things from the Flood (Tales from the Loop, #2) by Simon Stålenhag

1. Things from the Flood (Tales from the Loop, #2)

By: Simon Stålenhag

4.35

Format: 130 pages, Hardcover

The Loop is closed. Life is returning to normal when the pastoral countryside is suddenly flooded b… read more

Similar categories in Simon Stålenhag's Things from the Flood (Tales from the Loop, #2) book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire, Steve Wands

2. The Underwater Welder

By: Jeff Lemire , Steve Wands

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immen… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Lemire's The Underwater Welder book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. Small Things

By: Mel Tregonning

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

On the cusp of having everything slip from his grasp, a young boy has to find a way to rebuild his … read more

Similar categories in Mel Tregonning's Small Things book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • graphic novels
  • picture books
Cover of Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 1 by Tove Jansson

4. Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 1

By: Tove Jansson

3.42

Format: None pages,

Moomin Book One is the first volume of Drawn & Quarterly's publishing plan to reprint the entire st… read more

Similar categories in Tove Jansson's Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 1 book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • fiction

5. The First Third

By: Will Kostakis

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Life is made up of three parts: in the first third, you're embarrassed by your family; in the secon… read more

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6. The Rabbits

By: John Marsden , Shaun Tan

4.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Uses rabbits, a species introduced to Australia, to represent an allegory of the arrival of Europea… read more

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7. The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness

By: Robert Kondo , Dice Tsutsumi

3.51

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Beyond the dam lies certain death--this is something every citizen of Sunrise Valley knows well. Ye… read more

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8. The Electric State

By: Simon Stålenhag

4.43

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

In 1997, a runaway teenager and her yellow toy robot travel west through a strange USA. The ruins o… read more

Similar categories in Simon Stålenhag's The Electric State book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"To, čo robíme, nie je civilizované, viem to. Ale viem i to, že aj tebe sa to muselo prihodiť - presne ako ja si sa zobudil a zrazu si si uvedomil niečo nezvratné: nežijeme už v civilizovaných časoch."

-Simon Stålenhag, The Electric State

Cover of There’s a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers

9. There’s a Ghost in This House

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.43

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

A captivating new picture book with interactive transparent pages, from world-renowned artist Olive… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Jeffers's There’s a Ghost in This House book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • picture books
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. Ik ga naar de schapen

By: Marieke De Maré

4.14

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In dit verhaal proberen vijf mensen het moeilijkste raadsel ter wereld op te lossen. Als ze dat ni… read more

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11. When I Arrived at the Castle

By: Emily Carroll

3.69

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

"A castle, a killer, and prey all bound and blurred by lust and blood." Like many before her tha… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's When I Arrived at the Castle book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. The Rock from the Sky

By: Jon Klassen

4.19

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Look up! Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Rock from the Sky book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • fantasy
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
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13. On a Sunbeam

By: Tillie Walden

4.30

Format: 533 pages, Paperback

Throughout the deepest reaches of space, a crew rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures, pain… read more

Similar categories in Tillie Walden's On a Sunbeam book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"It's like the older you get the more you forget that you can change things."

-Tillie Walden, On a Sunbeam

"I'm not dating the 12% of you that I understand, I'm dating 100% of you. Including all your secrets that I don't know."

-Tillie Walden, On a Sunbeam

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14. The Wanderer

By: Peter van den Ende

4.29

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Without a word, van den Ende presents one little paper boat's journey across the ocean, past reefs … read more

Similar categories in Peter van den Ende's The Wanderer book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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15. The Labyrinth

By: Simon Stålenhag

4.16

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

A world covered by ruins and ash, the remnants of an otherwordly phenomenon that has ravaged the ea… read more

Similar categories in Simon Stålenhag's The Labyrinth book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
Cover of Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan

16. Tales from the Inner City

By: Shaun Tan

4.29

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

Tales from the Inner City is a collection of incredibly original stories, rich with feeling, strang… read more

Similar categories in Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • poetry
  • art
  • magical realism
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • animals
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Horses know this more than most: The greatest curse of any animal is to be worth money to men."

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

"And when you died I took you down to the river. And when I died you waited for me by the shore. So it was that time passed between us."

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

"How much do I love our family? This much. When any kind of emergency strikes, good or bad, we snap together like parts in a machine, like a submarine crew at war in the tin-can clutter of our home, n…"

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

"And, once again, the bears showed us. There they were, God help us, the Ledgers of the Earth, written in clouds and glaciers and sediments, tallied in the colours of the sun and the moon as light pas…"

-Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

Cover of Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei

17. Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir

By: Ai Weiwei

3.74

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei… read more

Similar categories in Ai Weiwei's Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • art
  • graphic novels
Cover of The Last Tree: A seed of hope by Luke Adam Hawker

18. The Last Tree: A seed of hope

By: Luke Adam Hawker

4.45

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

From the  Sunday Times  bestselling author of  Together,  and in the highly successful genre of  Th… read more

Similar categories in Luke Adam Hawker's The Last Tree: A seed of hope book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • fiction
"The train brought them home, but books could take them anywhere they imagined."

-Luke Adam Hawker, The Last Tree: A seed of hope

Cover of What If We Stopped Pretending by Jonathan Franzen

19. What If We Stopped Pretending

By: Jonathan Franzen

3.50

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

The climate crisis is here. Our chance to stop it has come and gone, but this doesn’t have to mean … read more

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Cover of A frog in the fall (and later on) by Linnea Sterte

20. A frog in the fall (and later on)

By: Linnea Sterte

4.59

Format: 338 pages, ebook

A young frog (hatched this spring) encounters two toads, who have captured the ghost of a Shungiku … read more

Similar categories in Linnea Sterte's A frog in the fall (and later on) book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • fantasy
  • graphic novels
  • animals
  • fiction
Cover of Hell Phone, Book 1 by Benji Nate

21. Hell Phone, Book 1

By: Benji Nate

3.88

Format: 160 pages, ebook

Sissy and Lola are best friends, next-door neighbors, and now… murder solvers? When Sissy picks up … read more

Similar categories in Benji Nate's Hell Phone, Book 1 book and Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City

  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

14 Best fiction books like Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan

Transform Your Habits

Things from the Flood (Tales from the Loop, #2)

Simon Stålenhag

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Underwater Welder

Jeff Lemire , Steve Wands

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 1

Tove Jansson

3.42

Transform Your Habits

The Electric State

Simon Stålenhag

4.43

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8 Top fiction books like There’s a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers

Transform Your Habits

There’s a Ghost in This House

Oliver Jeffers

4.43

Transform Your Habits

A Spoonful of Frogs

Casey Lyall

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Lou

Breanna Carzoo

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Norman Didn't Do It!: (Yes, He Did)

Ryan T. Higgins

4.34

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