8 Best art books like Why Art? by Eleanor Davis

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Why Art?

By: Eleanor Davis

3.88

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the conce…

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1. Stitches

By: David Small

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transfo… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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2. Here

By: Richard McGuire

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hereis Richard McGuire's unique graphic novel based on the legendary 1989 comic strip of the same n… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann, Helge Dascher, Kerascoët

3. Beautiful Darkness

By: Fabien Vehlmann , Helge Dascher , Kerascoët

3.87

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

Kerascoët’s and Fabien Vehlmann’s unsettling and gorgeous anti-fairy tale is a searing condemnation… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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4. Shortcomings

By: Adrian Tomine

3.20

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

FROM THE PREEMINENT CARTOONIST OF HIS GENERATION, THE MOST ANTICIPATED GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2007 Shortc… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comix
  • comics
  • fiction
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5. Killing and Dying: Stories

By: Adrian Tomine

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"One of the most gifted graphic novelists of our time." --Wired Killing and Dying is a stunning sho… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tomine's Killing and Dying: Stories book and Eleanor Davis's Why Art?

  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction

6. Boundless

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

The cartoonist of This One Summerand SuperMutant Magic Academyexplores the virtual and IRL world of… read more

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7. Asterios Polyp

By: David Mazzucchelli

4.35

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

The triumphant return of one of comics' greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man's sea… read more

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8. Beverly

By: Nick Drnaso

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nick Drnaso's comics mercilessly reveal the sterile sameness of the suburbs. Connected by a series … read more

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9. Panter

By: Brecht Evens

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Panter, de kroonprins van het koninkrijk Panteria, kruipt uit de ladenkast van kleine Christine na … read more

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10. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.21

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"And maybe that 'something' is a piece of my stupid little soul trapped in a book with very divisive reviews on Goodreads!"

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

"You're going to spend infinitely more time being dead than alive, so it's probably best to make peace with it while you can."

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

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11. The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures

By: N.D. Stevenson

4.02

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

From N.D. Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivati… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
"Ï'm learning to put away the diamond exterior and let people get close again. To be good up close instead of from a distance. I'm letting myself be happy."

-N.D. Stevenson, The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures

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12. The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.12

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

Billie Scott is an artist. Her debut gallery exhibition opens in a few months. Within a fortn… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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13. 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
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14. 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
  • comix
  • fiction
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15. 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
  • fiction
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16. Revenge of the Librarians

By: Tom Gauld

3.94

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the … read more

Similar categories in Tom Gauld's Revenge of the Librarians book and Eleanor Davis's Why Art?

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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17. No One Else

By: R. Kikuo Johnson

3.65

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

In this graphic novel, Charlene is a divorced mom, has a young son named Brandon, and works full-ti… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • sequential art
  • comix
  • comics
  • fiction
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18. Sabrina

By: Nick Drnaso

3.83

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Rate your overall mood from 1 to 5, 1 being poor. R… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
"There you are."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"Just remember that crisis leads to opportunity."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"A lot of people are able to turn their grief into something positive. Maybe you’re destined for some kind of job in law enforcement."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"What if an American citizen needs to disappear, for reasons that might never be revealed to you, and you are involved, even peripherally, in the plot? Are you willing to participate in a crime like t…"

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

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19. Parenthesis

By: Élodie Durand

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A triumph of graphic memoir, Parenthesis narrates the author's experience with tumor-related epilep… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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20. 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

Similar categories in Briana Loewinsohn's Ephemera book and Eleanor Davis's Why Art?

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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21. Écoute, jolie Márcia

By: Marcello Quintanilha

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Márcia est infirmière dans un hôpital à proximité de Rio et vit dans une favela avec son petit ami … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • sequential art
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

22. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • sequential art
  • comics
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23. Rave

By: Jessica Campbell

3.65

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age story, complete with secret cigarettes, gross gym teachers, and a lot of chur… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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24. BTTM FDRS

By: Ezra Claytan Daniels

3.86

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An Afrofuturist horror-comedy about gentrification, hip hop, and cultural appropriation. Once a thr… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Cats of the Louvre (Musée du Louvre #14 & 15) by Taiyo Matsumoto

25. Cats of the Louvre (Musée du Louvre #14 & 15)

By: Taiyo Matsumoto

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A surreal tale of the secret world of the cats of the Louvre, told by Eisner Award winner Taiyo Mat… read more

Similar categories in Taiyo Matsumoto's Cats of the Louvre (Musée du Louvre #14 & 15) book and Eleanor Davis's Why Art?

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Fine art won't fill me up, y'know."

-Taiyo Matsumoto, Cats of the Louvre (Musée du Louvre #14 & 15)

"That's right, Snowbébé. This world—it's cold and smelly."

-Taiyo Matsumoto, Cats of the Louvre (Musée du Louvre #14 & 15)

"Your coming here...made me so very happy. I wanted to keep dancing with you forever. That we should be so sad now...means we are very dear to each other."

-Taiyo Matsumoto, Cats of the Louvre (Musée du Louvre #14 & 15)

"Snowbébé, you've probably forgotten by now, but... Once, you looked at my body—my hairless body—and said it was pretty. So you see, your words made me so very happy. I always thought I was unattracti…"

-Taiyo Matsumoto, Cats of the Louvre (Musée du Louvre #14 & 15)

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26. Tótem

By: Laura Pérez

3.57

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Diferentes vivencias conectadas entre sí transcurren a lo largo de diferentes viajes, ensoñaciones,… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Hay lugares donde lo cotidiano es lo extraordinario."

-Laura Pérez, Tótem

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27. A City Inside

By: Tillie Walden

3.91

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Shifting between the everyday and the surreal, A City Inside recounts one woman s life from childho… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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28. Why Art?

By: Eleanor Davis

3.88

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the conce… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Davis's Why Art? book and Eleanor Davis's Why Art?

  • art
  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • sequential art
  • comix
  • philosophy
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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29. ブルーピリオド 11 (Blue Period., #11)

By: Tsubasa Yamaguchi

4.56

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

高2で絵を描くことの楽しさに目覚めた矢口八虎の新しい生活が始まった。 金欠に悩む八虎がたまたま応募したバイト先は、高校の恩師・佐伯先生が開く絵画教室だった。 佐伯先生のもとで働くことになった八虎… read more

Similar categories in Tsubasa Yamaguchi's ブルーピリオド 11 (Blue Period., #11) book and Eleanor Davis's Why Art?

  • art
  • comics
  • fiction
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30. Skip

By: Molly Mendoza

4.00

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A colorful, unpredictable postapocalyptic world comes alive in Skip, when two unlikely friends, Blo… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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31. The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing

By: Adam Moss

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations exami… read more

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  • art

20 Top fiction books like Why Art? by Eleanor Davis

Transform Your Habits

Here

Richard McGuire

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Beautiful Darkness

Fabien Vehlmann , Helge Dascher , Kerascoët

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Shortcomings

Adrian Tomine

3.20

Transform Your Habits

Killing and Dying: Stories

Adrian Tomine

3.57

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16 best-selling fiction books like Cats of the Louvre (Musée du Louvre #14 & 15) by Taiyo Matsumoto

Transform Your Habits

The Walking Man

Jirō Taniguchi

3.37

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Drip Drip

Paru Itagaki

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Mimi's Tales of Terror

Hirokatsu Kihara

4.00

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