6 Best science fiction books like The Super Hero’s Journey by Patrick McDonnell

Cover of The Super Hero’s Journey by Patrick McDonnell

The Super Hero’s Journey

By: Patrick McDonnell

3.62

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Abrams’ Marvel Arts line, featuring the art of the multi-award-winning, bestsell…

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Cover of Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark

1. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score

By: Darwyn Cooke , Richard Stark

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A high-octane trip across America, The Score finds Parker assembling the best caper men he can find… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Le grand vide by Léa Murawiec

2. Le grand vide

By: Léa Murawiec

3.97

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

"Mais… Manel Naher, c'est moi !" Qui est donc cette autre Manel Naher, qui fait la Une des journaux… read more

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  • science fiction
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by James Sturm

3. Watership Down: The Graphic Novel

By: James Sturm

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and faithful graphic novel adaptation of Richard Adams’s beloved story of a group of ra… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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
  • fiction
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5. The Talk

By: Darrin Bell

4.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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6. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons by Kelly Sue DeConnick

7. Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons

By: Kelly Sue DeConnick

4.49

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Millennia ago, Queen Hera and the goddesses of the Olympian pantheon grew greatly dissatisfied with… read more

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  • fiction
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • superheroes
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8. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Do a Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson

9. Do a Powerbomb!

By: Daniel Warren Johnson

4.52

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

From the creator of MURDER-FALCON and WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH comes the wrestling adventure of the… read more

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  • science fiction
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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10. Cosmic Detective

By: Jeff Lemire

3.48

Format: 168 pages, ebook

In a dark and grimy city, an unnamed detective gets called to a local murder, something unlikely an… read more

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  • science fiction
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
Cover of Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker

11. Where the Body Was

By: Ed Brubaker

4.14

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more

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

12. 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
  • fiction
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13. 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
  • fiction
"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

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14. Night Fever

By: Ed Brubaker

3.87

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you, really? Are you the things you do, or are you the person inside your mind? In Europe o… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna  Robinson

15. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios

By: Joanna Robinson

4.22

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Robinson's MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios book and Patrick McDonnell's The Super Hero’s Journey

  • comics
  • marvel
Cover of Parasocial by Alex de Campi

16. Parasocial

By: Alex de Campi

3.50

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In the middle of the pandemic, a fading genre-TV actor, fresh from his long-running series' cancell… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

17. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

Cover of Homebody by Theo Parish

18. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

Cover of Pulp by Ed Brubaker

19. Pulp

By: Ed Brubaker

4.31

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

NOW AVAILABLE AS A SOFT COVER TRADE PAPERBACK: A gorgeous original graphic novel from the bestselli… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of The Human Target: Volume 2 by Tom King

20. The Human Target: Volume 2

By: Tom King

4.36

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Christopher Chance has 12 days to solve his own murder! Superstar writer Tom King and acclaimed art… read more

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  • fiction
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • superheroes
Cover of Danger Street Vol. 1 by Tom King

21. Danger Street Vol. 1

By: Tom King

3.65

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Joining the Justice League is a goal for any superhero, but what happens when a quest for membershi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • superheroes
Cover of Transformers, Vol. 1: Robots in Disguise by Daniel Warren Johnson

22. Transformers, Vol. 1: Robots in Disguise

By: Daniel Warren Johnson

4.33

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

THE TRANSFORMERS JOIN THE ENERGON UNIVERSE! Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobots … read more

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  • science fiction
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith

23. Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy

By: Bill Griffith

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told t… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Hide: The Graphic Novel by Kiersten White

24. Hide: The Graphic Novel

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition in an abandoned amusement park comes to life in this graphi… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Batman, Vol. 2: The Bat-Man of Gotham by Chip Zdarsky

25. Batman, Vol. 2: The Bat-Man of Gotham

By: Chip Zdarsky

3.67

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Following his battle with Failsafe, the Dark Knight is transported to a darker, more hopeless Gotha… read more

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

26. 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
  • fiction
Cover of I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee by Tom Scioli

27. I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee

By: Tom Scioli

3.42

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The first graphic novel biography of the legendary Stan Lee, co-creator of many of Marvel's beloved… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • marvel
Cover of I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

28. 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

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Super Hero’s Journey by Patrick McDonnell

29. The Super Hero’s Journey

By: Patrick McDonnell

3.62

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Abrams’ Marvel Arts line, featuring the art of the multi-award-winning, bestsell… read more

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  • art
  • marvel
  • superheroes
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood by Brian "Box" Brown

30. The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood

By: Brian "Box" Brown

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic novel, … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

31. The Fox Maidens

By: Robin Ha

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic new graphic novel fantasy—a queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korea… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction

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Transform Your Habits

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score

Darwyn Cooke , Richard Stark

4.30

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Le grand vide

Léa Murawiec

3.97

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Watership Down: The Graphic Novel

James Sturm

4.43

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Deena Mohamed

4.50

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Dave Eggers

4.25

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Nicholas Day

4.15

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