11 must-read adult books like You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife by Kel McDonald

Cover of You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife by Kel McDonald

You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

By: Kel McDonald

3.84

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Death—the one aspect of life we all have in common—is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beli…

If you liked the adult plot in You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife by Kel McDonald , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

1. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

By: Caitlin Doughty

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A New York Times and Los Angeles Times Bestseller “Doughty chronicles [death] practices with ten… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Doughty's From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • adult
  • death
"My next drone folk album will be called "The Cremation Reforms of Octavius B. Frothingham"."

-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

"What dignity translates to, more often than not, is silence, a forced poise, a rigid formality."

-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

"All that surrounds us comes from death, every part of every city, and every part of every person."

-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

"In death, corpses don't hold themselves together. They no longer have to play by the living's rules."

-Caitlin Doughty, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

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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 Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • adult
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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 Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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 When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll

4. 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 Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Dracula, Motherf**ker! by Alex de Campi

5. Dracula, Motherf**ker!

By: Alex de Campi

3.27

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Vienna, 1889: Dracula's brides nail him to the bottom of his coffin. Los Angeles, 1974: an ageing s… read more

Similar categories in Alex de Campi's Dracula, Motherf**ker! book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"It's wrong to encase a monster in flesh, to give it a face. It belittles the darkness, makes it smaller, dimmer, to decant it into the image of one particular man ."

-Alex de Campi, Dracula, Motherf**ker!

Cover of Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu

6. Carmilla: The First Vampire

By: Amy Chu

3.40

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1… read more

Similar categories in Amy Chu's Carmilla: The First Vampire book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki

7. Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki!

By: Kanako Inuki

3.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

From the mind of Japan’s “queen of horror manga” comes a short story collection sure to put a grin … read more

Similar categories in Kanako Inuki's Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • comics
Cover of Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook

8. Banned Book Club

By: Kim Hyun Sook

3.97

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her … read more

Similar categories in Kim Hyun Sook's Banned Book Club book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
"In times like this, no act is apolitical."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"Everyone has a right to the truth. But I don't owe you mine."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But you can learn a lot about history by figuring out what people wanted to hide."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But if they're going to keep calling us communists, we might as well learn what that means!"

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

Cover of Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator by Darryl Cunningham

9. Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator

By: Darryl Cunningham

3.98

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

From schoolyard thug to Russian president: Vladimir Putin’s rise to power comes under the microscop… read more

Similar categories in Darryl Cunningham's Putin's Russia: The Rise of a Dictator book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) by Lewis Hancox

10. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1)

By: Lewis Hancox

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER... and at the … read more

Similar categories in Lewis Hancox's Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure (St. Hell, #1) book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • lgbt
Cover of Paper Planes by Jennie Wood

11. Paper Planes

By: Jennie Wood

3.66

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

After a life altering incident, Dylan and Leighton are sent to a summer camp for troubled youth. Ca… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Wood's Paper Planes book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Birds of Maine by Michael DeForge

12. Birds of Maine

By: Michael DeForge

4.25

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Take flight to this post-apocalyptic utopia filled with birds. Birds roam freely around the Moon c… read more

Similar categories in Michael DeForge's Birds of Maine book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Cyclopedia Exotica by Aminder Dhaliwal

13. Cyclopedia Exotica

By: Aminder Dhaliwal

4.31

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

"Dhaliwal created a fictitious community facing xenophobia, fetishization, and media misrepresentat… read more

Similar categories in Aminder Dhaliwal's Cyclopedia Exotica book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Bubble by Jordan  Morris

14. Bubble

By: Jordan Morris

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Based on the smash-hit audio serial, Bubble is a hilarious high-energy graphic novel with a satiric… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Morris's Bubble book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Stars in Their Eyes: A Graphic Novel by Jessica  Walton

15. Stars in Their Eyes: A Graphic Novel

By: Jessica Walton

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this lighthearted YA romance, Maisie and Ollie discover that nothing beats the feeling of fallin… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Walton's Stars in Their Eyes: A Graphic Novel book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Brooms by Jasmine Walls

16. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Walls's Brooms book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Oksi by Mari Ahokoivu

17. Oksi

By: Mari Ahokoivu

3.78

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Kertomus äideistä ja tyttäristä, tähdistä ja myyteistä. Karhuemon pennuista yksi ei ole kuin muut. … read more

Similar categories in Mari Ahokoivu's Oksi book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 2 (My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness) by Kabi Nagata

18. My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 2 (My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness)

By: Kabi Nagata

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The sequel series to the award-winning My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness! Living on her own … read more

Similar categories in Kabi Nagata's My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 2 (My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness) book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Harrow County: Omnibus Volume 2 by Cullen Bunn

19. Harrow County: Omnibus Volume 2

By: Cullen Bunn

4.26

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

The second half of the highly acclaimed, Eisner-nominated horror fantasy tale, collected in a value… read more

Similar categories in Cullen Bunn's Harrow County: Omnibus Volume 2 book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife by Kel McDonald

20. You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

By: Kel McDonald

3.84

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Death—the one aspect of life we all have in common—is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beli… read more

Similar categories in Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • anthologies
  • death
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Color of Always by Brent Fisher

21. The Color of Always

By: Brent Fisher

3.93

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The flutter of first dates, the thrill of a text-back, the heart-stopping seconds before coming out… read more

Similar categories in Brent Fisher's The Color of Always book and Kel McDonald's You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • adult

15 Best fiction books like You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife by Kel McDonald

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

Transform Your Habits

When I Arrived at the Castle

Emily Carroll

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Dracula, Motherf**ker!

Alex de Campi

3.27

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Transform Your Habits

Be Gay, Do Comics

Matt Bors

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Boys Weekend

Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

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The Color of Always

Brent Fisher

3.93

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