11 Best fantasy books like Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto

Cover of Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto

Shadow Life

By: Hiromi Goto

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

2022 Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Winner for Adult Fiction 2022 L.A Times Book Prize Fi…

"It's the living who struggle to accept death."

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

"There's a special place kept for the person who first breaks your heart."

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

"It's a relief to leave unnecessary things. But do the necessary things have to be so heavy?"

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

If you liked the fantasy plot in Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

1. 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

Similar categories in Deena Mohamed's Shubeik Lubeik book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • magical realism
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of PTSD by Guillaume Singelin

2. PTSD

By: Guillaume Singelin

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Ancienne tireuse d'élite dans une guerre fictive passée, Jun se retrouve maintenant sans-abri et en… read more

Similar categories in Guillaume Singelin's PTSD book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

3. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

Similar categories in Kate Beaton's Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • canada
Cover of Keeping Two by Jordan Crane

4. 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

Similar categories in Jordan Crane's Keeping Two book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

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

5. 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 Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

6. 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 Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • 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 In Limbo by Deb J.J. Lee

7. In Limbo

By: Deb J.J. Lee

4.18

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age story—and a coming home stor… read more

Similar categories in Deb J.J. Lee's In Limbo book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu

8. The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda—the creati… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"No creepy dolls!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Not the demon anus!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"It’s Sarlaac Satan!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Oh my God. We’re superheroes."

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

Cover of Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

9. Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

By: Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/T… read more

Similar categories in Archie Bongiovanni's Mimosa: A Graphic Novel book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Mamo by Sas Milledge

10. Mamo

By: Sas Milledge

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Family matters aren’t just hocus-pocus for this young witch!Cartoonist Sas Milledge makes her aston… read more

Similar categories in Sas Milledge's Mamo book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

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

11. 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

Similar categories in Yamada Murasaki's Talk to My Back book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
"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 Delicacy by James Albon

12. The Delicacy

By: James Albon

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Rare and delicious fungi spell trouble for an ambitious restaurateur in this sumptuously painted gr… read more

Similar categories in James Albon's The Delicacy book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Squire by Nadia Shammas

13. Squire

By: Nadia Shammas

4.06

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Aiza has always dreamt of becoming a Knight. It's the highest military honor in the once-great Bayt… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Shammas's Squire book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Archival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir

14. Archival Quality

By: Ivy Noelle Weir

3.45

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Everything you need to know is in the archives. The Logan Museum is a mysterious old building pr… read more

Similar categories in Ivy Noelle Weir's Archival Quality book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

15. Stone Fruit

By: Lee Lai

4.06

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-… read more

Similar categories in Lee Lai's Stone Fruit book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong

16. Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression

By: Teresa Wong

4.32

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her str… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Wong's Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • canada
Cover of The Keeper: A Graphic Novel by Tananarive Due

17. The Keeper: A Graphic Novel

By: Tananarive Due

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST NAMED A BOOK WE LOVED BY NPR A yo… read more

Similar categories in Tananarive Due's The Keeper: A Graphic Novel book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I hate to say things that might scare you, but I can't sugarcoat the real world."

-Tananarive Due, The Keeper: A Graphic Novel

Cover of L'Homme gribouillé by Serge Lehman

18. L'Homme gribouillé

By: Serge Lehman

3.92

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Dans un Paris suffoqué par les pluies diluviennes, une mère et sa fille se lancent sur la piste d'u… read more

Similar categories in Serge Lehman's L'Homme gribouillé book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto

19. Shadow Life

By: Hiromi Goto

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

2022 Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Winner for Adult Fiction 2022 L.A Times Book Prize Fi… read more

Similar categories in Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • magical realism
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • death
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"It's the living who struggle to accept death."

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

"There's a special place kept for the person who first breaks your heart."

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

"It's a relief to leave unnecessary things. But do the necessary things have to be so heavy?"

-Hiromi Goto, Shadow Life

Cover of Crude: A Memoir by Pablo Fajardo

20. Crude: A Memoir

By: Pablo Fajardo

4.31

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, richly illustrated recounting of the battle indigenous Ecuadorians and their allies wag… read more

Similar categories in Pablo Fajardo's Crude: A Memoir book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of After the Rain: A Graphic Novel by Nnedi Okorafor

21. After the Rain: A Graphic Novel

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.65

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

Nnedi Okorafor’s story of Chioma, a young Nigerian-American woman whose destiny is revealed during … read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's After the Rain: A Graphic Novel book and Hiromi Goto's Shadow Life

  • magical realism
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy

17 must-read fiction books like Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto

Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

Transform Your Habits

PTSD

Guillaume Singelin

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Keeping Two

Jordan Crane

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

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15 best-selling fiction books like Mimosa: A Graphic Novel by Archie Bongiovanni

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Boys Weekend

Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Mimosa: A Graphic Novel

Archie Bongiovanni

3.73

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