24 Best fiction books like Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical by Brian Rea

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Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical

By: Brian Rea

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Even Death cares about his work-life balance...Death never takes a day off. Until he gets a letter …

"As I get older and I crest the top of that imaginary slope of life, I am more aware of how finite life is—that there are fewer days left than those I’ve already explored."

-Brian Rea, Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical

If you liked the fiction plot in Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical by Brian Rea , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. Eric

By: Shaun Tan

4.40

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

"Years ago we had a foreign exchange student come to live with us. We found it very difficult to pr… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You by Yumi Sakugawa

2. I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You

By: Yumi Sakugawa

3.99

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

YALSA Quick Pick Award Winner Express your love for your friends with this sweet, loving book that… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
"Because what you find to be beautiful, funny and heartbreaking in this world... is what I find to be beautiful, funny and heartbreaking in this world."

-Yumi Sakugawa, I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You

"Maybe you don't feel the same friend-love that I feel for you. After all, we only have so much time in this world to only have so many friends. I hope you are doing well."

-Yumi Sakugawa, I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You

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3. Delphine

By: Richard Sala

3.22

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A mysterious traveler gets off the train in a small village surrounded by a thick, sinister forest.… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Maybe we're just seeing a tiny corner of reality—the corner we want to see. But if somehow we could "turn" and look at what's behind us—we might see something so strange, we wouldn't understand it in…"

-Richard Sala, Delphine

"My dad once told me something when I was young and having boyfriend problems. He said all guys are guided by three things: their head, their heart and their dick. And those three things are always fi…"

-Richard Sala, Delphine

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4. Girl in Dior

By: Annie Goetzinger

4.15

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Winner of: YALSA 2016 Great Graphic Novels for Teens In February of 1947, the creme de la cremeof P… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction

5. Kari

By: Amruta Patil

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

They were inseparable - until the day they jumped. Ruth, saved by safety nets, leaves the city. Kar… read more

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6. Baking with Kafka

By: Tom Gauld

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

A best-of collection of literary humour cartoons from the critically-acclaimed Guardian cartoonist … read more

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7. Fangs

By: Sarah Andersen

4.24

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

A love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah's Scri… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"– In all my years, I really haven't slept with many people. I kinda have trust issues. – Why's that? – My „first"

-Sarah Andersen, Fangs

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8. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Ghost Roast by Shawnelle Gibbs

9. Ghost Roast

By: Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Ghost Roast delivers a paranormal adventure full of first crushes, lost histories, and the impossib… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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10. Supper Club

By: Jackie Morrow

3.51

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Nora, Lili, and Iris are seniors at Seaside High. Their differing schedules and mounting extracurri… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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11. Cryptid Club

By: Sarah Andersen

4.27

Format: 112 pages, ebook

Do you hate social gatherings? Dodge cameras? Enjoy staying up just a little too late at night? You… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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12. Birdking Volume 1

By: Daniel Freedman

3.90

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

From the creators of Raiders, Daniel Freedman and and CROM , comes an original dark fantasy graphic… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld

13. 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

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
Cover of No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson

14. 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
  • death
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
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15. Cat's Cafe

By: Matt Tarpley

4.39

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Serving up more than just coffee and tea, Cat’s Café   provides its cast of adorable characters a g… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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16. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
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17. 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

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  • 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!

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18. Book Love

By: Debbie Tung

4.29

Format: 137 pages, Hardcover

Bookworms rejoice! These charming comics capture exactly what it feels like to be head-over-heels f… read more

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

19. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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20. The I Wonder Bookstore

By: Shinsuke Yoshitake

4.35

Format: 103 pages, Hardcover

A delightful bestseller when first published in Japan, this charming illustrated book takes readers… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • picture books
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Rave by Jessica   Campbell

21. 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
Cover of Mage and the Endless Unknown by S.J. Miller

22. Mage and the Endless Unknown

By: S.J. Miller

3.73

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Peek through the leaves, beyond the clouded mountains, you will find a garden with a strange attend… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Why Are You Like This?: An ArtbyMoga Comic Collection by Meg  Adams

23. Why Are You Like This?: An ArtbyMoga Comic Collection

By: Meg Adams

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A collection of comics with a millennial take on marriage, adulthood, pet ownership, self-love, and… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • adult
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24. Penny: A Graphic Memoir

By: Karl Stevens

3.86

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

"Penny is a major literary figure--right up there with Madame Bovary." -- David Sedaris This col… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
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25. Fake Blood

By: Whitney Gardner

3.76

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

It’s the beginning of the new school year and AJ feels like everyone is changing but him. He hasn’t… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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26. Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical

By: Brian Rea

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Even Death cares about his work-life balance...Death never takes a day off. Until he gets a letter … read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • picture books
  • death
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"As I get older and I crest the top of that imaginary slope of life, I am more aware of how finite life is—that there are fewer days left than those I’ve already explored."

-Brian Rea, Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical

Cover of An Embarrassment of Witches by Sophie  Goldstein

27. An Embarrassment of Witches

By: Sophie Goldstein

3.40

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age urban fantasy set in a world full of animal familiars, enchanted plants, and spell-… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Telephone of the Tree by Alison McGhee

28. Telephone of the Tree

By: Alison McGhee

4.18

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable story of grief and the support of community as a young girl, faced with aching los… read more

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  • fiction
  • death
Cover of Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil

29. Artificial: A Love Story

By: Amy Kurzweil

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A visionary story of three generations of artists whose search for meaning and connection transcend… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
Cover of American Vampire 1976 by Scott Snyder

30. American Vampire 1976

By: Scott Snyder

3.72

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

It’s 1976, and this is the concluding chapter of the Eisner Award-winning American Vampire! The ser… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
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31. Nicked

By: M.T. Anderson

3.85

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

13 Top adult books like Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical by Brian Rea

Transform Your Habits

Fangs

Sarah Andersen

4.24

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Cryptid Club

Sarah Andersen

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Revenge of the Librarians

Tom Gauld

3.94

Transform Your Habits

No One Else

R. Kikuo Johnson

3.65

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Keeping Two

Jordan Crane

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Acting Class

Nick Drnaso

4.19

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Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

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Girl Juice

Benji Nate

3.95

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