15 must-read fantasy books like Lil' Leo by Moto Hagio

Cover of Lil' Leo by Moto Hagio

Lil' Leo

By: Moto Hagio

3.60

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Two-year-old Leo is not your average house cat. One day he notices his young neighbor Tatsuru on hi…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Lil' Leo by Moto Hagio , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley, Nathan Fairbairn

1. Seconds

By: Bryan Lee O'Malley , Nathan Fairbairn

4.07

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Katie’s got it pretty good. She’s a talented young chef, she runs a successful restaurant, and she … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of Wendy by Walter         Scott

2. Wendy

By: Walter Scott

3.82

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Wendy is trendy, and has dreams of art stardom--but our young urban protagonist is perpetually dera… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Wendy's Revenge by Walter         Scott

3. Wendy's Revenge

By: Walter Scott

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

Wendy was at a crossroads, but the next chapter of her adventures sees her leave Montreal and head … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics

4. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy, #1)

By: N.K. Jemisin

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circum… read more

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5. Through the Woods

By: Emily Carroll

3.94

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
"you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... but the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once."

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"But the worst kind of monster was the BURROWING KIND. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"I married my love in the springtime, but by summer he'd locked me away. He'd murdered me dead by the autumn, & by winter I was naught but decay. It's cold where I am and so lonely, but in loneliness …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

6. X-Men Vs. Fantastic Four

By: Chris Claremont , Stan Lee , Jack Kirby , Jon Bogdanove

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Old soldiers may fade away, but so do young mutants! On the verge of disintegration, Kitty Pryde se… read more

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Cover of Terciel and Elinor (The Old Kingdom, #6) by Garth Nix

7. Terciel and Elinor (The Old Kingdom, #6)

By: Garth Nix

4.20

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom for the never-before-told love story of Sabriel’s parents, Ter… read more

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  • fantasy
"A passion for something was energy to be exploited, not thwarted."

-Garth Nix, Terciel and Elinor (The Old Kingdom, #6)

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8. 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
Cover of 葬送のフリーレン 2 [Sōsō no Frieren 2] by Kanehito Yamada

9. 葬送のフリーレン 2 [Sōsō no Frieren 2]

By: Kanehito Yamada

4.42

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

魔王を倒した勇者の死後、魔法使いが歩む旅 長生きなエルフの魔法使い・フリーレン。 弟子の魔法使い・フェルンと歩む旅の目的地は、 再び魔王城。勇者たちの魂が眠るとされる地。 … read more

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  • manga
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
"They speak not to understand, but to deceive."

-Kanehito Yamada, 葬送のフリーレン 2 [Sōsō no Frieren 2]

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10. 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
  • 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 Remina by Junji Ito

11. Remina

By: Junji Ito

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

I MET REMINA'S EYE. An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Og… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
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12. Mister Miracle

By: Tom King

4.42

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

No prison can hold him. No trap can contain him. He is Scott Free, the worldwide celebrity sensatio… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
"Mister Miracle: No one loves L.A. People just come here because they think they have to. Then they don't leave because they think they can't. Big Barda: Darling, please. After everything. Haven't you…"

-Tom King, Mister Miracle

Cover of 極主夫道 1 [Gokushufudō 1] by Kousuke Oono

13. 極主夫道 1 [Gokushufudō 1]

By: Kousuke Oono

4.32

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

元・最凶ヤクザが選んだのは、主夫としての道だった――。! 話題の新鋭作家がおくる、アットホーム任侠コメディ! ! コミックスだけの描き下ろしエピソードも収録!! read more

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  • manga
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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14. 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

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  • manga
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"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

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15. The Chromatic Fantasy

By: H.A .

4.40

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously drawn graphic novel reminiscent of stained glass and illuminated manuscripts, telling … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
"[Jules] No!! No! No! No! I want to be happy!! I want to love and be loved!! I want to feel safe!! I want to be someone who doesn't deserve it!! I want my life and my body and my soul!!"

-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy

"[guard] 'Before we torture you, please sign the release.' [legal form] 'I shall not say "ah, my back really needed that!" when being drawn over the rack. (we've all heard it before. you're not origin…"

-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy

Cover of Les Mobilisés (Absolu, #1) by Margot Dessenne

16. Les Mobilisés (Absolu, #1)

By: Margot Dessenne

4.43

Format: 540 pages, Kindle Edition

Entrez dans une ville qui n'ouvre ses portes qu'une fois par an... Amis depuis l'enfance, Prym e… read more

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  • fantasy
"— La Zone contient plus de morts que de vivants. — Le sont-ils vraiment ? demandai-je. — Quoi donc ? — Vivants."

-Margot Dessenne, Les Mobilisés (Absolu, #1)

Cover of Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun

17. Lemon

By: Kwon Yeo-Sun

3.27

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 2002, when Korea is abuzz over hosting the FIFA World Cup, nineteen-year-old Kim H… read more

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Cover of Ito Junji's Cat Diary by Junji Ito

18. Ito Junji's Cat Diary

By: Junji Ito

4.24

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

The representative of Japanese horror comics, Junji Ito = horror manga author J. J, a dog person, w… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • animals
  • cats
  • comics
  • manga
"The road to cat wand mastery is long and treacherous indeed!"

-Junji Ito, Ito Junji's Cat Diary

Cover of Minami’s Lover by Shungiku Uchida

19. Minami’s Lover

By: Shungiku Uchida

3.39

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

In this raunchy, wry, and witty teen sex dramedy, everyone thinks Chiyomi has disappeared, and susp… read more

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  • manga
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of Rose Quartz: Poems by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

20. Rose Quartz: Poems

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A wild, seductive debut collection that presents a powerful journey of struggle and healing—and a s… read more

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"keep this / with you / it is part / of your story / sometimes / to remember / a wound / is the way / of healing"

-Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, Rose Quartz: Poems

"How is it I have never dated / someone who is also Coast Salish / or at least Indigenous / instead it's Disney's Pocahontas / her animated dad with his hands up / these white men are dangerous / and …"

-Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe, Rose Quartz: Poems

Cover of Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

21. Thunder Song: Essays

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Award for her memoir, Red Paint , Sasha taqʷšəblu LaP… read more

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Cover of I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

22. 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 Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers by Marjorie M. Liu

23. The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the graphic novel horror trilogy The Night Eaters from Marjorie Liu and Sana T… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of Edith Holler by Edward Carey

24. Edith Holler

By: Edward Carey

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse—and the m… read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of Lil' Leo by Moto Hagio

25. Lil' Leo

By: Moto Hagio

3.60

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Two-year-old Leo is not your average house cat. One day he notices his young neighbor Tatsuru on hi… read more

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  • josei
  • graphic novels
  • animals
  • cats
  • comics
  • manga
  • fantasy
Cover of My Picture Diary by Maki Fujiwara

26. My Picture Diary

By: Maki Fujiwara

4.04

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The wife of Japan’s most lauded manga-ka documents a year in their lives with her own artistry. … read more

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  • manga
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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27. One Hundred Tales

By: Osamu Tezuka

3.72

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

One Hundred Tales is a story about being careful what you wish for. Ichirui Hanri is an ordinary a… read more

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  • manga
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of Bomba! by Osamu Tezuka

28. Bomba!

By: Osamu Tezuka

3.38

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

A MISGUIDED LOVE, TRAMPLED BY DREAMS... Tetsu is a seemingly normal student whose passionate love … read more

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  • manga
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway by John DeVore

29. Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway

By: John DeVore

4.02

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In 2004, in a small, windowless theater in then-desolate Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a coterie of despe… read more

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Cover of Today's Burger T01 by Umetarô Saitani

30. Today's Burger T01

By: Umetarô Saitani

3.96

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

En tant qu'employé dans l'industrie alimentaire, Jinguji Satoshi connaît bien la nourriture du mond… read more

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  • manga
Cover of Ripples by Hagiwara Rei

31. Ripples

By: Hagiwara Rei

3.79

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

“Someday, I wish I could stumble across the memories of certain people that exist in the abyss by g… read more

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  • manga
  • comics
  • graphic novels

21 must-read graphic novels books like Lil' Leo by Moto Hagio

Transform Your Habits

Seconds

Bryan Lee O'Malley , Nathan Fairbairn

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Wendy

Walter Scott

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Wendy's Revenge

Walter Scott

3.86

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Through the Woods

Emily Carroll

3.94

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Transform Your Habits

All-Star Superman

Grant Morrison , Frank Quitely , Jamie Grant , None , None

4.26

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Dc: the New Frontier: The Absolute Edition

None , Jared K. Fletcher , Darwyn Cooke , Paul Levitz

4.41

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Kingdom Come

Alex Ross , Mark Waid , Elliot S. Maggin

3.84

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Identity Crisis

Joss Whedon , Brad Meltzer , Michael Bair , Rags Morales

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