15 must-read graphic novels books like Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Nishioka Kyoudai

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Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Nishioka Kyoudai

3.81

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Two cult-favorite Japanese writers present eerie graphic adaptations of 9 classic Kafka short stori…

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Cover of Monica by Daniel Clowes

1. 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

Similar categories in Daniel Clowes's Monica book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man by Jean-Christophe Deveney

2. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man

By: Jean-Christophe Deveney

3.67

Format: 153 pages, ebook

Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time! Haruki Murakami's novels, es… read more

Similar categories in Jean-Christophe Deveney's Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • manga
  • japan
Cover of This is Amiko, Do You Copy? by Natsuko Imamura

3. This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

By: Natsuko Imamura

3.63

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Other people don’t seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or … read more

Similar categories in Natsuko Imamura's This is Amiko, Do You Copy? book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • japan
"Every time she cried, "I love you!" the words shattered her heart without mercy."

-Natsuko Imamura, This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

Cover of Nipponia Nippon by Kazushige Abe

4. Nipponia Nippon

By: Kazushige Abe

3.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Il diciassettenne protagonista Haruo vive in cittadina di provincia nel nord del Giappone. È un ado… read more

Similar categories in Kazushige Abe's Nipponia Nippon book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • japan
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Dragon Palace by Hiromi Kawakami

5. Dragon Palace

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 From the bestselling author of Strange Weather i… read more

Similar categories in Hiromi Kawakami's Dragon Palace book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • adult
  • japan
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6. 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 Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll

7. 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 Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. 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

Similar categories in Alex de Campi's Parasocial book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
Cover of Mimi's Tales of Terror by Hirokatsu Kihara

9. Mimi's Tales of Terror

By: Hirokatsu Kihara

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Experience real-life chills as Junji Ito brings these “true” horror series to life! University s… read more

Similar categories in Hirokatsu Kihara's Mimi's Tales of Terror book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • manga
Cover of Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino

10. Nails and Eyes

By: Kaori Fujino

3.43

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more

Similar categories in Kaori Fujino's Nails and Eyes book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • short stories
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • japan
"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

Cover of Stitches by Hirokatsu Kihara

11. Stitches

By: Hirokatsu Kihara

3.14

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Horror manga giant Junji Ito teams up with spooky story writer Hirokatsu Kihara for the ultimate co… read more

Similar categories in Hirokatsu Kihara's Stitches book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • manga
  • adult
  • japan
Cover of 後遺症ラジオ 1 [Kouishou Radio 1] (PTSD Radio, #1) by Masaaki Nakayama

12. 後遺症ラジオ 1 [Kouishou Radio 1] (PTSD Radio, #1)

By: Masaaki Nakayama

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

...ha...ir......hand hand and.. ..an..d......fire..... ....be...hin...d......blood......u... ...sh.… read more

Similar categories in Masaaki Nakayama's 後遺症ラジオ 1 [Kouishou Radio 1] (PTSD Radio, #1) book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • manga
  • adult
Cover of Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham

13. 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

Similar categories in Sammy Harkham's Blood of the Virgin book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Noh Mask Murder by Akimitsu Takagi

14. The Noh Mask Murder

By: Akimitsu Takagi

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in t… read more

Similar categories in Akimitsu Takagi's The Noh Mask Murder book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • japanese literature
  • adult
  • fiction
  • japan
Cover of Harlequin Butterfly by Toh EnJoe

15. Harlequin Butterfly

By: Toh EnJoe

3.37

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

A surreal novella about the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of l… read more

Similar categories in Toh EnJoe's Harlequin Butterfly book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • japanese literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • japan
Cover of The Man Without Talent by Yoshiharu Tsuge

16. The Man Without Talent

By: Yoshiharu Tsuge

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A Japanese manga legend’s autobiographical graphic novel about a struggling artist and the first fu… read more

Similar categories in Yoshiharu Tsuge's The Man Without Talent book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • japanese literature
  • fiction
  • manga
  • japan
Cover of The Gull Yettin by Joe Kessler

17. The Gull Yettin

By: Joe Kessler

4.04

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

The life of an orphaned boy is shaped by the devotion of a fantastical Gull in this lovingly render… read more

Similar categories in Joe Kessler's The Gull Yettin book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Tótem by Laura Pérez

18. Tótem

By: Laura Pérez

3.57

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Diferentes vivencias conectadas entre sí transcurren a lo largo de diferentes viajes, ensoñaciones,… read more

Similar categories in Laura Pérez's Tótem book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • fiction
"Hay lugares donde lo cotidiano es lo extraordinario."

-Laura Pérez, Tótem

Cover of Anna by Mia Oberländer

19. Anna

By: Mia Oberländer

3.41

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

Mia Oberländer erzählt in Anna von drei Generationen aussergewöhnlich grosser Frauen. Mit ihrer And… read more

Similar categories in Mia Oberländer's Anna book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Nishioka Kyoudai

20. Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Nishioka Kyoudai

3.81

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Two cult-favorite Japanese writers present eerie graphic adaptations of 9 classic Kafka short stori… read more

Similar categories in Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • classics
  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • japanese literature
  • manga
  • adult
  • japan
Cover of Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi

21. Woman, Life, Freedom

By: Marjane Satrapi

4.49

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

An urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic story-telling about the p… read more

Similar categories in Marjane Satrapi's Woman, Life, Freedom book and Nishioka Kyoudai's Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

  • graphic novels
  • comics

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Daniel Clowes

3.95

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Jean-Christophe Deveney

3.67

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This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

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3.63

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Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.49

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3.63

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3.31

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3.31

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