9 Best bande dessinée books like The Dancing Plague by Gareth Brookes

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The Dancing Plague

By: Gareth Brookes

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From “choreomania” to an utterly original graphic novel about a newly urgent subject Set in 151…

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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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • fiction
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2. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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3. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • fiction
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4. Acting Class

By: Nick Drnaso

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and suspenseful follow-up to the Booker-nominated graphic novel Sabrina."Every single p… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • fiction
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5. 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
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
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7. Girl Juice

By: Benji Nate

3.95

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A hilarious slice of twentysomething life in the twenty-first century Welcome to the Girl Juice … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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8. Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

By: Harold Schechter

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One of the greats in the field of true-crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Kill… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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9. Appelez-moi Nathan

By: Catherine Castro

3.93

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Nathan est né Lila, dans un corps de fille. Un corps qui ne lui a jamais convenu, il décide alors d… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • fiction
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10. Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy

By: Bill Griffith

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told t… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of L'âge d'or. Volume 1 (L'âge d'or, #1) by Cyril Pedrosa

11. L'âge d'or. Volume 1 (L'âge d'or, #1)

By: Cyril Pedrosa

4.00

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Le vieux roi est mort. Sa fille Tilda s'apprête à lui succéder, bien décidée à mener les réformes … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Good God, Bertil, don't be daft. Peasants are like children. They love to frighten one another."

-Cyril Pedrosa, L'âge d'or. Volume 1 (L'âge d'or, #1)

"Don't forget, Bertil. Today's honors must be greeted with the same reserve as yesterday's disgraces."

-Cyril Pedrosa, L'âge d'or. Volume 1 (L'âge d'or, #1)

"Nature gave the same form to all And warms each one with the same heat Using reason, we follow her inclination To give equal opportunity to our fellow humans Who are our brothers. None should seek fe…"

-Cyril Pedrosa, L'âge d'or. Volume 1 (L'âge d'or, #1)

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12. Mall Goth

By: Kate Leth

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me gets a Y2K twist in this coming-of-age young adult graphic nov… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
"Oh mall... at least you're always here for me"

-Kate Leth, Mall Goth

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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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

By: Derf Backderf

4.47

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer, comes the Eisner and ALA/YALSA Alex… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin by Andrew S. Weiss

15. Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin

By: Andrew S. Weiss

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer… read more

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  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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16. American Cult

By: Robyn Chapman

3.97

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

A graphic history of religious cults in American from the colonial era to today From its earlies… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • religion
  • comics
Cover of Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual (Megg, Mogg and Owl) by Simon Hanselmann

17. Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual (Megg, Mogg and Owl)

By: Simon Hanselmann

3.70

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of the once ubiquitous British hardback annuals comes the Werewolf Jones & Sons De… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me by Shelby Criswell

18. Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me

By: Shelby Criswell

4.37

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This graphic novel paints a picture of the lives of 10 specific LGBTQIA people from history, framed… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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19. Moms

By: Yeong-shin Ma

3.64

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

An outrageously funny book about middle-aged women that reexamines romance, lust, and gender normsL… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of 49 Days by Agnes   Lee

20. 49 Days

By: Agnes Lee

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Day 1 Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map – it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what’… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • religion
  • comics
  • fiction
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21. Tender

By: Beth Hetland

3.91

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

A psychological thriller about a woman obsessed with her vision for a picture-perfect, curated life… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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22. 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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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance by Syan Rose

23. Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer and Trans Resistance

By: Syan Rose

4.20

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Over the past ten years, we have witnessed the rise of queer and trans communities that have defied… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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24. Catboy

By: Benji Nate

3.93

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

The adventures of young-adult Olive and her best friend Henry, turned from cat into a real human ca… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Dancing Plague by Gareth Brookes

25. The Dancing Plague

By: Gareth Brookes

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From “choreomania” to an utterly original graphic novel about a newly urgent subject Set in 151… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Brookes's The Dancing Plague book and Gareth Brookes's The Dancing Plague

  • art
  • graphic novels comics
  • historical
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • religion
  • comics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Gramercy Park by Timothée de Fombelle

26. Gramercy Park

By: Timothée de Fombelle

3.63

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

New York, 1954. Sur le toit d'un immeuble, une jeune femme s'occupe patiemment des ruches qui l'ent… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
  • fiction
Cover of Birdking Volume 2 by Daniel Freedman

27. Birdking Volume 2

By: Daniel Freedman

3.97

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

From the creators of Raiders , Daniel Freedman and CROM, comes this second installment of the dark … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of My Begging Chart by Keiler Roberts

28. My Begging Chart

By: Keiler Roberts

3.78

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Keiler Roberts mines the passing moments of family life to deliver an affecting and funny account o… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Brian Blomerth's Mycelium Wassonii by Brian Blomerth

29. Brian Blomerth's Mycelium Wassonii

By: Brian Blomerth

4.39

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Brian Blomerth first fused his singularly irreverent underground comix style with heavily-researche… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet

30. The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Manu Larcenet

4.49

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning postapocalyptic… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
  • fiction
Cover of Iris: A Novel for Viewers by Lo Hartog van Banda

31. Iris: A Novel for Viewers

By: Lo Hartog van Banda

4.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Available for the first time in English, this first-ever Dutch graphic novel is a tour-de-force in … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics

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Transform Your Habits

Monica

Daniel Clowes

3.95

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The Mysteries

Bill Watterson

3.76

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Jordan Crane

3.61

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Nick Drnaso

4.19

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Head Lopper, Vol. 1: The Island or A Plague of Beasts

Andrew MacLean

3.80

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Donny Cates , Geoff Shaw

3.59

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Do a Powerbomb!

Daniel Warren Johnson

4.52

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