15 must-read graphic novels books like American Utopia by David Byrne

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American Utopia

By: David Byrne

3.48

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia visionary David Byrne and revered bestselling aut…

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Cover of The Riot Grrrl Collection by Lisa Darms, Johanna Fateman, Kathleen Hanna

1. The Riot Grrrl Collection

By: Lisa Darms , Johanna Fateman , Kathleen Hanna

4.38

Format: 360 pages, ebook

For the past two decades, young women (and men) have found their way to feminism through Riot Grrrl… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
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2. My Favorite Things

By: Maira Kalman

3.24

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From Maira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of … read more

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  • poetry
  • art
  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
  • design
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3. The Principles of Uncertainty

By: Maira Kalman

4.25

Format: None pages,

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction

4. It Chooses You

By: Miranda July , None

4.10

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 2009 Miranda July was struggling to write her second screenplay, The Future, when … read more

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5. The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

By: None

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Palmer was introduced to television audiences in the opening scenes of "Twin Peaks"--as a bea… read more

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6. You & a Bike & a Road

By: Eleanor Davis

2.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 2016, acclaimed cartoonist and illustrator Eleanor Davis documented her cross-country bike tour … read more

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7. The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems

By: T.S. Eliot

3.49

Format: 320 pages, paper

This volume brings together three of T. S. Eliot's powerful collections into one. It includes such … read more

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8. Fractured Fables

By: Scott Morse , Laini Taylor , Joshua Williamson , Terry Moore , Brian Haberlin , Bryan Talbot , Ben Templesmith , Peter David , Phil Hester , Jill Thompson , Jim Di Bartolo , Neil Kleid , Nick Spencer , Rodin Esquejo , Ted McKeever , Dara Naraghi , Doug TenNapel , Mike Laughead , Camilla d'Errico , Shannon Wheeler , Derek McCulloch , Anthony Peruzzo , Bill Morrison , Juan Ferreyra , Larry Marder , None , Shane White , Grant Bond , Jim Valentino , Christina Ward , Royden Lepp , Jeremy Scott , None , None , None , None , None , Nikki Dy-Liacco , None , None , None , None , None , None

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fractured Fablestakes familiar fairy tales and nursery rhymes and turns them on their ear! Like NO … read more

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9. Metaphors We Live By

By: George Lakoff , Mark Johnson

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

The now-classic Metaphors We Live Bychanged our understanding of metaphor and its role in language … read more

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10. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

By: Gertrude Stein

4.15

Format: None pages,

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklaswas written in 1933 by Gertrude Stein in the guise of an autobi… read more

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11. Letter from the Birmingham Jail

By: Martin Luther King Jr.

2.96

Format: 7 pages, Hardcover

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12. 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
  • picture books
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13. Cosmic Detective

By: Jeff Lemire

3.48

Format: 168 pages, ebook

In a dark and grimy city, an unnamed detective gets called to a local murder, something unlikely an… read more

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  • graphic novels
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14. I Must Be Dreaming

By: Roz Chast

3.65

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrativ… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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15. Leonard Cohen: On a Wire

By: Philippe Girard

3.28

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A captivating, revealing biography of the legendary musician and poetLeonard Cohen opens in Los Ang… read more

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  • music
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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16. Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything

By: Viktor E. Frankl

4.17

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Find hope even in these dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece, a companion to his internati… read more

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  • nonfiction
"A human being should never become a means to an end."

-Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything

"It is the nature of love that makes us see our loved one in their uniqueness and individuality."

-Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything

"To say yes to life is not only meaningful under all circumstances--because life itself is--but it is also possible under all circumstances."

-Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything

"We also do not judge the life history of a particular person by the number of pages in the book that portrays it but only by the richness of the content it contains."

-Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything

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17. 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
  • comics
  • picture books
Cover of The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are by Tariq Trotter

18. The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

By: Tariq Trotter

4.20

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

“Tariq Trotter . . . could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. Like the Russian novelist, Mr. Trotter has ref… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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19. Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

By: Jesse Wente

4.39

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

A prominent Indigenous voice uncovers the lies and myths that affect relations between white and In… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)

By: Alexandra Petri

3.67

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook … read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. Clyde Fans

By: Seth

4.02

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

A masterful work about a failing family business and the ensuing erosion of sibling relations and o… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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22. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection by Harry Bliss

23. A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection

By: Harry Bliss

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller • Washington Post Bestseller • Wall Street Journal Bestseller • Los An… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical by Brian Rea

24. 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
  • picture books
"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

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25. Women Holding Things

By: Maira Kalman

4.58

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Unc… read more

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  • poetry
  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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26. American Utopia

By: David Byrne

3.48

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia visionary David Byrne and revered bestselling aut… read more

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  • music
  • poetry
  • art
  • american
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • design
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27. Side Effects

By: Ted Anderson

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

It’s Hannah’s first year away at college – the first time she’s been away from home, without a supp… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Fables and Spells: Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry by Adrienne Maree Brown

28. Fables and Spells: Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry

By: Adrienne Maree Brown

4.38

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Fables and Spells, a gathering of adrienne maree brown’s short stories and poems, is a vibrant sele… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Creation by Sylvia Nickerson

29. Creation

By: Sylvia Nickerson

3.34

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

New life and opportunities arise from the wreckage of a North American city—urban renewal at what c… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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30. The Black Cathedral

By: Marcial Gala

3.69

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Haunting and transcendently twisted, this English-language debut from a Cuban literary star is a ta… read more

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31. Speed (Screenplay)

By: Graham Yost

3.50

Format: 125 pages, None

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14 Best nonfiction books like American Utopia by David Byrne

Transform Your Habits

The Riot Grrrl Collection

Lisa Darms , Johanna Fateman , Kathleen Hanna

4.38

Transform Your Habits

My Favorite Things

Maira Kalman

3.24

Transform Your Habits

The Principles of Uncertainty

Maira Kalman

4.25

Transform Your Habits

I Must Be Dreaming

Roz Chast

3.65

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7 best-selling fiction books like Fables and Spells: Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry by Adrienne Maree Brown

Transform Your Habits

The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)

Louise Erdrich

4.04

Transform Your Habits

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

Nisi Shawl

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Free People's Village

Sim Kern

4.13

Transform Your Habits

We Won't Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories

Margaret Killjoy

4.39

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