6 Top memoir books like The Joy of Quitting by Keiler Roberts

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The Joy of Quitting

By: Keiler Roberts

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

From toddler antics to doctor appointments, Keiler Roberts breathes humour and life into the fleeti…

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1. Juliette - Les fantômes reviennent au printemps

By: Camille Jourdy

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Apres le succes de la trilogie Rosalie Blum, Camille Jourdy revient avec un nouveau roman graphique… read more

Similar categories in Camille Jourdy's Juliette - Les fantômes reviennent au printemps book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics

2. Beverly

By: Nick Drnaso

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nick Drnaso's comics mercilessly reveal the sterile sameness of the suburbs. Connected by a series … read more

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3. 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 Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • comix
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4. 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

Similar categories in Jordan Crane's Keeping Two book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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5. 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
  • comix
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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 Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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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

Similar categories in Benji Nate's Girl Juice book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
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8. 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
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"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

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9. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

By: Julia Wertz

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronic… read more

Similar categories in Julia Wertz's Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"Go fuck yourself, melted spatula!"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"Do the stepwork and don't give me any of your excuses. We both know they're bullshit."

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"It's the fantasy of a life gone wrong. You've been doing the best you can, but it's hard and you're tired. Then something horrible happens and you get to give up and go be sad somewhere. There's some…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a come…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

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10. The Third Person

By: Emma Grove

4.14

Format: 920 pages, Paperback

In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby’s office. She wants to share this wonder… read more

Similar categories in Emma Grove's The Third Person book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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11. Work-Life Balance

By: Aisha Franz

3.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A cutting portrayal of the pursuit of work-life balance from the cartoonist of Shit is Real To a… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
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12. 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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  • graphic novels comics
  • 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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13. This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

By: Navied Mahdavian

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a h… read more

Similar categories in Navied Mahdavian's This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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14. Men I Trust

By: Tommi Parrish

3.75

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Eliza is a thirtysomething struggling single mother and poet. Sasha, a twentysomething yearning for… read more

Similar categories in Tommi Parrish's Men I Trust book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • comix
Cover of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2) by Emil Ferris

15. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

By: Emil Ferris

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

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16. The Con Artists

By: Luke Healy

3.31

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

A quintessentially millennial tale about friendship and the quest for self-actualization This is g… read more

Similar categories in Luke Healy's The Con Artists book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • comix
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
Cover of It Won't Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib

17. It Won't Always Be Like This

By: Malaka Gharib

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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18. Naftalina

By: Sole Otero

4.05

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

In this moving family saga, a teenage woman uncovers the hushed history of sexual violence that sha… read more

Similar categories in Sole Otero's Naftalina book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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19. 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
Cover of A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick

20. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings

By: Will Betke-Brunswick

4.00

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

During Will Betke-Brunswick’s sophomore year of college, their beloved mother, Elizabeth, is diagno… read more

Similar categories in Will Betke-Brunswick's A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
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21. The Joy of Quitting

By: Keiler Roberts

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

From toddler antics to doctor appointments, Keiler Roberts breathes humour and life into the fleeti… read more

Similar categories in Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting book and Keiler Roberts's The Joy of Quitting

  • parenting
  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comix
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • womens

6 Top nonfiction books like The Joy of Quitting by Keiler Roberts

Transform Your Habits

Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

Julia Wertz

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Third Person

Emma Grove

4.14

Transform Your Habits

This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America

Navied Mahdavian

3.98

Transform Your Habits

It Won't Always Be Like This

Malaka Gharib

4.03

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14 Best adult books like This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

Transform Your Habits

The Talk

Darrin Bell

4.65

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

Transform Your Habits

I Must Be Dreaming

Roz Chast

3.65

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