5 must-read art books like Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto by David Shrigley

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Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto

By: David Shrigley

4.13

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

A personal message from the of individuals in society today are feeble-minded. They don't know wha…

If you liked the art plot in Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto by David Shrigley , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Serious Concerns

By: Wendy Cope

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A collection of poems featuring works by Cope such as "Bloody Men", "Men and their Boring Arguments… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
"Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion! I write to make people anxious and miserable and to worsen their indigestion."

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

"The day he moved out was terrible – That evening she went through hell. His absence wasn’t a problem But the corkscrew had gone as well."

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

"At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half. And that orange it made me so happy, As ordin…"

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

"Bloody men are like bloody buses — You wait for about a year And as soon as one approaches your stop Two or three others appear. You look at them flashing their indicators, Offering you a ride. You’r…"

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

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2. The Dark

By: Lemony Snicket , Jon Klassen

4.08

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark is not afraid of Laszlo. Laszlo lives in a house. The da… read more

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"Without the dark, everything would be light, and you would never know if you needed a lightbulb."

-Lemony Snicket, The Dark

"You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That’s why the dark is always close by."

-Lemony Snicket, The Dark

"You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That's why the dark is always close by. The dark peeks around the corner and waits behind the door, and you can see the dark up in …"

-Lemony Snicket, The Dark

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3. Sputnik Sweetheart

By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

3.83

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

alternate cover can be found here Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But… read more

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"I feel like I've swallowed a cloudy sky"

-Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

"Ice is cold; roses are red. I’m in love."

-Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

"It was far too hot to think about complicated matters."

-Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

"A percepção não passa da soma dos nossos mal-entendidos."

-Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

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4. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

By: Mac Barnett , Jon Klassen

4.17

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

With perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and J… read more

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  • humor
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5. Howl and Other Poems

By: William Carlos Williams , Allen Ginsberg

4.13

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

A beat movement icon and visionary poet, Allen Ginsberg broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotec… read more

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"You too must seek the sun..."

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

"America this is quite serious"

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

"The beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

"Follow your inner moonlight, don’t hide the madness."

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

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6. Ms Ice Sandwich

By: Mieko Kawakami , Louise Heal Kawai

3.78

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

A quixotic and funny tale about first love – from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author. Ms Ice San… read more

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7. This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

By: David Foster Wallace

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. The Island

By: Armin Greder

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Hardcover

Poignant and chilling, this allegory is an astonishing, powerful, and timely story about refugees, … read more

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  • comics
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9. Kitchen

By: Banana Yoshimoto , Megan Backus

3.66

Format: 296 pages,

Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, t… read more

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10. The Complete Persepolis

By: Marjane Satrapi , Anjali Singh , Mattias Ripa , Blake Ferris

4.16

Format: 331 pages,

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  • comics
  • nonfiction
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11. Killing and Dying: Stories

By: Adrian Tomine

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"One of the most gifted graphic novelists of our time." --Wired Killing and Dying is a stunning sho… read more

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  • comics
Cover of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft, Miriam Brody, Bebi Fernández

12. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

By: Mary Wollstonecraft , Miriam Brody , Bebi Fernández

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France,… read more

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  • nonfiction

13. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

By: Jen Campbell

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

This Sunday Times bestseller is a miscellany of hilarious and peculiar bookshop moments: 'Can books… read more

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Cover of The Invention of Morel by Jorge Luis Borges, Suzanne Jill Levine, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Norah Borges de Torre, Ruth L.C. Simms

14. The Invention of Morel

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Suzanne Jill Levine , Adolfo Bioy Casares , Norah Borges de Torre , Ruth L.C. Simms

4.00

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn… read more

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"So I was dead! The thought delighted me."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"To be sure, nothing created by man is perfect."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"...when one is alone it is impossible to be dead."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

15. Queer

By: William S. Burroughs

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, "Queer" is an enigma - both an unflinching … read more

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16. The Last Question

By: Isaac Asimov , Bob E. Flick , None

3.78

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when human… read more

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17. Lost & Found

By: John Marsden , Shaun Tan

4.16

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

A girl finds a bright spot in a dark world. A boy leads a strange, lost creature home. And a group … read more

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18. The Snowy Day

By: Ezra Jack Keats

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal! No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the … read more

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19. The Hole

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.49

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the cou… read more

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"I moved out here with my husband."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"It's just, families are strange things, aren't they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the childre…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"Abrí la ventana y oí a las cigarras cantar. No sé si era porque estaba en el campo y había muchos árboles o por la influencia del clima de ese año, pero nunca las había oído con tanta intensidad. Era…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

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20. Weasels in the Attic

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more

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"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic

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21. Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.51

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Oliver Jeffers offers a personal look inside his own hopes and wishes for his child--a missive abou… read more

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  • nonfiction
"There are only three words you need to live by, son: respect, consideration and tolerance."

-Oliver Jeffers, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

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22. What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.16

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

What shall we build, you and I? We'll build a watch to keep our time. I'll build your future and… read more

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  • art
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23. On Sun Swallowing

By: Dakota Warren

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

“On Sun Swallowing is a sweet and bloody collection of poetry, dancing in the spaces between skinne… read more

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"IT'S PURGATORY BUT ITS LIVEABLE"

-Dakota Warren, On Sun Swallowing

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24. On Connection

By: Kae Tempest

4.17

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

From the Ted Hughes award winner and Sunday TImes bestselling authour Kae Tempest. The increasin… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
"When I am numb, how can I make myself connected? I can't. But I can try to create an environment that is welcoming for connection if it should turn up."

-Kae Tempest, On Connection

"Words on a page are incomplete. The poem, the novel or the non-fiction pamphlet are finished when they are taken up and engaged with. Connection is collaborative. For words to have meaning, they have…"

-Kae Tempest, On Connection

"We are empathic beings who feel for each other. Our very success as a species is rooted in our ability to be aware of each other's needs, to notice each other's pain and to experience deeply felt phy…"

-Kae Tempest, On Connection

"The work that I do on myself may not be evident in my daily exchanges, but little by little, if I continue, I hope that my actions will reflect my changing mindset, and next time, I promise myself, I…"

-Kae Tempest, On Connection

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25. Exciting Times

By: Naoise Dolan

3.23

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled… read more

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"Eunice Fong said: “Miss, are you sick?"

-Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times

"My wanting to cry was a reflection mainly of my social conscience"

-Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times

"It's normal to miss your family,' he said. I said that was why I didn't"

-Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times

"I wondered which other phrases he´d plucked. I felt like a bird he kept for quills."

-Naoise Dolan, Exciting Times

Cover of The Fate of Fausto by Oliver Jeffers

26. The Fate of Fausto

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.15

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Em tempos, existiu um homem que acreditava ser dono de tudo... "Tu és minha."¿- disse Fausto à flor… read more

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  • art
Cover of I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2 by Baek Se-hee

27. I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2

By: Baek Se-hee

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“Alih-alih menerima kekurangan, aku memutuskan untuk tidak memandang diriku sendiri secara negatif.… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding by Ellena Savage

28. Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding

By: Ellena Savage

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

‘I mean who cares about opinions, gossip, whatever, when bodies are so vulnerable, in search only o… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Sadness is not always a terrible illness. Sadness is, perhaps, the most honest response to living."

-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding

"I need to manage the unmanageable, to contain, correct and formalise the world, because I need to survive it."

-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding

"Is 'self-care' a neoliberal scam promoting individualistic coping strategies in the absence of broader social obligations or the possibility of radical structural change? (Well, yes, I say to myself …"

-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding

"If there is always a question, and I believe there is, in this case it is this: where is home and what is freedom. The promise we accept is that freedom is the freedom to make ourselves anew, but in …"

-Ellena Savage, Blueberries: Essays Concerning Understanding

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29. Vita meravigliosa

By: Patrizia Cavalli

4.16

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

Fosse vissuta sei o sette secoli fa, nelle terre umbre dov’è nata, Patrizia Cavalli sarebbe stata s… read more

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"Tenersi all'apparenza, forse descrivere / soltanto cose in mutua tenerezza."

-Patrizia Cavalli, Vita meravigliosa

Cover of Fear Stalks the Land!: A Commonplace Book by Thom Yorke

30. Fear Stalks the Land!: A Commonplace Book

By: Thom Yorke

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In which the writings of the authors Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood are gathered together. This… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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31. Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto

By: David Shrigley

4.13

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

A personal message from the of individuals in society today are feeble-minded. They don't know wha… read more

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  • art
  • humor
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David Foster Wallace

4.06

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4.16

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Wolf Erlbruch

4.47

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Oliver Jeffers , Drew Daywalt

4.40

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Anthony Browne

3.84

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Aaron Becker

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