9 must-read mental health books like Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions by Alison Zai

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Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

By: Alison Zai

4.13

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A vibrantly coloured yet darkly humorous comic collection about the absurdity and beauty of being a…

If you liked the mental health plot in Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions by Alison Zai , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Cat Person

By: Seo Kim

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Cat Personis a collection of comics by cartoonist Seo Kim. Begun as a personal challenge to create … read more

Similar categories in Seo Kim's Cat Person book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics

2. Hot Dog Taste Test

By: Lisa Hanawalt

2.96

Format: None pages,

The new book from the James Beard Award-winning cartoonist and designer/producer of Netflix's Bojac… read more

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3. Hi-Fi Fight Club

By: Carly Usdin

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

When Chris joins the staff at her local record store, she's surprised to find out that her co-worke… read more

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4. Frida Kahlo: Una biografía

By: María Hesse

4.28

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

"Pies para que os quiero, si tengo alas para volar" Frida Kahlo fue algo mas que dolor y angustia. … read more

Similar categories in María Hesse's Frida Kahlo: Una biografía book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

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5. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

By: Grant Snider

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from the beloved New York Times illustrator … read more

Similar categories in Grant Snider's I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"A book closed is just a block of paper."

-Grant Snider, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

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6. Hungry Ghost

By: Victoria Ying

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Ying's Hungry Ghost book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
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7. The Baker and the Bard

By: Fern Haught

3.62

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

Author-artist Fern Haught weaves an enchanting, gentle fantasy tale of friendship, determination, a… read more

Similar categories in Fern Haught's The Baker and the Bard book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • comics
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8. Cryptid Club

By: Sarah Andersen

4.27

Format: 112 pages, ebook

Do you hate social gatherings? Dodge cameras? Enjoy staying up just a little too late at night? You… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Andersen's Cryptid Club book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • adult
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9. Cat + Gamer, Volume 1

By: Wataru Nadatani

4.18

Format: 200 pages, None

Riko, a twenty-nine-year-old office worker with an obsession for video games, finds her quiet life … read more

Similar categories in Wataru Nadatani's Cat + Gamer, Volume 1 book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • slice of life
  • comics
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10. Revenge of the Librarians

By: Tom Gauld

3.94

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the … read more

Similar categories in Tom Gauld's Revenge of the Librarians book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • adult
  • comedy
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11. The Sneaking, Hiding, Vibrating Creature (Strange Planet)

By: Nathan W. Pyle

4.16

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Based on his popular Instagram comics, Nathan W. Pyle presents a picture book. When the nearest st… read more

Similar categories in Nathan W. Pyle's The Sneaking, Hiding, Vibrating Creature (Strange Planet) book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
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12. 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 Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"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

"...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

"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

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13. Cat + Gamer, Volume 2

By: Wataru Nadatani

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

THE LIVES OF A HARDCORE GAMER AND HER CAT! A quiet office worker embraces her new role as a cat … read more

Similar categories in Wataru Nadatani's Cat + Gamer, Volume 2 book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • slice of life
  • comics
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14. Cat + Gamer, Volume 3 (Cat + Gamer, #3)

By: Wataru Nadatani

4.33

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

GAIN NINE EXTRA LIVES WITH A NEW FELINE FRIEND! A dedicated gamer, Riko discovers what it's like… read more

Similar categories in Wataru Nadatani's Cat + Gamer, Volume 3 (Cat + Gamer, #3) book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • slice of life
  • comics
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15. In a Jar

By: Deborah Marcero

4.37

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Llewellyn, a little rabbit, is a collector. He gathers things in jars--ordinary things like butterc… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Marcero's In a Jar book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

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16. Emotions Explained with Buff Dudes: Owlturd Comix

By: Andrew Tsyaston

4.29

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

You know how, since the dawn of humanity, great philosophers and poets have dedicated their entire … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Tsyaston's Emotions Explained with Buff Dudes: Owlturd Comix book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
Cover of I Used to Have a Plan: But Life Had Other Ideas by Alessandra Olanow

17. I Used to Have a Plan: But Life Had Other Ideas

By: Alessandra Olanow

3.96

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Balm for the soul—Alessandra Olanow offers advice, inspiration, and encouragement for anyone who ne… read more

Similar categories in Alessandra Olanow's I Used to Have a Plan: But Life Had Other Ideas book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
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18. How to Love: A Guide to Feelings and Relationships for Everyone: A Graphic Novel

By: Alex Norris

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A guide for to dating, relationships, and identity—from a wildly popular web comic artist. Isn’t… read more

Similar categories in Alex Norris's How to Love: A Guide to Feelings and Relationships for Everyone: A Graphic Novel book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comics
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19. You Are Home (The Catana Comic Collection)

By: Catana Chetwynd

4.54

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and creator Catana Chetwynd’s latest collection of comics illustr… read more

Similar categories in Catana Chetwynd's You Are Home (The Catana Comic Collection) book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • comedy
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20. Cat + Gamer Volume 4

By: Wataru Nadatani

4.42

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Just when office worker Riko Kozakura is beginning to rank up her Pet Owner skill from Beginner to … read more

Similar categories in Wataru Nadatani's Cat + Gamer Volume 4 book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • slice of life
  • comics
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21. A City Inside

By: Tillie Walden

3.91

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Shifting between the everyday and the surreal, A City Inside recounts one woman s life from childho… read more

Similar categories in Tillie Walden's A City Inside book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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22. Rain

By: Joe Hill

3.60

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

On a seemingly normal August day in Boulder, Colorado, the skies are clear and Honeysuckle Speck co… read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's Rain book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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23. Dinosaur Philosophy

By: James Stewart

4.48

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

from the international bestselling team behind dinosaur therapy , @dinosaurcouch including exclusiv… read more

Similar categories in James Stewart's Dinosaur Philosophy book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
Cover of Space Trash Vol. 1 (1) by Jenn Woodall

24. Space Trash Vol. 1 (1)

By: Jenn Woodall

3.91

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

In Jenn Woodall's debut graphic novel series, three teenagers attending school on the moon try to k… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Woodall's Space Trash Vol. 1 (1) book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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25. 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

Similar categories in Benji Nate's Catboy book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • comics
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26. 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 Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Save Me! (From Myself): Crushes, Cats, and Existential Crises by So Lazo

27. Save Me! (From Myself): Crushes, Cats, and Existential Crises

By: So Lazo

4.12

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This book contains so many feelings! This colorful collection of comics will take you on an exper… read more

Similar categories in So Lazo's Save Me! (From Myself): Crushes, Cats, and Existential Crises book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Kind of Coping: An Illustrated Look at Life with Anxiety by Maureen Marzi Wilson

28. Kind of Coping: An Illustrated Look at Life with Anxiety

By: Maureen Marzi Wilson

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

“These comics perfectly capture what it's like to live with anxiety.” —BuzzFeed Maureen “Marzi” Wi… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Marzi Wilson's Kind of Coping: An Illustrated Look at Life with Anxiety book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions by Alison Zai

29. Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

By: Alison Zai

4.13

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A vibrantly coloured yet darkly humorous comic collection about the absurdity and beauty of being a… read more

Similar categories in Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • slice of life
  • adult
  • comedy
Cover of Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking by Marianne Eloise

30. Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking

By: Marianne Eloise

3.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of the intersection of neurodivergence, obsession and disorder Obsessive was, sti… read more

Similar categories in Marianne Eloise's Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
Cover of Cat + Gamer Volume 5 by Wataru Nadatani

31. Cat + Gamer Volume 5

By: Wataru Nadatani

4.46

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Office worker Riko Kozakura supports her entire band of adventurers—including the two cats she coha… read more

Similar categories in Wataru Nadatani's Cat + Gamer Volume 5 book and Alison Zai's Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions

  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • slice of life
  • comics

12 Top adult books like Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions by Alison Zai

Transform Your Habits

I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

Grant Snider

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Cryptid Club

Sarah Andersen

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Revenge of the Librarians

Tom Gauld

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

Julia Wertz

4.35

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Transform Your Habits

Heart and Brain: Body Language: An Awkward Yeti Collection

The Awkward Yeti , Nick Seluk

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection

The Awkward Yeti , Nick Seluk

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts: An Awkward Yeti Collection

The Awkward Yeti , Nick Seluk

4.36

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Sarah Andersen

4.27

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