13 must-read art books like Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections by Shaun Tan

Cover of Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections by Shaun Tan

Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

By: Shaun Tan

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

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If you liked the art plot in Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections by Shaun Tan , here is a list of 13 books like this:

1. The Complete Chi's Sweet Home, Part 4

By: Kanata Konami

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Fur the Well! After six years in North America the Chi's Sweet Homesaga has finally come to an end!… read more

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2. The Return of the Honey Buzzard

By: Aimée de Jongh

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Simon, a bookseller, has hit hard times. The financial crisis has struck and sales have slumped; hi… read more

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3. The Electric State

By: Simon Stålenhag

4.43

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

In 1997, a runaway teenager and her yellow toy robot travel west through a strange USA. The ruins o… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
"To, čo robíme, nie je civilizované, viem to. Ale viem i to, že aj tebe sa to muselo prihodiť - presne ako ja si sa zobudil a zrazu si si uvedomil niečo nezvratné: nežijeme už v civilizovaných časoch."

-Simon Stålenhag, The Electric State

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4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Shaun Tan's Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

  • graphic novels
  • picture books
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5. The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.12

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

Billie Scott is an artist. Her debut gallery exhibition opens in a few months. Within a fortn… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
Cover of Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki

6. Shuna's Journey

By: Hayao Miyazaki

4.34

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a go… read more

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  • graphic novels
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7. 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
  • adult
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8. The Adoption

By: Zidrou

4.22

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

When aging Gabriel's son and daughter adopts an orphaned girl from Peru, Gabriel doesn't know what … read more

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  • graphic novels
"You know, Marco, they can leave us, they can grow old, but it's like they're still here, running around our feet, just like when they were little tykes."

-Zidrou, The Adoption

Cover of Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham

9. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
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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 Shaun Tan's Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • adult
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11. No One Else

By: R. Kikuo Johnson

3.65

Format: 99 pages, Paperback

In this graphic novel, Charlene is a divorced mom, has a young son named Brandon, and works full-ti… read more

Similar categories in R. Kikuo Johnson's No One Else book and Shaun Tan's Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

  • graphic novels
  • adult
Cover of Vermis, Lost Dungeons and Forbidden Woods (Vermis, #1) by Plastiboo

12. Vermis, Lost Dungeons and Forbidden Woods (Vermis, #1)

By: Plastiboo

4.65

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

"Vermis I" is the first of an artbook series by the artist Plastiboo. A pure act of world-buildi… read more

Similar categories in Plastiboo's Vermis, Lost Dungeons and Forbidden Woods (Vermis, #1) book and Shaun Tan's Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
Cover of Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 3 by Ryoko Kui

13. Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 3

By: Ryoko Kui

4.45

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

New dangers and new recipes await the party in the third installment of the utterly unique and ende… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
Cover of This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

14. 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 Shaun Tan's Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

  • graphic novels
  • adult
  • nonfiction
Cover of What You Need to Be Warm by Neil Gaiman

15. What You Need to Be Warm

By: Neil Gaiman

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked … read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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16. Bea Wolf

By: Zach Weinersmith

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids wh… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
"Dawn rose, like a jerk."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

"Make no more clouds. I have drawn the rainbow here."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

Cover of Ice Cream Man, Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles by W. Maxwell Prince

17. Ice Cream Man, Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles

By: W. Maxwell Prince

3.59

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Chocolate, vanilla, existential horror, addiction, musical fantasy...there’s a flavor for everyone’… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • adult
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18. The Wanderer

By: Peter van den Ende

4.29

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Without a word, van den Ende presents one little paper boat's journey across the ocean, past reefs … read more

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

19. 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
"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)

Cover of Ascender, Vol. 1: The Haunted Galaxy by Jeff Lemire

20. Ascender, Vol. 1: The Haunted Galaxy

By: Jeff Lemire

4.22

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Powerhouse creative team Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen launch an all new series in Ascender! Set 10… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Lemire's Ascender, Vol. 1: The Haunted Galaxy book and Shaun Tan's Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

  • graphic novels
Cover of Vermis II: Mist & Mirrors by Plastiboo

21. Vermis II: Mist & Mirrors

By: Plastiboo

4.48

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

"Vermis II" is the second of an artbook series by the artist Plastiboo. A pure act of world-buildi… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
Cover of Our Little Secret by Emily  Carrington

22. Our Little Secret

By: Emily Carrington

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize At 15, Emily is a relatively typical teenage girl… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of The Most Magical Place on Earth (Disney Editions Deluxe) by Kevin M. Kern

23. A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of The Most Magical Place on Earth (Disney Editions Deluxe)

By: Kevin M. Kern

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Walt Disney World honors its fiftieth anniversary with " The World's Most Magical Celebration," an … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wolf Suit by Sid Sharp

24. The Wolf Suit

By: Sid Sharp

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Bellwether Riggwelter is, once again, out of blackberries. This time, rather than tiptoe through a … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
Cover of Grass Kings, Vol. 2 by Matt Kindt

25. Grass Kings, Vol. 2

By: Matt Kindt

3.77

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Grass Kingdom est une petite communauté de marginaux vivant au fin fond des USA. Un bien étrange ro… read more

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  • graphic novels
Cover of Grass Kings, Vol. 3 by Matt Kindt

26. Grass Kings, Vol. 3

By: Matt Kindt

3.73

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

With their brotherly bond fractured at the worst possible time, the Grass Kings must find a way to … read more

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  • graphic novels
Cover of Night Terror by John Kenn Mortensen

27. Night Terror

By: John Kenn Mortensen

4.13

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Edward Gorey and Bernie Wrightson, a collection of spine-chilling line drawings of t… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
Cover of Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections by Shaun Tan

28. Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

By: Shaun Tan

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

BEST OF THE YEAR The Guardian · SLJ Teen Librarian Toolbox   From the creator of The Arrival, a … read more

Similar categories in Shaun Tan's Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections book and Shaun Tan's Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections

  • art
  • graphic novels
  • humor
  • picture books
  • animals
  • art and photography
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • australia
  • adult
Cover of Windows to Worlds: The Art of Devin Elle Kurtz by Devin Elle Kurtz

29. Windows to Worlds: The Art of Devin Elle Kurtz

By: Devin Elle Kurtz

4.86

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Illustrator and concept artist Devin Elle Kurtz shares her journey, from childhood ambitions to be … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Square Eyes by Anna Mill

30. Square Eyes

By: Anna Mill

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Look – anyone who invents something really great has a moment where they think it's going to destro… read more

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  • art
  • graphic novels
Cover of The Style of Loish by Lois van Baarle

31. The Style of Loish

By: Lois van Baarle

4.84

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

In this visually stunning hardback, globally loved artist Lois van Baarle, AKA Loish, explores the … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction

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