19 must-read graphic novels books like One Dirty Tree by Noah Van Sciver

Cover of One Dirty Tree by Noah Van Sciver

One Dirty Tree

By: Noah Van Sciver

3.78

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

In Noah Van Sciver’s new funny and heartfelt memoir, he is haunted by memories of growing up in a b…

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1. Spinning

By: Tillie Walden

3.89

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Poignant and captivating, Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir, Spinning, ca… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
"I never ignored the fact that I was attracted to them. I had known I was gay since I was 5. Now I was almost 12. A teacher's aide had shown me how to hold your sleeve when you put your jacket on. I s…"

-Tillie Walden, Spinning

2. Patience

By: Daniel Clowes

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Patienceis a psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent de… read more

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3. Caricature

By: Daniel Clowes

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The dramatic short stories included in Caricaturehave drawn comparisons to Nabokov for their comple… read more

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Cover of Factory Summers by Guy Delisle

4. Factory Summers

By: Guy Delisle

3.77

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

The legendary cartoonist aims his pen and paper toward his high school summer jobFor three summers … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

5. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.21

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"And maybe that 'something' is a piece of my stupid little soul trapped in a book with very divisive reviews on Goodreads!"

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

"You're going to spend infinitely more time being dead than alive, so it's probably best to make peace with it while you can."

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

Cover of Monica by Daniel Clowes

6. 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

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comix
  • comics
Cover of Cat + Gamer, Volume 1 by Wataru Nadatani

7. 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

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Do a Powerbomb! by Daniel Warren Johnson

8. Do a Powerbomb!

By: Daniel Warren Johnson

4.52

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

From the creator of MURDER-FALCON and WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH comes the wrestling adventure of the… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • comic book
Cover of A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

9. 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
  • adult
"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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10. Tunnels

By: Rutu Modan

3.75

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A race for the Ark of the Covenant finds an exploration into the ethics and world of the internatio… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • comix
"In this confusing state of affairs when each fact is immediately contrasted with a counter-fact and everyone is branded a liar, when the word truth can be used only in apology and within quotation ma…"

-Rutu Modan, Tunnels

Cover of The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V.

11. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

By: Ram V.

4.30

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is out of a jo… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
"Perhaps it is enough to remember at story's end the miracle that it was simply to have lived."

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

"If life's an exercise in making memories...no one really goes away as long as they are remembered."

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

"It’s what happens when things die. They go away, but you don’t realize all the parts of you that they were holding up until after."

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

"And in the days that follow, the possibilities of what could've been begin to fall away. Leaving you with less, each time-- more precious, to be savored. Like a cigarette. The point of life, my frien…"

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

Cover of Cat + Gamer, Volume 2 by Wataru Nadatani

12. 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 Noah Van Sciver's One Dirty Tree

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith

13. Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy

By: Bill Griffith

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told t… read more

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  • biography
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comix
  • comics
  • nonfiction
Cover of Berserk Deluxe Edition, Volume 5 by Kentaro Miura

14. Berserk Deluxe Edition, Volume 5

By: Kentaro Miura

4.76

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

Kentaro Miura's epic adult fantasy/horror series is an international sensation and is now featured … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham

15. Blood of the Virgin

By: Sammy Harkham

3.70

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

“A story about storytelling...Conjures up the grindhouse movie-making scene in 1970s Los Angeles an… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comix
  • comics
Cover of Perros by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

16. Perros

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

3.89

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

En el centro de esta historia hay una mujer que nunca consideró traer un perro a casa. Pero su mari… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Dog Biscuits by Alex   Graham

17. Dog Biscuits

By: Alex Graham

4.22

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

It’s July 2020 in Seattle. Gussy struggles to keep his dog biscuit boutique afloat while a global p… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Weird to Exist: Simple Comics About Complex Emotions by Alison Zai

18. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of One Dirty Tree by Noah Van Sciver

19. One Dirty Tree

By: Noah Van Sciver

3.78

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

In Noah Van Sciver’s new funny and heartfelt memoir, he is haunted by memories of growing up in a b… read more

Similar categories in Noah Van Sciver's One Dirty Tree book and Noah Van Sciver's One Dirty Tree

  • biography
  • memoir
  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comix
  • biography memoir
  • comics
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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20. Curses

By: George Wylesol

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

“Sometimes I think I see things. Out of the corner of my eye, behind a door, I catch a glimpse of s… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of William Softkey and the Purple Spider by C.F.

21. William Softkey and the Purple Spider

By: C.F.

3.97

Format: 80 pages, None

Buried deep under sand sits a library the size of a small city, owned by the eerily powerful Mr. Wi… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics

6 Best adult books like One Dirty Tree by Noah Van Sciver

Transform Your Habits

Factory Summers

Guy Delisle

3.77

Transform Your Habits

It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

Zoe Thorogood

4.21

Transform Your Habits

A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

Ram V.

4.30

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18 Top fiction books like Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham

Transform Your Habits

Monica

Daniel Clowes

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Acting Class

Nick Drnaso

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Where the Body Was

Ed Brubaker

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

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