23 Top fiction books like The Heavy Bright by Cathy Malkasian

Cover of The Heavy Bright by Cathy Malkasian

The Heavy Bright

By: Cathy Malkasian

3.16

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

In this allegorical, fantastical graphic novel, a queer young woman aims to dispel the greed and cr…

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Cover of La casa by Paco Roca

1. La casa

By: Paco Roca

4.45

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A lo largo de los años el dueño llena de recuerdos su casa, testigo mudo de su vida. Y aquél es tam… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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  • fiction
Cover of Megahex by Simon Hanselmann

2. Megahex

By: Simon Hanselmann

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Megg is a depressed, drug-addicted witch. Mogg is her black cat. Their friend, Owl, is an anthropom… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

3. Pride of Baghdad

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Niko Henrichon

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

From one of America's most critically acclaimed graphic novel writers - inspired by true events, a … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Here by Richard McGuire

4. Here

By: Richard McGuire

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hereis Richard McGuire's unique graphic novel based on the legendary 1989 comic strip of the same n… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction

5. Arrugas

By: Paco Roca

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Emilio, un antiguo ejecutivo bancario, es internado en una residencia de ancianos por su familia tr… read more

Similar categories in Paco Roca's Arrugas book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction

6. 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

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction

7. A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return

By: Edward Gauvin , Zeina Abirached

3.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a norma… read more

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8. Tetris: The Games People Play

By: Box Brown

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unen… read more

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Cover of It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

9. 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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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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"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 Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

10. Shubeik Lubeik

By: Deena Mohamed

4.50

Format: 528 pages, ebook

A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishe… read more

Similar categories in Deena Mohamed's Shubeik Lubeik book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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11. 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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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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12. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Pardalita by Joana Estrela

13. Pardalita

By: Joana Estrela

3.80

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Quando Raquel nos começa a contar a sua história, Pardalita já entrou na sua vida. Não de rompante,… read more

Similar categories in Joana Estrela's Pardalita book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

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

14. 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
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Eight Billion Genies: Deluxe Edition by Charles Soule

15. Eight Billion Genies: Deluxe Edition

By: Charles Soule

4.31

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

If you had one wish…what would you wish for? What if everyone else on the planet had one wish too? … read more

Similar categories in Charles Soule's Eight Billion Genies: Deluxe Edition book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • dystopia
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Roaming by Jillian Tamaki

16. 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 Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

17. 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

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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

Cover of Les Strates by Pénélope Bagieu

18. Les Strates

By: Pénélope Bagieu

4.24

Format: 144 pages, Leather Bound

L'autrice de Culottées, Eisner Award 2019, livre ici son premier récit autobiographique, où histoir… read more

Similar categories in Pénélope Bagieu's Les Strates book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • graphic novels comics
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

19. Boys Weekend

By: Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more

Similar categories in Mattie Lubchansky's Boys Weekend book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Infinity Particle by Wendy  Xu

20. The Infinity Particle

By: Wendy Xu

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeous graphic novel by Wendy Xu, co-creator of the award-winning Mooncakes, a young inve… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Xu's The Infinity Particle book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Gift for a Ghost by Borja González

21. A Gift for a Ghost

By: Borja González

3.27

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An untalented punk band and a parallel dimension—what could go wrong?   In Borja González’s stunni… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"And the path is shorter if you know the destination."

-Borja González, A Gift for a Ghost

"If you were an artist, wouldn't you want to have your studio in the Louvre?"

-Borja González, A Gift for a Ghost

Cover of Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione

22. Basil and Oregano

By: Melissa Capriglione

3.86

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Mix two parts The Great British Bake Off with one-part magical boarding school plus a generous dash… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Capriglione's Basil and Oregano book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of La Nouvelle(s) (Elles, #1) by Kid Toussaint

23. La Nouvelle(s) (Elles, #1)

By: Kid Toussaint

4.12

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Elle, c'est une fille un peu comme tout le monde mais pas tout à fait comme les autres. Jeune fille… read more

Similar categories in Kid Toussaint's La Nouvelle(s) (Elles, #1) book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Ephemera by Briana Loewinsohn

24. Ephemera

By: Briana Loewinsohn

4.00

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A debut graphic novel that poignantly blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine. Ephem… read more

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

25. 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 Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Okinawa by Susumu Higa

26. Okinawa

By: Susumu Higa

4.08

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island’s pre-eminent mangaka,… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Brooms by Jasmine Walls

27. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Walls's Brooms book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Slash Them All by Antoine Maillard

28. Slash Them All

By: Antoine Maillard

3.09

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

2022 WINNER for Best Crime Graphic Novel at the Angouleme International Comics Festival Two high s… read more

Similar categories in Antoine Maillard's Slash Them All book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

29. Belle of the Ball

By: Mari Costa

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young adult graphic novel about high school wallflower Belle Hawkins, who ends up in a love trian… read more

Similar categories in Mari Costa's Belle of the Ball book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of La louve boréale by Núria Tamarit

30. La louve boréale

By: Núria Tamarit

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Il y a un endroit, de l'autre côté de l'océan, où les hommes partent et d'où ils reviennent après q… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Heavy Bright by Cathy Malkasian

31. The Heavy Bright

By: Cathy Malkasian

3.16

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

In this allegorical, fantastical graphic novel, a queer young woman aims to dispel the greed and cr… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright book and Cathy Malkasian's The Heavy Bright

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • feminism
  • graphic novels
  • dystopia
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

12 must-read fantasy books like The Heavy Bright by Cathy Malkasian

Transform Your Habits

Megahex

Simon Hanselmann

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The Mysteries

Bill Watterson

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Do a Powerbomb!

Daniel Warren Johnson

4.52

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16 Top fiction books like Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

Transform Your Habits

On the Fox Roads

Nghi Vo

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

Nghi Vo

4.24

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Monica

Daniel Clowes

3.95

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