Alay-Oop
By: William Gropper
3.82
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
William Gropper was one of the great American cartoonists and illustrators of the twentieth century…
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1. Vertigo
By: Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald
4.00
Format: 263 pages, Paperback
Vertigo, W. G. Sebald's first novel, never before translated into English, is perhaps his most amaz… read more
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- fiction
"Tiny details imperceptible to us decide everything!"-Michael Hulse, Vertigo
"How I wished during those sleepless hours that I belonged to a different nation, or better still, to none at all."-Michael Hulse, Vertigo
"There is something peculiarly dispriting about the emptiness that wells up when, in a strange city, one dials the same telephone numbers in vain."-Michael Hulse, Vertigo
"É um vazio todo peculiar que surge quando, numa cidade estranha, a pessoa disca números de telefone em vão. Quando ninguém atende, é uma decepção de alcance transcendente, como se esses números aleat…"-Michael Hulse, Vertigo
2. Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
By: Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Comics
Alternate Cover Edition One of the most celebrated comics titles of the late 1990s, PREACHER is… read more
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"I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!"-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
" Criminal: You can suck my dick, motherfucker! Detective Bridges: You suck mine! [shoves barrel of pistol in the Criminal's mouth] An' you get used to it, cause you get to Rykers you're gonna find a …"-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
3. The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
By: Gabriel García Márquez , Randolph Hogan
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
This is Marquez's account of a real-life event. In 1955, eight crew members of the destroyer Caldas… read more
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- fiction
4. Mitchum
By: Blutch
4.48
Format: 356 pages,
Mitchum constitue une aventure artistique aussi fascinante qu'originale. Libre d'inventer comme d'e… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
5. Shortcomings
By: Adrian Tomine
3.20
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
FROM THE PREEMINENT CARTOONIST OF HIS GENERATION, THE MOST ANTICIPATED GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2007 Shortc… read more
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6. American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
By: Robert Crumb , Val Mayerik , Harvey Pekar , Kevin Brown , Joyce Brabner , Gary Dumm , None , None , None , None
3.91
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
Harvey Pekar is a true American original, known by many as the blue-collar Mark Twain. For over 25 … read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- humor
7. Regarding the Pain of Others
By: Susan Sontag
3.28
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
Twenty-five years after her classic On Photography, Susan Sontag returns to the subject of visual r… read more
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8. Kappa
By: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Geoffrey Bownas
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
From the author of Rashomon comes a Swiftian satire of Japanese society thinly disguised as the fic… read more
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9. 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
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- adult
10. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
By: Olga Ravn
3.67
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"This is not a human, but a coworker."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
11. Deaf Republic
By: Ilya Kaminsky
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence?Deaf Republic opens in an occ… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"A man should smell better than his country"-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
"At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this? And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?"-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
"I do not hear gunshots, but watch birds splash over the backyards of the suburbs. How bright is the sky as the avenue spins on its axis. How bright is the sky (forgive me) how bright."-Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
12. 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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13. Love in the Big City
By: Sang Young Park
3.65
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Love in the Big City is the English-language debut of Sang Young Park, one of Korea’s most exciting… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"I like the universe that is you"-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City
"Let's be hamburguer patties together forever,"-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City
"Sometimes his very existence to me is the existence of love itself"-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City
"Jaehee, who had taught me that every season is its own beautiful moment -- that Jaehee didn't live here anymore."-Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City
14. 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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- art
- graphic novels comics
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- adult
15. I Must Be Dreaming
By: Roz Chast
3.65
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrativ… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- humor
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- adult
16. Open Throat
By: Henry Hoke
4.01
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A quee… read more
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- adult
- fiction
17. Homie
By: Danez Smith
4.42
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Homie is Danez Smith’s magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss … read more
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- adult
"the b in debt is a silent black trapped"-Danez Smith, Homie
"what good is hiding the gun & locking the cabinet if the boy can still find his own hands? if anything that loops can be a rope?"-Danez Smith, Homie
18. Pure Colour
By: Sheila Heti
3.46
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Pure Colour is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. … read more
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- adult
- fiction
"And what opens one heart opens many."-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour
"The body becomes a woman and it cannot turn back."-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour
"And a glimpse into one heart is a glimpse into many."-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour
"Why did it seem like the only way to live-was to disobey?"-Sheila Heti, Pure Colour
19. 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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- graphic novels comics
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- humor
- comics
20. The Book That No One Wanted to Read
By: Richard Ayoade
3.74
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From actor-author-broadcaster-comedian-filmmaker Richard Ayoade comes a book narrated by . . . a bo… read more
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- humor
- fiction
21. The Chromatic Fantasy
By: H.A .
4.40
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
A gorgeously drawn graphic novel reminiscent of stained glass and illuminated manuscripts, telling … read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
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"[Jules] No!! No! No! No! I want to be happy!! I want to love and be loved!! I want to feel safe!! I want to be someone who doesn't deserve it!! I want my life and my body and my soul!!"-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy
"[guard] 'Before we torture you, please sign the release.' [legal form] 'I shall not say "ah, my back really needed that!" when being drawn over the rack. (we've all heard it before. you're not origin…"-H.A ., The Chromatic Fantasy
22. BTTM FDRS
By: Ezra Claytan Daniels
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An Afrofuturist horror-comedy about gentrification, hip hop, and cultural appropriation. Once a thr… read more
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23. Familiar Face
By: Michael DeForge
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
In a thoroughly modernized, constantly updating society, where can true connection be found? The b… read more
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24. The Famous Magician
By: César Aira
3.61
Format: 60 pages, Hardcover
A certain writer (“past sixty, enjoying ‘a certain renown’”) strolls through the old book market in… read more
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- fiction
25. Social Fiction
By: Chantal Montellier
4.05
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Appearing together in English for the first time, three politically charged sci-fi graphic novellas… read more
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26. Letter to Survivors
By: Gébé
3.29
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
In the blasted ruins of what was once a picture-perfect suburb, nothing stirs—except the postman. C… read more
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27. The Structure Is Rotten, Comrade
By: Viken Berberian
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this visually groundbreaking graphic novel, a young man’s lofty ambitions collide with the chaos… read more
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- humor
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28. Alay-Oop
By: William Gropper
3.82
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
William Gropper was one of the great American cartoonists and illustrators of the twentieth century… read more
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29. Blurry
By: Dash Shaw
4.11
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A man can’t decide between two dress shirts for a wedding. A woman questions the style of her ne… read more
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30. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
