18 best-selling manga books like The Life of Namazuko by Daisuke Ichiba

Cover of The Life of Namazuko by Daisuke Ichiba

The Life of Namazuko

By: Daisuke Ichiba

4.28

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

My name is Jesuido Namazuko. I sing every night at The Pool Of Blood, a pub frequented by disgustin…

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Cover of Lychee Light Club by Usamaru Furuya

1. Lychee Light Club

By: Usamaru Furuya

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Lychee Light Club is considered Usamaru Furuya's breakthrough work. Originally designed as an e… read more

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  • manga
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Cover of Crash by J.G. Ballard

2. Crash

By: J.G. Ballard

3.59

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In Ballard's hallucinatory novel, the car provides the hellish tableau in which Vaughan, a "TV scie… read more

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"After being bombarded endlessly by road-safety propaganda it was almost a relief to find myself in an actual accident."

-J.G. Ballard, Crash

"The enormous energy of the twentieth century, enough to drive the planet into a new orbit around a happier star, was being expended to maintain this immense motionless pause."

-J.G. Ballard, Crash

"As I sat with her by the airport fence in her darkened car, her white breast in my hand lit by the ascending airliners, the shape and tenderness of her nipple seemed to rape my fingers."

-J.G. Ballard, Crash

"I guessed that he was one of those ambitious young physicians who more and more fill the profession, opportunists with a fashionable hoodlum image, openly hostile to their patients. My brief stay at …"

-J.G. Ballard, Crash

Cover of Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire, Richard Howard

3. Les Fleurs du Mal

By: Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard

4.20

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

Charles Baudelaire's 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex … read more

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"L'orage rajeunit les fleurs"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"I am the vampire at my own veins."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"Beauty, you walk on corpses, mocking them;"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

Cover of Tomie by Junji Ito, Naomi Kokubo

4. Tomie

By: Junji Ito , Naomi Kokubo

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. Sh… read more

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  • comics
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5. Black Hole

By: Charles Burns

2.83

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon… read more

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  • comics
Cover of Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Edogawa Rampo, Suehiro Maruo

6. Strange Tale of Panorama Island

By: Edogawa Rampo , Suehiro Maruo

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Follows the twisted path of failed novelist Hitomi Hirosuke, who bears an uncanny resemblance to a … read more

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  • comics
Cover of Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, Joachim Neugroschel, Dovid Bergelson

7. Story of the Eye

By: Georges Bataille , Joachim Neugroschel , Dovid Bergelson

3.66

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye… read more

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"We pedaled rapidly, without laughing or speaking, peculiarly satisfied with our mutual presence, akin to one another in the common isolation of lewdness, weariness, and absurdity."

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"Simone was tall and lovely. She was usually very natural; there was nothing heartbreaking in her eyes or her voice. But on a sensual level, she so bluntly craved any upheaval that the faintest call f…"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"I remember that one day, when we were in a car tooling along at top speed,we crashed into a cyclist, an apparently very young and very pretty girl. Her head was almost totally ripped off by the wheel…"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"As for the fact that Simone dared to piss on the corpse, whether in boredom or, at worst, in irritation: it mainly goes to prove how impossible it was for us to understand what was happening, and of …"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

8. In the Miso Soup

By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

It is just before New Year's. Frank, an overweight American tourist, has hired Kenji to take him on… read more

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9. Helter Skelter

By: Kyōko Okazaki

3.87

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

If you are aware of fashion in Japan you must have seen Liliko's face. For the last few years she h… read more

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"No matter how beautiful it is, a rabbit is still just a chunk of meat once you skin it"

-Kyōko Okazaki, Helter Skelter

"I hear a ticking sound. Something inside of me is going to end very soon. But I'm not afraid. I knew about it all along."

-Kyōko Okazaki, Helter Skelter

10. A Single Match

By: None

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

A new author in D+Q's acclaimed gekigaline In this collection of hauntingly elliptical short storie… read more

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11. Battle Royale

By: Koushun Takami , Yuji Oniki

None

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of jun… read more

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12. House of Incest

By: Anaïs Nin , None

4.01

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The genesis of House of Incestwas in the dream. The keeping of dreams was an important part of tha… read more

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13. Asterios Polyp

By: David Mazzucchelli

4.35

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

The triumphant return of one of comics' greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man's sea… read more

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14. River's Edge

By: Kyōko Okazaki

3.94

Format: 450 pages,

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15. White Noise

By: Don DeLillo

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more

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"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

16. City Life

By: Donald Barthelme

4.79

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Barthelme's third collection of short stories, including: Views of my father weeping.--Paraguay.--T… read more

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17. Paraíso - O Sorriso do Vampiro

By: Suehiro Maruo

3.94

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso read more

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  • comics
Cover of Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto

18. Look Back

By: Tatsuki Fujimoto

4.25

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

The overly confident Fujino and the shut-in Kyomoto couldn’t be more different, but a love of drawi… read more

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Cover of Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki

19. Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki!

By: Kanako Inuki

3.31

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

From the mind of Japan’s “queen of horror manga” comes a short story collection sure to put a grin … read more

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Cover of 後遺症ラジオ 1 [Kouishou Radio 1] (PTSD Radio, #1) by Masaaki Nakayama

20. 後遺症ラジオ 1 [Kouishou Radio 1] (PTSD Radio, #1)

By: Masaaki Nakayama

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

...ha...ir......hand hand and.. ..an..d......fire..... ....be...hin...d......blood......u... ...sh.… read more

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  • comics
Cover of PTSD Radio Omnibus 2 (Vol. 3-4) (PTSD Radio 2-in-1) by Masaaki Nakayama

21. PTSD Radio Omnibus 2 (Vol. 3-4) (PTSD Radio 2-in-1)

By: Masaaki Nakayama

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Carried into modern Japan from a forgotten past, the being known as Ogushi haunts and tortures huma… read more

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Cover of Minami’s Lover by Shungiku Uchida

22. Minami’s Lover

By: Shungiku Uchida

3.39

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

In this raunchy, wry, and witty teen sex dramedy, everyone thinks Chiyomi has disappeared, and susp… read more

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Cover of I Wish I Was Stupid by Yoshikazu Ebisu

23. I Wish I Was Stupid

By: Yoshikazu Ebisu

4.15

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Since his debut in the legendary alt-manga magazine Garo in 1973, ugly-but-amazing ‘heta-uma’ super… read more

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Cover of 鉄コン筋クリート [Tekkon Kinkreet] All in One (鉄コン筋クリート, #1-3) by Taiyo Matsumoto

24. 鉄コン筋クリート [Tekkon Kinkreet] All in One (鉄コン筋クリート, #1-3)

By: Taiyo Matsumoto

4.37

Format: 618 pages, Paperback

▼第1話/レッツ・ゴー2匹の巻 ▼第2話/良い子への道!!の巻 ▼第3話/猫と鼠と犬の街の巻 ▼第4話/夜の散歩にゃ気をつけろの巻 ▼第5話/わんぱくでもいいのか!? たくましく育っていくの… read more

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  • comics
Cover of Baby Boom by Yuichi Yokoyama

25. Baby Boom

By: Yuichi Yokoyama

4.21

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Baby boom est un recueil de récits animés par deux personnages récurrents, un « oiseau » (l’animal … read more

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Cover of The Pits of Hell by Yoshikazu Ebisu

26. The Pits of Hell

By: Yoshikazu Ebisu

3.86

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

The Pits of Hell collects eight stories published between 1969 and 1981. Bold, absurd and all too r… read more

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Cover of The Life of Namazuko by Daisuke Ichiba

27. The Life of Namazuko

By: Daisuke Ichiba

4.28

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

My name is Jesuido Namazuko. I sing every night at The Pool Of Blood, a pub frequented by disgustin… read more

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Cover of Red Red Rock and Other Stories: 1967 - 1970 by Seiichi Hayashi

28. Red Red Rock and Other Stories: 1967 - 1970

By: Seiichi Hayashi

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A definitive, career-spanning collection of stories from one of Japan’s most famous alternative car… read more

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  • comics
Cover of Glaeolia, Vol. 3 by Emuh Ruh

29. Glaeolia, Vol. 3

By: Emuh Ruh

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Glaeolia no. 3 collects works from 13 Japanese comic artists, many of which have never been publish… read more

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Cover of Comic? Atsushi Kaneko extra works by Atsushi Kaneko

30. Comic? Atsushi Kaneko extra works

By: Atsushi Kaneko

3.21

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Raccolte di storie brevi realizzate dal maestro Kaneko nell'arco di vent'anni di carriera, "Comic?"… read more

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31. Bat Kid

By: Kazuo Inoue

4.11

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

This charming bat kid plush toy from Japanese designer Kazuo Inoue is a must-have for any child's c… read more

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18 best-selling comics books like The Life of Namazuko by Daisuke Ichiba

Transform Your Habits

Lychee Light Club

Usamaru Furuya

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Tomie

Junji Ito , Naomi Kokubo

3.40

Transform Your Habits

Black Hole

Charles Burns

2.83

Transform Your Habits

Strange Tale of Panorama Island

Edogawa Rampo , Suehiro Maruo

3.95

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10 Best classics books like Crash by J.G. Ballard

Transform Your Habits

Crash

J.G. Ballard

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs , Barry Miles , James Grauerholz

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Blue of Noon

Harry Mathews , Georges Bataille , Ken Hollings

3.86

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