9 best-selling nonfiction books like The Minamata Story: An EcoTragedy by Sean Michael Wilson

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The Minamata Story: An EcoTragedy

By: Sean Michael Wilson

3.91

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A powerful graphic novel /manga that tells the story of Minamata disease, a debilitating and someti…

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1. The Best We Could Do

By: Thi Bui

4.58

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam from d… read more

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2. The Goat Woman of Largo Bay: A Novel

By: Gillian Royes

4.14

Format: None pages,

The Goat Woman of Largo Baybegins the detective series featuring Shad, a bartender in a fishing vil… read more

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3. My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (My Brother's Husband Omnibus, #1)

By: Gengoroh Tagame , Anne Ishii

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

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4. Kokoro

By: Natsume Sōseki , Edwin McClellan

3.77

Format: None pages,

Hailed by The New Yorker as "rich in understanding and insight,"Kokoro -- "the heart of things"-- i… read more

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5. The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1

By: Kazuo Umezz

4.03

Format: 744 pages, Hardcover

A definitive edition featuring an all-new translation and deluxe hardcover design that reestablishe… read more

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  • graphic novels
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6. They Called Us Enemy

By: George Takei

4.42

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within Americ… read more

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"The wheel of democracy turns slowly."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

"Shame is a cruel thing. It should rest on the perpetrators but they don't carry it the way the victims do."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

"Our Democracy is a Participatory Democracy. Existentially it's dependent on people who cherish the shinning, highest ideals of our Democracy and actively engage in the political process."

-George Takei, They Called Us Enemy

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7. The Hole

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.49

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the cou… read more

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"I moved out here with my husband."

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"It's just, families are strange things, aren't they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the childre…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

"Abrí la ventana y oí a las cigarras cantar. No sé si era porque estaba en el campo y había muchos árboles o por la influencia del clima de ese año, pero nunca las había oído con tanta intensidad. Era…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole

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8. The Book of Form and Emptiness

By: Ruth Ozeki

4.03

Format: 548 pages, Hardcover

A brilliantly inventive new novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things, by the … read more

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"Those are your divisions, the false dichotomies and the hegemonic hierarchies of materialist colonizers. We, too, have been the slaves of your desires, unwitting tools, forging the destruction of the…"

-Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness

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9. Wash Day Diaries

By: Jamila Rowser

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to t… read more

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  • graphic novels
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10. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

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"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

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11. Novelist as a Vocation

By: Haruki Murakami

3.89

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels. Haruki Mura… read more

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"writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise"

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

"La experiencia nos enseña a los escritores lo duro que es seguir siendo escritor."

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta"

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta."

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

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12. Life Ceremony

By: Sayaka Murata

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more

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"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

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13. The Liminal Zone (Junji Ito)

By: Junji Ito

3.98

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

What destiny awaits them after the screaming? After abruptly departing from a train in a small t… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • japan
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14. Temple Alley Summer

By: Sachiko Kashiwaba

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award A July/August 2021 Kids’ Indie Next Pick A Junior … read more

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"Listen, Kazu. Everyone says that humans are equal, but we don’t all get the same chances in life. You know that, don’t you? You’re a big boy in fifth grade. Some people are born healthy, and others a…"

-Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer

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15. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

By: Maria Bamford

3.77

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

A brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfo… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man

By: Jean-Christophe Deveney

3.67

Format: 153 pages, ebook

Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time! Haruki Murakami's novels, es… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • japan
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17. Terminal Boredom: Stories

By: Izumi Suzuki

3.59

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

Seven punky and pitch-black stories offer English-language readers an overdue introduction to Izumi… read more

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"INSUFFICIENT VEGETABLE OIL,’ quoth the replicator."

-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories

"And having four kids? Giving birth to them naturally? What is she, an animal?"

-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories

"When we first met, Reiko still had something of a wrecked beauty. Now, not even those ruins remained."

-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories

"I’m a sucker for trends. I don’t have much in the way of agency. I always want to try whatever’s popular."

-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories

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18. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

By: Warsan Shire

4.21

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's… read more

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"You only leave home when home won't let you stay."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"Under your feet, the trapdoor to heaven opens its mouth, its teeth grazing your toes."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women. Sometimes, the men--they come with keys, and sometimes, the men--they come with hammers."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

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19. 血の轍 14 [Chi no Wadachi 14]

By: Shuzo Oshimi

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

死へ向かう僕を止めたのはママだった!? 「もうこのまま…一生会わないでいいんかい?」 それは生前、父からの最期の問いだった。 逝去した父の遺骨を埋めるため 久しぶりに故郷を訪… read more

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20. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

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"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

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21. How Do You Live?

By: Genzaburo Yoshino

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite childhood book, in English for the first time. First pub… read more

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"you can't become a great man without having great thoughts."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"We must not forget to make a habit of modesty and restraint in our lives."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?"

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

"There is nothing more beautiful than people nurturing goodwill toward their fellow beings."

-Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

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22. Banned Book Club

By: Kim Hyun Sook

3.97

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her … read more

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"In times like this, no act is apolitical."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"Everyone has a right to the truth. But I don't owe you mine."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But you can learn a lot about history by figuring out what people wanted to hide."

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

"But if they're going to keep calling us communists, we might as well learn what that means!"

-Kim Hyun Sook, Banned Book Club

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23. Crushing

By: Sophie Burrows

3.86

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Life is full of connections – if you know how to make them.  Crushing  follows two people -- one de… read more

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Cover of Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: The Second Bakery Attack, Samsa in Love, Thailand by Jean-Christophe Deveney

24. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: The Second Bakery Attack, Samsa in Love, Thailand

By: Jean-Christophe Deveney

3.81

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Haruki Murakami's best-loved stories finally in graphic novel form! Haruki Murakami's novels, es… read more

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  • japan
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25. Ito Junji's Cat Diary

By: Junji Ito

4.24

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

The representative of Japanese horror comics, Junji Ito = horror manga author J. J, a dog person, w… read more

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"The road to cat wand mastery is long and treacherous indeed!"

-Junji Ito, Ito Junji's Cat Diary

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26. Colorful

By: Eto Mori

4.01

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

A beloved and bestselling classic in Japan, this groundbreaking tale of a dead soul who gets a seco… read more

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27. Under the Oak Tree: Season 1 -1-

By: Suji Kim

4.28

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

Maximilian (Maxi), the eldest daughter of the Croyso family, grows up being abused by her father. A… read more

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28. The Sacrifice of Darkness

By: Roxane Gay

3.48

Format: 128 pages, None

A tragic event forever bathes the world in darkness. Follow a woman and a man's powerful journey th… read more

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Cover of Vincent: A Graphic Biography (BioGraphics) by Simon Elliott

29. Vincent: A Graphic Biography (BioGraphics)

By: Simon Elliott

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

'I know for sure that I have an instinct for color, and painting is in the very marrow of my bones'… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Osamu Dazai's The Setting Sun: The Manga Edition (Tuttle Japanese Classics in Manga) by Cocco Kashiwaya

30. Osamu Dazai's The Setting Sun: The Manga Edition (Tuttle Japanese Classics in Manga)

By: Cocco Kashiwaya

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A classic of Japanese literature, brought to life in manga for the first time! This is the first… read more

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31. The Minamata Story: An EcoTragedy

By: Sean Michael Wilson

3.91

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A powerful graphic novel /manga that tells the story of Minamata disease, a debilitating and someti… read more

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14 Best graphic novels books like The Minamata Story: An EcoTragedy by Sean Michael Wilson

Transform Your Habits

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1

Kazuo Umezz

4.03

Transform Your Habits

They Called Us Enemy

George Takei

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Wash Day Diaries

Jamila Rowser

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Liminal Zone (Junji Ito)

Junji Ito

3.98

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9 must-read nonfiction books like They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Transform Your Habits

March: Book Three (March, #3)

Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.65

Transform Your Habits

March: Book One (March, #1)

Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

They Called Us Enemy

George Takei

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Almost American Girl

Robin Ha

4.22

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