21 Best graphic novels comics books like Idle Days by Thomas Desaulniers-Brousseau

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Idle Days

By: Thomas Desaulniers-Brousseau

3.44

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Depressed and unmoored by his father's violent death, and drafted into the Canadian military to ser…

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Cover of Baby's in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and The Beatles by Arne Bellstorf

1. Baby's in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and The Beatles

By: Arne Bellstorf

3.75

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A fascinating, exhilarating portrait of the Beatles in their early y… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"You know I wanna stay with you, right? I mean forever... we agree on that, right? Are you crazy, Stuart? No, I'm in love... but maybe that's the same thing."

-Arne Bellstorf, Baby's in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and The Beatles

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2. Through the Woods

By: Emily Carroll

3.94

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow… read more

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  • graphic novels
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"you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... but the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once."

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time... But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"But the worst kind of monster was the BURROWING KIND. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

"I married my love in the springtime, but by summer he'd locked me away. He'd murdered me dead by the autumn, & by winter I was naught but decay. It's cold where I am and so lonely, but in loneliness …"

-Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

3. Paul à Québec

By: Michel Rabagliati

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

L'achat d'une premiere maison et la mort d'un proche sont au coeur de ce nouvel opus, centre sur la… read more

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4. Chroniques de Jérusalem

By: Guy Delisle

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Guy Delisle et sa famille s'installent pour une annee a Jerusalem. Pas evident de se reperer dans c… read more

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5. This Woman's Work

By: Julie Delporte

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A profound and personal exploration of the intersections of womanhood, femininity, and creativityTh… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
"Do men envy the women they fall in love with too?"

-Julie Delporte, This Woman's Work

"Il n’y a pas de vraie liberté si l’on ne peut pas faire face à la solitude."

-Julie Delporte, This Woman's Work

"Je me demande ce que c'est que d'avoir grandi sans trauma. C'est la lecture qui me sauve (comme quand j'étais enfant)."

-Julie Delporte, This Woman's Work

Cover of De la Turquie à la Grèce (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #2) by Fabien Toulmé

6. De la Turquie à la Grèce (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #2)

By: Fabien Toulmé

4.75

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

Suite du récit de l'histoire vraie d'Hakim, réfugié syrien en exil, ce deuxième tome aborde avec ém… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
Cover of De la Macédoine à la France (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #3) by Fabien Toulmé

7. De la Macédoine à la France (L'Odyssée d'Hakim #3)

By: Fabien Toulmé

4.81

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

En traversant la mer, Hakim et son fils pensaient avoir échappé au pire. Mais entre centre de réten… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • bande dessinée
Cover of Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying

8. Hungry Ghost

By: Victoria Ying

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more

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  • bande dessinée
  • fiction
Cover of Frank Herbert's Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1 by Brian Herbert

9. Frank Herbert's Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1

By: Brian Herbert

3.96

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The definitive graphic novel adaptation of Dune, the groundbreaking science-fiction classic by Fran… read more

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10. Frank Herbert's Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 2: Muad’Dib

By: Brian Herbert

4.07

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The second of three volumes of the graphic novel adaptation of Dune, the groundbreaking science fic… read more

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Cover of Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 5 by James Tynion IV

11. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 5

By: James Tynion IV

4.33

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Erica Slaughter strikes out on her own in the bestselling, award-winning series! After a year si… read more

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Cover of Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 6 by James Tynion IV

12. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 6

By: James Tynion IV

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

With the last person in her corner gone and a ruthless agent from the Order of St. George closing i… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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  • horror
Cover of Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman

13. Snow, Glass, Apples

By: Neil Gaiman

4.07

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and C… read more

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  • graphic novels
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  • horror
"I will not scream. I will not give them that satisfaction. They will have my body, but my soul and my story are my own, and will die with me."

-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples

"Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall; that is what she has made of my life."

-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples

Cover of Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 7 by James Tynion IV

14. Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 7

By: James Tynion IV

4.28

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The final chapter of the Tribulation saga and the decisive showdown between Erica Slaughter and Cut… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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15. 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
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"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 La version qui n'intéresse personne by Emmanuelle Pierrot

16. La version qui n'intéresse personne

By: Emmanuelle Pierrot

4.45

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Elle croyait qu’ici, à l’autre bout du monde, au confluent de la rivière Klondike et du fleuve Yuko… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Olivia Vendetta by Hugo Meunier

17. Olivia Vendetta

By: Hugo Meunier

3.87

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

« C'est un cliché, mais je rêve depuis des années d'assommer mon passé à coups de pelle dans face p… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir

18. Cheshire Crossing

By: Andy Weir

3.53

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

The three meet here, at Cheshire Crossing--a boarding school where girls like them learn how to cop… read more

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Cover of C'est comme ça que je disparais by Mirion Malle

19. C'est comme ça que je disparais

By: Mirion Malle

4.32

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

« La première fois où j'ai eu le goût de mourir, j'avais genre euh 12 ans ? Mais ça compte pas, ça … read more

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"Je suis vide, je ne ressens rien, juste du vide. Avoir le cœur brisé me manque. Être triste me manque."

-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais

"Je me sentais tellement vivante à ce moment-là, je crois. Maintenant, je ne me rappelle plus ce que ça fait d'être triste."

-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais

"Il continue sa vie, sans embûches, sans répercussions. Il m'a détruite et il a le droit de vivre une vie heureuse. Et moi, je suis brisée à tout jamais."

-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais

"J'aurais aimé... j'aurais tellement aimé profiter de ma vie. Profiter de ma vingtaine. Finir mon adolescence doucement. J'aurais voulu avoir ce droit-là."

-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais

Cover of Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

20. Sabrina

By: Nick Drnaso

3.83

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Rate your overall mood from 1 to 5, 1 being poor. R… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • fiction
"There you are."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"Just remember that crisis leads to opportunity."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"A lot of people are able to turn their grief into something positive. Maybe you’re destined for some kind of job in law enforcement."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"What if an American citizen needs to disappear, for reasons that might never be revealed to you, and you are involved, even peripherally, in the plot? Are you willing to participate in a crime like t…"

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

Cover of Ephemera by Briana Loewinsohn

21. 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 Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson

22. Speak: The Graphic Novel

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.39

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

The modern classic Speak is now a graphic novel. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what yo… read more

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"Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel

"Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity. If you're tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become an adult. I hope it's worth it."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel

"The school board banned one of Maya Angelou's books, so the librarian had to take down her poster. I fished it out of the trash. She must be a great writer if the school board is scared of her."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel

"You'd be shocked at how many adults are already dead inside, walking around with no clue, waiting for a heart attack or cancer to finish the job. When people don't express themselves, they die one pi…"

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak: The Graphic Novel

Cover of Rose à l'île by Michel Rabagliati

23. Rose à l'île

By: Michel Rabagliati

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

À l’été 2017, Rose et son père louent un chalet à l’île Verte, dans le Bas-Saint-Laurent. Pour Paul… read more

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  • canada
  • graphic novels comics
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Cover of Quand je ne dis rien je pense encore by Camille Readman Prud'homme

24. Quand je ne dis rien je pense encore

By: Camille Readman Prud'homme

4.46

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

Quand je ne dis rien je pense encore explore en poésie ces moments où la conversation s'interrompt … read more

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  • canada
Cover of Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis

25. Bad Dreams in the Night

By: Adam Ellis

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Like a graphic novel version of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark , this collection of original hor… read more

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Cover of Luisa: Now and Then by Carole Maurel

26. Luisa: Now and Then

By: Carole Maurel

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

At 32, Luisa encounters her 15-year-old self in this sensitive, bold story about self-acceptance an… read more

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Cover of Ice Cream Man, Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles by W. Maxwell Prince

27. Ice Cream Man, Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles

By: W. Maxwell Prince

3.59

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Chocolate, vanilla, existential horror, addiction, musical fantasy...there’s a flavor for everyone’… read more

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Cover of Voler au-dessus des trous by Catherine Lepage

28. Voler au-dessus des trous

By: Catherine Lepage

4.09

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Catherine n’aime pas céder devant les obstacles. Petite déjà, face à un père exigeant, elle décide … read more

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  • bande dessinée
Cover of Boires et déboires d'une déchicaneuse (Diane, #3) by Marie-Renée Lavoie

29. Boires et déboires d'une déchicaneuse (Diane, #3)

By: Marie-Renée Lavoie

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Surveillante à la petite école, c'était bien, c'était faire œuvre utile : Diane a pu faire appel à … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Leslie by Marie Demers

30. Leslie

By: Marie Demers

4.06

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

Est-ce que c’est possible de n’être pas fait pour vivre ? Encore ce spasme qui annonce un sanglot. … read more

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Cover of Idle Days by Thomas Desaulniers-Brousseau

31. Idle Days

By: Thomas Desaulniers-Brousseau

3.44

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Depressed and unmoored by his father's violent death, and drafted into the Canadian military to ser… read more

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  • horror
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3.96

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