22 Top comics books like Distant Stars by MariNaomi

Cover of Distant Stars by MariNaomi

Distant Stars

By: MariNaomi

3.51

Format: 272 pages, ebook

In the final volume of the Life on Earth trilogy, celebrated cartoonist MariNaomi concludes her tal…

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Cover of Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast

1. Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

By: Roz Chast

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York TimesBestseller 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings… read more

Similar categories in Roz Chast's Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? book and MariNaomi's Distant Stars

  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie Green

2. Lighter Than My Shadow

By: Katie Green

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toa… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics

3. The Worrier's Guide to Life

By: Gemma Correll

3.90

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

If you're floundering in life, striking out in love, struggling to pay the rent, and worried about … read more

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Cover of The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes

4. The Luis Ortega Survival Club

By: Sonora Reyes

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more

Similar categories in Sonora Reyes's The Luis Ortega Survival Club book and MariNaomi's Distant Stars

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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5. 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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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

6. 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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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Flamer by Mike Curato

7. Flamer

By: Mike Curato

4.32

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graph… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
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8. Snapdragon

By: Kat Leyh

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Kat Leyh’s Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town’… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
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9. 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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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
"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 The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

10. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich

By: Deya Muniz

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo

11. Blackwater

By: Jeannette Arroyo

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Riverdale meets Stranger Things in this debut queer YA graphic novel, developed from a hit webcomic… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of I Must Be Dreaming by Roz Chast

12. 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
  • comics
Cover of Displacement by Kiku Hughes

13. Displacement

By: Kiku Hughes

4.29

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japa… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • fiction
"A memory is too powerful a weapon."

-Kiku Hughes, Displacement

"But when a community comes together to demand more, when we do not let trauma stay obscured but bring it up to the surface and remember it together, we can make sure it is not repeated."

-Kiku Hughes, Displacement

Cover of Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera

14. Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel

By: Gabby Rivera

4.07

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK! Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bron… read more

Similar categories in Gabby Rivera's Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel book and MariNaomi's Distant Stars

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

15. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.52

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has th… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's The Spirit Bares Its Teeth book and MariNaomi's Distant Stars

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"He's...he's doing the same thing I do. His hands are fluttering. Like mine. Oh God, he's like me."

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I should not have to keep fixing the damage done to us. It would be so easy to not hurt us and the Speakers can't even do that. It's more work to hurt us. It's more work to be cruel - and yet they co…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"I do not get to savor the masculine cut of my clothes, or the illusion of short hair, or the feeting joy of my skin feeling like mine. Instead, I have to worry if my boyhood is convincing enough to k…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

"My name is Daphne.' Daphne? In that moment, it's as if I've peeled the skin away from the chest of a patient, revealing a beating heart. A boy could not say that name as if terrified the syllables wi…"

-Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Cover of Lore Olympus: Volume Six (Lore Olympus, #6) by Rachel  Smythe

16. Lore Olympus: Volume Six (Lore Olympus, #6)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.51

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Witness what the gods do after dark in the sixth volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining o… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Smythe's Lore Olympus: Volume Six (Lore Olympus, #6) book and MariNaomi's Distant Stars

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

17. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
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18. Pumpkinheads

By: Rainbow Rowell

4.03

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

In Pumpkinheads author Rainbow Rowell and artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create this ten… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
"...I'm your friend. And friends don't let friends live small lives."

-Rainbow Rowell, Pumpkinheads

Cover of Paper Girls, Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan

19. Paper Girls, Volume 6

By: Brian K. Vaughan

4.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s Eisner Award winning series Paper Girls is coming Amazon Prime … read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of ¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico by Christine Suggs

20. ¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

By: Christine Suggs

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"An absolutely heartwarming and vibrant story of belonging, family, and the meaning of home. This b… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
Cover of In Utero by Chris Gooch

21. In Utero

By: Chris Gooch

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Akira meets Aliens , and Annihilation meets Evangelion , in this coming-of-age monster tale from aw… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer

22. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

By: Sarah Myer

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Myer's Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story book and MariNaomi's Distant Stars

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • lgbt
Cover of The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

23. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky

24. Coming Back

By: Jessi Zabarsky

3.51

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful graphic novel fantasy romance that follows two young women who have to go on their own … read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2) by Hannah Templer

25. Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2)

By: Hannah Templer

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Escape was just the beginning. The sensational "gays in space" webcomic/graphic novel returns, with… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Mathieu

26. The Faculty Lounge

By: Jennifer Mathieu

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of Moxie, a funny, bighearted adult debut that is at once an ode to educato… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Mathieu's The Faculty Lounge book and MariNaomi's Distant Stars

  • fiction
Cover of An Outbreak of Witchcraft: A Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials by Deborah Noyes

27. An Outbreak of Witchcraft: A Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials

By: Deborah Noyes

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping tale of paranoia at its worst, An Outbreak of Witchcraft visually imagines the haunting … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke

28. The Wood at Midwinter

By: Susanna Clarke

3.73

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Clarke's The Wood at Midwinter book and MariNaomi's Distant Stars

  • fiction
Cover of Ash's Cabin by Jen Wang

29. Ash's Cabin

By: Jen Wang

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ash has always felt alone. Adults ignore the climate crisis. Other kids Ash’s age are more inter… read more

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  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Distant Stars by MariNaomi

30. Distant Stars

By: MariNaomi

3.51

Format: 272 pages, ebook

In the final volume of the Life on Earth trilogy, celebrated cartoonist MariNaomi concludes her tal… read more

Similar categories in MariNaomi's Distant Stars book and MariNaomi's Distant Stars

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • science fiction

23 Top fiction books like Distant Stars by MariNaomi

Transform Your Habits

The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Hungry Ghost

Victoria Ying

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Flamer

Mike Curato

4.32

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21 Top fiction books like The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Mathieu

Transform Your Habits

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Transform Your Habits

By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

3.75

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