6 Best bande dessinée books like Killing and Dying: Stories by Adrian Tomine

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Killing and Dying: Stories

By: Adrian Tomine

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"One of the most gifted graphic novelists of our time." --Wired Killing and Dying is a stunning sho…

If you liked the bande dessinée plot in Killing and Dying: Stories by Adrian Tomine , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. David Boring

By: Daniel Clowes

3.82

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Meet David Boring: a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured innner life and an obsessive … read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • fiction
"You can never really trust someone who remembers every embarrassing detail of your adolescence."

-Daniel Clowes, David Boring

Cover of The Push Man and Other Stories by Adrian Tomine, Yuji Oniki, Yoshihiro Tatsumi

2. The Push Man and Other Stories

By: Adrian Tomine , Yuji Oniki , Yoshihiro Tatsumi

4.35

Format: 26 pages,

A collection of short stories from the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics. Legendary carto… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • comics
Cover of Good-Bye by Adrian Tomine, Frederik L. Schodt, Yuji Oniki, Yoshihiro Tatsumi

3. Good-Bye

By: Adrian Tomine , Frederik L. Schodt , Yuji Oniki , Yoshihiro Tatsumi

3.79

Format: 298 pages,

"Prepare to be disturbed and blown away. The stuff is remarkable, amazing."--Los Angeles Times Good… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • comics
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4. Ghost World

By: Daniel Clowes

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ghost Worldhas become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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5. Here

By: Richard McGuire

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hereis Richard McGuire's unique graphic novel based on the legendary 1989 comic strip of the same n… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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  • fiction
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6. Killing and Dying: Stories

By: Adrian Tomine

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"One of the most gifted graphic novelists of our time." --Wired Killing and Dying is a stunning sho… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction

7. Patience

By: Daniel Clowes

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Patienceis a psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent de… read more

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8. Paying for It

By: Robert Crumb , Chester Brown

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A CONTEMPORARY DEFENSE OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION Chester Brown has never shied away from tac… read more

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9. Last Look

By: Charles Burns

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A true graphic milestone: the epic trilogy that began with X'ed Out, continued in The Hive, and con… read more

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10. Wilson

By: Daniel Clowes

3.67

Format: 499 pages, Hardcover

AN ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM THE OSCAR-NOMINATED SCREENWRITER AND AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST Meet W… read more

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11. It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken: A Picture Novella

By: Chester Brown , Seth , None

5.00

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

An Acknowledged Classic returns gorgeously re-designed. In his first graphic novel, It's a Good Lif… read more

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12. 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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13. Beverly

By: Nick Drnaso

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nick Drnaso's comics mercilessly reveal the sterile sameness of the suburbs. Connected by a series … read more

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14. The Death-Ray

By: Daniel Clowes

4.15

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

ON TIME, NPR AND USA TODAY'S BEST-OF 2011 LISTS! WINNER OF THE EISNER, HARVEY AND IGNATZ AWARDS Tee… read more

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15. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.21

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
"And maybe that 'something' is a piece of my stupid little soul trapped in a book with very divisive reviews on Goodreads!"

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

"You're going to spend infinitely more time being dead than alive, so it's probably best to make peace with it while you can."

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

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16. 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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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
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17. Acting Class

By: Nick Drnaso

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and suspenseful follow-up to the Booker-nominated graphic novel Sabrina."Every single p… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • short stories
  • fiction
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18. 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 comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
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  • 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 Rusty Brown (Pantheon Graphic Library) by Chris Ware

19. Rusty Brown (Pantheon Graphic Library)

By: Chris Ware

4.29

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A major graphic novel event more than 16 years in the making: the new epic masterwork from the bril… read more

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  • comic book
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  • fiction
"[P]eople, who seek the companionship of like minds and bodies, cannot simply be thrown together and expect to thrive."

-Chris Ware, Rusty Brown (Pantheon Graphic Library)

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20. Blood of the Virgin

By: Sammy Harkham

3.70

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

“A story about storytelling...Conjures up the grindhouse movie-making scene in 1970s Los Angeles an… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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21. The Con Artists

By: Luke Healy

3.31

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

A quintessentially millennial tale about friendship and the quest for self-actualization This is g… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • comic book

12 Top fiction books like Killing and Dying: Stories by Adrian Tomine

Transform Your Habits

David Boring

Daniel Clowes

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Push Man and Other Stories

Adrian Tomine , Yuji Oniki , Yoshihiro Tatsumi

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Good-Bye

Adrian Tomine , Frederik L. Schodt , Yuji Oniki , Yoshihiro Tatsumi

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

3.82

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20 must-read fiction books like Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

Transform Your Habits

David Boring

Daniel Clowes

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Megahex

Simon Hanselmann

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Black Hole

Charles Burns

2.83

Transform Your Habits

Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

3.82

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