9 Top bande dessinée books like Monica by Daniel Clowes

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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…

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1. 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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2. 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
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3. The Talk

By: Darrin Bell

4.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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4. 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
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5. 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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  • the united states of america
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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6. Where the Body Was

By: Ed Brubaker

4.14

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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7. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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8. 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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"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

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9. Night Fever

By: Ed Brubaker

3.87

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you, really? Are you the things you do, or are you the person inside your mind? In Europe o… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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10. 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
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11. Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

By: Julia Wertz

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In her keenly observed graphic memoir, Impossible People, celebrated cartoonist Julia Wertz chronic… read more

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"Go fuck yourself, melted spatula!"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"Do the stepwork and don't give me any of your excuses. We both know they're bullshit."

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"It's the fantasy of a life gone wrong. You've been doing the best you can, but it's hard and you're tired. Then something horrible happens and you get to give up and go be sad somewhere. There's some…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

"...you're at a place in your life where you're trying to let people in, so you should have called someone to spend the afternoon with you instead of being a weirdo alone in a theater crying at a come…"

-Julia Wertz, Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

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12. Tokyo These Days, Volume 1

By: Taiyo Matsumoto

3.96

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a m… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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13. Dédales 2

By: Charles Burns

3.82

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

Alors que le premier tome de Dédales marquait la rencontre entre Brian, un jeune réalisateur au reg… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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  • bande dessinée
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14. Nejishiki

By: Yoshiharu Tsuge

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Un ragazzo approda sulla spiaggia di un piccolo villaggio di pescatori con l'arteria del braccio re… read more

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  • graphic novels
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15. Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy

By: Bill Griffith

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told t… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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  • comix
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16. Okinawa

By: Susumu Higa

4.08

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island’s pre-eminent mangaka,… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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17. 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
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  • horror
Cover of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2) by Emil Ferris

18. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

By: Emil Ferris

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
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  • fiction
  • horror
"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

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19. Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir

By: Ai Weiwei

3.74

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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  • comics
Cover of The Gull Yettin by Joe Kessler

20. The Gull Yettin

By: Joe Kessler

4.04

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

The life of an orphaned boy is shaped by the devotion of a fantastical Gull in this lovingly render… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

21. I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

By: Maurice Vellekoop

4.17

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of four children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual (Megg, Mogg and Owl) by Simon Hanselmann

22. Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual (Megg, Mogg and Owl)

By: Simon Hanselmann

3.70

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of the once ubiquitous British hardback annuals comes the Werewolf Jones & Sons De… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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  • comix
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Cover of Sunday Part 1 by Olivier Schrauwen

23. Sunday Part 1

By: Olivier Schrauwen

4.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

"This story relates a day in the life of my cousin Thibault Schrauwen. This first part follows him … read more

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  • comics
Cover of Fat Cop by Johnny Ryan

24. Fat Cop

By: Johnny Ryan

3.60

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Upholding crime and corruption, one fast food joint at a time. FATCOP never passes up a possible gr… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Ultrasound by Conor Stechschulte

25. Ultrasound

By: Conor Stechschulte

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Driving home from a wedding late one night during a heavy storm, out of cell range, Glen blows out … read more

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Cover of The Naked Tree by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

26. The Naked Tree

By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

3.84

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

A delicate, timeless, and breathtaking coming-of-age story.The critically acclaimed and award-winni… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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Cover of Dédales 3 (3) by Charles Burns

27. Dédales 3 (3)

By: Charles Burns

3.94

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

Pour Brian Milner et Laurie Dunn, le clap de fin approche. Entourés de leurs amis, les deux protago… read more

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  • horror
Cover of The Enfield Gang Massacre by Chris Condon

28. The Enfield Gang Massacre

By: Chris Condon

4.01

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

A Western that is as haunting as it is thrilling, THE ENFIELD GANG MASSACRE tells the dark origin o… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
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29. Social Fiction

By: Chantal Montellier

4.05

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Appearing together in English for the first time, three politically charged sci-fi graphic novellas… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • comics
  • fiction
Cover of Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil

30. Artificial: A Love Story

By: Amy Kurzweil

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A visionary story of three generations of artists whose search for meaning and connection transcend… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Time Under Tension by M.S. Harkness

31. Time Under Tension

By: M.S. Harkness

3.97

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Time Under Tension is a smart, funny, no bullshit work of autobiography, a story of searching for d… read more

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16 best-selling fiction books like Monica by Daniel Clowes

Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Monica

Daniel Clowes

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Acting Class

Nick Drnaso

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Where the Body Was

Ed Brubaker

4.14

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Transform Your Habits

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

4.50

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The Talk

Darrin Bell

4.65

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Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

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A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

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