5 Best contemporary books like Parasocial by Alex de Campi

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Parasocial

By: Alex de Campi

3.50

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In the middle of the pandemic, a fading genre-TV actor, fresh from his long-running series' cancell…

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Cover of Where Monsters Lie by Kyle Starks

1. Where Monsters Lie

By: Kyle Starks

3.71

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A brand-new meta-horror story that's Cabin in the Woods meets Tucker and Dale vs. Evil . Haven’t… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. 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
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  • fiction
  • horror
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3. Cosmic Detective

By: Jeff Lemire

3.48

Format: 168 pages, ebook

In a dark and grimy city, an unnamed detective gets called to a local murder, something unlikely an… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • horror
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4. 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
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5. 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
  • graphic novels
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6. 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
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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7. 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
  • graphic novels
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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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8. 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
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  • fiction
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9. Parasocial

By: Alex de Campi

3.50

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In the middle of the pandemic, a fading genre-TV actor, fresh from his long-running series' cancell… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
  • drama
Cover of I Hate This Place (#1-5) by Kyle Starks

10. I Hate This Place (#1-5)

By: Kyle Starks

3.89

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

After inheriting a farmhouse, Trudy and Gabby are ready to start the next chapter of their lives to… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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  • horror
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11. W0rldtr33 (Worldtree) Vol. 1

By: James Tynion IV

4.14

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

In 1999, Gabriel and his friends discovered the Undernet―a secret architecture to the internet. The… read more

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12. Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw makes his… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. Phantom Road Volume 1

By: Jeff Lemire

3.77

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Mad Max: Fury Road meets The Sandman in this high-octane adventure wrapped in a dark fantasy aesthe… read more

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  • comic book
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  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
Cover of The Great British Bump-Off (#1-4) by John Allison

14. The Great British Bump-Off (#1-4)

By: John Allison

3.63

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

An Agatha Christie-style murder mystery set in the world of English competitive baking from Giant D… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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15. Hide: The Graphic Novel

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition in an abandoned amusement park comes to life in this graphi… read more

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  • adult
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16. Local Man Vol. 1: Heartland

By: Tim Seeley

3.93

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

STRAY DOGS creator TONY FLEECS teams with REVIVAL's TIM SEELEY for a wildly critically acclaimed st… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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17. The Cull Volume 1

By: Kelly Thompson

3.78

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Eisner-winning writer Kelly Thompson re-teams with superstar artist Mattia De Iulis for their first… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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  • horror
Cover of Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 1 by Jason Aaron

18. Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 1

By: Jason Aaron

4.03

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A Post-Apocalyptic Fable Told In Three Parts For Fans of Saga! In this decades spanning post-apo… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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19. Peacemaker Tries Hard!

By: Kyle Starks

4.24

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Christopher Smith isn’t very good at being a superhero, but Peacemaker tries hard! An “extremely ag… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
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20. 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
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  • horror
Cover of Love Everlasting Volume 2: Too Hip for Love (Love Everlasting, #2) by Tom King

21. Love Everlasting Volume 2: Too Hip for Love (Love Everlasting, #2)

By: Tom King

3.92

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

The mind-bending story of Joan Peterson's journey through love and horror continues in the second e… read more

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  • comic book
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22. Black Cloak Volume 1

By: Kelly Thompson

3.91

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award-winning writer KELLY THOMPSON (BLACK WIDOW, CAPTAIN MARVEL) and superstar artist … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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23. Know Your Station

By: Sarah Gailey

3.66

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Death Is the Great Leveler, Even for the top 1%! The wealthiest people in the solar system aband… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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24. Blue Book Volume 1: 1961

By: James Tynion IV

3.61

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

An ambitious, non-fiction comic book experience depicting true stories of UFO abductions with an ey… read more

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  • horror
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25. The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the graphic novel horror trilogy The Night Eaters from Marjorie Liu and Sana T… read more

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Cover of The Hard Switch by Owen D. Pomery

26. The Hard Switch

By: Owen D. Pomery

3.79

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Ada, Haika, and Mallic are on a mission . . . one last mission, before everything, everywhere shuts… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
Cover of Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age by Stephen Graham Jones

27. Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.29

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Guest artists Riccardo Burchielli ( DMZ ), Patricio Delpeche, and Emily Scnall join Stephen Graham … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
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28. Tender

By: Beth Hetland

3.91

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

A psychological thriller about a woman obsessed with her vision for a picture-perfect, curated life… read more

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  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Whisper of the Woods by Ennun Ana Iurov

29. Whisper of the Woods

By: Ennun Ana Iurov

3.12

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

What happens when a foreigner doesn't listen to the local's warnings and dives head-first into a ha… read more

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Cover of Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker

30. Houses of the Unholy

By: Ed Brubaker

3.73

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

An FBI agent from the cult crime beat and a woman with a past linked to the Satanic Panic are drawn… read more

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  • comic book
  • graphic novels comics
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Cover of Two Graves, Vol. 1 by Genevieve Valentine

31. Two Graves, Vol. 1

By: Genevieve Valentine

3.15

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Emilia and the man with the veil of smoke have set out for the ocean in a stolen truck. There's a b… read more

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28 must-read fiction books like Parasocial by Alex de Campi

Transform Your Habits

Where Monsters Lie

Kyle Starks

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Monica

Daniel Clowes

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Cosmic Detective

Jeff Lemire

3.48

Transform Your Habits

Where the Body Was

Ed Brubaker

4.14

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21 Best graphic novels books like Phantom Road Volume 1 by Jeff Lemire

Transform Your Habits

Where Monsters Lie

Kyle Starks

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Where the Body Was

Ed Brubaker

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 7

James Tynion IV

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Night Fever

Ed Brubaker

3.87

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