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Books like The Last Straw

Loved The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from graphic novels, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

  1. 1

    Persepolis

    Marjane Satrapi · 2000 · Graphic Novels

    A girl grows up during and after the Iranian revolution; a witty, moving graphic memoir.

  2. 2

    Watchmen

    Alan Moore · 1987 · Graphic Novels

    Flawed, ageing superheroes in an alternate Cold War; the graphic novel that proved comics could be literature.

  3. 3

    The X-Files

    Kevin J. Anderson · 1995 · Graphic Novels

    A novel based on the Emmy Award-winning television series created by Chris Carter.When a disease-ravaged body is found in the smoldering ruins of the federally funded DyMar genetic research lab, Agent

  4. 4

    Servant of the Bones

    Anne Rice · 1996 · Graphic Novels

    Azriel, Servant of the Bones, is a ghost, a demon, an angel who finds himself in present-day New York witnessing the murder of a young girl- He finds himself obsessed by the desire to avenge her death

  5. 5

    GTO

    Tohru Fujisawa · 1997 · Graphic Novels

    Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-biker, decides that he is going to become the best teacher in the world but his class is full of bullies, blackmailers, and sadists.

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    Skipping Christmas

    John Grisham · 1998 · Graphic Novels

    Luther and Nora Krank decide that, just this once, they'll skip Christmas altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without a rooftop Frosty the snowman; they won't be hosting their annu

  7. 7

    Small Gods

    Terry Pratchett · 1992 · Graphic Novels

    In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him

  8. 8

    The City of Ember (The First Book of Ember)

    Jeanne DuPrau · 1998 · Graphic Novels

    A modern-day classic. This highly acclaimed adventure series about two friends desperate to save their doomed city has captivated kids and teachers alike for almost fifteen years and has sold over 3.5

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    The Eye of the World

    Robert Jordan · 1990 · Graphic Novels

    The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age

  10. 10

    The Sandman

    Neil Gaiman · 1989 · Graphic Novels

    The Lord of Dreams across myth, history and the modern world; the comic that expanded what the medium could do.

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