Books like The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
12 books with a reading profile close to The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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Scott Pilgrim, Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe
entertainment, narrative
Scott Pilgrim turns twenty-four and faces the increasing pressure of adulthood while his relationship with Ramona Flowers begins to fracture under the weight of past secrets.
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Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
entertainment, narrative
Scott Pilgrim faces his final confrontation with Gideon Graves, the leader of the League of Evil Exes, to determine the fate of his relationship with Ramona Flowers.
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
entertainment, narrative
This anthology collects the early installments of Bill Watterson’s comic strip, featuring a hyper-imaginative six-year-old boy named Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes.
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
entertainment, narrative
This three-volume collection compiles the entire decade-long run of Bill Watterson’s daily comic strip from 1985 to 1995.
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Beauty Queens
by Libba Bray
entertainment, narrative
Fifty contestants for the Miss Teen Sweetheart pageant crash-land on a deserted island when their plane malfunctions.
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Sourdough
by Robin Sloan
entertainment, narrative
Lois Clary is a software engineer in San Francisco who spends her days coding robotic arms.
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SPY×FAMILY 1
by Tatsuya Endo
entertainment, narrative
Twilight is a spy for the Westalis government, working undercover in the neighboring country of Ostania, which is on the verge of war with his own.
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Spy x Family, Vol. 1
by Tatsuya Endo
entertainment, narrative
Master spy Twilight assumes the identity of Loid Forger to infiltrate an elite school and reach a high-ranking political target in the rival nation of Ostania.
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The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden
entertainment, narrative
Nombeko Mayeki begins her life emptying latrines in Soweto, South Africa, during the 1970s.
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10
Restart
entertainment, narrative
Chase Ambrose falls off a roof, hits his head and wakes up with no memory of who he was.
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Today Will Be Different
by Maria Semple
entertainment, narrative
Eleanor Flood, a middle-aged animator living in Seattle, starts her morning with a manifesto to be her best self: she will initiate sex with her husband, skip her shower, and avoid getting annoyed with her son.
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12
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
by Bill Bryson
entertainment, narrative
Bill Bryson retraces a backpacking trip he took across Europe decades earlier, beginning in the frozen outskirts of Hammerfest and ending in the chaotic streets of Istanbul.
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