Books like…

Books Like Blankets

by Craig Thompson · about this book

Loved Blankets by Craig Thompson? If its graphic novel & manga, first love and coming of age hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously and Of Human Bondage. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Blankets: Graphic Novel & Manga · First Love · Coming of Age · Memoir & Biography · Emotional

1. 

   The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

   Robert Dugoni

   Coming of Age · Faith Crisis · Nostalgic · Religious Identity · Bittersweet

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   Super Chill: A Year of Living Anxiously

   Adam Ellis

   Graphic Novel & Manga · Artist Protagonist · Memoir & Biography · Illustrated Book · Male Lead

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3. 

   Of Human Bondage

   W. Somerset Maugham

   Coming of Age · Faith Crisis · Artist Protagonist · Bittersweet · First Love

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4. 

   The Diary of a Young Girl

   Anne Frank

   Autobiography · Coming of Age · Religious Identity · Memoir & Biography · Emotional

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5. 

   The Summer I Turned Pretty

   Jenny Han

   First Love · Coming of Age · Nostalgic · Brothers · Emotional

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6. 

   Beyond the Wand

   Tom Felton

   Memoir & Biography · Coming of Age · Nostalgic · Brothers · Male Lead

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7. 

   Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott

   Coming of Age · Nostalgic · First Love · Bittersweet · Emotional

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8. 

   Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

   Laura Ruby

   Coming of Age · First Love · Bittersweet · Brothers · Emotional

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9. 

   The Dead Don't Dance

   Charles Martin

   Faith Crisis · Religious Identity · Bittersweet · Emotional · Male Lead

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10. 

    Spare

    Prince Harry

    Autobiography · Memoir & Biography · Brothers · Emotional · Male Lead

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11. 

    The Giving Tree

    Shel Silverstein

    Nostalgic · Bittersweet · Illustrated Book · Emotional · Coming of Age

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12. 

    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

    Gabrielle Zevin

    Artist Protagonist · Nostalgic · Bittersweet · Emotional · Male Lead

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13. 

    Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    Coming of Age · Artist Protagonist · Emotional · Child Abuse · Male Lead

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14. 

    Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story

    Debbie Tung

    Graphic Novel & Manga · Memoir & Biography · Illustrated Book · Emotional · Nonfiction

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15. 

    The Great Alone

    Kristin Hannah

    First Love · Coming of Age · Emotional · Rural Farm · Snow and Ice

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16. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Emotional · Male Lead · Rural Farm

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17. 

    By My Hands

    Florian Gadsby

    Artist Protagonist · Memoir & Biography · Illustrated Book · Male Lead · Rural Farm

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18. 

    The Outsiders

    S.E. Hinton

    Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Emotional · Brothers · Male Lead

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19. 

    The Other Side of the Bridge

    Mary Lawson

    Coming of Age · Bittersweet · Emotional · Brothers · Male Lead

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20. 

    Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

    Brandon Sanderson

    Artist Protagonist · Bittersweet · Coming of Age · Emotional · Male Lead

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