If you loved
Books like Ducks
A stark, deeply empathetic portrait of survival and complicity in a vast, isolating industrial landscape. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Ducks.
- isolated
- stark
- claustrophobic
- heavy
- 01
Step Aside, Pops
Kate Beaton
A delightfully unhinged romp through history and literature where revered figures are reimagined as petty, relatable weirdos.
- 02
Hark! A Vargrant
Kate Beaton
A hilarious, anachronistic romp that turns the stuffy figures of history and literature into petty, dramatic, and deeply relatable weirdos.
- 03
The Collected Essex County
Jeff Lemire
A stark, wintery exploration of fractured families and the quiet ache of rural isolation.
- 04
It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth
Zoe Thorogood
A brutally honest, visually explosive plunge into the mind of an artist trying to draw her way out of the dark.
- 05
From the Ashes
Jesse Thistle
A raw, heart-wrenching journey through the darkest corners of addiction and abandonment, ultimately illuminated by the fierce will to survive and heal.
- 06
Displacement
Lucy Knisley
A tender, watercolor-washed journey through the choppy waters of caregiving, memory, and generational love.
- 07
Gender Queer
Maia Kobabe
A deeply vulnerable, beautifully illustrated journey through the messy, confusing, and ultimately joyful process of finding the right words for who you are.
- 08
This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki
A beautifully rendered, sun-drenched ache of a story that captures the exact moment childhood begins to slip away.
- 09
The Tea Dragon Society
K. O'Neill
A warm cup of tea in book form, offering a gentle retreat into a world of quiet crafts and tender friendships.
- 10
You're all just jealous of my jetpack
Tom Gauld
A deadpan, delightfully nerdy collision of high literature and sci-fi tropes that feels like sharing an inside joke with your favorite librarian.
- 11
Ru
Kim Thúy
A delicate, fragmented mosaic of memory that traces the journey from a war-torn homeland to the quiet grace of a new beginning.
- 12
Giant days
John Allison
A witty, fast-paced romp through the messy, hilarious trials of university life and the fierce bonds of new friendship.
