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Books like Marbles
A kinetic, deeply vulnerable exploration of the terrifying intersection between mental illness and creative identity. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Marbles.
- intimate
- chaotic
- hopeful
- intense
- 01
An unquiet mind
Kay Redfield Jamison · 1995
A fiercely articulate descent into the terrifying highs and crushing lows of a brilliant, fractured mind.
- 02
Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson
A wildly tangential, laugh-out-loud manifesto on fighting crippling depression with weaponized absurdity.
- 03
One! Hundred! Demons!
Lynda Barry
A chaotic, collage-filled exorcism of childhood memories that blurs the line between truth and fiction to get at the messy heart of growing up.
- 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
Epileptic
David B.
A sprawling, heavily inked descent into the labyrinth of family trauma, where childhood illness takes the shape of literal monsters.
- 06
Displacement
Lucy Knisley
A tender, watercolor-washed journey through the choppy waters of caregiving, memory, and generational love.
- 07
My New York Diary
Julie Doucet
A raw, heavily inked plunge into the chaotic, anxiety-ridden reality of being a young artist making bad decisions in 1990s New York.
- 08
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.
- 09
The lonely city
Olivia Laing
A nocturnal wander through the lives of marginalized artists that transforms the ache of urban isolation into a profound sense of shared humanity.
- 10
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel
A wry, deeply intellectual exploration of how we use physical exertion to outrun our own mortality.
- 11
Stitches
David Small · 2009
A harrowing, visually stunning descent into a silent childhood nightmare that ultimately finds redemption through art.
- 12
Are you my mother?
Alison Bechdel
A deeply cerebral, visually intricate excavation of the mother-daughter bond through the lens of psychoanalysis and literature.
