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A raucous, blood-soaked love letter to tabletop roleplaying that champions messy, fiercely loyal female friendships. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Rat Queens, Vol. 1.

  • raucous
  • chaotic
  • blood-splattered
  • energetic
  1. 01

    Pretty Deadly Volume 1 TP

    Kelly Sue DeConnick

    A brutal, beautiful western fairy tale where death is a woman with a sword and the desert bleeds magic.

    Feels:
    • surreal
    • blood-soaked
    • dusty
  2. 02

    Lumberjanes Vol. 1

    N.D. Stevenson

    A chaotic, punk-rock summer camp adventure fueled by supernatural mysteries and fierce, unapologetic girl power.

    Shares:
    • chaotic
    • irreverent
    • found family
  3. 03

    The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1

    Kieron Gillen

    A neon-soaked, pop-music tragedy where fame is literal divinity and youth is a beautiful, doomed explosion.

    Shares:
    • irreverent
  4. 04

    Lumberjanes Vol. 2

    Grace Ellis

    A chaotic, joyful celebration of hardcore lady-types fighting monsters and fiercely loving their friends.

    Shares:
    • chaotic
    • found family
  5. 05

    Die, Vol. 1

    Kieron Gillen

    A pitch-black, gothic descent into the terrifying consequences of childhood escapism.

    Feels:
    • dread-soaked
    • gothic
    • unearthly
  6. 06

    Dead Witch Walking (Rachel Morgan, Book 1)

    Kim Harrison

    A snarky, leather-clad romp through a gritty supernatural underworld where the magic is messy and the politics are deadly.

    Shares:
    • chaotic
    • energetic
    • snarky
    • found family
  7. 07

    Mouse Guard Fall 1152

    David Petersen · 2007

    An epic, autumnal fantasy where tiny, cloaked heroes face a vast and dangerous world with unwavering courage.

    Feels:
    • autumnal
    • perilous
    • epic
  8. 08

    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.

    Shares:
    • chaotic
    • irreverent
  9. 09

    Fables, Vol. 14

    Bill Willingham

    A dark, politically charged descent into the shadowy corners of fairy tale magic, where survival depends on the most dangerous characters in the room.

    Feels:
    • ominous
    • shadowy
    • tense
  10. 10

    Hawkeye, Vol. 1

    Matt Fraction

    A stylish, street-level look at what happens when a disaster of a superhero is off the clock.

    Shares:
    • chaotic
    • irreverent
    • found family
  11. 11

    Paper girls, Vol. 1

    Brian K. Vaughan

    A neon-soaked, time-bending joyride through the eerie suburbs of 1988, fueled by fierce adolescent friendship and cosmic dread.

    Shares:
    • irreverent
    • snarky
  12. 12

    Seconds

    Bryan Lee O'Malley

    A frantic, magical-realist spiral into the chaotic consequences of trying to edit your own life into perfection.

    Feels:
    • cozy but chaotic
    • quirky
    • mildly claustrophobic

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