I’m quite new to reading and decided to start with something similar to my favorite movies. I am looking for a book similar to movie The Batman (2022) directed by Matt Reeves. I really like the atmosphere, dialog and as a guy, I think the romantic component is very good. I am inspired and motivated by character development of Bruce Wayne played by Robert Pattinson. I would be very grateful if you could recommend me similar books (not necessarily detectives or noir (I don’t like fantasy)) or if you could tell me how I can find similar books (what sub-genres are worth exploring).
Thank you!
by rearwindowlock
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Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Both were written by Alan Moore.
Would you want to read any more batman stuff? I feel like it was really cribbing from Miller’s *year one*, for example. Another good, romantic and sad graphic novel about coming of age is *Black Hole,* really good, real romance in that. I’ll second watchmen, too.
Oh you might like lev grossman’s the magicians, too. Im such a broken record on this sub lol but to me one of the best tragic heros ever is the poor bastard from koja’s the cipher…
Win by Harlan Coben – Main character is a Bruce Wayne type. For context, Win is a sidekick to Myron Bolitar in their main book series. This book is his first solo book as a main character.
[Burke series](https://thrillingdetective.com/2021/04/16/burke/) by Andrew Vachss
Hope this fits.