Books like A Dowry of Blood
12 books with a reading profile close to A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson. Practical and escapist; an easy read.
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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
by Holly Black
Also escapist · romance, horror
Tana lives in a world where a Cold Infection turns humans into vampires, forcing the government to quarantine the infected in walled cities known as Coldtowns.
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Blood and Chocolate
Also practical and escapist · romance, horror
Sixteen-year-old Vivian Gandillon is a werewolf living in a secret community of shapeshifters in suburban Maryland.
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A Sorceress Comes to Call
Also practical and escapist · horror, entertainment
Cordelia lives a quiet, isolated life under the thumb of her mother, Evangeline, a woman who manipulates the world through subtle, sinister sorcery.
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The Wolf and the Woodsman
by Ava Reid
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
Évike is the only woman in her pagan village born without magic, making her the prime sacrifice when the Holy Order of Woodsmen arrives to claim a girl for the king.
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Outlander
Also escapist · romance, entertainment
In 1945, Claire Randall, a British combat nurse, travels to Inverness with her husband for a second honeymoon following the end of World War II.
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The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
Shen Yuan is a cynical online reader who finishes a trashy web novel called Proud Immortal Demon Way and rants about its flaws.
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An Enchantment of Ravens
Also practical and escapist · romance, entertainment
Isobel is a portrait artist living in an enclave where humans trade craft for the magical enchantments of the fair folk.
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The Bone Houses
Also practical and escapist · horror, entertainment
Aderyn, a gravedigger in the village of Colbren, spends her days burying the dead and her nights putting them back in the ground when they rise as restless, rotting "bone houses." After her father disappears into the fo…
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Nothing But Blackened Teeth
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Five estranged friends gather at a derelict Heian-era mansion in Japan to celebrate a destination wedding.
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
Also escapist · romance, horror
The story follows an unnamed scholar of folklore who marries a mysterious heiress named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada.
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Vespertine
Also practical and escapist · horror, entertainment
Artemisia is a young nun who serves a religious order that protects the living from the restless dead in a world where ghosts rise and linger.
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