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12 books with a reading profile close to Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. Escapist; an easy read.

1

The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden

by Jonas Jonasson

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Nombeko Mayeki begins her life emptying latrines in Soweto, South Africa, during the 1970s.
2

Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon

by Matt Fraction

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

When he is not fighting alongside the Avengers, Clint Barton spends his time protecting a Brooklyn apartment building from a local organized crime syndicate known as the "Tracksuit Mafia." This collection follows Barton…
3

Batman: A Death in the Family

by Jim Starlin

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

In this narrative, Jason Todd, the second Robin, travels to the Middle East in search of his biological mother after being suspended from active duty by Batman.
4

Revolting rhymes

by Roald Dahl

entertainment, narrative

Roald Dahl reimagines six classic fairy tales through dark, comedic poetry.
5

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

by Bill Bryson

entertainment, narrative

Bill Bryson retraces a backpacking trip he took across Europe decades earlier, beginning in the frozen outskirts of Hammerfest and ending in the chaotic streets of Istanbul.
6

Attack on Titan, Vol. 1

by Hajime Isayama

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

The narrative begins inside a walled civilization where the last remnants of humanity hide from Titans, towering humanoid creatures that consume people without apparent reason.
7

Scott Pilgrim, Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe

by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Scott Pilgrim turns twenty-four and faces the increasing pressure of adulthood while his relationship with Ramona Flowers begins to fracture under the weight of past secrets.
8

SPY×FAMILY 1

by Tatsuya Endo

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Twilight is a spy for the Westalis government, working undercover in the neighboring country of Ostania, which is on the verge of war with his own.
9

Spy x Family, Vol. 1

by Tatsuya Endo

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Master spy Twilight assumes the identity of Loid Forger to infiltrate an elite school and reach a high-ranking political target in the rival nation of Ostania.
10

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

by Bill Bryson

entertainment, narrative

Twenty years after his first tour of Britain, Bill Bryson returns to traverse the island along a route he names the Bryson Line, stretching from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath.
11

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

by Bill Watterson

entertainment, narrative

This anthology collects the early installments of Bill Watterson’s comic strip, featuring a hyper-imaginative six-year-old boy named Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes.
12

Blockade Billy

by Stephen King

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set in the 1957 baseball season, this novella follows William Blakely, a catcher for the fictional Newark Titans.

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