Books like Black Sheep
12 books with a reading profile close to Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
The Grand Sophy
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Set during the English Regency, the story follows Sophy Stanton-Lacy as she arrives at Berkeley Square to stay with her aunt, Lady Ombersley.
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2
4 Blondes
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Four novellas follow four women in Manhattan, each a blonde in her own style, living through the city's rituals of dating, status and ambition.
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3
The Twenty-One Balloons
Also clear-cut · entertainment, classic literature
In 1883, Professor William Waterman Sherman leaves San Francisco in a giant balloon, intending to spend a year in solitude over the Pacific.
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The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1
Also practical and clear-cut · 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 clear-cut · 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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Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Suzie and Jon start a romantic relationship and quickly discover they share a rare physiological anomaly: when they climax, time freezes for everyone else.
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The Sittaford Mystery
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, classic literature
In a remote village on the edge of Dartmoor, heavy snow isolates a group of residents during a séance at Sittaford House.
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8
Ain't She Sweet?
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Sugar Beth Carey was once the queen of the high school in Parrish, Mississippi, a cruel beauty who tormented the local kids.
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9
Lord Edgware Dies
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, classic literature
Jane Wilkinson, a famous actress, approaches Hercule Poirot to negotiate a divorce from her wealthy, eccentric husband, Lord Edgware.
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Under Currents
by Nora Roberts
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Zane Bigelow grows up in a Blue Ridge Mountains mansion where his father, a respected surgeon, maintains a perfect public image while systematically brutalizing his wife and children.
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Montana Sky
by Nora Roberts
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Three half-sisters, strangers to one another, learn that their late father, Jack Mercy, has left them a Montana ranch on one condition: they must live there together for a year.
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Big Girl Panties
Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment
Holly Brennan is a recent widow, in her thirties, who is overweight and unhappy.
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