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Books like Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice

12 books with a reading profile close to Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded and escapist; an easy read.

1

Kick-Ass

by Mark Millar

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Dave Lizewski is an unremarkable teenager who decides to become a real-life superhero despite having no special abilities, training, or budget.
2

Flush

by Carl Hiaasen

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Noah Underwood's father is in jail for sinking a casino boat, the Coral Queen, which he says is dumping raw sewage into the waters of the Florida Keys.
3

Dragon Teeth

by Michael Crichton

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Set in 1876, the story follows William Johnson, a wealthy Yale student who joins a fossil-hunting expedition to the American West.
4

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

by Ben Mezrich

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Ben Mezrich chronicles the activities of the MIT Blackjack Team, a group of math-oriented students and alumni who used card counting and sophisticated team play to extract millions from Las Vegas casinos.
5

SPY×FAMILY 2

by Tatsuya Endo

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In the second volume of this action-comedy manga, the makeshift Forger family faces the next stage of Operation Strix: enrolling Anya in the prestigious Eden Academy.
6

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…
7

Blockade Billy

by Stephen King

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set in the 1957 baseball season, this novella follows William Blakely, a catcher for the fictional Newark Titans.
8

Playing for Pizza

by John Grisham

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Rick Dockery is a third-string NFL quarterback whose career ends after a disastrous performance in a championship game.
9

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

by Rick Riordan

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

In this illustrated compendium, Percy Jackson provides a firsthand account of the Greek creation myth and the origins of the Olympians.
10

George's Marvelous Medicine

by Roald Dahl

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

When George Kranky is left alone to care for his mean-spirited, demanding grandmother, he decides to replace her regular medicine with a homemade brew.
11

One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn

by Eiichiro Oda

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Monkey D.
12

Fence, Vol. 1

by C.S. Pacat

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Nicholas Cox, the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion, strives to enter the competitive world of elite athletics despite his lack of formal training.

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