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12 books with a reading profile close to Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson. Clear-cut and escapist; a moderate read.

1

The Alloy of Law

by Brandon Sanderson

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set three hundred years after the original Mistborn trilogy, this story follows Waxillium Ladrian, a lawman who leaves the frontier Roughs to manage his noble house in the industrializing city of Elendel.
2

New Spring (The Wheel of Time, Book 0)

by Robert Jordan

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set twenty years before the main sequence begins, the narrative focuses on Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche as they transition from Accepted to full Aes Sedai in the White Tower.
3

Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

by Brandon Sanderson

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Arcanum Unbounded compiles stories and novellas set within the Cosmere, a shared universe where various planets host unique magical systems.
4

Legends. Volume I

by Robert Silverberg, Stephen King

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Legends: Volume I is an anthology of original short stories set within established literary universes.
5

Fool

by Christopher Moore

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Pocket, the foul-mouthed court jester to King Lear, attempts to prevent the kingdom of Britain from collapsing into bloody chaos.
6

Murtagh

by Christopher Paolini

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, live as outcasts on the fringes of Alagaësia following the fall of King Galbatorix.
7

Eldest

by Christopher Paolini

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Following the destruction of the Urgal army at Farthen Dûr, Eragon travels to the elven forest of Ellesméra to begin formal instruction with Oromis, a hidden Dragon Rider.
8

A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS

by George R. R. Martin

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set nearly a century before the events of the Iron Throne succession struggle, this collection follows the travels of a towering, low-born hedge knight named Ser Duncan the Tall and his diminutive squire, Egg.
9

Steel and snow

by George R. R. Martin

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Published as the first half of the third volume in the series, Steel and Snow follows the escalating civil war across Westeros after the Battle of the Blackwater.
10

Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

by Bill Willingham

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

When the Adversary conquers the fairytale homelands, a community of folklore figures flees to modern-day Manhattan to establish Fabletown.
11

THE ASTRAL LIBRARY

by Kate Quinn

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

When a librarian discovers an unmarked mahogany door within the depths of the Boston Public Library, she gains access to a clandestine subterranean archive housing manuscripts that function as physical gateways.
12

The Dark Tower VII

by Stephen King

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Roland Deschain reaches the end of his quest to save the nexus of all universes.

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