Books like Earth
12 books with a reading profile close to Earth by David Brin. Outward-looking and escapist; a moderate read.
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1
Superman: Red Son
by Mark Millar
Also outward-looking · entertainment, narrative
In this alternate history, Kal-El’s escape pod lands on a Soviet collective farm in 1938 instead of rural Kansas.
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2
Foundation and Chaos
by Greg Bear
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set within the Second Foundation Trilogy, this novel follows Hari Seldon as he defends his theories of psychohistory during a formal trial on the capital world of Trantor.
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3
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas
by Gerard Way
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
The story follows the fractured Hargreeves siblings as they navigate the aftermath of the apocalypse they narrowly avoided.
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4
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Yorick Brown and his capuchin monkey, Ampersand, travel across a desolate United States as the only two survivors of a global plague that killed every creature with a Y chromosome.
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5
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
by Alan Moore
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In 1898 London, British Intelligence recruiter Campion Bond assembles a covert team of Victorian literary figures to defend the Empire against a rising criminal threat.
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6
House of M
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, suffers a psychological breakdown that threatens the fabric of reality.
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7
Paper Girls, Volume 1
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
On the morning after Halloween in 1988, four twelve-year-old newspaper delivery girls—Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and KJ—encounter a group of hooded teenagers speaking an unrecognizable language and wielding advanced technology.
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8
All Our Wrong Todays
by Elan Mastai
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
In 2016, Tom Barren lives in a techno-utopian version of Earth powered by an infinite energy engine created in 1965.
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9
Friday
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Friday follows the life of Friday Jones, an "artificial person" engineered with enhanced speed, intelligence, and physical durability.
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10
Shadow Puppets
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
In this third installment of the Shadow series, Peter Wiggin struggles to solidify his role as Hegemon while the world spirals toward global conflict.
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11
The Door into Summer
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Dan Davis is a talented engineer and inventor in 1970 who loses everything when his business partner and his fiancée betray him.
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12
Ender's Game Alive
by Orson Scott Card, Kirby Heyborne
entertainment, narrative
Ender’s Game Alive is a full-cast audio dramatization that depicts the military recruitment and training of Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.
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