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12 books with a reading profile close to Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland by Bill Willingham. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

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The mortal instruments

by Cassandra Clare, Cassandra Jean

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Set in a hidden, supernatural New York City, this story follows Clary Fray, a teenager who discovers she belongs to a secret race of warriors called Shadowhunters.
2

The Mortal Instruments 6

by Cassandra Clare

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

In the final installment of the series, Sebastian Morgenstern leads an army of Endarkened warriors to systematically destroy the Shadowhunter Institutes.
3

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.
4

The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Set in the realm of Delain, this narrative follows the imprisonment of Prince Peter, who is framed for the murder of his father, King Roland.
5

Eragon & Eldest

by Christopher Paolini

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

On the farm lands of Palancar Valley, a teenager named Eragon discovers a polished blue stone that hatches into a dragon he names Saphira.
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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.
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Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

by Bill Willingham

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

When the Adversary conquers the fairytale homelands, a community of folklore figures flees to modern-day Manhattan to establish Fabletown.
8

The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite

by Gerard Way

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Sir Reginald Hargreeves, an eccentric billionaire and space alien, adopts seven children born simultaneously to mothers who showed no prior signs of pregnancy.
9

Edgedancer

by Brandon Sanderson

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Lift, a street-smart girl who commands the ability to become frictionlessly slick by consuming food, travels to the city of Yeddaw.
10

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

by Mike Carey

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Richard Mayhew is an ordinary London office worker whose life unravels after he stops to help a bleeding girl named Door on a sidewalk.
11

THE DUNGEON ANARCHIST'S COOKBOOK

by Matt Dinniman

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Carl and Princess Donut enter the third floor of the intergalactic crawl, navigating a lethal subterranean rail system known as the Iron Tangle.
12

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.

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