Books like Fairy Tale
12 books with a reading profile close to Fairy Tale by Stephen King. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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Sleeping Beauties
Also clear-cut and escapist · horror, entertainment
In a near-future setting, a biological phenomenon known as Aurora affects every woman on Earth.
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Vampires of El Norte
by Isabel Cañas
Also clear-cut and escapist · horror, entertainment
Set against the backdrop of the Mexican-American War in the 1840s, the story follows Nena, a curandera and daughter of a ranchero, and Néstor, a vaquero driven by guilt after a childhood tragedy.
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Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction
by Mike Mignola
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
In 1944, a group of Nazi occultists led by Grigori Rasputin attempts a ritual to summon the Ogdru Jahad, the Seven Gods of Chaos, to turn the tide of World War II.
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Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
by Joe Hill
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
In the second volume of this supernatural series, the Locke children continue to find enchanted keys hidden within Keyhouse.
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Later
by Stephen King
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Jamie Conklin just wants a normal childhood, but he possesses the ability to see and speak with the spirits of the recently deceased.
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Eragon
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Eragon is a high-fantasy novel following a fifteen-year-old farm boy in the land of Alagaesia who discovers a polished blue stone while hunting in the Spine mountains.
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Murtagh
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.
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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.
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Edgedancer
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.
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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.
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