Books like Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
12 books with a reading profile close to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander. Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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A Tourist Guide To Lancre
by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
This guidebook provides a topographical and cultural inventory of Lancre, the highland kingdom situated within the Ramtop Mountains.
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Quidditch Through the Ages
by J.K. Rowling
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
Presented as a facsimile of a library book from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, this volume details the historical evolution of the wizarding world's premier sport.
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Jumanji
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
When Peter and Judy find a discarded board game under a tree, they expect a simple afternoon of play.
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Percy Jackson's Greek heroes
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
In this illustrated compendium, Percy Jackson provides a firsthand retelling of the lives and labors of twelve classic Greek protagonists, including Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and Hercules.
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Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
In this short story, Percy Jackson is celebrating Grover Underwood’s birthday when the god Apollo appears to demand a favor.
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Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
Hannah the rock-abilly elven mage, Violet the hipster dwarven fighter, Dee the atheist human cleric, and Betty the hippy smidgen thief comprise the Rat Queens, a rowdy mercenary crew in the fantasy town of Palisade.
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Fortunately, the Milk
by Neil Gaiman
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
When a father heads to the corner shop to buy milk for his children’s cereal, he returns late with a fantastic explanation for his delay.
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Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Princess Diana of Themyscira yearns to prove her worth to her Amazon sisters by competing in a grueling race across their isolated island.
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This collection of ten linked stories follows Simon Lewis, once a mortal, then a vampire, who becomes a Shadowhunter trainee at the Academy in Idris.
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Odd and the Frost Giants
by Neil Gaiman
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Odd, a young boy in a Viking village, suffers from a crippled leg and a streak of bad luck following his father’s death.
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Hogwarts Library
by J. K. Rowling, Olivia Lomenech Gill
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
The Hogwarts Library is a three-volume collection containing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
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The Bane Chronicles
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
The Bane Chronicles is an anthology of eleven interconnected short stories following Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, over several centuries of history.
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