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12 books with a reading profile close to Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

    Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

    by Roald Dahl

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Picking up directly after the events of the chocolate factory tour, Charlie Bucket and his family board a translucent lifting device that accidentally enters Earth's orbit.

  2. 2 Odd and the Frost Giants

    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.

  3. 3 Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal

    Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal

    by G. Willow Wilson

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Kamala Khan is a Pakistani-American teenager living in Jersey City who struggles to balance her conservative immigrant upbringing with her desire to fit in at high school.

  4. 4 Camp Half-Blood Confidential

    Camp Half-Blood Confidential

    by Rick Riordan

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Percy Jackson serves as the narrator for this internal guide to the primary training ground for Greek demigods.

  5. 5 A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

    A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

    by T. Kingfisher

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Fourteen-year-old Mona possesses a niche magical talent: she can manipulate dough and animate baked goods.

  6. 6 The Titan's Curse

    The Titan's Curse

    by Rick Riordan

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    In the third installment of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, Percy Jackson journeys to Westover Hall to recruit two new half-bloods, Bianca and Nico di Angelo.

  7. 7 Hogwarts Library

    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.

  8. 8 Jumanji

    Jumanji

    by Chris Van Allsburg

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    When Peter and Judy find a discarded board game under a tree, they expect a simple afternoon of play.

  9. 9 Wonder Woman: Warbringer

    Wonder Woman: Warbringer

    by Leigh Bardugo

    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.

  10. 10 The Book of Doors

    The Book of Doors

    by Gareth Brown

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Cassie Andrews is a New York City bookseller whose life changes when an elderly customer leaves behind a leather-bound volume titled The Book of Doors.

  11. 11 Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy

    Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy

    by N.D. Stevenson

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    At Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqulth Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types, five cabin mates—Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley—encounter supernatural anomalies deep in the woods.

  12. 12 Fairest

    Fairest

    by Gail Carson Levine

    Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible

    Aza lives in the kingdom of Ayortha, where citizens prize musical talent and physical beauty above all else.

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