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12 books with a reading profile close to Foundation and Chaos by Greg Bear. Escapist; a moderate read.

1

Shadow Puppets

by Orson Scott Card

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.
2

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.
3

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles

by Brian K. Vaughan

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.
4

Friday

by Robert A. Heinlein

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Friday follows the life of Friday Jones, an "artificial person" engineered with enhanced speed, intelligence, and physical durability.
5

The Door into Summer

by Robert A. Heinlein

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.
6

Ender's Shadow -- Battle School

by Mike Carey

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Based on the original novel by Orson Scott Card, this graphic novel adaptation follows Bean, a genetically engineered child who survives the starvation-ridden streets of Rotterdam before being recruited into the Interna…
7

Enders Shadow Ultimate Collection

by Mike Carey

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

This collection adapts Orson Scott Card’s novel into a visual narrative centered on Bean, a genetically engineered orphan surviving the streets of Rotterdam before his recruitment into Battle School.
8

All-Star Superman, Vol. 1

by Grant Morrison

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

The story begins when Superman rescues a scientific crew from a solar mission gone wrong, only to discover that the massive infusion of yellow sun radiation has triggered a fatal cellular breakdown in his body.
9

Paper Girls, Volume 1

by Brian K. Vaughan

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.
10

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.
11

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.
12

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted

by Joss Whedon

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Cyclops and Emma Frost lead a reformed team consisting of Wolverine, Beast, and Kitty Pryde to re-establish the X-Men as a public force for good.

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