Books like Glinda of Oz
12 books with a reading profile close to Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Charlie Bucket lives in a cramped, freezing shack with his parents and four bedridden grandparents, surviving on thin cabbage soup.
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2
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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3
The son of sobek
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
In this short story, Demigod Percy Jackson and Magician Carter Kane collide while hunting a giant, supernatural crocodile in Long Island.
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4
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.
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5
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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6
Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Also practical and outward-looking · accessible, classic literature
In this graphic novel adaptation, Dorothy Gale is swept from her Kansas farm by a cyclone and deposited in the Land of Oz.
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7
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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8
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Mona possesses a niche magical talent: she can manipulate dough and animate baked goods.
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9
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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10
The Assassin's Blade
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This collection of five prequel novellas follows Celaena Sardothien, a teenage assassin serving the ruthless Arobynn Hamel in the city of Rifthold.
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11
Crown of Midnight
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
After winning a lethal competition to become the King’s Champion, assassin Celaena Sardothien remains a prisoner of the crown.
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12
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.
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