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Books like Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction

12 books with a reading profile close to Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola. Escapist; an easy read.

1

Slewfoot

by Brom

Also escapist · horror, entertainment

In 1664 Connecticut, Abitha is a recent widow struggling to manage her farm within a strict, patriarchal Puritan colony.
2

Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows

by Joe Hill

Also escapist · horror, entertainment

In this third volume, Sam Lesser’s death leaves the Locke family struggling to manage the escalating supernatural threats within Keyhouse.
3

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.
4

Fairy Tale

by Stephen King

Also escapist · horror, entertainment

Charlie Reade is a high school athlete who life takes a sharp turn after he saves his elderly neighbor, Howard Bowditch, from a medical emergency.
5

Vampires of El Norte

by Isabel Cañas

Also 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.
6

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.
7

Sharp Ends

by Joe Abercrombie

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Sharp Ends is a collection of thirteen short stories set within the First Law universe, spanning several decades of its history.
8

We Sold Our Souls

by Grady Hendrix

Also escapist · horror, entertainment

Kris Pulaski was the lead guitarist for Dürt Würk, a heavy metal band on the verge of stardom in the 1990s until their lead singer, Terry Hunt, betrayed the group for a solo contract.
9

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

by Mike Carey

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Richard Mayhew is an ordinary London office worker whose life unravels after he stops to help a bleeding girl named Door on a sidewalk.
10

The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite

by Gerard Way

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Sir Reginald Hargreeves, an eccentric billionaire and space alien, adopts seven children born simultaneously to mothers who showed no prior signs of pregnancy.
11

The Walking Dead, Book One

by Robert Kirkman

Also escapist · horror, entertainment

Sheriff Rick Grimes wakes from a coma to find an empty hospital and a world overrun by animated corpses.
12

Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love

by Bill Willingham

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

In this third collection, the exiled community of Fabletown faces internal scandals and external threats.

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