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12 books with a reading profile close to Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn

by Eiichiro Oda

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Monkey D.
2

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1

by Kohei Horikoshi

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Izuku Midoriya lives in a world where most people are born with superpowers called Quirks, but he has none.
3

Revolting rhymes

by Roald Dahl

Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Roald Dahl reimagines six classic fairy tales through dark, comedic poetry.
4

SPY×FAMILY 2

by Tatsuya Endo

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

In the second volume of this action-comedy manga, the makeshift Forger family faces the next stage of Operation Strix: enrolling Anya in the prestigious Eden Academy.
5

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

by Bill Bryson

Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Twenty years after his first tour of Britain, Bill Bryson returns to traverse the island along a route he names the Bryson Line, stretching from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath.
6

Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon

by Matt Fraction

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

When he is not fighting alongside the Avengers, Clint Barton spends his time protecting a Brooklyn apartment building from a local organized crime syndicate known as the "Tracksuit Mafia." This collection follows Barton…
7

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

by Bill Bryson

Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Bill Bryson retraces a backpacking trip he took across Europe decades earlier, beginning in the frozen outskirts of Hammerfest and ending in the chaotic streets of Istanbul.
8

Beauty Queens

by Libba Bray

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Fifty contestants for the Miss Teen Sweetheart pageant crash-land on a deserted island when their plane malfunctions.
9

The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden

by Jonas Jonasson

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Nombeko Mayeki begins her life emptying latrines in Soweto, South Africa, during the 1970s.
10

The Dressmaker

by Kate Alcott

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Tess Collins, a determined aspiring seamstress, escapes a stagnant life in England by securing a position as a personal maid to Lady Duff Gordon, a famed fashion designer.
11

Blockade Billy

by Stephen King

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set in the 1957 baseball season, this novella follows William Blakely, a catcher for the fictional Newark Titans.
12

Batman: A Death in the Family

by Jim Starlin

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In this narrative, Jason Todd, the second Robin, travels to the Middle East in search of his biological mother after being suspended from active duty by Batman.

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