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12 books with a reading profile close to Jokers Wild by George R. R. Martin, Wild Cards Trust, Melinda Snodgrass. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; a moderate read.

1

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned

by Brian K. Vaughan

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

In 2002, a simultaneous global catastrophe kills every living mammal with a Y chromosome, except for an amateur escape artist named Yorick Brown and his pet capuchin monkey, Ampersand.
2

Ender's Shadow -- Battle School

by Mike Carey

Also clear-cut and 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…
3

Enders Shadow Ultimate Collection

by Mike Carey

Also clear-cut and 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.
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

Paper Girls, Volume 2

by Brian K. Vaughan

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

After being thrust through a rift in time, 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls KJ, Mac, and Tiff land in 2016 Cleveland.
6

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.
7

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.
8

The Door into Summer

by Robert A. Heinlein

Also clear-cut and 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.
9

Foundation and Chaos

by Greg Bear

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set within the Second Foundation Trilogy, this novel follows Hari Seldon as he defends his theories of psychohistory during a formal trial on the capital world of Trantor.
10

Shadow Puppets

by Orson Scott Card

Also clear-cut and 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.
11

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted

by Joss Whedon

Also clear-cut and 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.
12

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.

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