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Books like Lair of Dreams

12 books with a reading profile close to Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray. Practical and escapist; an easy read.

1

Men at Arms

by Terry Pratchett

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

In the city of Ankh-Morpork, Captain Samuel Vimes prepares for retirement and marriage while his City Watch undergoes a mandatory diversification program.
2

City of Lost Souls

by Cassandra Clare

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In the fifth installment of the Mortal Instruments series, Clary Fray discovers that Jace Herondale is bound to the villainous Sebastian Morgenstern through a dark ritual.
3

Thornhedge

by T. Kingfisher

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In this subversion of the Sleeping Beauty myth, Toadling is a changeling fairy stolen from her human family and raised in the fae realm.
4

Magic for Liars

by Sarah Gailey

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, mystery

Ivy Gamble is a cynical private investigator who lacks the magical abilities her estranged twin sister, Tabitha, uses to teach at the Osthorne Academy for Young Mages.
5

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Nineteen years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter works as an overworked employee at the Ministry of Magic while his son, Albus Severus, struggles with the weight of his family legacy.
6

The mortal instruments

by Cassandra Clare, Cassandra Jean

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set in a hidden, supernatural New York City, this story follows Clary Fray, a teenager who discovers she belongs to a secret race of warriors called Shadowhunters.
7

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1

by Hiromu Arakawa

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric are talented alchemists who violated a core natural law by attempting to resurrect their deceased mother.
8

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.
9

THE ASTRAL LIBRARY

by Kate Quinn

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

When a librarian discovers an unmarked mahogany door within the depths of the Boston Public Library, she gains access to a clandestine subterranean archive housing manuscripts that function as physical gateways.
10

Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

by Bill Willingham

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

When the Adversary conquers the fairytale homelands, a community of folklore figures flees to modern-day Manhattan to establish Fabletown.
11

The Cloisters

by Katy Hays

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Ann Stilwell moves to New York for a summer internship at The Cloisters, a medieval museum wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
12

Edgedancer

by Brandon Sanderson

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Lift, a street-smart girl who commands the ability to become frictionlessly slick by consuming food, travels to the city of Yeddaw.

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