Books like Later
12 books with a reading profile close to Later by Stephen King. Escapist; an easy read.
-
1
-
2
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.
-
3
-
4
Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction
by Mike Mignola
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
In 1944, a group of Nazi occultists led by Grigori Rasputin attempts a ritual to summon the Ogdru Jahad, the Seven Gods of Chaos, to turn the tide of World War II.
-
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
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.
-
7
The Stand
by Stephen King
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
A weaponized strain of influenza nicknamed Captain Trips escapes a military research facility, killing over ninety-nine percent of the global population within weeks.
-
8
Thornhedge
Also 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.
-
9
Hell Followed With Us
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Benji is a sixteen-year-old transgender boy fleeing the Angels, a fundamentalist cult that triggered a biological apocalypse to cleanse the earth.
-
10
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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.
-
11
The Hacienda
by Isabel Cañas
Also escapist · horror, narrative
Set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, the story follows Beatriz, a young woman who marries a wealthy widower to secure her family’s safety.
-
12
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
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.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
