Books like Marvel 1602
12 books with a reading profile close to Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman. Outward-looking and escapist; a moderate read.
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1
Hogfather
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
On the night of Hogswatch, the Discworld’s version of Santa Claus disappears because the Auditors of Reality have hired an assassin named Teatime to eliminate him.
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2
Dreams and Dust
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Dreams and Dust comprises the second half of A Dance with Dragons, the fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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The First Law Trilogy
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Logen Ninefingers, a northern warrior weary of battle, journeys south to Join the Union at the request of the magus Bayaz.
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Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
In this installment, the focus shifts from the urban Fabletown to "The Farm," an upstate New York sanctuary for non-human fables like the Three Pigs, Shere Khan, and Goldilocks.
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5
The Fires of Heaven
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Rand al’Thor leads the Aiel clans across the Spine of the World into Cairhien to confront the warlord Couladin.
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Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Maika Halfwolf is a teenage survivor of a genocidal war between the feline-like Arcanics and the Cumaea, an order of sorceresses who consume Arcanics to fuel their magic.
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7
A Memory of Light
by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Rand al’Thor leads the forces of the Light to the Bore at Shayol Ghul to face the Dark One in a final confrontation known as Tarmon Gai’don.
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8
Crack'd pot trail
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In this installment of the Malazan novellas, the necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach lead a caravan across an arid wasteland toward the city of Lamentable Moll.
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9
The Well of Ascension
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Following the collapse of the Final Empire, Vin and Elend Venture struggle to govern Luthadel while three hostile armies besiege the city.
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10
Words of Radiance (1 of 5)
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Expected to continue the defense of the Shattered Plains, Kaladin Stormblessed assumes his role as captain of the royal guard while struggling to master his burgeoning Windrunner abilities.
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Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In this third collection, the exiled community of Fabletown faces internal scandals and external threats.
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12
A Game of Thrones
entertainment, narrative
Lord Eddard Stark travels south to serve as Hand of the King for Robert Baratheon, unaware of the lethal conspiracies brewing within the capital.
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