Books like Maskerade
12 books with a reading profile close to Maskerade by Terry Pratchett. Outward-looking and escapist; a moderate read.
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Wyrd Sisters
Also escapist · entertainment, literary
In the kingdom of Lancre, three witches—the authoritative Granny Weatherwax, the earthy Nanny Ogg, and the novice Magrat Garlick—intervene in royal succession after the murder of King Verence I.
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Moving Pictures
Also escapist · entertainment, literary
The discovery of octo-cellulose on the Discworld triggers the birth of the "moving picture" industry in the desert dunes of Holy Wood.
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A Storm of Swords
Also escapist · entertainment, literary
The War of the Five Kings reaches a violent peak as the Stark family faces total collapse.
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The road goes ever on
by Donald Swann, J.R.R. Tolkien
literary, fantasy
The Road Goes Ever On is a formal song cycle consisting of music composed by Donald Swann for poems written by J.R.R.
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The Fires of Heaven
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
Rand al’Thor leads the Aiel clans across the Spine of the World into Cairhien to confront the warlord Couladin.
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Marvel 1602
by Neil Gaiman
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, fantasy
Set in the final days of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign, Marvel 1602 reimagines the Marvel Universe within the political and religious tensions of the seventeenth century.
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Dreams and Dust
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
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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A Memory of Light
by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
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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The Well of Ascension
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
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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Words of Radiance (1 of 5)
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
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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Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
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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