Books like

Books like Mistborn

12 books with a reading profile close to Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. Escapist; a moderate read.

1

Dawnshard

by Brandon Sanderson

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Rysn Ftori, a merchant owner who lost the use of her legs, accepts a dangerous naval commission to sail to the hidden island of Akinah.
2

The Dark Tower VII

by Stephen King

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Roland Deschain reaches the end of his quest to save the nexus of all universes.
3

New Spring (The Wheel of Time, Book 0)

by Robert Jordan

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set twenty years before the main sequence begins, the narrative focuses on Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche as they transition from Accepted to full Aes Sedai in the White Tower.
4

Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

by Brandon Sanderson

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Arcanum Unbounded compiles stories and novellas set within the Cosmere, a shared universe where various planets host unique magical systems.
5

Legends. Volume I

by Robert Silverberg, Stephen King

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Legends: Volume I is an anthology of original short stories set within established literary universes.
6

A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS

by George R. R. Martin

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set nearly a century before the events of the Iron Throne succession struggle, this collection follows the travels of a towering, low-born hedge knight named Ser Duncan the Tall and his diminutive squire, Egg.
7

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

by Mike Carey

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Richard Mayhew is an ordinary London office worker whose life unravels after he stops to help a bleeding girl named Door on a sidewalk.
8

Sharp Ends

by Joe Abercrombie

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Sharp Ends is a collection of thirteen short stories set within the First Law universe, spanning several decades of its history.
9

Inheritance Cycle

by Christopher Paolini

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Eragon, a farm boy in the land of Alagaesia, discovers a polished blue stone that hatches into a dragon named Saphira.
10

The Blade Itself

by Joe Abercrombie

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

The story follows three central figures in a decaying kingdom called the Union.
11

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.
12

Fool

by Christopher Moore

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Pocket, the foul-mouthed court jester to King Lear, attempts to prevent the kingdom of Britain from collapsing into bloody chaos.

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