Books like Monstress, Volume 3: Haven
12 books with a reading profile close to Monstress, Volume 3: Haven by Marjorie M. Liu. Escapist; a moderate read.
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The Library at Mount Char
narrative, fantasy
Carolyn is one of twelve orphans raised by Father, a cruel god-like figure who rules a library containing the secrets of the universe.
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2
The Starless Sea
narrative, fantasy
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student who discovers a strange library book containing a detailed account of his own childhood.
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3
The Once and Future Witches
narrative, fantasy
In 1893 New Salem, the three Eastwood sisters—James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna—reunite to reclaim the lost art of witchcraft.
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The First Law Trilogy
Also escapist · narrative, fantasy
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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5
Akira, Vol. 1
Also escapist · narrative, experimental
Set in the year 2019, thirty-one years after a nuclear explosion leveled Tokyo, the story follows a teenage biker gang navigating the neon-lit ruins of Neo-Tokyo.
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Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Also escapist · narrative, 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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The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
Also escapist · narrative, fantasy
Every ninety years, twelve deities reincarnate as teenagers.
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Hogfather
Also escapist · narrative, fantasy
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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9
The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
by Neil Gaiman
narrative, fantasy
Dream Country consists of four independent stories that depict how Morpheus influences the waking world through imagination and myth.
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10
Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm
Also escapist · narrative, fantasy
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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Marvel 1602
by Neil Gaiman
Also escapist · narrative, 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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Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
by Warren Ellis
Also escapist · narrative, experimental
Spider Jerusalem is a cynical gonzo journalist who spent five years in self-imposed exile before returning to the City to fulfill a forgotten book contract.
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