Books like NOS4A2
12 books with a reading profile close to NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Escapist; a moderate read.
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Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows
by Joe Hill
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
In this third volume, Sam Lesser’s death leaves the Locke family struggling to manage the escalating supernatural threats within Keyhouse.
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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.
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Later
by Stephen King
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Jamie Conklin just wants a normal childhood, but he possesses the ability to see and speak with the spirits of the recently deceased.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Familiar
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set in the Spanish Golden Age, the story follows Luzia Cotado, a scullery maid who uses remnants of prohibited Sephardic magic to ease her daily toil.
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Mistborn
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
In a world buried under falling ash, the immortal Lord Ruler maintains a thousand-year stranglehold on the oppressed skaa population.
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The Emperor's Soul
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Shai is a Forger, a practitioner of magic who can rewrite an object’s history to alter its physical form.
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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.
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The Hunger
by Alma Katsu
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
In 1846, the Donner Party wilderness trek toward California falters as a series of unexplained disappearances and grisly deaths plague the wagon trail.
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