Books like Paper Girls, Volume 1
12 books with a reading profile close to Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan. Escapist; an easy read.
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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Yorick Brown and his capuchin monkey, Ampersand, travel across a desolate United States as the only two survivors of a global plague that killed every creature with a Y chromosome.
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2
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
In 2002, a simultaneous global catastrophe kills every living mammal with a Y chromosome, except for an amateur escape artist named Yorick Brown and his pet capuchin monkey, Ampersand.
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3
All Our Wrong Todays
by Elan Mastai
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
In 2016, Tom Barren lives in a techno-utopian version of Earth powered by an infinite energy engine created in 1965.
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4
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas
by Gerard Way
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
The story follows the fractured Hargreeves siblings as they navigate the aftermath of the apocalypse they narrowly avoided.
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Friday
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Friday follows the life of Friday Jones, an "artificial person" engineered with enhanced speed, intelligence, and physical durability.
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6
The Door into Summer
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Dan Davis is a talented engineer and inventor in 1970 who loses everything when his business partner and his fiancée betray him.
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All-Star Superman, Vol. 1
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
The story begins when Superman rescues a scientific crew from a solar mission gone wrong, only to discover that the massive infusion of yellow sun radiation has triggered a fatal cellular breakdown in his body.
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Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted
by Joss Whedon
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Cyclops and Emma Frost lead a reformed team consisting of Wolverine, Beast, and Kitty Pryde to re-establish the X-Men as a public force for good.
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The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Coming Home
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Peter Parker transitions into a new chapter of adulthood by returning to his former high school as a science teacher.
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10
Foundation and Chaos
by Greg Bear
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set within the Second Foundation Trilogy, this novel follows Hari Seldon as he defends his theories of psychohistory during a formal trial on the capital world of Trantor.
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11
Ender's Game Alive
by Orson Scott Card, Kirby Heyborne
entertainment, narrative
Ender’s Game Alive is a full-cast audio dramatization that depicts the military recruitment and training of Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.
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12
Shadow Puppets
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
In this third installment of the Shadow series, Peter Wiggin struggles to solidify his role as Hegemon while the world spirals toward global conflict.
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