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12 books with a reading profile close to Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

    The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

    by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Shen Yuan is a cynical online reader who finishes a trashy web novel called Proud Immortal Demon Way and rants about its flaws.

  2. 2 An Enchantment of Ravens

    An Enchantment of Ravens

    by Margaret Rogerson

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Isobel is a portrait artist living in an enclave where humans trade craft for the magical enchantments of the fair folk.

  3. 3 The Wolf and the Woodsman

    The Wolf and the Woodsman

    by Ava Reid

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Évike is the only woman in her pagan village born without magic, making her the prime sacrifice when the Holy Order of Woodsmen arrives to claim a girl for the king.

  4. 4 The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

    The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

    by Axie Oh

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    In this reimagining of the Korean folk tale The Tale of Shim Cheong, Mina lives in a village ravaged by storms and floods.

  5. 5 Outlander

    Outlander

    by Diana Gabaldon

    Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, entertainment

    In 1945, Claire Randall, a British combat nurse, travels to Inverness with her husband for a second honeymoon following the end of World War II.

  6. 6 Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

    Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

    by Lex Croucher

    Also practical and clear-cut · history, romance

    Gwen is a young woman in a medieval kingdom who has been betrothed to Prince Arthur, the heir to the throne of Camelot, in a match that neither of them wants.

  7. 7 Gothikana

    Gothikana

    by RuNyx

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Corvina Clemm arrives at Verenmore University, a mountain academy housed in a gothic castle steeped in centuries of folklore and disappearances.

  8. 8 Virgins

    Virgins

    by Diana Gabaldon

    Also practical and clear-cut · history, romance

    Set in 1740s France, this novella follows Ian Murray and a young Jamie Fraser as they work as mercenaries following the death of Jamie’s father.

  9. 9 The Extraordinaries

    The Extraordinaries

    by T.J. Klune

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Nick Bell is a teenager with ADHD who writes fan fiction about Pyrobolt, a superhero whose secrets he knows well.

  10. 10 Nefertiti

    Nefertiti

    by Michelle Moran

    Also clear-cut and escapist · history, romance

    The story follows Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, as they navigate the dangerous court of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

  11. 11 BETTER IN BLACK

    BETTER IN BLACK

    by Cassandra Clare

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    Better in Black collects ten distinct narratives centered on the romantic lives and personal struggles of characters from the Shadowhunter Chronicles.

  12. 12 Mooncakes

    Mooncakes

    by Suzanne Walker

    Also practical and clear-cut · romance, entertainment

    In the graphic novel Mooncakes, Nova Huang is a teen witch who balances her duties at her grandmothers’ occult bookshop with secret investigations into local supernatural activity.

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