Books like Slewfoot
12 books with a reading profile close to Slewfoot by Brom. 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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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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Fairy Tale
by Stephen King
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
Charlie Reade is a high school athlete who life takes a sharp turn after he saves his elderly neighbor, Howard Bowditch, from a medical emergency.
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Sleeping Beauties
Also escapist · horror, entertainment
In a near-future setting, a biological phenomenon known as Aurora affects every woman on Earth.
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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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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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Sharp Ends
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.
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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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New Spring (The Wheel of Time, Book 0)
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.
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Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Arcanum Unbounded compiles stories and novellas set within the Cosmere, a shared universe where various planets host unique magical systems.
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A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
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.
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