Books like Stardust
12 books with a reading profile close to Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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The Book of Tomorrow
Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative
After her father dies and her family is ruined, sixteen-year-old Tamara Goodwin, once spoiled and wealthy, is sent with her mother to live in a country house in Ireland with her uncle and aunt, who are strange and remot…
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
In this version of the fairy tale, the protagonist, nicknamed Beauty despite her plain appearance, is a bookish and awkward young woman who values her intellect over her looks.
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The Sugar Queen
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Josey Whitaker, inheriting her grandmother's legendary bakery, discovers that many of her family's recipes are infused with a magical element tied to emotions.
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4
Spinning Silver
by Naomi Novik
romance, narrative
Miryem is a moneylender’s daughter in a frozen village who gains a reputation for turning silver into gold.
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the Protectorate, the Council of Elders leaves a baby in the forest every year as a sacrifice to appease a misunderstood witch.
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A Hundred Summers
Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative
In the summer of 1938, the privileged Lily and her former best friend Violet reconnect at Lily's lavish Long Island estate.
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Summer of '69
Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative
The narrative follows the Foley and Levin families during a summer of significant social upheaval on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.
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Harry Potter (series) 1-4
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Harry Potter, an orphaned boy living with neglectful relatives, discovers on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard.
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The Identicals
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Harper and Tabitha Frost are identical twins who grew up in a divided family, and they have not spoken in years.
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10
A Book of Narnians
by C. S. Lewis
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
This volume serves as a comprehensive visual encyclopedia of the diverse inhabitants of the Narnian universe.
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Book of a Thousand Days
by Shannon Hale
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
When Lady Saren refuses an arranged marriage with the violent Lord Khasar, her father brick her inside a stone tower for seven years.
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The Girl Who Chased the Moon
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Emily Benedict, a seventeen-year-old, moves to Mullaby, North Carolina, to live with the grandfather she never knew after her mother's death.
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