Books like The Alloy of Law
12 books with a reading profile close to The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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Dawnshard
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Rysn Ftori, a merchant owner who lost the use of her legs, accepts a dangerous naval commission to sail to the hidden island of Akinah.
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New Spring (The Wheel of Time, Book 0)
Also clear-cut and 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 clear-cut and 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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Fool
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Pocket, the foul-mouthed court jester to King Lear, attempts to prevent the kingdom of Britain from collapsing into bloody chaos.
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Eragon & Eldest
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
On the farm lands of Palancar Valley, a teenager named Eragon discovers a polished blue stone that hatches into a dragon he names Saphira.
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Eldest
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Following the destruction of the Urgal army at Farthen Dûr, Eragon travels to the elven forest of Ellesméra to begin formal instruction with Oromis, a hidden Dragon Rider.
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Legends. Volume I
by Robert Silverberg, Stephen King
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Legends: Volume I is an anthology of original short stories set within established literary universes.
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Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
When the Adversary conquers the fairytale homelands, a community of folklore figures flees to modern-day Manhattan to establish Fabletown.
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THE ASTRAL LIBRARY
by Kate Quinn
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
When a librarian discovers an unmarked mahogany door within the depths of the Boston Public Library, she gains access to a clandestine subterranean archive housing manuscripts that function as physical gateways.
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Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In Fabletown, the hidden enclave of fairy tale refugees in New York City, Sheriff Bigby Wolf and Deputy Mayor Snow White face an existential threat from their ancestral enemy.
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A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
Also clear-cut and 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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Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
by Mike Carey
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Richard Mayhew is an ordinary London office worker whose life unravels after he stops to help a bleeding girl named Door on a sidewalk.
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