Books like The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
12 books with a reading profile close to The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett. Escapist; a moderate read.
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1
Witches Abroad
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick travel across the Discworld to the city of Genua to stop a forced fairy-tale ending.
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2
Feet of Clay
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
In the city of Ankh-Morpork, Commander Sam Vimes and the City Watch investigate two distinct but connected crimes: a series of mysterious poisonings targeting Lord Vetinari and the suspicious "murders" of elderly golems.
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3
The Darkest Part of the Forest
by Holly Black
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
In the town of Fairfold, humans live alongside dangerous fae folk, following strict rules to avoid lethal enchantments.
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4
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
Marine biologist Nate Quinn studies humpback whales off the coast of Maui, photographing their tails to track migration patterns.
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Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
Fat Charlie Nancy leads a timid, predictable life in London until his estranged father, Mr.
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
entertainment, accessible
Levi, known as Biff, is resurrected by an angel in the twenty-first century to write a new gospel that fills the thirty-year gap in the life of Jesus, or Joshua.
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The Golden Compass
accessible, literary
Lyra Belacqua lives in an Oxford where every human soul exists outside the body as a shape-shifting animal companion called a daemon.
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The Princess Bride
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
Buttercup, a farm girl in the country of Florin, falls in love with her farmhand, Westley.
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9
The Titan's Curse
by Rick Riordan
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
In the third installment of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, Percy Jackson journeys to Westover Hall to recruit two new half-bloods, Bianca and Nico di Angelo.
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The Sea of Monsters
by Rick Riordan
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
Percy Jackson discovers that the magical pine tree protecting Camp Half-Blood has been poisoned, leaving the sanctuary vulnerable to monster attacks.
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11
The Book of Doors
by Gareth Brown
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
Cassie Andrews is a New York City bookseller whose life changes when an elderly customer leaves behind a leather-bound volume titled The Book of Doors.
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12
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
by Roald Dahl
Also escapist · entertainment, accessible
Picking up directly after the events of the chocolate factory tour, Charlie Bucket and his family board a translucent lifting device that accidentally enters Earth's orbit.
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