Books like The Book of Doors
12 books with a reading profile close to The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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The Assassin's Blade
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This collection of five prequel novellas follows Celaena Sardothien, a teenage assassin serving the ruthless Arobynn Hamel in the city of Rifthold.
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Crown of Midnight
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
After winning a lethal competition to become the King’s Champion, assassin Celaena Sardothien remains a prisoner of the crown.
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Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Princess Diana of Themyscira yearns to prove her worth to her Amazon sisters by competing in a grueling race across their isolated island.
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This collection of ten linked stories follows Simon Lewis, once a mortal, then a vampire, who becomes a Shadowhunter trainee at the Academy in Idris.
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The son of sobek
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
In this short story, Demigod Percy Jackson and Magician Carter Kane collide while hunting a giant, supernatural crocodile in Long Island.
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The Bane Chronicles
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
The Bane Chronicles is an anthology of eleven interconnected short stories following Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, over several centuries of history.
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A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Mona possesses a niche magical talent: she can manipulate dough and animate baked goods.
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The Titan's Curse
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and clear-cut · 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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Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Hannah the rock-abilly elven mage, Violet the hipster dwarven fighter, Dee the atheist human cleric, and Betty the hippy smidgen thief comprise the Rat Queens, a rowdy mercenary crew in the fantasy town of Palisade.
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
by Roald Dahl
Also practical and clear-cut · 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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Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
At Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqulth Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types, five cabin mates—Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley—encounter supernatural anomalies deep in the woods.
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Fortunately, the Milk
by Neil Gaiman
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
When a father heads to the corner shop to buy milk for his children’s cereal, he returns late with a fantastic explanation for his delay.
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