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12 books with a reading profile close to The Boys, Volume 2: Get Some by Garth Ennis. Practical, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

Island of the Sequined Love Nun

by Christopher Moore

Also practical and growth-minded · entertainment, narrative

Tucker Case, a disgraced pilot who crashed a pink jet into the Vatican, finds himself flying for a questionable missionary organization in Micronesia.
2

Kingdom Come

by Mark Waid

entertainment, narrative

Set in a future where a new generation of metahumans executes criminals without trial, Kingdom Come follows an aging Pastor Norman McCay and a weary Superman.
3

Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas (Comics)

by Garth Ennis

Also growth-minded and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Jesse Custer, a disillusioned Texas preacher, becomes the accidental host to Genesis, a supernatural entity born from the illegal union of an angel and a demon.
4

Wolverine: Old Man Logan

by Mark Millar

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In a dystopian future, the United States has been carved into territories ruled by supervillains like the Abomination, Magneto, and the Red Skull.
5

Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event (Comic)

by Mark Millar

Also practical and growth-minded · entertainment, narrative

Following a catastrophic explosion in Stamford caused by a battle between the New Warriors and Nitro, the United States government passes the Superhuman Registration Act.
6

Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye

by Frank Miller

Also growth-minded and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Marv is a massive, scarred brawler who wakes up in a cheap hotel to find Goldie, the beautiful woman he just spent the night with, murdered beside him.
7

Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls

by Scott Snyder

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Bruce Wayne believes he knows every secret within Gotham City's foundations, yet the discovery of a century-old murder reveals a hidden organization known as the Court of Owls.
8

The Walking Dead, Book One

by Robert Kirkman

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Sheriff Rick Grimes wakes from a coma to find an empty hospital and a world overrun by animated corpses.
9

Batman: The Man Who Laughs

by Ed Brubaker

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Set immediately after the events of Year One, this story chronicles the first encounter between Batman and the Joker.
10

The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire

by Robert Kirkman

Also practical and growth-minded · entertainment, narrative

In this installment, Rick Grimes and his fellow survivors attempt to build a stable life within the fences of an abandoned prison.
11

We Sold Our Souls

by Grady Hendrix

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Kris Pulaski was the lead guitarist for Dürt Würk, a heavy metal band on the verge of stardom in the 1990s until their lead singer, Terry Hunt, betrayed the group for a solo contract.
12

Attack on Titan, Vol. 3

by Hajime Isayama

Also growth-minded and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Volume three picks up in the middle of the battle for Trost, where cadets of the 104th training corps fight Titans trying to break through the walls of the district.

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