Books like The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
12 books with a reading profile close to The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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Beauty Queens
by Libba Bray
entertainment, narrative
Fifty contestants for the Miss Teen Sweetheart pageant crash-land on a deserted island when their plane malfunctions.
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2
The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden
entertainment, narrative
Nombeko Mayeki begins her life emptying latrines in Soweto, South Africa, during the 1970s.
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Dodger
entertainment, narrative
In the rain-slicked filth of Victorian London, a tosher named Dodger earns his living scavenging through the city sewers.
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Scott Pilgrim, Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe
entertainment, narrative
Scott Pilgrim turns twenty-four and faces the increasing pressure of adulthood while his relationship with Ramona Flowers begins to fracture under the weight of past secrets.
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Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
entertainment, narrative
The narrative begins inside a walled civilization where the last remnants of humanity hide from Titans, towering humanoid creatures that consume people without apparent reason.
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Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon
entertainment, narrative
When he is not fighting alongside the Avengers, Clint Barton spends his time protecting a Brooklyn apartment building from a local organized crime syndicate known as the "Tracksuit Mafia." This collection follows Barton…
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7
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
by Bill Bryson
entertainment, narrative
Bill Bryson retraces a backpacking trip he took across Europe decades earlier, beginning in the frozen outskirts of Hammerfest and ending in the chaotic streets of Istanbul.
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Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
entertainment, narrative
Scott Pilgrim faces his final confrontation with Gideon Graves, the leader of the League of Evil Exes, to determine the fate of his relationship with Ramona Flowers.
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
entertainment, narrative
This anthology collects the early installments of Bill Watterson’s comic strip, featuring a hyper-imaginative six-year-old boy named Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes.
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Sourdough
by Robin Sloan
entertainment, narrative
Lois Clary is a software engineer in San Francisco who spends her days coding robotic arms.
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11
Revolting rhymes
by Roald Dahl
entertainment, narrative
Roald Dahl reimagines six classic fairy tales through dark, comedic poetry.
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The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
by Bill Bryson
entertainment, narrative
Twenty years after his first tour of Britain, Bill Bryson returns to traverse the island along a route he names the Bryson Line, stretching from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath.
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