Books like The dark is rising
12 books with a reading profile close to The dark is rising by Susan Cooper. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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She
by H. Rider Haggard, 殷雄
Also escapist · narrative, classic literature
Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey travel to East Africa following a legacy left by Leo’s ancestors.
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Elektra
narrative, classic literature
Jennifer Saint’s Greek myth retelling follows the intersecting lives of three women during the Trojan War.
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Clytemnestra
Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature
Born as a Spartan princess and sister to Helen, Clytemnestra navigates a world where men settle disputes through conquest and blood.
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Boxen
by C. S. Lewis
narrative, classic literature
Boxen preserves the childhood writings and drawings of C.
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The Princess and the Goblin
Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature
Princess Irene lives in a secluded mountain castle under the watch of her nurse, Lootie.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature
Dorothy Gale is a young girl living on a grey Kansas farm until a cyclone carries her house to the Land of Oz.
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The Complete Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Also clear-cut and escapist · narrative, classic literature
L.
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The Wizard of Oz
Also clear-cut and escapist · narrative, classic literature
When a cyclone uproots a Kansas farmhouse, Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, land in the vibrant Land of Oz.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
narrative, classic literature
Hank Morgan, a pragmatic 19th-century factory superintendent from Hartford, survives a blow to the head only to wake up in Camelot during the year 528.
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The Last Battle (adult)
by C. S. Lewis
narrative, classic literature
In the final chapter of the Chronicles of Narnia, a clever ape named Shift manipulates a simple donkey into impersonating the Great Lion, Aslan.
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Prince Caspian
Also clear-cut · narrative, classic literature
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie return to Narnia centuries after their reign as kings and queens, finding the land under the occupation of the Telmarines.
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The Return of the King
narrative, classic literature
In the final installment of the trilogy, the narrative follows Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee as they navigate the volcanic wasteland of Mordor to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom.
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