Books like The Emperor's Soul
12 books with a reading profile close to The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson. Escapist; a moderate read.
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Mistborn
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
In a world buried under falling ash, the immortal Lord Ruler maintains a thousand-year stranglehold on the oppressed skaa population.
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The Familiar
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set in the Spanish Golden Age, the story follows Luzia Cotado, a scullery maid who uses remnants of prohibited Sephardic magic to ease her daily toil.
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The Dark Tower VII
by Stephen King
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Roland Deschain reaches the end of his quest to save the nexus of all universes.
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Dreams and Dust
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Dreams and Dust comprises the second half of A Dance with Dragons, the fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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The Sword of Kaigen
by M.L. Wang
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
On the frozen Takayubi peninsula, the Matsuda clan serves as the Shirojima Empire’s defensive shield, using hereditary water-manipulation techniques to crystallize moisture into lethal ice blades.
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric are talented alchemists who violated a core natural law by attempting to resurrect their deceased mother.
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Inheritance Cycle
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Eragon, a farm boy in the land of Alagaesia, discovers a polished blue stone that hatches into a dragon named Saphira.
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Hogfather
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
On the night of Hogswatch, the Discworld’s version of Santa Claus disappears because the Auditors of Reality have hired an assassin named Teatime to eliminate him.
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The Well of Ascension
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Following the collapse of the Final Empire, Vin and Elend Venture struggle to govern Luthadel while three hostile armies besiege the city.
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The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite
by Gerard Way
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Sir Reginald Hargreeves, an eccentric billionaire and space alien, adopts seven children born simultaneously to mothers who showed no prior signs of pregnancy.
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The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Every ninety years, twelve deities reincarnate as teenagers.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Vol. 1: The Long Way Home
by Joss Whedon
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Picking up where the television series finale ended, this volume follows Buffy Summers as she commands a global organization of over five hundred newly activated Slayers.
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