Books like The Invincible Iron Man, Volume 1: The Five Nightmares
12 books with a reading profile close to The Invincible Iron Man, Volume 1: The Five Nightmares by Matt Fraction. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
Daughter of the Deep
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, science fiction
Ana Dakkar is a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a school that trains elite marine scientists and naval warriors.
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The Demon Headmaster (Oxford Modern Playscripts)
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, science fiction
Dinah Glass arrives at a new school where the student body displays unnatural, robotic discipline.
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3
Starter Villain
by John Scalzi
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, science fiction
Charlie Fante is a substitute teacher struggling to stay afloat when he inherits an international villainy empire from his estranged uncle.
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The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, science fiction
Cosmo Hill is a fourteen-year-old boy in the grim Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys, a futuristic orphanage in Satellite City where children are used as subjects in tests.
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5
Armada
by Ernest Cline
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, science fiction
Zack Lightman is a high school student and expert gamer who spends his time playing Armada, a flight simulator involving an alien invasion by a species called the Sobruchai.
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OPERATION BOUNCE HOUSE
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, science fiction
On the planet New Sonora, colonist Oliver faces a lethal technological onslaught initiated by distant corporations.
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Insurgent
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, science fiction
Following the collapse of the social order in futuristic Chicago, Tris Prior and Four become fugitives fleeing the Erudite faction's lethal pursuit.
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
by John Scalzi
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, science fiction
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Jamie Gray leaves a dead-end food delivery job to join an animal rights organization.
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Halo: The Fall of Reach
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, science fiction
The narrative tracks the origin of the SPARTAN-II program, a clandestine military initiative led by Dr.
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Maze Runner. Expedientes secretos
by James Dashner, V&R Editoras
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, science fiction
This volume functions as a confidential archive that bridges the gap between the initial trilogy and the prequel.
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Maze Runner. Arquivos
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, science fiction
Maze Runner: Arquivos serves as a confidential dossier compiled by the organization WICKED, providing supplemental documentation that expands the history of the Glade.
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Have Space Suit—Will Travel
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, science fiction
Kip Russell, a high school student determined to reach the Moon, wins a surplus Oscar rocket suit in a soap jingle contest.
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