Books like The Lightning Thief
12 books with a reading profile close to The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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The Battle of the Labyrinth
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
As Luke Castellan’s army prepares to invade Camp Half-Blood, Percy Jackson and his friends enter Daedalus’s Labyrinth to stop the Titan Lord Kronos from using the subterranean maze as a shortcut for his invasion force.
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Demigods & magicians
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
In this crossover collection, the Greek demigods from Camp Half-Blood encounter the Egyptian magicians from Brooklyn House.
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Hogwarts Library
by J. K. Rowling, Olivia Lomenech Gill
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
The Hogwarts Library is a three-volume collection containing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Quidditch Through the Ages, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
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Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
Hannah the rock-abilly elven mage, Violet the hipster dwarven fighter, Dee the atheist human cleric, and Betty the hippy smidgen thief comprise the Rat Queens, a rowdy mercenary crew in the fantasy town of Palisade.
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This collection of ten linked stories follows Simon Lewis, once a mortal, then a vampire, who becomes a Shadowhunter trainee at the Academy in Idris.
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The Bane Chronicles
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
The Bane Chronicles is an anthology of eleven interconnected short stories following Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, over several centuries of history.
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A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Fourteen-year-old Mona possesses a niche magical talent: she can manipulate dough and animate baked goods.
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Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
At Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqulth Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types, five cabin mates—Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley—encounter supernatural anomalies deep in the woods.
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Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Princess Diana of Themyscira yearns to prove her worth to her Amazon sisters by competing in a grueling race across their isolated island.
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The Assassin's Blade
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This collection of five prequel novellas follows Celaena Sardothien, a teenage assassin serving the ruthless Arobynn Hamel in the city of Rifthold.
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Crown of Midnight
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
After winning a lethal competition to become the King’s Champion, assassin Celaena Sardothien remains a prisoner of the crown.
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Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Kamala Khan is a Pakistani-American teenager living in Jersey City who struggles to balance her conservative immigrant upbringing with her desire to fit in at high school.
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