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Books like The Serpent of Venice

12 books with a reading profile close to The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

The Prisoner of Zenda

by Anthony Hope, Gary Hoppenstand

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman with an uncanny physical resemblance to the heir of Ruritania, travels to the small European kingdom for a royal coronation.
2

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

by Howard Pyle

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

In medieval Nottinghamshire, young Robin Hood becomes an outlaw after killing a royal deer and an abusive forester in self-defense.
3

Schweizerische Robinson

by Johann David Wyss

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

The narrative recounts the experiences of a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four sons—Fritz, Ernest, Jack, and Franz—after their ship wrecks on a deserted tropical island.
4

Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In 1872 London, the stoic Phileas Fogg bets half his fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in exactly eighty days.
5

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Emmuska Orczy

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Set during the Reign of Terror in 1792, the plot follows a mysterious English vigilante known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, who leads a secret society to rescue French aristocrats from the guillotine.
6

Micah Clarke

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In the late seventeenth century, young Micah Clarke leaves his father’s shop in Hampshire to join the Monmouth Rebellion against King James II.
7

The Mysterious Island

by Jules Verne

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

During the American Civil War, five northern prisoners escape Richmond by hijacking a hot air balloon, only to crash onto a remote, uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific.
8

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

D’Artagnan, a headstrong provincial nobleman, arrives in 17th-century Paris hoping to join the elite guard of King Louis XIII.
9

Valley of the Dolls

by Jacqueline Susann

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In 1945, Anne Welles leaves her quiet New England home for New York City, where she finds work at a theatrical agency.
10

Ivanhoe

by Walter Scott

Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Set in twelfth-century England, the story follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a Saxon knight returning from the Crusades to a land fractured by ethnic tension.
11

The Ransom of Red Chief

by O. Henry

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

The story follows Bill and Sam, two small-time con artists who kidnap Johnny, the ten-year-old son of a prominent citizen in Alabama, to fund a real estate scam.
12

Wolverine: Old Man Logan

by Mark Millar

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In a dystopian future, the United States has been carved into territories ruled by supervillains like the Abomination, Magneto, and the Red Skull.

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