Books like The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
12 books with a reading profile close to The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle. Outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; a moderate read.
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Steel and snow
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Published as the first half of the third volume in the series, Steel and Snow follows the escalating civil war across Westeros after the Battle of the Blackwater.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
In 1872 London, the stoic Phileas Fogg bets half his fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in exactly eighty days.
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Best Served Cold
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Monza Murcatto, a feared mercenary general known as the Snake of Talins, is betrayed and thrown from a mountain by her employer, Grand Duke Orso.
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The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · 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.
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New Spring (The Wheel of Time, Book 0)
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set twenty years before the main sequence begins, the narrative focuses on Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche as they transition from Accepted to full Aes Sedai in the White Tower.
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Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Arcanum Unbounded compiles stories and novellas set within the Cosmere, a shared universe where various planets host unique magical systems.
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A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Set nearly a century before the events of the Iron Throne succession struggle, this collection follows the travels of a towering, low-born hedge knight named Ser Duncan the Tall and his diminutive squire, Egg.
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Fool
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Pocket, the foul-mouthed court jester to King Lear, attempts to prevent the kingdom of Britain from collapsing into bloody chaos.
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Warbreaker
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Princess Siri is sent to the city of Hallandren to marry the God King, a silent deity who rules through the possession of thousands of Breath units.
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Red Country
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Shy South lives a quiet life on a frontier farm until raiders burn her home and kidnap her younger siblings.
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Bilbo Baggins, a quiet hobbit who prefers the safety of his underground home, is recruited by the wizard Gandalf and a party of thirteen dwarves to serve as a professional thief.
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Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love
Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In this third collection, the exiled community of Fabletown faces internal scandals and external threats.
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