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12 books with a reading profile close to The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way. Escapist; an easy read.

1

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

by Mike Carey

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Richard Mayhew is an ordinary London office worker whose life unravels after he stops to help a bleeding girl named Door on a sidewalk.
2

The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set in the realm of Delain, this narrative follows the imprisonment of Prince Peter, who is framed for the murder of his father, King Roland.
3

Mistborn

by Brandon Sanderson

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.
4

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.
5

Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

by Bill Willingham

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

When the Adversary conquers the fairytale homelands, a community of folklore figures flees to modern-day Manhattan to establish Fabletown.
6

Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers

by Bill Willingham

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

In Fabletown, the hidden enclave of fairy tale refugees in New York City, Sheriff Bigby Wolf and Deputy Mayor Snow White face an existential threat from their ancestral enemy.
7

The Familiar

by Leigh Bardugo

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.
8

THE ASTRAL LIBRARY

by Kate Quinn

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

When a librarian discovers an unmarked mahogany door within the depths of the Boston Public Library, she gains access to a clandestine subterranean archive housing manuscripts that function as physical gateways.
9

Attack on Titan, Vol. 3

by Hajime Isayama

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Volume three picks up in the middle of the battle for Trost, where cadets of the 104th training corps fight Titans trying to break through the walls of the district.
10

The mortal instruments

by Cassandra Clare, Cassandra Jean

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set in a hidden, supernatural New York City, this story follows Clary Fray, a teenager who discovers she belongs to a secret race of warriors called Shadowhunters.
11

Murtagh

by Christopher Paolini

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, live as outcasts on the fringes of Alagaësia following the fall of King Galbatorix.
12

Eragon & Eldest

by Christopher Paolini

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

On the farm lands of Palancar Valley, a teenager named Eragon discovers a polished blue stone that hatches into a dragon he names Saphira.

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