Books like The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act
12 books with a reading profile close to The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen. Escapist; a moderate read.
-
1
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Maika Halfwolf is a teenage survivor of a genocidal war between the feline-like Arcanics and the Cumaea, an order of sorceresses who consume Arcanics to fuel their magic.
-
2
Hogfather
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
On the night of Hogswatch, the Discworld’s version of Santa Claus disappears because the Auditors of Reality have hired an assassin named Teatime to eliminate him.
-
3
Dreams and Dust
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Dreams and Dust comprises the second half of A Dance with Dragons, the fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
-
4
The First Law Trilogy
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Logen Ninefingers, a northern warrior weary of battle, journeys south to Join the Union at the request of the magus Bayaz.
-
5
The Emperor's Soul
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Shai is a Forger, a practitioner of magic who can rewrite an object’s history to alter its physical form.
-
6
The Well of Ascension
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Following the collapse of the Final Empire, Vin and Elend Venture struggle to govern Luthadel while three hostile armies besiege the city.
-
7
A Memory of Light
by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Rand al’Thor leads the forces of the Light to the Bore at Shayol Ghul to face the Dark One in a final confrontation known as Tarmon Gai’don.
-
8
Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
In this installment, the focus shifts from the urban Fabletown to "The Farm," an upstate New York sanctuary for non-human fables like the Three Pigs, Shere Khan, and Goldilocks.
-
9
The Familiar
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.
-
10
The Sword of Kaigen
by M.L. Wang
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
On the frozen Takayubi peninsula, the Matsuda clan serves as the Shirojima Empire’s defensive shield, using hereditary water-manipulation techniques to crystallize moisture into lethal ice blades.
-
11
The Blade Itself
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
The story follows three central figures in a decaying kingdom called the Union.
-
12
The Fires of Heaven
Also escapist · entertainment, narrative
Rand al’Thor leads the Aiel clans across the Spine of the World into Cairhien to confront the warlord Couladin.
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
