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Books like The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium

12 books with a reading profile close to The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium by Kieron Gillen. Escapist; a moderate read.

1

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.
2

The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite

by Gerard Way

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Sir Reginald Hargreeves, an eccentric billionaire and space alien, adopts seven children born simultaneously to mothers who showed no prior signs of pregnancy.
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

The Emperor's Soul

by Brandon Sanderson

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Shai is a Forger, a practitioner of magic who can rewrite an object’s history to alter its physical form.
5

Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening

by Marjorie M. Liu

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.
6

Sharp Ends

by Joe Abercrombie

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Sharp Ends is a collection of thirteen short stories set within the First Law universe, spanning several decades of its history.
7

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.
8

The Blade Itself

by Joe Abercrombie

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

The story follows three central figures in a decaying kingdom called the Union.
9

The Dark Tower VII

by Stephen King

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Roland Deschain reaches the end of his quest to save the nexus of all universes.
10

Legends. Volume I

by Robert Silverberg, Stephen King

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Legends: Volume I is an anthology of original short stories set within established literary universes.
11

Inheritance Cycle

by Christopher Paolini

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Eragon, a farm boy in the land of Alagaesia, discovers a polished blue stone that hatches into a dragon named Saphira.
12

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act

by Kieron Gillen

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Every ninety years, twelve deities reincarnate as teenagers.

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