Books like The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4: Rising Action
12 books with a reading profile close to The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4: Rising Action by Kieron Gillen. Escapist; a moderate read.
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The Colour of Magic
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
On a flat world supported by four elephants standing on the back of a giant space turtle, an inept wizard named Rincewind becomes the reluctant guide for Twoflower, the Discworld’s first tourist.
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The Fifth Elephant
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
Samuel Vimes, Commander of the City Watch, travels to the mountainous region of Uberwald as an unwilling diplomat.
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Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
by Alan Moore
entertainment, fantasy
When writer Alan Moore took over the title in 1983, he restructured the protagonist’s origin through a biological revelation.
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Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
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.
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Sharp Ends
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
Sharp Ends is a collection of thirteen short stories set within the First Law universe, spanning several decades of its history.
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Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
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.
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The First Law Trilogy
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
Logen Ninefingers, a northern warrior weary of battle, journeys south to Join the Union at the request of the magus Bayaz.
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The Twyford Code
Also escapist · entertainment, experimental
Steven Smith is an illiterate former convict who reconstructs his childhood memories through a series of voice-to-text transcripts on an old iPhone.
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Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
Marine biologist Nate Quinn studies humpback whales off the coast of Maui, photographing their tails to track migration patterns.
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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
Also escapist · entertainment, experimental
True-crime novelist Amanda Bailey attempts to track down the now-adult survivor of a ritualistic cult suicide that occurred two decades ago.
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Dreams and Dust
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
Dreams and Dust comprises the second half of A Dance with Dragons, the fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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Mistborn
Also escapist · entertainment, fantasy
In a world buried under falling ash, the immortal Lord Ruler maintains a thousand-year stranglehold on the oppressed skaa population.
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