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12 books with a reading profile close to The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book

by Bill Watterson

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

This collection compiles a decade of comic strips featuring the adventures of six-year-old Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes.
2

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

by Bill Watterson

Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

This anthology collects the early installments of Bill Watterson’s comic strip, featuring a hyper-imaginative six-year-old boy named Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes.
3

The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion

by Fannie Flagg

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Mrs.
4

SPY×FAMILY 1

by Tatsuya Endo

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Twilight is a spy for the Westalis government, working undercover in the neighboring country of Ostania, which is on the verge of war with his own.
5

Spy x Family, Vol. 1

by Tatsuya Endo

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Master spy Twilight assumes the identity of Loid Forger to infiltrate an elite school and reach a high-ranking political target in the rival nation of Ostania.
6

The Dressmaker

by Kate Alcott

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Tess Collins, a determined aspiring seamstress, escapes a stagnant life in England by securing a position as a personal maid to Lady Duff Gordon, a famed fashion designer.
7

Calico Joe

by John Grisham

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Set in the summer of 1973, this narrative follows Joe Castle, a rookie for the Chicago Cubs who begins his career with a record-breaking hitting streak.
8

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe

by Bill Bryson

Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Bill Bryson retraces a backpacking trip he took across Europe decades earlier, beginning in the frozen outskirts of Hammerfest and ending in the chaotic streets of Istanbul.
9

Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride & Joy

by Brian K. Vaughan

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Six teenagers—Alex, Nico, Karolina, Gert, Chase, and Molly—gather for their parents' annual charity meeting, only to witness their families performing a ritualistic human sacrifice.
10

Scott Pilgrim, Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together

by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In this fourth installment, twenty-four-year-old Scott Pilgrim faces the arrival of summer in Toronto and the looming threat of the fourth evil ex, Roxie Richter.
11

Letters from Father Christmas

by J.R.R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien

Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Every December between 1920 and 1943, J.R.R.
12

Schooled

by Gordon Korman

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Cap Anderson was raised by his grandmother Rain on a commune called Garland, where children grew their own food, played guitar and called adults by first names.

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