Books like TWELVE MONTHS
12 books with a reading profile close to TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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A Touch of Dead
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, mystery
A Touch of Dead gathers short stories from Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire world, centred on Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic barmaid in the small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana.
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Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
Hannah the rock-abilly elven mage, Violet the hipster dwarven fighter, Dee the atheist human cleric, and Betty the hippy smidgen thief comprise the Rat Queens, a rowdy mercenary crew in the fantasy town of Palisade.
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This collection of ten linked stories follows Simon Lewis, once a mortal, then a vampire, who becomes a Shadowhunter trainee at the Academy in Idris.
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The Chalice of the Gods
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, accessible
Percy Jackson faces an unexpected hurdle during his senior year of high school: the gods require three letters of recommendation from deities before he can attend New Rome University.
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Camp Half-Blood Confidential
by Rick Riordan
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Percy Jackson serves as the narrator for this internal guide to the primary training ground for Greek demigods.
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The Assassin's Blade
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
This collection of five prequel novellas follows Celaena Sardothien, a teenage assassin serving the ruthless Arobynn Hamel in the city of Rifthold.
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Crown of Midnight
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
After winning a lethal competition to become the King’s Champion, assassin Celaena Sardothien remains a prisoner of the crown.
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Spider's Web
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, mystery
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown, the imaginative wife of a diplomat, often invents dramatic stories to liven up her quiet life in the English countryside.
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The Bane Chronicles
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
The Bane Chronicles is an anthology of eleven interconnected short stories following Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, over several centuries of history.
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Wonder Woman: Warbringer
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Princess Diana of Themyscira yearns to prove her worth to her Amazon sisters by competing in a grueling race across their isolated island.
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Guards! Guards!
Also escapist · entertainment, mystery
In the chaotic city-state of Ankh-Morpork, a secret brotherhood uses a stolen magical book to summon a noble dragon, hoping to overthrow the Patrician and install a puppet king.
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The Book of Doors
by Gareth Brown
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, accessible
Cassie Andrews is a New York City bookseller whose life changes when an elderly customer leaves behind a leather-bound volume titled The Book of Doors.
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