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12 books with a reading profile close to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. Outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; a moderate read.

1

Journey to the Center of the Earth

by Jules Verne

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Professor Otto Lidenbrock, a stern German mineralogist, discovers a coded runic manuscript claiming a volcanic passage leads to the terrestrial core.
2

Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

entertainment, narrative

In a future where humanity fears a third invasion by the insectoid Formics, the military recruits six-year-old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.
3

The Mysterious Island

by Jules Verne

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

During the American Civil War, five northern prisoners escape Richmond by hijacking a hot air balloon, only to crash onto a remote, uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific.
4

The Lost World

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, science fiction

Journalist Edward Malone joins an expedition led by the volatile Professor Challenger to a remote South American plateau.
5

Micah Clarke

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In the late seventeenth century, young Micah Clarke leaves his father’s shop in Hampshire to join the Monmouth Rebellion against King James II.
6

The War of the Worlds

by H.G. Wells

Also outward-looking and escapist · narrative, science fiction

The narrative follows an unnamed protagonist in Surrey as massive metallic cylinders land across the English countryside.
7

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

D’Artagnan, a headstrong provincial nobleman, arrives in 17th-century Paris hoping to join the elite guard of King Louis XIII.
8

Foundation and Chaos

by Greg Bear

Also escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set within the Second Foundation Trilogy, this novel follows Hari Seldon as he defends his theories of psychohistory during a formal trial on the capital world of Trantor.
9

Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted

by Joss Whedon

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Cyclops and Emma Frost lead a reformed team consisting of Wolverine, Beast, and Kitty Pryde to re-establish the X-Men as a public force for good.
10

Shadow Puppets

by Orson Scott Card

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

In this third installment of the Shadow series, Peter Wiggin struggles to solidify his role as Hegemon while the world spirals toward global conflict.
11

Ivanhoe

by Walter Scott

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Set in twelfth-century England, the story follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a Saxon knight returning from the Crusades to a land fractured by ethnic tension.
12

House of M

by Brian Michael Bendis

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, suffers a psychological breakdown that threatens the fabric of reality.

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