Escapism


A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Broker Executive by Val VogelOut of the Cage by Matthew LightfootA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe December Issue by J. ShepRetirement by Bob Boylan
Best Books About Retirement
39 books — 38 voters
Discovery by Louise McLaughlinLet It All Burn by Denise Grover SwankPirate's Paradox by Lisa KesslerMagic Dark, Magic Divine by A.J. LockeWitch's Reign by Shannon Mayer
Best Urban Fantasy to Read to Escape
10 books — 3 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesFruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki TakayaStardust by Neil GaimanThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Feel Good Fantasies
133 books — 23 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Cottage Library
210 books — 37 voters
My Man Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseLady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona CarnarvonBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Escape
62 books — 4 voters

Arthur C. Clarke
There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from escapism, in fact you might say that science fiction is escape into reality... It's a fiction which does concern itself with real issues: the origin of man; our future. In fact I can't think of any form of literature which is more concerned with real issues, reality. ...more
Arthur C. Clarke

Ruth Rendell
Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
Ruth Rendell, A Judgement in Stone

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