Escapism


A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher'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 (Twilight Saga, #1)
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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 Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahamePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Cottage Library
210 books — 41 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
British Young Adult Fantasy
44 books — 22 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Cottagecore Vibes
168 books — 49 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

Umberto Eco
To read fiction means to play a game by which we give sense to the immensity of things that happened, are happening, or will happen in the actual world. By reading narrative, we escape the anxiety that attacks us when we try to say something true about the world. This is the consoling function of narrative — the reason people tell stories, and have told stories from the beginning of time.
Umberto Eco, Six Walks in the Fictional Woods

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