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Books to feed your escapism

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When the going gets tough… lose yourself in a story
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Fantasy

 
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Truly the best ever… except it’ll likely never get an ending. Still worth losing yourself in GRRM’s beautiful prose
A Song of Ice and Fire (7 Volumes)
 
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Going through this now because I deeply love dragons
Inheritance Cycle 4-Book Boxed Set
 
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So much fun. Smut and dragons, what else could you want?
Fourth Wing Series 3 Book Set: Rebecca Yarros
 
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I’ve only read books 1 and 2 so far but… book 1 changed my life and how I think about writing. Magnificent and triumphant. Also the first book ever to make me cry actual tears
The Dandelion Dynasty: 4 Book Series
 
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The hits are hits for a reason
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7)

Magical realism

 
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So weird and wonderful and winding. A must read
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
 
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The intergenerational tale of a family touched by the Sight. Beautiful, breathtaking, makes me cry
The House of the Spirits: A Novel: Allende, Isabel
 
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Required reading for all. A great gateway into a mystical and beautiful genre
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Harper Perennial)

Classics

 
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Absolutely fantastic. Beautiful prose, such a weird and wonderful story
Amazon.com: The Picture of Dorian Gray
 
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Heartbreaking and beautiful. Won the Nobel Prize for a reason.
The Remains of the Day: Nobel Prize Winner
 
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Much better than Gatsby in my opinion. So atmospheric in the south of france and the Alps.
Tender Is the Night: F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
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Literally just a meme of a play. So funny
The Importance of Being Earnest (Dover)
 
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Every story in here is extremely bizarre and fun, sometimes even horrifying. Love the Russians
The Mantle and Other Stories - Gogol, Nikolai
 
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Such a great story. A mystery buried in an elite college buried in the trauma of having a friend group in your early 20s
The Secret History: A Read with Jenna Pick
 
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I’m so sorry but I had to. Shakespeare at his best, his funniest, his c**tiest
Shakespeare's Hamlet
 
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The OG dystopian novel. END IT DONT MEND IT!!
Brave New World: Huxley, Aldous
 
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Small town murder mystery written by one of the greatest American authors ever
In Cold Blood: Truman Capote: 9780679745587
 
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So extra but it’s a total masterpiece and we all know it
Les Miserables: Books
 
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Also very extra but god i love the Russians. So much fun
The Idiot (Penguin Classics): 9780140447927