A Distant Soil, Vol. 1: The Gathering

7 best books like A Distant Soil, Vol. 1: The Gathering (Colleen Doran): The Running Dream, Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama, Wicked Appetite, High Fantasies, Demons, Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey, Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur's Gate

The Running Dream

Author	Wendelin Van Draanen
ISBN	0375866671

An award-winning and inspiring novel.  When Jessica's dreams are shattered, she puts herself back together—and learns to dream bigger than ever before.

Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's not comforted by the news that she'll be able to walk with...

Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama

Author	Alison Bechdel
ISBN	0618982507

A graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be.

Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother: voracious reader, music lover, passionate amateur actor. Also...

Wicked Appetite

Author	Janet Evanovich
ISBN	0312652917

For centuries, treasure hunters have been eager to possess the stones, undeterred by their corrupting nature. The list is long — Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, to name a few. Now the Stones have found their way to Salem, Massachusetts, and so has Gerwulf Grimoire, adding himself to...

High Fantasies

Author

Kurtis J. Wiebe

The Queens are back! Palisade is still a rat-infested hell hole, and Violet, Hannah, Dee, Betty, and the brand-new Queen, Braga are the only hope of saving it! It’s been a long time since they’ve done a good slaughter, so join them as they get back to the basics of killing monsters and drinking away...

Demons

Author	Kurtis J. Wiebe
ISBN	1632157357

Things I like:

-Fantasy stories
-Exotic and magical locales
-Ass-kicking lady adventurers
-Macaroni & Cheese (not relevant to this story; I just really like it)

All of these elements are present in this tale of our favorite rodentian royalty, and, yet, I found...

Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey

Author	Mark Dery
ISBN	0316188549

From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth.

But who was this...

Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur's Gate

Author	Jim Zub
ISBN	1631402501

Eye candy? Yeah. Fairly entertaining story? Sure. Shameless trading on a gimmick character from a late-90s video game? Undoubtedly.

All things considered, this was better than it had a right to be when I realized a major component of the story was Mr. Squeaky Wheel Gets the Kick! from the 1998...