Studio Ghibli Inspired Reading Challenge 👒🍵⛰️ - hosted by alisylvi

Castle in the Sky (1986)
"No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love!"

Laputa, the castle in the sky, is a remnant of an era of humanity where people lived in the sky. Sheeta falls from the heavens one day and holds the key to finding legendary Laputa. Pazu helps her while they evade others with ill intentions who also wants to reach the floating castle. Read a book set in or written in an ancient world/country that no longer exists.
 
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Young Hag by Isabel Greenberg

Young Hag

Isabel Greenberg

288 pages • paperback • 2024

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The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

170 pages • paperback • 1842 user-added

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The Seven Deadly Sins, Vol. 1 by Nakaba Suzuki

The Seven Deadly Sins, Vol. 1

The Seven Deadly Sins #1

Nakaba Suzuki

179 pages • paperback • 2013

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The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

The Well of Ascension

Mistborn #2

Brandon Sanderson

792 pages • paperback • 2007

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The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke

The Girl with the Red Balloon

The Balloonmakers #1

Katherine Locke

288 pages • paperback • 2017

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Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) #1

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

417 pages • paperback • 2017

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The Iliad by Homer

The Iliad

Homer

699 pages • paperback • -750

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The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion

Middle-earth Universe

J.R.R. Tolkien

375 pages • hardcover • 1977

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