Quest: Here's to New Beginnings

It's a brave thing to close a chapter of one's life and start a new one. But it takes a special kind of courage to close an entire part of one's story. To bid farewell, leave everything and everyone behind and start a new life. No return tickets, no turning back. We have much to learn from those characters who ventured into the unknown in their own ways. Perhaps they stepped into a new city, a new country or even a new world with nothing but a suitcase and a prayer, but what has become of them?

Read books where the character moves to a new place to start a new life (temporary trips, study away journeys and any kind of remote stints don't count).

3 occurrences

Legends & Lattes

by Travis Baldree

Legends & Lattes #1

Slice of LifeRomantic FantasyCozy Fantasy

318 PagesFebruary 2022

Read by 62 people

2 occurrences

Light From Uncommon Stars

by Ryka Aoki

Alternate HistoryFantasy

384 PagesSeptember 2021

Read by 6 people

2 occurrences

Blood Over Bright Haven

by M.L. Wang

Altima

Fantasy

422 PagesJuly 2023

Read by 7 people

2 occurrences

The Eye Of The World

by Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

January 1990

Read by 34 people

2 occurrences

The Ministry of Time

by Kaliane Bradley

Science FictionRomanceFantasy

11h May 2024

Read by 8 people

2 occurrences

Assassin's Apprentice

by Robin Hobb

The Farseer Trilogy #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

451 PagesMay 1995

Read by 50 people

2 occurrences

The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss

The Kingkiller Chronicle #1

High/Epic FantasyAdventure

704 PagesMarch 2007

Read by 34 people

2 occurrences

Harrow the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

The Locked Tomb #2

Science FictionFantasyHorror

560 PagesOctober 2020

Read by 9 people

1 occurrence

The Spellshop

by Sarah Beth Durst

Cozy MysteryFantasyRomance

384 PagesJuly 2024

Read by 18 people

1 occurrence

Twisted Threads

by Lea Wait

Mainely Needlepoint #1

ArtCozy MysteryCrafts & Hobbies

305 PagesJanuary 2015

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Kiss of Deception

by Mary E. Pearson

The Remnant Chronicles #1

High/Epic FantasyRomanceAdventure

486 PagesJuly 2014

Read by 12 people

1 occurrence

The Deep & Dark Blue

by Niki Smith

Fantasy

256 PagesJanuary 2020

100

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Golden Ruin

by Emma Kennedy

Science FictionRomance

336 PagesOctober 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Magic Factory

by Morgan Rice

Oliver Blue and the School for Seers #1

Fantasy

262 PagesNovember 2018

1 occurrence

Murder's a Witch

by Danielle Garrett

Beechwood Harbor Magic Mystery #1

MysteryParanormal

August 2016

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Barbarous, Chapter 1 Barbarous #1

Urban Fantasy

48 PagesJanuary 2017

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Vampire Knitting Club

by Nancy Warren

Vampire Knitting Club #1

Urban FantasyParanormalCozy Mystery

September 2018

Read by 5 people

1 occurrence

Mark of the Fool

by J.M. Clarke

Mark of the Fool #1

High/Epic FantasyProgression Fantasy

722 PagesMarch 2021

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Works of Vermin

by Hiron Ennes

Horror

368 PagesOctober 2025

100

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days Volume 1

by Fumino Hayashi

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days #1

RomanceScience Fiction

184 PagesDecember 2004

Read by 3 people

1 occurrence

Sprinkles and Sea Serpents

by Amanda Ronconi, Danielle Garrett

Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries #1

ParanormalCozy Mystery

7 PagesSeptember 2020

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Girl with a Thousand Faces

by Sunyi Dean

FantasyHorrorHistorical Fiction

304 PagesNovember 2025

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Sprinkles and Sea Serpents

by Danielle Garrett

Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries #1

ParanormalCozy Mystery

272 PagesSeptember 2020

1 occurrence

The Jasad Heir

by Sara Hashem

The Scorched Throne #1

High/Epic FantasyRomance

528 PagesJuly 2023

Read by 4 people

1 occurrence

The Hound of Greyvor

by W J Long III

The Silver Sights Saga #2

Space OperaParanormalSoft Sci-Fi

811 PagesSeptember 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Fastening the Grave (Kali James Book 1)

by L.A. McBride

Urban Fantasy

March 2022

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #1

Magical RealismHistorical FictionGothic

524 PagesMay 2001

Read by 12 people

1 occurrence

Butter, Sugar, Magic; Baking Up a Magical Midlife, book 1

by Jessica Rosenberg

266 PagesJuly 2022

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Beware of Chicken

by CasualFarmer

Beware of Chicken #1

FantasyComedic Fiction

367 Pages

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

I am in Eskew

by David Ward

Horror

16h

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Queen of Faces

by Petra Lord

Fantasy

427 PagesFebruary 2026

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

A House of Fangs & Deceit

by Alex Frost

ParanormalFantasyRomance

366 PagesJanuary 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Hex After Forty

by M.J. Caan

Singing Falls Witches #1

Urban FantasyRomanceParanormal

173 Pages

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

'Salem's Lot

by Stephen King

ParanormalFantasyThriller

653 PagesOctober 1975

Read by 21 people

1 occurrence

Dead in Dublin

by Catie Murphy

The Dublin Driver Mysteries #1

Cozy MysteryThriller

292 PagesDecember 2019

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Mort

by Terry Pratchett

Death #1

Comedic FictionComic Fantasy

272 PagesNovember 1987

Read by 29 people

1 occurrence

Indigo Ridge

by Devney Perry

The Edens #1

Contemporary RomanceRomantic SuspenseContemporary Fiction

324 PagesOctober 2021

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

Historical FictionRomance

587 PagesJanuary 1862

Read by 8 people

1 occurrence

Surviving Romance

by Lee Yeon

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Fall I Want

by Lyra Parish

Contemporary RomanceContemporary Fiction

476 PagesAugust 2024

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Lakelore

by Anna-Marie McLemore

Magical RealismContemporary FictionFantasy

304 PagesMarch 2022

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

A River Enchanted

by Rebecca Ross

Elements of Cadence #1

MysteryRomanceFantasy

480 PagesFebruary 2022

Read by 7 people

1 occurrence

Secondhand Spirits

by Juliet Blackwell

Witchcraft Mystery #1

Urban FantasyParanormalCozy Mystery

July 2009

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Ghost Mortem

by Erin Lynn, ReGina Welling

Haunted Everly After #1

ParanormalCozy Mystery

159 PagesApril 2019

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

The Will of the Many

by James Islington

Hierarchy #1

Fantasy

640 PagesMay 2023

Read by 14 people

1 occurrence

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 1

by Gainax, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Neon Genesis Evangelion #1

Science FictionFantasy

176 PagesDecember 1994

Read by 2 people

1 occurrence

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

Science FictionAdventure

216 PagesOctober 1979

Read by 44 people

1 occurrence

The Bridge Kingdom

by Danielle L. Jensen

The Bridge Kingdom #1

High/Epic FantasyRomance

356 PagesOctober 2018

Read by 8 people

1 occurrence

Wild Reverence

by Rebecca Ross

FantasyRomance

September 2025

Read by 1 person

1 occurrence

Fragile Sanctuary

by Catherine Cowles

Romantic SuspenseContemporary RomanceSuspense

366 PagesMay 2024

Read by 3 people