Books for Those Who Love Harry Potter

Be sure to discuss with your librarian which of these suggestions are appropriate for your child's age.

The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander 

  1. The Book of Three
  2. The Black Cauldron
  3. The Castle of Llyr
  4. Taran Wanderer
  5. The High King
  6. The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain

Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

  1. Artemis Fowl
  2. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
  3. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
  4. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
  5. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony

    The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper

    1. Over Sea, Under Stone
    2. The Dark is Rising
    3. Greenwitch
    4. The Grey King
    5. Silver on the Tree

    Matilda by Roald Dahl

    The Witches
    by Roald Dahl

    The Young Wizards series by Diane Duane

    1. So You Want to Be a Wizard
    2. Deep Wizardry
    3. High Wizardry
    4. A Wizard Abroad
    5. The Wizard's Dilemma
    6. A Wizard Alone
    7. The Wizard's Holiday
    8. Wizards at War

    Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

    Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke

    1. Inkheart
    2. Inkspell
    3. Ink----? [Not yet published]

    Falcon series by Luli Gray

        1.  Falcon's Egg 
        2.  Falcon and the Charles Street Witch 
        3.  Timespinners 
        4.  Falcon and the Carousel of Time

    The Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson

    Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson


    The Redwall series by Brian Jacques 
       
        1.  Redwall                                        
        2.  Mossflower                                   
        3.  Mattimeo                                        
        4.  Mariel of Redwall
        5.  Salamandastron
        6.  Martin the Warrior
        7.  The Bellmaker
        8.  Outcast of Redwall
        9.  The Pearls of Lutra
        10.  The Long Patrol
        11.  Marlfox
        12.  The Legend of Luke
        13.  Lord Brocktree
        14.  The Taggerung
        15.  Triss
        16.  Loamhedge
        17.  Rakkety Tam
        18.  High Rhulain

    Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones

    1. Charmed Life
    2. The Lives of Christopher Chant
    3. The Magicians of Caprona
    4. Witch Week
    5. Conrad's Fate

    The Earthsea trilogy by Ursula LeGuin

        1.  A Wizard of Earthsea
        2.  The Tombs of Atuan
        3.  The Farthest Shore
        4.  Tehanu:  The Last Book of Earthsea
        5.  Tales from Earthsea
        6.  The Other Wind

    The Wrinkle in Time series by Madeline L’Engle

        1.  A Wrinkle in Time
        2.  A Wind in the Door
        3.  A Swiftly Tilting Planet
        4.  Many Waters

    Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis


        1.  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
        2.  Prince Caspian
        3.  Voyage of the Dawn Treader
        4.  The Silver Chair
        5.  The Horse and his Boy
        6.  The Magician's Nephew
        7.  The Last Battle

    The Witch series
    by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

        1.  Witch's Sister
        2.  Witch Water
        3.  The Witch Herself
        4.  The Witch's Eye
        5.  Witch Weed
        6.  The Witch Returns

    Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo

        1.  Midnight for Charlie Bone
        2.  Charlie Bone and the Time Twister
        3.  Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
        4.  Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors
        5.  Charlie Bone and the Hidden King

    The Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix

        1.  Sabriel
        2.  Lirael:  Daughter of the Clayr
        3.  Abhorsen

    The Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix

        1.  Mister Monday
        2.  Grim Tuesday
        3.  Drowned Wednesday
        4.  Sir Thursday
        5.  Lady Friday
        6.  Superious Saturday
        7.  Lord Sunday

    Bedknobs and Broomsticks
    by Mary Norton

    Inheritance trilogy by Christopher Paolini

        1.  Eragon
        2.  Eldest
        3.  ? [Not yet published]

    Circle of Magic
    series by Tamora Pierce


        1.  Sandry's Book
        2.  Tris's Book
        3.  Daja's Book
        4.  Briar's Book

    The Circle Opens series by Tamora Pierce

        1.  Magic Steps
        2.  Street Magic
        3.  Cold Fire
        4.  Shatterglass

    His Dark Materials
    series by Philip Pullman


        1.  The Golden Compass
        2.  The Subtle Knife
        3.  The Amber Spyglass

    A College of Magics and A Scholar of Magics by Caroline Stevermer

    The Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud

        1.  The Amulet of Samarkand
        2.  The Golem's Eye
        3.  Ptolemy's Gate

    The Hobbit
    and The Lord of the Rings
    by J.R.R. Tolkein

        1.  The Fellowship of the Ring
        2.  The Two Towers
        3.  The Return of the King

    Now You See It...
    by Vivian Vande Velde

    Wizard at Work
    by Vivian Vande Velde

    Enchanted Forest chronicles by Patricia Wrede

        1.  Dealing with Dragons
        2.  Searching for Dragons
        3.  Calling on Dragons
        4.  Talking to Dragons

    Sorcery and Cecelia
    and The Grand Tour by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

    Dragon of the Lost Sea
    by Laurence Yep


    Wizard’s Hall
    by Jane Yolen