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If You Like Harry Potter...


This is the page where we list some of our favorite books that are similar to Harry Potter.

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If You Like Harry Potter..

Booklist prepared by Carrie Rankin

Dark Secret of Weatherend Fourteen-year-old Anthony Mundy and the town librarian try to prevent an evil wizard from turning the world into an icy wasteland.

 Bellairs, John

J  Fic  BEL

Over Sea, Under Stone

Three children set out to find King Arthur’s grail, touching off a struggle between the forces of good and evil, the Light and the Dark.

Cooper,  Susan
J  Fic  COO

Matilda For hundreds of kids, "The Trunchbull" is pure terror. For Matilda, she's a sitting duck.
Dahl, Roald
J  Fic  DAH

Castle in the Air

A carpet merchant’s daydreams about a princess, a genie and a villain become reality after he flies off on a shabby magic carpet.

Jones, Diana Wynne
J  Fic  JON

The Lives of Christopher Chant

Christopher discovers that his dreams are so realistic that he can actually visit other worlds and bring things back from them for his beloved, yet mysterious Uncle.

Jones, Diana Wynne
J  Fic  JON

Wizard of Earthsea

A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the master Wizard.

LeGuin, Ursula
J  Fic  LEG

Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Lewis, C.S.
J  Fic  LEW

Blue Sword Harry is kidnapped by the King of the Damarians, and comes reluctantly to realize that they possess the same mysterious powers a Harry.
McKinley, Robin
J  Fic  MCK

The Hero and the Crown Aerlin, with the help of the wizard Luth and a magic blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of a king and a witch.
McKinley, Robin
J  Fic  MCK

Wren to the Rescue With the help of a prince and an apprentice wizard, Wren strives to rescue her best friend, a princess named Tess, from the fortress of a wicked king.
Smith, Sherwood
J  Fic  SMI

The Wizard’s Apprentice A wizard recruits a rich teenager from Los Angeles to be his next Apprentice.
Somtow, S. P.
J  Fic  SOM

Mairelon the Magician A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard’s training hall by trusting and believing in himself.
Wrede, Patricia
J  Fic  WRE

A Plague of Sorcerers When a magic plague begins to take its toll of the wizards in the Empire, Jermyn, a newly apprenticed wizard, and Delia, his skunk familiar, must find a way to stop it.
Zambreno, Mary Frances
J  Fic  ZAM



 

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