Books Like Harry Potter
Based on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Magical schools, chosen ones, and coming-of-age adventures in fantasy worlds.
If you loved Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, try these:
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
Why it's similar: A kid discovers he's the son of a Greek god and must navigate a hidden mythological world.
The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss
Why it's similar: A gifted young man attends a legendary university of magic and uncovers dark secrets.
736 pages
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
Why it's similar: A young wizard's journey of self-discovery at a school of magic on an archipelago world.
205 pages
The Magicians
Lev Grossman
Why it's similar: An adult take on magical school with real emotional stakes and Narnia-like world.
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
Why it's similar: An ordinary person falls into a hidden magical London full of wonder and danger.
274 pages
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
Why it's similar: A brave girl in an alternate world with soul-companions uncovers a grand conspiracy.
Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones
Why it's similar: A cursed girl enters a wizard's enchanted castle in a whimsical, magical world.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Why it's similar: Children discover a magical world through a wardrobe and join an epic battle of good vs evil.
Eragon
Christopher Paolini
Why it's similar: A farm boy finds a dragon egg and becomes a dragon rider destined to fight an evil king.
561 pages
Sabriel
Garth Nix
Why it's similar: A young woman crosses into a magical realm of the dead to rescue her necromancer father.
352 pages
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