If you like Harry Potter,
you will like these books.
Children's Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Children's Fiction
Dangerous Games - Aiken, Joan
Her mission to bring an expert on games back to an ailing King James III in London takes Dido Twite to a small tropical island, where she is caught up in the conflict between a conniving city dweller and the more subtle powers of the native forest people.
The Book of Three - Alexander, Lloyd
(The Prydain Chronicles Series)
Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, longs to be a hero. He begins his journey with a strange assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved land, Prydain.
Tuck Everlasting - Babbitt, Natalie
When Winnie discovers the magic spring that gives the Tuck family eternal life, she is faced not only with the difficult decision of whether or not to drink from it, but whether to tell all when a stranger wants to know the secret in order to sell the water.
The Wizard of Oz Series - Baum, Frank
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas.
The Last Unicorn - Beagle, Peter
A unicorn, a haphazard wizard, and a spunky scullery woman journey to the dreaded kingdom of Haggaard, an evil ruler who, with the help of a bull-shaped demon, imprisons all the unicorns of the world.
Alice in Wonderland - Carroll, Lewis
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
King of Shadows - Cooper, Susan
While in London preparing to perform in a replica of the famous Globe Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself transported back to 1599 and performing in the original theater under the tutelage of Shakespeare himself.
The Boggart - Cooper, Susan
After visting a Scottish castle and returning home to Canada, Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher - Coville, Bruce
Small for his age but artistically talented, Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.
Into the Land of the Unicorns - Coville, Bruce (Unicorn Chronicles Series)
Having jumped into the fantasy land of Luster, Cara joins Lightfoot the unicorn in the search for Queen Arabella Skydancer.
The BFG - Dahl, Roald
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from 9 other man-gobbling giants.
Matilda - Dahl, Roald
For hundreds of kids, "The Trunchbull" is pure terror. For Matilda, she's a sitting duck.
The Twenty-One Balloons - DuBois, William Pene
Follow the adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who sets off in a balloon to travel around the world and survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa.
A Wizard Abroad - Duane, Diane (Wizards Series)
Sent on vacation to her aunt's home in Ireland, teenage wizard Nita becomes entangled in a magic battle to save the country from the ghosts of its past.
Half Magic - Eager, Edward
Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.
The Secret of Platform 13 - Ibbotson, Eva
The hag Odge Gribble accompanies a wizard, a fey, and an ogre on a mission through a magical tunnel to rescue their young prince who was stolen as an infant.
Which Witch - Ibbotson, Eva
Deciding that he must sire a child to carry on his tradition of Loathing Light and Blighting the Beautiful, the Great Wizard Arriman announces a competition among the witches of Todcaster, one of whom will marry him.
Redwall Series - Jacques, Brian
When the peaceful life of the Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the sword of Martin the Warrior which will help him destroy the enemy.
The Lives of Christopher Chant - Jones, Diana Wynne
Christopher can bring things back from his dreams, and is taken to Chrestomanci Castle where he is trained to become a wizard.
The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster, Norton
Milo travels to The Lands Beyond when he drives his small electric car through a mysterious, miniature tollbooth gate.
A Wrinkle in Time Series - L'Engle, Madeleine
Meg's father disappeared while doing top secret experiments in 5th dimension time travel. Now the time has come for Meg and Charles Wallace to rescue him.
A Wizard of Earthsea - Le Guin, Ursula
(Earthsea trilogy) Ged enters the School for Wizards, and becomes apprenticed to the Master Wizard. He uses his power too soon and a terrible evil is let loose.
Ella Enchanted - Levine, Gail
In this version of the Cinderella story, Ella is cursed to obey any order given to her. "If you commanded me to cut off my own head, I'd have to do it."
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Lewis, C.S.
(Chronicles of Narnia Series)
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
The Blood and Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak - Mahy, Margaret
Relates the tangled events that lead the students of the Unexpected School on Hurricane Peak to foil the wicked Sir Quincey and his accomplices and to solve several mysteries.
Five Children and It - Nesbit, Edith
Four kids discover a wish-granting Psammead, or sand-fairy, in a gravel pit. Be careful what you wish for!
The Hounds of the Morrigan - O'Shea, Pat
When Pidge finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it.
Happily Ever After - Quindlen, Anna
When a girl who loves to read fairy tales is transported to medieval times, she finds that the life of a princess in a castle is less fun than she imagined.
Jacob Two-Two and the Hooded Fang - Richler, Mordecai
(Jacob Two-Two Series)
Jacob Two-Two says everything twice, but this gets him into trouble one day and he finds himself on Slimer's Isle, surrounded by sharks and jailed by the child-hating Hooded Fang.
The Bad Beginning - Snicket, Lemony
(A Series of Unfortunate Events Series)
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
The Hobbit - Tolkien, J.R.R.
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
Castle in the Attic - Winthrop, Elizabeth
William gets a toy castle for his birthday, and when he picks up the tiny silver knight... it comes alive in his hand and a magical adventure begins!
The Sword in the Stone - White, T.H.
Merlyn the Magician teaches a curious young boy named Wart and transforms him into Arthur, the future king of England.
Dealing with Dragons - Wrede, Patricia (Enchanted Forest Chronicles Series)
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.
Wizard's Hall - Yolen, Jane
A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself.
Dragon's Blood - Yolen, Jane
Jakkin, a servant boy who works in a dragon nursery on the planet Austar IV, steals and secretly trains a dragon hatchling to become a champion fighter.
Young Adult Fiction
Over Sea, Under Stone - Cooper, Susan (The Dark is Rising Series)
Three children on a holiday in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest for a grail that would reveal the true story of King Arthur.
The Third Magic - Katz, Welwyn Wilton
In this interpretation of the Arthurian legend, 15 year old Morgan Lefevre is mistaken for one of her own ancestors while visiting England, summoned to the alien world of Nwm and caught between the opposing cruelties of the two Magics.
Dragonsong - McCaffrey, Anne (Dragons of Pern Series)
Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the Planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards, who along with her music, opens a new life for her.
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld - McKillip, Patricia
After the death of her wizard father, 16 year old Sybel's only friends are part of a magical menagerie - a dragon, black swan, lion, falcon, and boar - until an infant child is put into her charge.
The Blue Sword - McKinley, Robin
Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.
The Hunter's Moon - Melling, O.R.
It all begins when Fundabhair and her Canadian cousin Gwen set out on a journey through the Irish countryside in search of the magical world of Faerie.
Sabriel - Nix, Garth
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
Sandry's Book - Pierce, Tamora (The Circle of Magic Series)
Here begins the tale of Daja, Briar, Tris, and Sandry, four children brought to Winding Cirlce Temple for training in crafts and magic. They are outcasts in their homeland. But in this magical place, they are valued and respected for their special powers.
The Golden Compass - Pullman, Phillip (His Dark Materials Series)
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Wind Shiftor - Smith, Linda (The Freyan Trilogy)
A young apprentice wizard finds herself in the middle of a historic war which only she can stop.
On Fortune's Wheel - Voigt, Cynthia
Faced with the prospect of an unhappy life in the Kingdom, Birle accompanies a young runaway nobleman on a journey south and falls into slavery in the citadel of a cruel prince.