For Harry Potter fans
(June 2005)
This list was originally developed by the librarians at the American Library Association.
Harry-a-like books | If you like Harry books.
Harry-a-like books
Books that may have similar story elements to Harry Potter but more importantly replicate the accessibility, tone and flavor.
- The Book of Three (from the Chronicles of Prydain)
Lloyd Alexander - Wizard of Oz
Frank L. Baum - The Folk Keeper
Franny Billingsly - The Field Guide (from the Spiderwick Chronicles)
Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black - Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer - The Dark is Rising (from the Dark is Rising Sequence)
Susan Cooper - Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Bruce Coville - So You Want To Be A Wizard (from the Young Wizard Series)
Diane Duane - Inkheart
Cornelia Funke - Witch Week (from the Chrestomanci Quartet)
Diana Wynne Jones - Midnight for Charlie Bone (from the Children of the Red King series)
Jenny Nimmo - Mister Monday (from the Keys to the Kingdom series)
Garth Nix - The Bad Beginning (from A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Lemony Snicket - The Amulet of Samarkand (from the Bartimaeus Trilogy)
Jonathan Stroud - Dealing with Dragons (from the Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Patricia Wrede - Wizard's Hall
Jane Yolen
If You Like Harry Books
Books that may be similar in theme to Harry Potter but are more complex or are great fantasy fiction.
- Midnight Magic
Avi - The Lost Years of Merlin (from the Lost Years of Merlin series)
T. A. Barron - Gregor the Overlander (from the Underland Chronicles)
Suzanne Collins - Half Magic
Edward Eager - The Neverending Story
Michael Ende - Sea of Trolls
Nancy Farmer - A Wizard of Earthsea (from the Earthsea Cycle)
Ursula Le Guin - A Wrinkle in Time (first of the Wallace books)
Madeleine L'Engle - Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine - Chronicles of Narnia
C. S. Lewis - The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance
Margaret Mahy - Dragonsinger (part of the Harper Hall Trilogy)
Anne McCaffery - The Hero and the Crown
Robin McKinley - Five Children and It
E. Nesbit - Sabriel (from the Abhorsen Trilogy)
Garth Nix - Airborn
Kenneth Oppel - Silverwing
Kenneth Oppel - Eragon
Christopher Paolini - Sandry's Book (from the Circle of Magic series)
Tamora Pierce - Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett - The Golden Compass (from His Dark Materials)
Phillip Pullman - The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
