Great Reads for Harry Potter fans:
A Select List of Brown County Library Harry Potter Read-Alikes
(4th-12th Grade)
Click on each title below to see the library's catalog record. Then click on the title in the record
for details, current availability, or to place a hold. For additional books and items on this theme,
ask your librarian or search the library’s online catalog.
Children’s Chapter Books:
(grades 4th – 7th)
The Chronicles of Prydain – Lloyd Alexander (series)
Kat, Incorrigible – Stephanie Burgis (series)
Twelve-year-old Katherine Ann Stephenson has just discovered that she has inherited
her late mother’s magical talents, and despite her strict Stepmother’s stern objections,
she is determined to learn how to use them.
The Land of Elyon – Patrick Carman (series)
The Witches – Roald Dahl
The Spiderwick Chronicles – Terry DiTerlizzi (series)
Hatching Magic – Ann Downer
Inkheart – Cornelia Funke (trilogy)
One cruel night, Meggie's father, Mo, reads aloud from Inkheart, and an evil ruler named
Capricorn escapes the boundaries of fiction, landing in their living room. Suddenly,
Meggie's in the middle of the kind of adventure she thought only took place in fairy tales.
Can she change the course of the story that has changed her life forever?
Redwall – Brian Jacques (series)
The Dragon of Trelian – Michelle Knudsen
Fablehaven – Brandon Mull (series)
A World Without Heroes – Brandon Mull (series)
The Spindlers – Lauren Oliver
One day, Liza wakes up and instantly notices that something is not right with her little
brother, Patrick. And she instantly knows what has happened to him - it's the work of a
Spindler. There is no time to waste, Liza knows what she must do: go Below and save
her brother’s soul from the Spindler’s before he is lost forever.
Silverwing – Kenneth Oppel
The Magic Thief – Sarah Prineas (trilogy)
Septimus Heap – Angie Sage (series)
Pillage – Obert Skye (series)
The Dragon’s Tooth – N.D. Wilson (series)
Young Adult Chapter Books:
(grades 8th – 12th)
The Lost Years of Merlin – T. A. Barron (series)
Pathfinder – Orson Scott Card (series)
Thirteen-year-old Rigg is a Pathfinder, one who sees the paths of others’ pasts. But when
his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him
about his own past, identity and destiny. And when Rigg discovers that he has the power
not only to see the past, but also to change it, his future suddenly becomes anything but
certain.
So You Want to be A Wizard – Diane Duane
The Last Dragonslayer – Jasper Fforde
The Princess Curse – Merrie Haskill
A mix of several fairy tales and ancient myths, Haskill tells the story of twelve princesses
that suffer from a puzzling (but silly) curse, and anyone who ends it will win a reward.
Princess Reveka, an herbalist apprentice, wants that reward. But her investigations lead
to deeper mysteries and a daunting choice—will she break the curse at the peril of her
own soul?
Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones (series)
Witch Week – Diana Wynne Jones (series)
Sandry’s Book – Tamora Pierce (series)
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Dealing With Dragons – Patricia Wrede (series)
For more about Harry Potter:
The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and
Fascinating Facts – David Colbert
Harry Potter Magic Eye Book: 3D Magical Creatures, Beasts and Beings – Magic
Eye
LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World – Elizabeth Dowsett
The Sorcerer’s Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter - Allen
Zola Kronzek and Elizabeth Kronzek
Harry Potter: Page to Screen, the Complete Filmmaking Journey – Bob McCabe
Harry Potty and the Deathly Borings – Stefan Petrucha
J.K. Rowling – Bryan Pezzi
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – J.K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages – J.K. Rowling
The Tales of Beedle the Bard – J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter Collector’s Handbook – William Silvester
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