What Next After Harry Potter?
The Harry Potter phenomenon has been attributed with turning many reluctant readers into avid readers. But once the cover closes on the last page of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows it leaves some parents who once wondered if their child would ever read now wondering what their child should read next.
Bookstores and libraries are overflowing with fantasy novels, but which ones will continue to hold the reader's interest?
This suggested reading list focuses on Children's and YA books that share a common element with the Harry Potter novels; the exploration of the relationships between the characters as they face a battle between good and evil.
Books are presented in alphabetical order by author and in reading order. YA novels, for the more mature reader (ages 12+), are presented in italics.
Herbie BRENNAN ~ Faerie Series
Faerie Wars ~ Purple Emperor ~ Ruler of the Realm ~ Faerie Lord
Eion COLFER ~ Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl ~ Artemis Fowl & the Arctic Incident ~ Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception ~
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code ~ Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony ~ Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox
Paul COLLINS ~ Jelindel Chronicles
Dragonlinks ~ Dragonfang ~ Dragonflight ~ Wardragon
Joseph DELANEY ~ Wardstone Chronicles
The Spooks Apprentice ~ The Spooks Curse ~ The Spooks Secret ~ The Spooks Battle ~ The Spooks Mistake
Ian IRVINE ~ Runcible Jones
Runcible Jones and the Gate to Nowhere ~ Runcible Jones and the Buried City ~ Runcible Jones and the Frozen Compass
Diana Wynne JONES ~ Chrestomanci Series (in chronological reading order)
The Lives of Christopher Chant ~ Conrad's Fate ~ Charmed Life ~ The Magicians of Caprona ~ The Pinhoe Egg
Mixed Magics (short stories various dates) ~ Witch Week (set in the same era as Charmed Life)
Derek LANDY ~ Skulduggery Pleasant
Skulduggery Pleasant ~ Skulduggary Pleasant: Playing With Fire ~ Skulduggary Pleasant : The Faceless Ones
James MOLONY ~ Book of Lies
Book of Lies ~ Master of the Books ~ Book from Barden Dark
Jenny NIMMO ~ Children of the Red King
Midnight for Charlie Bone ~ Time Twister ~ The Blue Boa ~ The Castle of Mirrors ~ Charlie Bone and the Hidden King ~
Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf ~ Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock
Philip PULLMAN ~ His Dark Materials
Northern Lights ~ Subtle Knife ~ Amber Spyglass
Angie SAGE ~ Septimus Heap
Magyk ~ Flyte ~ Physik ~ Queste
Jonathan STROUD ~ The Bartimaeus Trilogy
The Amulet of Samarkand ~ The Golem's Eye ~ Ptolemy's Gate

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