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