Harry Potter Read Alikes

So you like the Harry Potter books and want to read something like them. Here's a list of books you may like.

For readers who liked the Fantasy aspect of Harry Potter

• Secret of Platform 13 Eva Ibbotsen
• Deliverers of their Country Nesbit
• Half-Magic Edward Eager (also, most anything else by Eager)
• Enchanted Castle Nesbit
• Tom’s Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce
• Wrinkle in Time (series) Madeline L’Engle
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (series) C.S. Lewis
• The Lord of the Rings (series) J.R.R. Tolkien

For readers who liked the magic (witches, wizards) aspect

• Wizard Hall Jane Yolen
• Witch's Sister (series) Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Worst Witch (series) Jill Murphy (there is also a movie)
• So You Want To Be a Wizard (series) Diane Duane
• Magician's House Quartet William Corlett (takes place in Wales)
• Circle of Magic (series) Tamora Pierce
• Dark is Rising (series) Susan Cooper (The Grey King in this series won the Newbery Medal - takes place in Wales)
• Young Merlin Trilogy Jane Yolen
• Here There be Witches Jane Yolen (short Stories)
• Which Witch Eva Ibbotsen
• Legend of Rah and the Muggles N.K. Stouffer

For readers who are looking for similar series

• Witch's Sister (series) Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Worst Witch (series) Jill Murphy (there is also a movie)
• So You Want To Be a Wizard (series) Diane Duane
• Magician's House Quartet William Corlett (takes place in Wales)
• Circle of Magic (series) Tamora Pierce
• Dark is Rising (series) Susan Cooper (The Grey King in this series won the Newbery Medal - takes place in Wales)
• Young Merlin Trilogy Jane Yolen
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (series) C.S. Lewis
• The Lord of the Rings (series) J.R.R. Tolkien
• Chrestomanci (series) Diana Wynne Jones

Non-Fiction

• The Book of Wizard Parties Janie Kilby (y793.21/KIL)
• The Book of Wizard Craft Janie Kilby (y745.5/KIL)