Beyond Harry Potter

The following titles aren’t exactly like Harry Potter, but offer their own worlds of magic and excitement. Look for these books in the children’s fiction (jF) collection by the author’s last name.

• Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three. (+)
• Barron, T. A. The Lost Years of Merlin. (+)
• Bellairs, John. The Curse of the Blue Figurine. (+)
• Brittain, Bill. Devil's Donkey. (+)
• Brooke, William J.  A Telling of the Tales: Five Stories. (+)
• Cooper, Susan. Over Sea, Under Stone. (+)
• Coville, Bruce. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. (+)
• Coville, Bruce. Juliet Dove, Queen of Love.
• Dahl, Roald. The Witches. (+)
• DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux.
• DiTerlizzi, Tony. The Field Guide.
• Duane, Diane. So You Want to Be a Wizard? (+)
• Eager, Edward. Half Magic. (+)
• Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm.
• Farmer, Nancy. The Sea of Trolls. (+)
• Fleischman, Sid. The 13th Floor : A Ghost Story.
• Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Inkheart. (+)
• Furlong, Monica. Wise Child. (+)
• Gaiman, Neil. Coraline.
• Garner, Alan. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley. (+)
• Gilmour, H. B. Dead Wrong. (+)
• Ibbotson, Eva. The Secret of Platform 13.
• Jacques, Brian. Redwall. (+)
• Jones, Diana Wynne. Witch Week. (+)
• Kendall, Carol:  The Gammage Cup. (+)
• Langton, Jane. The Diamond in the Window. (+)
• LeGuin, Ursula. A Wizard of Earthsea. (+)
• L'Engle, Madeline. A Wrinkle in Time. (+)
• Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted. (+)
• Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. (+)
• Lowry, Lois. The Giver.
• Mahy, Margaret. The Changeover. (+)
• McKillip, patricia. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld. (+)
• McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown. (+)
• Nesbit, E. The Enchanted Castle. (+)
• Nimmo, Jenny. Midnight for Charlie Bone. (+)
• Nix, Garth. Mister Monday. (+)
• Nodelman, Perry. The Same Place but Different.
• Norton, Mary. The Borrowers.(+)
• Paolini, Christopher. Eragon.
• Pattou, Edith. East.
• Pierce, Tamora. Alanna: The First Adventure. (+)
• Pullman, philip. The Golden Compass. (+)
• Scieszka, Jon. Knights of the Kitchen Table. (+)
• Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. Black and Blue Magic. (+)
• Turner, Megan Whalen. The Thief.
• Tolkien, J. R. R.. The Hobbit. (+)
• White, T. H. The Sword in the Stone. (+)
• Winthrop, Elizabeth. Castle in the Attic.
• Wrede, Patricia C. Dealing With Dragons. (+)
• Yep, Laurence. Dragon Steel. (+)
• Yolen, Jane. Wizard's Hall. (+)

Harry on the Web………

• The Books - http://scholastic.com/harrypotter
• The Movie - http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com
• Harry Potter Lexicon - the Ultimate Harry Potter Reference - http://www.hp-lexicon.org

(+) Indicates that there are other books by the same author, possibly in the same series.

This booklist compiled by the children's librarians at the San Francisco public Library, September 1999. The books listed are a sampling of the titles available. Ask your Children’s Librarian for further suggestions, and tell us which are your favorites.