The best books to read next
Matched to what made Harry Potter so good — ranked by how closely they'll fill the specific void it left.
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The greatest wizard of his age sits in a tavern and begins to tell his own story — and it's nothing like the legend.
The closest thing to Hogwarts-level wonder in adult fantasy. A young prodigy at a magical university, mentors, enemies, and prose that makes every sentence a pleasure.
A brilliant but miserable young man discovers a secret college for real magicians. It is nothing like he expected.
Harry Potter for adults — same wonder, much darker consequences. What if magic were real and it didn't fix anything?
A 12-year-old discovers he is the son of a Greek god and has accidentally started a war between Olympus and the Underworld.
The same warm, funny, chosen-protagonist energy as Harry Potter — just with Greek myths instead of wizards. Essential if you loved the early books.
Two magicians in Regency England attempt to restore magic to Britain. One is cautious. One is not.
The same feeling of a fully realised magical England — but written for adults, with Clarke's extraordinary attention to historical detail and footnotes that are jokes hidden in plain sight.
A caseworker for magical children is sent to assess a potentially dangerous orphanage. He finds something unexpected.
The warmth and found-family magic of Harry Potter — pure, kind, and deeply satisfying. The cosiest fantasy ever written.
A slave girl and an elite soldier are thrown together in a brutal empire where survival is never guaranteed.
If you loved the later, darker Harry Potter books — the sense of real stakes, real loss — An Ember in the Ashes delivers that in a brutal Roman-inspired world.
An angel and a demon have grown fond of Earth and would prefer it not to end. The Antichrist has been misplaced.
The same wit and warmth as Harry Potter, turned up to eleven. Two gods of the genre at their best.