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Chasing Hogwarts Magic: Books to Read If You Love Harry Potter 🏰💫
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items I still remember the magic of reading Harry Potter for the very first time—staying up way past my bedtime under the covers with a flashlight, completely lost in Hogwarts, cozy common rooms, and magical mysteries. If you miss that feeling of stepping ...
The ultimate magical university journey with rich, poetic lore.
Follows Kvothe, a gifted orphan who navigates poverty, magic, and mystery at a prestigious university. The magic system based on Sympathy feels so grounded, and the storytelling is pure poetry.
Follows Kvothe, a gifted orphan who navigates poverty, magic, and mystery at a prestigious university. The magic system based on Sympathy feels so grounded, and the storytelling is pure poetry.
The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle 1)
Parallel magical Londons, elemental magic, and high-stakes adventure. Kell is one of the rare magicians who can travel between parallel Londons (Grey, Red, White, and Black). If you loved the magical doorways and artifacts in HP, this world-building ...
A Darker Shade of Magic: Novel (Shades 1)
"Harry Potter meets Narnia" for a slightly older, dark academia audience. Quentin Coldwater gets admitted to Brakebills, a secret college of magic in New York. It takes a fascinating, more grounded look at what learning real magic would actually do t...
The Magicians: A Novel
Pure cozy magic, found family, and wholesome Hogwarts-level comfort. Linus Baker inspects an isolated orphanage housing six dangerous magical youth (including a young Lucifer). It gives all the warm, cozy, comforting vibes of staying in a Hogwarts co...
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles 1)
Modern Arthurian legend meets secret magical societies on a college campus. After her mother's death, Breeze infiltrates a secret magical society on campus and discovers a secret war between demon hunters and magicians. High stakes, incredible magic,...
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle Book 1)
High-stakes academy training, brutal magic, and dual perspectives. Set in a brutal Roman-inspired military academy, a scholar girl going undercover collides with the academy's finest soldier. Full of intense plot twists, deep lore, and high-wire tens...
An Ember in the Ashes
A dark, dangerous magic school with no teachers and lethal monsters. El enters the Scholomance, a school where graduation literally means surviving monster attacks. Think Hogwarts, but where the castle is actively trying to eat the students!
A Deadly Education: The Scholomance Book 1
Camp Half-Blood, mythical quests, and witty trio dynamics. If the golden trio (Harry, Ron, Hermione) was your favorite part of HP, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover will instantly capture your heart. Mythological monsters, secret camps, and fast-paced fun.
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief Disney+ Edition
Grand, sweeping epic fantasy with dragons, secret mages, and ancient prophecies. An epic standalone fantasy with rich political intrigue, ancient elemental magic, and majestic dragons. If you love deep, immersive lore that you can completely get lost...
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos)
"Nigerian Harry Potter"—magical abilities, secret societies, and juju lore. Sunny lives in Nigeria and discovers she has latent magical power (Leopard Person). She joins a group of young magic students to solve a supernatural mystery. Unique, rich, a...
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts Book 1)
Secret magical worlds hidden in plain sight, Telepathy, and magical creatures. Sophie can read minds and discovers she is actually an elf who belongs in a hidden, high-tech magical realm. Perfect for readers who miss the sense of discovery Harry had ...
Keeper of the Lost Cities
Secret agencies, magical trials, and a determined protagonist. Amari discovers her brother worked for the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and takes on rigorous trials to find him. Bursting with creativity, magical gadgets, and heart.
Amari and the Night Brothers: Magical Quest
Magical boarding school, chosen-one tropes, and enemies-to-lovers tension. Simon Snow is the "Chosen One" at Watford School of Magicks, but his wand barely works and his vampire roommate drives him crazy. A fun, affectionate twist on classic magic sc...
Deal: Carry On (Simon Snow Trilogy Book 1)
Heist dynamics, dark magic systems, and unforgettable found family. Kaz Brekker assembles a crew of six dangerous outcasts for an impossible magical heist. The character chemistry, dark intrigue, and intricate magic system make it impossible to put d...
Six of Crows
Secret Alexandrian library, elite dark academia, and high-powered magicians. Six exceptionally gifted magicians compete for five spots in the secret Alexandrian Society, gaining access to lost archives of ancient magic and ultimate power.
The Atlas Six (Atlas Series Book 1)
Dark secret societies at Yale, ghost-walking, and occult rituals. Alex Stern can see ghosts without magic and is recruited to monitor Yale’s secret occult societies. Darker, grittier, and filled with deep, captivating mystery.
Ninth House
Shadows, mysterious estates, secret doors, and eerie magical atmospheres. Olivia grew up in an asylum and is summoned to Gallant, a mysterious estate where she discovers a realm of shadows behind a garden wall. Perfect for fans of HP's darker, gothic...
Gallant: Gothic Fantasy of Secrets & Demons
Mysterious portals, chimera magic, and secret identities. Karou runs errands through portal doors for a monster who raises her, gathering teeth for mysterious magic rituals. Lyrical, atmospheric, and full of enchantment!
Daughter of Smoke & Bone