Harry Potter Readalikes

If you liked the Harry Potter series (and who doesn't?), here's a list of some books you may want to try next:

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Skull of Truth by Bruce Coville

Never-ending Story by Michael Ende

Princess Nevermore by Dian Curtis Regan

Drift House by Dale Peck

The Rope Trick by Lloyd Alexander

The Wind Singer by William Nicholson

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

Here, There Be Dragons by James Owens

The Dragonslayers by Bruce Coville

Sandry’s Book by Tamora Pierce

The Folk Keeper by Fran Billingsly

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

The Hobbitt by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Witches by Roald Dahl

Secrets of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson

Matilda by Roald Dahl

The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Wizard’s Hull by Jane Yolen

The Wizard’s Map by Jane Yolen

Tithe, Valiant, and Ironside by Holly Black

 

Series

The Looking Glass Wars trilogy by Frank Beddor

The Looking Glass Wars

Seeing Redd

Archenemy

The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander

The Book of Three

The Black Cauldron

The Castle of Lyr

Taran Wanderer

The High King

The Dark Is Rising series by Susan Cooper

Over Sea Under Stone

The Dark Is Rising

Greenwich

The Grey King

Silver on the Tree

Young Wizards series by Diane Duane

So You Want to Be A Wizard

Deep Wizardry

High Wizardry

A Wizard Abroad

The Wizard's Dilemma

A Wizard Alone

Wizard's Holiday

Wizards at War

A Wizard of Mars

Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl

The Arctic Incident

The Eternity Code

The Opal Deception

The Lost Colony

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud

The Amulet of Samarkand

The Golem’s Eye

Ptolemy’s Gate

Lost Years of Merlin series by T. A. Barron

The Lost Years of Merlin

The Seven Songs of Merlin

The Fires of Merlin

The Mirror of Merlin

TheWings of Merlin     

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede

Dealing with Dragons

Searching for Dragons

Calling on Dragons

Talking to Dragons

The Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

The Return of the King

Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief

The Sea of Monsters

The Titan’s Curse

The Battle of the Labyrinth

The Last Olympian

Summer Reading Lists

Need some ideas for what to read this summer? Click on one of the summer reading lists below to discover your next great read:

Parade: 12 Great Summer Books

NPR: Summer's Biggest, Juiciest Nonfiction Adventures

Amazon: Best of 2011 So Far

Good Housekeeping: 10 Summer Beach Reads

Oprah: O's 2011 Summer Reading List

Nancy Pearl (Librarian of the Year): 10 Terrific Summer Reads

New York Times: Books to Bury Yourself In

USA Today: Summer Reads - A Look at the Season's Hottest New Books

LA Times: Summer Reading Guide

Track Your Series Reading with FictFact

Is one of your New Year's resolutions to get organized? Ok, so maybe your house is still a mess from the holidays, but you can easily get organized in one area - your reading list!

If you enjoy reading series books, you may be interested in signing up for a free account on FictFact.com.

FictFact can help you:

• find out what book is next in a series you are reading
• be aware of when new books in your favorite series come out
• discover series that are similar to those you've already read

You can add friends as contacts, and you can also recommend authors, books, and series if you don't find your favorite on the website already. There is a useful book release calendar that helps you keep track of when books will be published. FictFact.com is a great companion to the free website goodreads.com and the Novelist database (accessible in the library or at home with your library card #) . If you have any questions or need help setting up an account, feel free to contact Taryn at tsuper@greenwoodlibrary.us. And of course you are always welcome to stop by the reference desk if you need reading recommendations.We love to talk about books and hear what you're reading!

How do you keep track of YOUR reading list?

 Most people who work in a library love books. The close proximity to so many great reads is a huge perk of working at a library. Myth buster fact: Librarians do not get to sit at their desk and read all day. I know, it's a shocker. No matter, many of us spend large amounts of time off the clock reading for pleasure and also to be prepared when we are asked that all important question: What should I read next?

Many of us keep track of the books we read. Most of us even rate each book, categorize it, and often write a review of it. Besides being able to help library customers pick out good books to read, keeping track of what authors are especially good and which series are "hot" also helps us when it comes time to pick out new books the library should purchase. This would take a ton of time if we had to write out all this information by hand. In my case, it would also be incredibly disheartening if I ever lost that giant notebook one day. So, many of us use the free online tool at Goodreads.com. It is a social networking site for book lovers.

Several of our patrons are now part of GPL's online Goodreads community, and it is so fun! We can look at each other's reading lists and find out what books are worth reading next. If we have an especially good book, we can recommend it to others who we think might also really like it. Please consider taking a look at Goodreads, creating a free account, and joining the GPL group. We would love to know what you are reading!

If you have questions on how to set up an account or would like to speak to me about my Goodreads experience, don't hesitate to email (kmartin@greenwoodlibrary.us) or call me (885-5036).  

- Kendra