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Robbie’s Fishhooks:
The First 45 Books to Get Hooked On After HP
I get a lot of requests like this, and this is a list I have been sending in reply. The idea is not to list the 45 best books ever, but 45 “first” books to start with, after Harry Potter gets you hooked on reading. Many of them are the start of a series, or a good introduction to an author whose other books you may also want to read. I skipped J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis because they go without saying. Enjoy!
1. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
2. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
3. So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
4. Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
5. Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
6. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
7. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
8. Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
9. The Indian In the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
10. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
11. The Witch Trade by Michael Molloy
12. A School for Sorcery by E. Rose Sabin
13. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
14. The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
15. The 13 Clocks by James Thurber
16. Half Magic by Edward Eager
17. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
18. A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer
19. Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
20. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
21. Bedknob and Broomstick by Mary Norton
22. The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall
23. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
24. The Once and Future King by T. H. White
25. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
26. The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
27. The Midnight Folk by John Masefield
28. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
29. The Brave Apprentice by P. W. Catanese
30. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
31. Mimus by Lilli Thal
32. Dragon and Thief by Timothy Zahn
33. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
34. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
35. Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
36. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
37. Tangerine by Edward Bloor
38. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
39. The Various by Steve Augarde
40. The Children of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston
41. The Tears of the Salamander by Peter Dickinson
42. Hidden Talents by David Lubar
43. Sabriel by Garth Nix
44. The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
45. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Return to The Book Trolley.
If you would like to contact Robbie, you may do so here.
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