Unfortunately, there is no replacing harry potter, but there are fantastic books and book series to keep your child engaged, entertained, and reading. Here are 20 magical books like harry potter that will portkey you right back to your hogwarts days. Though it was written for children, the characters and the plot have a dark tone to them and are equally thrilling for adult readers. From the golden compass to city of bones, heres time s take on the 10 most magical books to read if you love harry potter.
Harry potter offers hope mixed with reality a very multilayered, adult concept. The golden compass his dark materials, philip pullman. And yes, she is very mad at me for going to the wizarding world of harry potter without her for the first time. Harry potters power on adults twenty years have come and gone since the first harry potter book harry potter and the philosophers stone was released in the united kingdom. Are the harry potter books worth reading as an adult. Why harry potter appeals to adults as well as younger audiences the perspective of stephan king, a respected adult author, on the power of harry potter. Young adult literature typically centers on teenagers.
Perfect as party decor on your food table or to give as harry potter party favor treats. You get the sense of a wise and benevolent adult narrator. Below, weve gathered the best books that combine harry potters genre with. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Learn how to make harry potter cookies with recipes, instructional tutorials and harry potter cookie decoration ideas to astound girls and boys of all ages from kids, teens, and adults. Little ginnys been writing in it for months and months, telling me all her pitiful worries and woes how her brothers tease her, how she had to come to school with secondhand robes, and books, how how she didnt think famous, good, great harry potter would ever like her. Here are 25 books your child should read after harry potter. Rowling and even if it does feature harry potter as a character, its not really the next harry potter book. Shop target for harry potter puzzles you will love at great low prices.
Jun 22, 2011 a retail site for electronic versions of the harry potter books. Harley merlin and the secret coven by bella forrest. The reading level actually started out too difficult for many readers harry s. What is the difference between the harry potter adult edition. Harry does grow older over the course of the book, but publishing considers it middle grade because harry is a very young boy for a lot of the books. A mere publicity stunt to promote the final film in the franchise, harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2, scheduled to open in the u. Snag this 12month subscription to the gold account on, which will grant access to exclusive harry potter universe content, all 7 e books in the series, special discounts, and priority booking to harry potter and the cursed child shows in london, new york, and san francisco. We realized we could use our app to determine whether the later harry potter books were, in fact, written for a more advanced audience than the earlier ones. Id noticed a lot of adults around me were revisiting the original series or discovering it for the first time. The reading levels of each harry potter book compared to the grade harry is in in each book. The next generation reads sorcerers stone chapter 1, a harry.
If you loved reading harry potter then sabriel is going to be one of your next favorite books. I plan on reading all of them, simply because they get darker over the course of the books, and i really, really want to read the halfblood prince because its my fav. Harry potter is hugely popular among kids and teens. Billed as a grownup harry potter, this adult novel follows brooklyn teenager quentin coldwater to brakebills academy for an education in sorcery and romance and general college debauchery. So here are a few brand new books to read this year, as well as a few old books that might have. Here are the book addicted girls top recommended books for people who love harry potter and are in need of their next magic fix. Many we have read, are reading, or are on our list to read.
I have long believed that hermione granger is the true hero of the harry potter books, and this moment in order of the. A young necromancer, sabriel, is in her final year at wyverly college where magic doesnt work. Your favorite feminist quote will tell you which feminist ya book you need to read. Reading harry potter as an adult im about to start reading harry potter for the first time since i finished the 7th book in 2007. Things only adults notice about the harry potter movies.
Although, there is a slight chance you havent read the books. Next, delve into diana wynne jones trove of other acclaimed. Its not an accurate description, but its not too far off, either. This list of books like harry potter will add some magic, fantasy, mystery and. A friend told me about this book as a book for those who liked harry potter and want more in the sense there is a separate magical community unknown for the non magical peoppe. Rowling, 9781408850756, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. But while the publishing industry markets these books primarily to young adults, thats not always who reads them. Just as harry was thrust into a life of dark magic and danger, so too is cory jay mackenson, the smalltown.
Whether youre a swords and sorcery type of fantasy reader, a fan of battles and. The protagonist, katniss everdeen, competes in the nation of panems hunger games, a nationally televised event that sees her pitted against children of the nation as they fight to the death to be the games sole survivor. I called to speak with her about the original angle of this story, the escapist magic of harry potter. Exciting new fantasy books to read in 2019 in need of a new fantasy book. Memory and experience press themselves into each reading so that each encounter informs the next. Please put on and vote on any books that you think harry potter fans would like. Harry potter and his friends are students of the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, harry potter and the goblet of fire, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, harry potter and the halfblood prince, and harry potter and the deathly hallows, ginny said, laying them down on the bed as she said the titles. Mamary is a philosophy professor at monmouth college who has been using harry potter for the sake of education since 2011. Rowling is giving muggles the opportunity to enjoy her harry potter world from the comfort of their homes by launching an immers. Apr 01, 2020 shes casting a spell to banish the coronavirus doldrums. The first harry potter book was released on june 30th, 1997, and since then has become one of the most read and sought after books worldwide. Books to read after harry potter fall into magical new worlds.
Why so many adults read youngadult literature the atlantic. Jan 09, 2011 adults books dont have characters that young. If thats you, im telling you, you need to read the harry potter series. Jk rowling is releasing 4 new harry potter books next month. Needless to say, if someone makes a harry potter reference to someone today between the ages of 15 and 30, then theres a good chance they will get that reference and the two people will become friends due to a mutual interest. In a world of evil rats and peaceful mice, these epic stories of good vs.
Cassandra clare was the author of several fan fiction novels covering harry potter and lord of the. The best books to read if you love harry potter oprah magazine. Apr 28, 2015 we realized we could use our app to determine whether the later harry potter books were, in fact, written for a more advanced audience than the earlier ones. Hello to you all, my name is kratos1989 and i am here to present to you the latest harry potter i had in mind, titled head start. The reading level actually started out too difficult for many readers harrys. Oct 19, 2015 it seems impossible to think that anything could compare, but if you look hard enough, there are books we can read as adults that have some of the same elements as our beloved harry potter. Whether you loved the series for its elements of fantasy, adventure or. Rowling has hinted in past interviews that she might write someday. I loved rereading harry potter as an adult until i got stuck. In this young adult fantasy novel, levine skillfully weaves the tale of cinderella into a decidedly darker.
Aug 09, 2016 harry potter and the cursed child is the most recent, and perhaps most apt, book being called the next harry potter. The 10 most magical books to read if you love harry potter. If you loved harry potter and are looking for more magic, more schools of wizardry, and more plucky young heroes and heroines then look no further. Sep 20, 2018 from the golden compass to city of bones, heres times take on the 10 most magical books to read if you love harry potter. The name of the wind is the story of a young man who grows up to be the most famous. So next time you sit down to watch one of the harry potter movies or read one of the books, make yourself a knickerbocker glory. But just like any beloved book series, its depressing when its over.
Why harry potter appeals to adults as well as younger audiences. This is the kind of book i wish i had read when i was 18 and navigating. Though it was written for children, the characters and the plot have a dark tone to them and are equally. Here are 11 reasons why everyone should read these books. The kind you wouldnt want to face alone in a dark crater. Here is a pile of books like harry potter guaranteed to bedazzle your imagination into the small hours of the morning long after the candle flame has turned to smoke and even the stars have left the. His dark materials was recently adapted into a new tv. I totally understand what you mean when you say most of the recommendations about the hp series are based off the first couple of books in the series because the later books are definitely more ya even adult. Most importantly, harry continues to unlock the magic of reading for children around the world. There is a harry potter clothing line for adults, and its. What to read after harry potter childrens books the. He analyses what he knows about harry his saviour complex, his distrust of authority, his desperate desire to have a family and uses it to manipulate him. Harry potter harry potter adult hardbacks harry potter. As fans prepare to graduate from the series of books and movies, theyre left to.
When harry potter and the cursed child made its official premiere in londons west end, j. I mean really reading devouring words with a passion and obsessing over characters who feel closer than friends. Like my colleague stephen, i have long believed that hermione granger is the true hero of the harry potter books, and this moment in order of the phoenix confirms it. The harry potter books were a cherished series that turned into popular films. Here are a few books that every adult harry potter fan should read. The book is considered middle grade 912, preteen even though many people mistakenly think its young adult. Browse your favourite books and read them free in our ereader. There are picks for all ages, beginning with middle grade and ending with adult. Harry potter is the book that gets millions of kids reading. Now that harry potter, the hunger games, the divergent series and twilight have all ended and game of thrones arrives at a snails pace the book worlds. But little did we know that there are tons of other amazing books like harry potter out there you just have to know where to look. A guide to finding the best deal on your next bicycle. The 5 best foods from harry potter, for its 20th anniversary. May 18, 2015 19 books to read if you loved the harry potter series maybe youll never find a book better than harry potter, but that doesnt mean you cant enjoy reading other novels about magic, friendship.
Not as much magic, it doesnt happen till later in the book. I started reading them when i was a kid and finished them when i was about 19 so itll be the first time reading them as a proper adult. Rowling said she that harry is done now, following the character. The only difference between the two editions are the covers of the books. May 31, 2019 harry potter s jk rowling has announced four new books, which will transport fans into their very own hogwarts class if youve ever wanted to be a pro at the dark arts, potions, magical. The first book is often described as harry potter for adults. Many adults are captivated by the magical world of wizardry created by jk rowling, but just a wee bit embarrassed to admit to being fans of a childrens book series. Here are a few books that every adult harry potter.
After all, think how upset hermione would be to know that you havent been reading more books. May 15, 2017 you are, in short, a huge harry potter fan, and huge harry potter fans are always in need of good fantasy book recommendations. Oct 16, 2017 find out which harry potter house you truly belong in, with a quiz that combines sorting hat magic with questions from social scientists. Exciting, new skills, new people, scary creatures finding family, a touch of harry potter but definitely different. The best books to read if you love harry potter time. Its ok for adults to cry at the wizarding world of harry. Can appeal to all ages, looking forward to the next book in the series, this is setting the foundations for, what seems to be a fun,exciting and emotional rollercoaster of a series. I looked it up, and there seems to be 15 books in the series, with the first on being published in 2018.
This was started in my potter cauldron series and quite a few people have requested for this story to be made official, so i am just getting it out there for the time being while i write more chapters for the cauldron and continue with my main stories. The secrets of the immortal nicholas flamel by michael scott. Best fiction books are always available here the largest online library. The series is a homage to great works of fantasy, with nods to hp and a score of other titles. The 10 best books for recent graduates to read, or to gift the graduates in your life as they begin this new chapter. Harry potter is a series that needs no introduction. While young adult fiction is written and published for a teenage audience, the books themselves can broach a wide range of genres, readers, and ideaseverything from first loves, breakups, and bullying, to the inevitable conclusion that.
Its inaccurate that j k rowling originally planned for hp to be an adult book. After graduation, quentin moves back to new york with his magical friends but is unimpressed with his mystical lifeuntil he learns that fillory, the magical land in his favorite childhood books. The american edition by scholastic philosophers stone changed to sorcerers stone, which i believe is stupid. As fans prepare to graduate from the series of books. Rowlings boy wizard, has sold over 400 million books in 68 languages and led readers through more than 4,000 pages. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Difference between harry potter series for kids and adults. Harry potter and the cursed child is the most recent, and perhaps most apt, book being called the next harry potter.
Perhaps if i come back to harry potter and the order. You are, in short, a huge harry potter fan, and huge harry potter fans are always in need of good fantasy book recommendations. And while kids and teens may not notice, there are certain aspects of the books that are a bit too racy for comfort when adults take a closer look. Bloomsbury created an adult edition of harry potter books, only to spare adults from reading vibrant looking children edition books. Rowling creates harry potter site for coronavirus boredom.
At the end of each book, the weary team of good guys gathers itself for a short celebration knowing that the next battle is coming, but not ready to throw in the towel and let the dark forces take over. Youve finished the harry potter series and have no idea what to read next. A new york times notable book in 1994, michael swanwicks. So what should you pick up next to get your reading mojo back. Rowling in adult hardback with woodcut covers by the awardwinning andrew davidson, at harrypotter. Jul 05, 2017 were not here to tell you how to spend your money. Like many middlegrade novels, the earlier harry potter books are written with a little more distance in their voice than most ya fiction. Over in the old kingdom, where magic does work, her father has mysteriously vanished and is. Given that harry and the gang are adults now, were recommending novels that cater to the readers who matured right alongside themthink books like harry potter, but for adults. Blackmilk is known for their themed clothing collections, but their recent harry potter x blackmilk collection is the witches tits. But we will tell you that buying a shirt with the deathly hallows symbol on it is obviously galleons well spent.