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Books like Artemis Fowl

If you liked Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Red Pyramid

    Rick Riordan · 2010 · The Kane Chronicles #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, middle grade.

    Siblings Carter and Sadie Kane wake the Egyptian gods and must stop Set from destroying the world.

  2. The Son of Neptune

    Rick Riordan · 2011 · The Heroes of Olympus #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, middle grade, adventure.

    Amnesiac Percy wakes at Camp Jupiter and quests to Alaska with Hazel and Frank to free Thanatos.

  3. The Mark of Athena

    Rick Riordan · 2012 · The Heroes of Olympus #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, middle grade, adventure.

    Seven demigods sail for Rome where Annabeth must follow the Mark to the Athena Parthenos alone.

  4. The Titan's Curse

    Rick Riordan · 2007 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, middle grade.

    Percy joins a winter quest to save Annabeth and Artemis with Thalia, Grover, Bianca and Zoe, facing Atlas and Luke under a hard Oracle…

  5. The Sea of Monsters

    Rick Riordan · 2006 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, middle grade.

    Percy returns for a second summer as Camp Half-Blood loses its borders, Tyson is claimed as his brother, and the Golden Fleece waits past…

  6. The Last Olympian

    Rick Riordan · 2009 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, middle grade.

    Percy Jackson turns sixteen as Kronos marches on Manhattan, forcing Camp Half-Blood into a final stand for Olympus beside Annabeth as the…

  7. The Battle of the Labyrinth

    Rick Riordan · 2008 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, middle grade.

    Percy and Annabeth enter the shifting Labyrinth with Rachel Dare to stop Luke and Kronos from invading Camp Half-Blood.

  8. The Lightning Thief

    Rick Riordan · 2005 · Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, middle grade.

    Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief retold: Percy Jackson, Camp Half-Blood, the stolen bolt, and the road trip to the Underworld.

  9. The Last Wish

    Andrzej Sapkowski · 1993 · The Witcher #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure.

    Geralt hunts strigas genies and golden dragons while Law of Surprise binds Ciri.

  10. The Horse and His Boy

    C. S. Lewis · 1954 · Chronicles of Narnia #5

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure.

    Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.

  11. The Color of Magic

    Terry Pratchett · 1983 · Discworld #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure.

    A failed wizard guides a tourist across a flat world on a turtle, with comic fantasy chaos.

  12. The Blood of Olympus

    Rick Riordan · 2014 · The Heroes of Olympus #5

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure.

    Seven demigods stop Gaia waking while Reyna brings Athena statue.

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