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Books like Howl's Moving Castle

If you liked Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Amber Spyglass

    Philip Pullman · 2000 · His Dark Materials #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, young adult.

    Lyra and Will cross worlds with amber spyglass to free ghosts and kill Authority.

  2. The Witches

    Roald Dahl · 1983

    Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, magic.

    A boy and his grandmother face the Grand High Witch's plan to turn England's children into mice.

  3. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum · 1900 · Oz #1

    Because shares tags: classics, fantasy, adventure.

    Dorothy is carried to Oz by a cyclone and walks the yellow brick road with Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion.

  4. The Subtle Knife

    Philip Pullman · 1997 · His Dark Materials #2

    Because shares tags: young adult, fantasy, adventure.

    Will finds a window to Cittagazze, meets Lyra, and both hunt the knife that cuts between worlds.

  5. Inkheart

    Cornelia Funke · 2003 · Inkworld #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, adventure.

    Bookbinder Mo reads characters alive and daughter Meggie is pulled into Capricorn's hunt for Inkheart.

  6. Graceling

    Kristin Cashore · 2008 · Graceling Realm #1

    Because shares tags: young adult, fantasy, adventure.

    Katsa, Graced with killing, breaks from her uncle's use of her and follows a kidnapped prince toward a hidden king.

  7. Eldest

    Christopher Paolini · 2005 · The Inheritance Cycle #2

    Because shares tags: young adult, fantasy, adventure.

    Eragon trains with Oromis in Ellesmera while Roran defends Carvahall and Nasuada leads the Varden toward war.

  8. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    C. S. Lewis · 1950 · Chronicles of Narnia #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, adventure.

    C. S. Lewis's Narnia opener retold: four Pevensies, the White Witch's winter, Aslan's sacrifice, and the crowning at Cair Paravel.

  9. The Golden Compass

    Philip Pullman · 1995 · His Dark Materials #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, young adult.

    Golden Compass retold: Lyra and Pan north to save Roger, bears, Dust, bridge to new world.

  10. Eragon

    Christopher Paolini · 2003 · The Inheritance Cycle #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, adventure.

    Paolini's Eragon retold: a farm boy, a blue stone, Saphira the dragon, and the road to the Varden.

  11. The Horse and His Boy

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

    Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, adventure.

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

  12. The Color of Magic

    Terry Pratchett · 1983 · Discworld #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, magic.

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

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