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  1. Howl's Moving Castle

    Diana Wynne Jones · 1986 · Howl's Castle #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, magic.

    Cursed old by the Witch of the Waste, hatmaker Sophie Hatter talks her way into wizard Howl's moving castle and bargains with fire demon…

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. The Blood of Olympus

    Rick Riordan · 2014 · The Heroes of Olympus #5

    Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, adventure.

    Seven demigods stop Gaia waking while Reyna brings Athena statue.

  8. 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.

  9. City of Heavenly Fire

    Cassandra Clare · 2014 · The Mortal Instruments #6

    Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, adventure.

    Clary and Jace face Sebastian's dark army while Emma and Julian's story begins in Los Angeles.

  10. Brisingr

    Christopher Paolini · 2008 · The Inheritance Cycle #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, magic.

    Eragon rescues Katrina, backs a dwarf king, and earns a burning sword.

  11. A Darker Shade of Magic

    V. E. Schwab · 2015 · Shades of Magic #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic, adventure.

    Antari Kell Maresh, a blood magician who travels between Londons, meets thief Delilah Bard after she steals a stone of Black London magic…

  12. The Witches

    Roald Dahl · 1983

    Because shares tags: fantasy, magic, adventure.

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

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