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If you liked The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Golden Compass

    Philip Pullman · 1995 · His Dark Materials #1

    Because same series (His Dark Materials #1); also by Philip Pullman; shares tags: fantasy, adventure, young adult.

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

  2. The Subtle Knife

    Philip Pullman · 1997 · His Dark Materials #2

    Because same series (His Dark Materials #2); also by Philip Pullman; shares tags: young adult, fantasy, adventure.

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

  3. Howl's Moving Castle

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

    Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, classics.

    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…

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Peter Pan

    J.M. Barrie · 1911

    Because shares tags: classics, fantasy, adventure.

    Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.

  7. 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.

  8. A Darker Shade of Magic

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

    Because shares tags: fantasy, parallel worlds, adventure.

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

  9. The Witches

    Roald Dahl · 1983

    Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, adventure.

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

  10. The Red Pyramid

    Rick Riordan · 2010 · The Kane Chronicles #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, adventure.

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

  11. 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.

  12. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

    C. S. Lewis · 1952 · Chronicles of Narnia #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, adventure.

    Lewis sends Lucy, Edmund and Eustace aboard Caspian's Dawn Treader to find seven lost lords, past dragon gold, dark dreams and the world's…

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