Books like The Golden Compass

1. 

   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.

2. 

   The Amber Spyglass

   Philip Pullman · 2000 · His Dark Materials #3

   Because same series (His Dark Materials #3); also by Philip Pullman; shares tags: fantasy, adventure, young adult.

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

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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