Books like The Magicians
If you liked The Magicians by Lev Grossman, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Atlas Six
Because shares tags: fantasy, dark academia.
Six rival magicians join the Alexandrian Society where five survive.
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Fairy Tale
Because shares tags: fantasy, coming of age.
A grieving teen cares for a recluse and his old dog, then finds a shed well leading to Empis, a fading world at war.
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Babel
Because shares tags: fantasy, dark academia.
A Chinese orphan trained in translation magic at Oxford must choose between empire and resistance as Britain drives toward war with China.
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A Wizard of Earthsea
Because shares tags: fantasy, coming of age.
A proud goatherd becomes the wizard Ged, looses a shadow at Roke, and must hunt it across Earthsea to name it. Le Guin's lean 1968 series…
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Ninth House
Because shares tags: fantasy, dark academia.
Dropout Alex Stern sees ghosts and monitors Yale secret societies after a townie murder.
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Assassin's Apprentice
Because shares tags: fantasy, coming of age.
Bastard Fitz trains Skill Wit as assassin for Buckkeep.
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Kafka on the Shore
Because shares tags: coming of age, fantasy.
Fifteen year old Kafka Tamura flees Tokyo while old Nakata, who talks to cats, drifts toward the same library town in Shikoku in parallel.
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The Graveyard Book
Because shares tags: fantasy, coming of age.
A toddler escapes the murder of his family and is raised by ghosts in a graveyard, learning from the dead while the killer who hunts him…
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The Name of the Wind
Because shares tags: fantasy, magic school.
Kvothe the Bloodless tells Chronicler how a clever Ruh boy survived loss, street life and the University to chase the Chandrian.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Because shares tags: fantasy, coming of age.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix explained: the D.A., Umbridge's regime, the Department of Mysteries, and the loss that changes…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Because shares tags: fantasy, coming of age.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince explained: the Pensieve, Tom Riddle's past, Slughorn's memory, and the ending that sets up the last…
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Because shares tags: fantasy, coming of age.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire explained: the Triwizard Tournament, the graveyard, Bertha Jorkins, and the point where the series…
