Books like The Subtle Knife
If you liked The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Golden Compass
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.
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The Amber Spyglass
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.
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Howl's Moving Castle
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…
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A Darker Shade of Magic
Because shares tags: fantasy, magic, parallel worlds.
Antari Kell Maresh, a blood magician who travels between Londons, meets thief Delilah Bard after she steals a stone of Black London magic…
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Inkheart
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, adventure.
Bookbinder Mo reads characters alive and daughter Meggie is pulled into Capricorn's hunt for Inkheart.
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Graceling
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.
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Eldest
Because shares tags: young adult, fantasy, adventure.
Eragon trains with Oromis in Ellesmera while Roran defends Carvahall and Nasuada leads the Varden toward war.
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Eragon
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.
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The Color of Magic
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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The Blood of Olympus
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, adventure.
Seven demigods stop Gaia waking while Reyna brings Athena statue.
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City of Heavenly Fire
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.
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Brisingr
Because shares tags: fantasy, young adult, magic.
Eragon rescues Katrina, backs a dwarf king, and earns a burning sword.
