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So many great suggestions! ā¤ļø Though I donāt see why itās āstrangeā to ask for fantasy recs beyond H.P. People discover reading at all stages of lifeāand plenty of things can get in the way of someone getting into reading: tough circumstances, no access to libraries (some homeless people use libraries as safe spaces or to get warm but canāt get cards to borrow books), or just being overwhelmed by everyday life. So I thought it was awesome, and brave, that they asked. A lot of people hesitate to reach out for help. Hope they find some new favorites to fall in love with! š
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Perhaps that commenter is paying you a compliment and saying that he or she trusts your taste in a world that is full of fantasy books, many of them trying to resemble Harry Potter in the past 20 years, & and perhaps he or she would like you to narrow the choices down for them because he or she respects the breadth of your reading, and values your opinion.
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Unseen academicals is a good Pratchet book to start on if you want to see people moving around in an academic fantasy setting. It's also a stand alone book.
For children's books set in a school for magical children, The Worst Witch needs a mention
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If you don't mind losing the school setting and are looking for a middle grade book with a magical world to escape to, a 'chosen one' narrative, fantastical creatures, and a some darker themes, I would highly, HIGHLY, recommend "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell! It's pretty new (2023) so I read it as an adult, but the plot and characters were so good I didn't mind the simplified prose (your mileage may vary).
It's also getting a sequel coming soon, so you can get that same thrill of anticipation waiting for the next book.
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Not a book per se, but if you want a deconstruction of Harry Potter? Watch The Owl House.
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I would have recommended similar books but also Percy Jackson. That also has a secret magic world, where magic kids go to special secret school to learn about the magical stuff, the main is character also a chosen one, who gets a found family of friends to go adventuring with.
So it does everything pretty much everything Harry Potter hooks its reader with but in my opinion done way better.
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The Nisbidi books by Nnendi Okorafor starting with Akata Witch are "magic after school program" set in Nigeria. It's really interesting to read fantasy that comes from a completely different magical cultural background.
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I've had His Dark Materials trilogy on my shelf for a year and this gave me the kick to start it now ā¤
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Witch Hat Atelier if you like manga!
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In my opinion, Jonathan Stroudās Bartimaeus series comes closest to Harry Potter, though with its own verry unique twist: the setting is also UK (London), but here magic is practiced not with wands but through (enslaved) djinn and summoned demons. The atmosphere is much darker, and the characters are truly unforgettable.
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I would recommend Anne McCafferty's Dragonsinger series for young adults. I loved it in middle school.
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Maybe they are new readers. Maybe they fell in love with reading through HP. No reason to discourage and disparage them.
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HECK YEAH, DISCWORLD!!!!!!
It's funny, it's witty, it's clever, it's both timeless and topical. It's political, it's perfect, it rocks.
Plus, Terry was awesome. ā¤
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The hold HP has on people is so insane. I completely agree with your snarky comment. Especially you being a trans person in the UK, you are completely allowed to be snarky when people still to this day cannot "find a replacement". Maybe go to the library?
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For me nothing can replace the experience that harry potter fandom was. It was this kind of unifying fandom. I can't think of any other book series where you could ask any random person within a couple of decades of my age the equivalent of "what's your hogwarts house" and expect to get a response other than "what are you talking about?"
But, that experience doesn't exist anymore. There's no longer this fairly neutral unifying cultural touchstone. Rowling has killed that with her hatred.
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Thank you so much for this! I was already a teen when the HP books started coming out. However, I was working at my local library and saw the weird hold these books had over kids. At first I was excited that there was a new fantasy series that kids were getting into, assuming that I could recommend series Iād loved growing up (His Dark Materials, like you mention, as well as Lloyd Alexander and Madeleine LāEngle off the top of my head now). But so many kids would only read HP! The real kicker for me being behind the scenes at the library was finding out how much of the childrenās book budget we had to spend on many, many copies of HP books to fill demand, which meant less money for other books for children of all ages and reading levels.
Also off topic, but your glasses š
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Amari and the Night Brothers!!!!!! So good. It helped heal my heart from HP.
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I haven't seen the original comment but I doubt they don't know any other books. If they commented something to that effect they probably meant they couldn't find any that gave them the same feeling as HP, which is fair. If I'm not mistaken the closest experience they could get is Percy Jackson, even if it's not set in a physical school.
I also recommend His Dark Materials and Diana Wynne Jones, but I also loved Marianne Curley's Guardians of Time trilogy (don't read the 4th book) and William Joyce's Guardians of Childhood. If you read Spanish do read Laura Gallego's initial works, like CrĆ³nicas de la Torre and Finis Mundi.
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If someone is looking for the long series and big fandom experience that HP was back in the day, I would recommend The Wandering Inn. It's a web serial so mileage varies with regard to prose and pacing but you have so much space to get deeply involved with the characters and a big active fan community. I think a lot of people asking for alternatives to HP are missing the fan community or what it felt like to engage with an ongoing work. I'd also recommend Brandon Sanderson for similar reasons. Neither are the best books I've ever read nor the most politically incisive, but they're fun, very reliable for new content, and you can feel the love the author puts into their world and characters.
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@chidagamer6497
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Huge Diana Wynn Jones fan here. I think Chrestomanci was my introduction to her writing, and it still holds a special place in my heart, but I donāt think Iāve read a single one of her books that wasnāt absolutely worth the price of admission.
I also want to drop a recommendation for āA Wizardās Guide to Defensive Baking,ā which is by Ursula Vernon under her pseudonym T Kingfisher. Most of the stuff she writes as T Kingfisher leans more towards horror, but this one is fantasy, and itās a lot of fun.
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