List of books similar to Harry Potter
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Published Pastiches
- Harry Potter and Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon - a copycat title published in China anonymously.
- Harry Potter Kolkataye (Harry Potter in Calcutta), by Uttam Ghosh, written in Bengali.
Fanfics
Parodies
- Porri Gatter (Порри Гаттер), by Andreyi Zhvalevskiyi (Андрей Жвалевский) and Igor' Miyt'ko (Игорь Мытько) - a Belarusian series of Harry Potter parodies.
- Tanya Grotter series - described as "a cultural reply" to the Harry Potter series.
- Barry Trotter by Michael Gerber
Books with concidental (or not) similarities
- The Legend of Rah and the Muggles - Nancy Stouffer, the author of this book and others, claims J. K. Rowling has copied from her books.
- Uncle Dynamite - P. G. Wodehouse's 1948 novel, includes a character named Harold Potter.
- The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy, about a school for witches
- The Books of Magic comics series created by Neil Gaiman; character Timothy Hunter is a Harry Potter lookalike
- The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
- The Once and Future King by T.H. White
- Thornmallow by Jane Yolen
- The Chrestomanci books by Diana Wynne Jones, especially Charmed Life and Witch Week
- The Earthsea books by Ursula K. Leguin
- Gruesome Grange by Anthony Horowitz
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
copycats
Recommended books for further reading
- Georgia Byng
- Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl series, boy genius confronts technological fairies
- Diane Duane - Young Wizards series, regular children become wizards and combat the evil one
- Lian Hearn - Across the Nightingale Floor series; supernatural adventures in a setting inspired by feudal Japan
- Ursula K. Le Guin - A Wizard of Earthsea has an academy for sorcerers
- Garth Nix - Keys to the Kingdom series is roughly age appropriate for Harry Potter lovers, Old Kingdom series for slightly older readers
- Christopher Paolini - teenaged author, Tolkien pastiche with dragons in it
- Terry Pratchett - Discworld series, very funny fantasy parodies
- Sally Prue
- Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials series, inter-world adventures
- Darren Shan - represented by the same agent as the Harry Potter books, adventures of a teenage vampire
- Nicky Sing
- Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events
- J R R Tolkien
- C. S. Lewis
External Links
StoryCode the free book recommendation service also lists books similar to The Harry Potter series:
- Philosopher's Stone (http://www.storycode.com/lcompare.php?r=22)
- Chamber of Secrets (http://www.storycode.com/lcompare.php?r=23)
- Prisoner of Azkaban (http://www.storycode.com/lcompare.php?r=24)
- Goblet of Fire (http://www.storycode.com/lcompare.php?r=5)
- Order of the Phoenix (http://www.storycode.com/lcompare.php?r=212)