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Did you grow up reading Harry Potter? Looking for a magical read-alike full of adventure and fantasy for adults? Look no further!
*This list features the first book of its series as applicable.
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The Queen of the Tearling: A Novel
Erika Johansen - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook
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Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mothers throne, learn to be a ruler - and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her. On her 19th birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh... |
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The Magicians: A Novel
Lev Grossman - Viking; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, soon to be an original series on Syfy"The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this." - George R.R. Martin "Sad,... |
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A Discovery of Witches: A Novel
Deborah Harkness - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research.... |
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The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rves, and it is only open at night.... |
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Storm Front
Jim Butcher - ROC
Format: Hardcover
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THE FIRST DRESDEN FILES NOVEL FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR JIM BUTCHERFor Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing... |
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A Deadly Education: A Novel
Naomi Novik - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover
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I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life.Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I'm concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I'm not joining his pack of adoring fans. I don't need help surviving the Scholomance,... |
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Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb
Format: Paperback
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As Fitz, an outcast and the bastard son of Prince Chivalry, grows to manhood, a legacy of magical skill and other mysterious talents propels him into the role of protector of the kingdom, if his initial perilous mission does not destroy him first. A first novel. |
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The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss - DAW
Format: Hardcover
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Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss' epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle. "I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." - Lin-Manuel Miranda * "He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy." - George R. R. Martin * "Rothfuss has real... |
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Magic for Liars
Sarah Gailey - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover
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Sharp, mainstream fantasy meets compelling thrills of investigative noir in Magic for Liars, a fantasy debut by rising star Sarah Gailey. Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it.Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life - or at least, she's perfectly... |
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The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic
Emily Croy Barker - Pamela Dorman Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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An imaginative story of a woman caught in an alternate world - where she will need to learn the skills of magic to surviveNora Fischer's dissertation is stalled and her boyfriend is about to marry another woman. During a miserable weekend at a friend's wedding, Nora wanders off and walks... |
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The Book of Lost Things: A Novel
John Connolly - Atria Books; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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'Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother !' As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That... |
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A Darker Shade of Magic: A Novel
Victoria Schwab - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover
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A Darker Shade of Magic, from #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. SchwabKell is one of the last Antari -- magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell was raised in Arnes -- Red London... |
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The Goblin Emperor
Katherine Addison - Tor Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are killed in an "accident," he has no choice but to take his place... |
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