Life After Harry: 100 Books to Keep You Going

Y: for younger readers
*: is the first book in a series/trilogy

Urban Fantasy
Magic or Madness, Justine Larbalestier*
Valiant, Holly Black *
City of Bones, Cassandra Clare*
Undine, Penni Russon*
Midnighters, Scott Westerfeld*
Peeps, Scott Westerfeld*
Alyzon Whitestarr, Isobelle Carmody
Dirty Magic, Carol Hughes

Normal kids going to other worlds
Y The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper*
Y Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Alan Garner*
Y Mister Monday, Garth Nix*
Y The New Policeman, Kate Thompson
Y Inkheart, Cornelia Funke *
Y The Serpents of Arakesh, VM Jones*
Y The Key to Rondo, Emily Rodda
Y The Haunting, Margaret Mahy
Y A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L’Engle*
Y Space Demons, Gillian Rubenstein*
Y The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Joan Aiken

Girl-power
Obernewtyn, Isobelle Carmody *
The Singer of All Songs, Kate Constable*
The Silver Road, Grace Dugan
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray *
Twilight, Stephanie Meyer*
Alanna, Tamora Pierce*
Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier*
Shalott, Felicity Pullman*
Ella Enchanted, Gail Levine
Century, Sarah Singleton

Outside the Box
Northern Lights, Philip Pullman *
Mortal Engines, Phillip Reeve *
Temeraire, Naomi Novik *
Fire and Hemlock, Diana Wynne Jones
Sabriel, Garth Nix *
Y Charmed Life, Diana Wynne Jones *
Playing Beatie Bow, Ruth Park
Y Coraline, Neil Gaiman
The Ghost’s Child, Sonya Hartnett
A Sterkarm Kiss, Susan Price*
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, MT Anderson*
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
The Arrival, Shaun Tan
Nightpeople, Anthony Eaton*
Dream Rider, Barry Jonsberg
Y George’s Secret Key to the Universe, Lucy & Stephen Hawking
Blaze of Glory, Michael Pryor*
Skellig, David Almond

Orphans, Dragons, Swords
Y Book of Lies, James Moloney *
Y The Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander *
Pawn of Prophecy, David Eddings *
Y Monster Blood Tattoo, David Cornish*
The Amulet of Samarkand, Jonathan Stroud *
Y Eragon, Christopher Paolini *
Y Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer *
Y Evil Genius, Catherine Jinks*
Y Ranger’s Apprentice, John Flanagan *
Y Sam Silverthorne: Quest, Gary Crew *
Deltora Quest, Emily Rodda *
The Sword in the Stone, TH White
Y Quentaris (series), Michael Pryor & Paul Collins*
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula le Guin*
Dragonlinks, Paul Collins*
The Riddle, Alison Croggan*
So You Want to be a Wizard? Diane Duane*

A Challenge
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke
The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake *
Black Juice, Margo Lanagan
New World Order, Ben Jeapes

Other Cultures
Y Dragonkeeper, Carole Wilkinson *
Stravaganza, Mary Hoffman *
Y Wolf Brother, Michelle Paver *
Y Pagan’s Crusade, Catherine Jinks *
Y The Maharajah’s Ghost, Sophie Masson
Falconer’s Knot, Mary Hoffman
The Oracle, Catherine Fisher *
Y In the Monkey Forest, Kierin Meehan
The Birthmark, Beth Montgomery
Across the Nightingale Floor, Lian Hearn *
Arthur and the Seeing-Stone, Kevin Crossley-Holland *
Runestone, Anna Ciddor*
Mimus, Lilli Thal

For LOLs
Y Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett*
Y Pure Dead Magic, Debi Gliori*
Y A House Called Awful End,  Philip Ardagh*
The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket *
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, Diana Wynne Jones
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams*

Charming
Y The Shadow Thief, Alexandra Adornetto
Y Fly By Night, Francis Hardinge
Y Into the Woods, Lyn Gardiner
Y Bartlett and the Ice Voyage, Odo Hirsch*
Y The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis*
Y The Phoenix and the Carpet, E Nesbit*
Y Victory, Susan Cooper

Animals
Redwall, Brian Jacques *
Dogsbody, Diana Wynne Jones
Dragonrider, Cornelia Funke
Y Clare de Lune, Cassandra Golds
Dogboy, Victor Kelleher