Having Harry Potter Withdrawal?

Library Offers Suggested Reading

Have you finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and are feeling a little sad or let down? Craving some magic, fantasy, adventure and great characters? Wondering if there could possibly be any other books out there that may help fill the Potter void?

Librarians at Providence Public Library have prepared a list of great titles for you or use the statewide library catalog to reserve any of these titles.

Terry Pratchett: the Tiffany Aching Adventures ~ The Wee Free Men; Hatful of Sky; Wintersmith

Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials Trilogy ~ The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass

T.A. Barron: The Lost Years of Merlin Series ~ The Lost Years of Merlin; The Seven Songs of Merlin; The Fires of Merlin; The Mirror of Merlin; The Wings of Merlin

D.J. MacHale: Pendragon Series ~ The Merchant of Death; The Lost City of Faar; The Never War; The Reality Bug; Black Water; The River of Zadaa; The Quillan Games; The Pilgrims of Rayne

Lene Kaaberbol: The Shamer’s Chronicles ~ The Shamer’s Daughter; The Shamer’s Signet; The Serpent Gift; The Shamer’s War

Garth Nix: The Abhorsen Trilogy ~ Sabriel; Lirael; Abhorsen

Susan Cooper: The Dark is Rising Sequence ~ Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree

Angie Sage: Septimus Heap Series ~ Magyk; Flyte; Physik; Queste (Spring 2008)

Cornelia Funke: The Inkheart Trilogy ~ Inkheart; Inkspell; Inkdeath (October 2008)

Jonathan Stroud: The Bartimaeus Trilogy ~ The Amulet of Samarkand; The Golem’s Eye; Ptolemy’s Gate

Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson and the Olympians ~ The Lightning Thief; The Sea of Monsters; The Titan’s Curse

Suzanne Collins: The Underland Chronicles ~ Gregor the Overlander, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods, Gregor and the Marks of Secret

Neil Gaiman: Coraline

For other great “what to read next” suggestions, go to our Book Lovers page. You’ll be connected to PPL’s new online reader advisory services for book lovers! In addition to book discussion clubs, author programs and literary events, you can sign up to receive an array of regular e-newsletters -- everything from PPL Staff Picks to New York Times Best Sellers and a host of awards lists and recommended reads.