24 Books like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Hary Potter Boxed Set Collector's Edition

by J.K. Rowling • 1999

An orphan learns he is a wizard and enters a school shadowed by a dark wizard.

4.69

71k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 🌙 Orphaned Protagonist 🔮 Hidden Magical World 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Trio Friendship

Hary Potter Boxed Set Collector's Edition Summary

Hary Potter Boxed Set Collector's Edition 96%

An orphan learns he is a wizard and enters a school shadowed by a dark wizard.

by J.K. Rowling 1999

4.69

71k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 🌙 Orphaned Protagonist 🔮 Hidden Magical World 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Trio Friendship

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J.K. Rowling • 2003

A Ministry loyalist takes over Hogwarts, so Harry trains a secret army for the coming war.

4.60

308k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School ✊ Student Resistance 📜 Bureaucratic Tyranny 🔗 Psychic Link 📰 Media Smear Campaign

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Summary

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 94%

A Ministry loyalist takes over Hogwarts, so Harry trains a secret army for the coming war.

by J.K. Rowling 2003

4.60

308k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School ✊ Student Resistance 📜 Bureaucratic Tyranny 🔗 Psychic Link 📰 Media Smear Campaign

The Crowns of Croswald

by D.E. Night • 2017

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

3.79

4k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Crowns of Croswald 92%

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

by D.E. Night 2017

3.79

4k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Novice

by Taran Matharu • 2015

An orphan illegally summons a demon and must survive a war academy ruled by ruthless nobles.

4.12

37k+

🦎 Demon Companions 🏰 Magical Boarding School 💛 Found Family ⚔️ Nobles Vs Commoners 🏆 Underdog Hero

The Novice 92%

An orphan illegally summons a demon and must survive a war academy ruled by ruthless nobles.

by Taran Matharu 2015

4.12

37k+ ratings

🦎 Demon Companions 🏰 Magical Boarding School 💛 Found Family ⚔️ Nobles Vs Commoners 🏆 Underdog Hero

A Tournament of Crowns

by Elise Kova • 2023

A heartbroken sorceress enters a deadly tournament as a hidden zealot plots catastrophe.

4.23

2k+

🏟️ Magical Tournament 🕸️ Political Intrigue 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 🎭 Secret Identity

A Tournament of Crowns 92%

A heartbroken sorceress enters a deadly tournament as a hidden zealot plots catastrophe.

by Elise Kova 2023

4.23

2k+ ratings

🏟️ Magical Tournament 🕸️ Political Intrigue 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Leader 🎭 Secret Identity

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

by J.K. Rowling • 2016

A wizard's magical beasts escape into 1920s New York. The city's fear conceals a darker threat.

4.15

169k+

🫂 Found Family 🦄 Magical Creatures 🪄 Hidden Magic World 🎷 Jazz Age Setting 🌿 Awkward Hero

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Summary

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 92%

A wizard's magical beasts escape into 1920s New York. The city's fear conceals a darker threat.

by J.K. Rowling 2016

4.15

169k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🦄 Magical Creatures 🪄 Hidden Magic World 🎷 Jazz Age Setting 🌿 Awkward Hero

Crow's Revenge

by Marcus Alexander • 2008

Her pendant opens a hidden door to dragons, a tyrant, and the parents stolen from her.

4.21

541

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🐉 Dragon Companion 😤 Abusive Guardian ⚔️ Magical Tournament

Crow's Revenge 92%

Her pendant opens a hidden door to dragons, a tyrant, and the parents stolen from her.

by Marcus Alexander 2008

4.21

541 ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🐉 Dragon Companion 😤 Abusive Guardian ⚔️ Magical Tournament

The Finisher

by David Baldacci • 2013

A walled village outcast must survive a deadly tournament to follow the map she found.

3.83

19k+

🏘️ Oppressive Village ⚔️ Deadly Tournament ✨ Hidden Magical Powers 🤝 Loyal Friendship 🧱 Escape The Walls

The Finisher 92%

A walled village outcast must survive a deadly tournament to follow the map she found.

by David Baldacci 2013

3.83

19k+ ratings

🏘️ Oppressive Village ⚔️ Deadly Tournament ✨ Hidden Magical Powers 🤝 Loyal Friendship 🧱 Escape The Walls

Storm Glass

by Jeff Wheeler • 2018

An orphan who sees ghosts is taken into a sky manor, but the housekeeper wants her dead.

4.21

19k+

⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Class Divided World 👻 Supernatural Haunting

Storm Glass 91%

An orphan who sees ghosts is taken into a sky manor, but the housekeeper wants her dead.

by Jeff Wheeler 2018

4.21

19k+ ratings

⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Class Divided World 👻 Supernatural Haunting

Sabriel

by Garth Nix • 1995

A student necromancer searches for her father in Death, carrying his seven bells across the wall.

4.16

219k+

💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🚪 Portal Fantasy 👑 Reluctant Heir 🐱 Talking Cat 🫂 Found Family

Sabriel 91%

A student necromancer searches for her father in Death, carrying his seven bells across the wall.

by Garth Nix 1995

4.16

219k+ ratings

💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🚪 Portal Fantasy 👑 Reluctant Heir 🐱 Talking Cat 🫂 Found Family

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2015

Raised by scientists, Harry enters Hogwarts to find magic has laws that a hidden enemy exploits.

4.38

19k+

🧠 Rationalist Fiction 🔬 Scientific Magic 🖤 Dark Mentor 🤝 Enemies To Friends 📚 Intellectual Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Summary

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality 91%

Raised by scientists, Harry enters Hogwarts to find magic has laws that a hidden enemy exploits.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015

4.38

19k+ ratings

🧠 Rationalist Fiction 🔬 Scientific Magic 🖤 Dark Mentor 🤝 Enemies To Friends 📚 Intellectual Fantasy

The Merchant of Death

by D.J. MacHale • 2002

His uncle drags him through a portal to a world where an uprising could destroy everyone.

3.97

53k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 😰 Reluctant Chosen One 💔 Mentor Sacrifice 🤝 Unlikely Allies ✊ Oppressed Uprising

The Merchant of Death 91%

His uncle drags him through a portal to a world where an uprising could destroy everyone.

by D.J. MacHale 2002

3.97

53k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 😰 Reluctant Chosen One 💔 Mentor Sacrifice 🤝 Unlikely Allies ✊ Oppressed Uprising

The Last of the Firedrakes

by Farah Oomerbhoy • 2015

An orphan sold into a fae realm discovers she's the lost princess her tyrant aunt fears.

3.86

4k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Academy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Heritage 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Last of the Firedrakes 91%

An orphan sold into a fae realm discovers she's the lost princess her tyrant aunt fears.

by Farah Oomerbhoy 2015

3.86

4k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Academy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Heritage 💔 Forbidden Romance

Akarnae

by Lynette Noni • 2015

Through a hidden door, a teen finds a magic school where a sentient library chose her.

4.20

15k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Boarding School 🫂 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Heroine 👑 Hidden Princess

Akarnae 91%

Through a hidden door, a teen finds a magic school where a sentient library chose her.

by Lynette Noni 2015

4.20

15k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Boarding School 🫂 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Heroine 👑 Hidden Princess

The Eye of the World

by Robert Jordan • 1990

Trollocs destroyed his home. A sorceress says his power can save the world or break it.

4.19

599k+

👨‍🌾 Farmboy Chosen One ⚡️ Forbidden Power 🖤 Ancient Evil Stirs 🔮 Enigmatic Sorceress 🗡️ Cursed Artifact

The Eye of the World 91%

Trollocs destroyed his home. A sorceress says his power can save the world or break it.

by Robert Jordan 1990

4.19

599k+ ratings

👨‍🌾 Farmboy Chosen One ⚡️ Forbidden Power 🖤 Ancient Evil Stirs 🔮 Enigmatic Sorceress 🗡️ Cursed Artifact

House of Blades

by Will Wight • 2013

After his village is burned, a boy enters a cursed mansion where every gift comes with chains.

4.07

18k+

🦸 Reluctant Hero 🥋 Brutal Training ⚖️ Cost Of Power 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Subverted Prophecy

House of Blades 91%

After his village is burned, a boy enters a cursed mansion where every gift comes with chains.

by Will Wight 2013

4.07

18k+ ratings

🦸 Reluctant Hero 🥋 Brutal Training ⚖️ Cost Of Power 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Subverted Prophecy

Pawn of Prophecy

by David Eddings • 1982

A farm boy's secret birthmark binds him to a stolen relic and a dark god's awakening.

4.16

112k+

👑 Hidden Heir 📜 Prophecy-Driven Quest 🧙‍♂️ Ancient Sorcerer Mentor 🔮 Formidable Sorceress 💎 Stolen Magical Artifact

Pawn of Prophecy 91%

A farm boy's secret birthmark binds him to a stolen relic and a dark god's awakening.

by David Eddings 1982

4.16

112k+ ratings

👑 Hidden Heir 📜 Prophecy-Driven Quest 🧙‍♂️ Ancient Sorcerer Mentor 🔮 Formidable Sorceress 💎 Stolen Magical Artifact

Green Rider

by Kristen Britain • 1998

A suspended student must deliver a dying messenger's warning before a conspiracy topples a king.

4.09

41k+

🏹 Reluctant Heroine 🔮 Magical Artifact 🕵️ Court Conspiracy 🏃‍♀️ Relentless Pursuit 🌱 Coming Of Age

Green Rider 91%

A suspended student must deliver a dying messenger's warning before a conspiracy topples a king.

by Kristen Britain 1998

4.09

41k+ ratings

🏹 Reluctant Heroine 🔮 Magical Artifact 🕵️ Court Conspiracy 🏃‍♀️ Relentless Pursuit 🌱 Coming Of Age

A Spell for Chameleon

by Piers Anthony • 1977

Bink has no magic in enchanted Xanth. At twenty-five, exile comes unless he proves his gift exists.

3.92

48k+

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🪄 Hidden Magic 🎭 Shifting Identity 🌫️ Illusion Magic ✨ Whimsical Fantasy

A Spell for Chameleon 91%

Bink has no magic in enchanted Xanth. At twenty-five, exile comes unless he proves his gift exists.

by Piers Anthony 1977

3.92

48k+ ratings

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🪄 Hidden Magic 🎭 Shifting Identity 🌫️ Illusion Magic ✨ Whimsical Fantasy

The Bell Between Worlds

by Ian Johnstone • 2013

A boy follows a phantom bell into a mirror world to uncover his mother's fate.

3.77

511

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Orphaned Hero ⭐ Chosen One Prophecy 🗝️ Hidden Magical World

The Bell Between Worlds 91%

A boy follows a phantom bell into a mirror world to uncover his mother's fate.

by Ian Johnstone 2013

3.77

511 ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Orphaned Hero ⭐ Chosen One Prophecy 🗝️ Hidden Magical World

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

Teen baker's bread magic makes her a murder suspect and the target of a mage-killing assassin.

4.05

70k+

🍞 Baking Magic 🫖 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Found Family 🪄 Persecuted Mages 🛡️ Siege Survival

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Summary

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking 91%

Teen baker's bread magic makes her a murder suspect and the target of a mage-killing assassin.

by T. Kingfisher 2020

4.05

70k+ ratings

🍞 Baking Magic 🫖 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Found Family 🪄 Persecuted Mages 🛡️ Siege Survival

Way of the Argosi

by Sebastien de Castell • 2021

Cursed to spoil every kindness, an orphan thief steals toward a freedom no mage controls.

4.25

2k+

🧙 Mage Society 🪢 Magical Curse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Crew 💔 Trauma Healing

Way of the Argosi 91%

Cursed to spoil every kindness, an orphan thief steals toward a freedom no mage controls.

by Sebastien de Castell 2021

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧙 Mage Society 🪢 Magical Curse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Crew 💔 Trauma Healing

The Forbidden Library

by Django Wexler • 2014

To learn the truth about her father, Alice must enter magical books that imprison deadly creatures.

3.83

6k+

📖 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 🐈 Talking Cat Companion 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪄 Magical Apprenticeship

The Forbidden Library 91%

To learn the truth about her father, Alice must enter magical books that imprison deadly creatures.

by Django Wexler 2014

3.83

6k+ ratings

📖 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 🐈 Talking Cat Companion 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪄 Magical Apprenticeship

Keeper of the Lost Cities

by Shannon Messenger • 2012

A telepath enters a hidden elven academy and learns her DNA was engineered by conspirators.

4.39

113k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧠 Telepathic Protagonist 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🔍 Mysterious Origins

Keeper of the Lost Cities 91%

A telepath enters a hidden elven academy and learns her DNA was engineered by conspirators.

by Shannon Messenger 2012

4.39

113k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧠 Telepathic Protagonist 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🔍 Mysterious Origins

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