2006-09-06 07:13:25 · 6 answers · asked by galactic129 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Some say that Jasper Fforde's Tuesday Next series is like Harry Potter for grown-ups - I, personally, do not agree.
But some time ago I read an old book (written long before Harry Potter) by Joan Aiken - The Shadow Guests - and the writing style and in a way the story reminded me very much of J.K. Rowling:
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Guests-Starscape-Joan-Aiken/dp/0765345307/sr=8-1/qid=1157584602/ref=sr_1_1/104-1556771-8865523?ie=UTF8&s=books
2006-09-06 12:21:04 · answer #1 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Books:
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, Book 11) by Robert Jordan
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Eragon / Eldest (Inheritance, Books 1 & 2) by Christopher Paolini
DragonQuest: A Novel by Donita K. Paul
Wild Magic (Immortals) by Tamora Pierce
The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Volumes 1-3
by Jane Yolen
So You Want to Be a Wizard (digest): The First Book in the Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane
Light Of Eidon (Legends of the Guardian-King) (Paperback)
by Karen Hancock
Tears of a Dragon (Dragons in Our Midst, Volume 4) (The Dragons in Our Midst) by Bryan Davis
Midnight for Charlie Bone (The Children of the Red King, Book 1) by Jenny Nimmo
The Dark Lord's Demise: The Archives of Antropos (The Archives of Anthropos) (Paperback)
by John White, Dale Larsen, Sandy Larsen
2006-09-06 09:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by Celse 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you've heard of the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer? I haven't read them myself, but one of my cousins that is a big Harry Potter fan also raves about Artemis Fowl. He also really loved the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
2006-09-08 22:20:13 · answer #3 · answered by Kami 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin is pre-Potter and very good.
2006-09-06 07:26:22 · answer #4 · answered by norsesoutheastwest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman. It is a story of a young boy who is a very powerful magician.
2006-09-06 12:58:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idk read some fan fiction from HP sites.
2006-09-06 07:27:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋