which novel is similar to the famous harry potter series?

Question

it must be filled with similar magic,drama&emotion & must be very unique.

Answer 1

Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
Wren to the Rescue and sequels by Sherwood Smith
The Once and Future King by TH White
The Dark is Rising books by Susan Cooper
His Dark Materials, beginning with The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Redwall books by Brian Jacques
Circle of Magic books by Tamora Pierce
Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini
The Narnia books by CS Lewis
Wizard at Work by Vivain Vande Velde

It is a bit contradictory when you say similar to Harry Potter and very unique in the same sentence. Harry Potter isn't all that unique in its story, just in it's phenomenal popularity.

Answer 2

Try Clive Barkers Abarat series. This story is SO unbelievably awesome! People keep comparing it to Harry Potter, but the main character is a teenage girl instead of a boy. So far he's only written two books, and those of us who are fans are ANXIOUSLY awaiting the third book (pee or get off the pot, Clive). The added bonus is that Clive Barker writes each book by first painting hundreds of paintings and then developing the storyline. The artwork is included in the books (also amazing). Look on Amazon. Or try Ebay and see if you can get a hardback copy with a map. Just read the first book. You won't be able to put it down.

Answer 3

It's a bit of a contradiction to say you want something similar to Harry Potter and at the same time unique, but I think I know what you mean. There are other books who stretch past the stereotypes and cliches in modern fantasy. Here are a few suggestions:

The Art of Arrow Cutting by Stephen Dedman: Very unique modern fantasy. The magic and fantasy elements come from Japanese mythology. Very humorous and adventurous at the same time. The sequel, Shadows Bite, is equally good. Both are set in present day Los Angeles.

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman: This book imagines a secret world of magic below the London Underground. It's darker and more intense than Harry Potter, but really quite an engaging read. If you like it, you should check out some of Gaiman's other works, including American Gods and Anansi Boys.

Nightwatch by Sergei Lutyanenko: Nightwatch was originally written in Russian and only recently translated into English. It's set in modern day Moscow and imagines a city (and world) filled with magical beings called the Others. They can be magicians, werewolves (and tigers, bears, etc), and vampires. They're all strictly divided into Light and Dark Ones, supposedly on whether they're motivated by good or evil. The book is extremely emotional and character-driven, and makes you wonder if the Light Ones are really so pure of heart, or if the Dark Ones are as bad as they first appear. The sequel, Daywatch, should be out soon.

Sunshine by Robin McKinley: McKinley never exactly names the setting of her novel. It seems like a version of modern America, but filled with magicians, half-demons, and vampires. Very character-driven and emotional, it's a stirring drama filled with conflict and suspense.

Changeling by Roger Zelazny: Zelazny imagines two parallel worlds, one filled with myth and magic, the other with science and technology. The magical world was ruled by an evil tyrant, finally defeated after years of struggle and oppression. But he leaves behind an infant son. Unwilling to usher in a new overlord, one wizard takes the boy into the other world, and swaps him out for another child...unwittingly ushering in a far worse evil. Great book from this classic SF and fantasy writer. You should also check out his Amber Chronicles series.

Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark: This is a great fantasy set during the time of Napoleon. Two British wizards--the last two, in fact--step forward to help their country in the struggle. Very witty and a highly engaging read.

Answer 4

The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud

Artemis Fowl series by Eion Cofler

Answer 5

I highly recommend Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke. The 3rd book in the trilogy, Inkdawn, comes out in 2008. Great books!

Inkheart:

Meggie’s father, Mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to life--literally. Mo discovered his power when Maggie was just a baby. He read so lyrically from the the book Inkheart, that several of the book’s wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. Then Mo discovered something even worse--when he read Capricorn and his henchmen out of Inkheart, he accidentally read Meggie’s mother in.
Meggie, now a young lady, knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent, only that Mo still refuses to read to her. Capricorn, a being so evil he would "feed a bird to a cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart," has searched for Meggie's father for years, wanting to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. Finally, Capricorn realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his beloved, oblivious daughter Meggie as bait!

Inkspell:

Just a few chapters into Inkspell, Mo (a.k.a. "Silvertongue") sagely says to his daughter, "Stories never really end, Meggie, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page." A fitting meta-observation for this, the unplanned second installment in Cornelia Funke's beloved now-trilogy.
Of course, it's that sort of earnest, almost gushing veneration of books and book-loving that made the absorbing suspense-fantasy Inkheart so wonderful in the first place, with that lit-affection getting woven integrally into the plot (Inkheart being both Funke's first book in the series, and the fictitious book within that book, authored by the frustrated Fenoglio, now trapped within the book, er, within the book. Fenoglio, perhaps not surprisingly, self-referentially wishes in Inkspell that he had written a sequel to Inkheart.) Inkspell should serve as a special treat for fans of the first book, as characters from Inkheart who have found themselves in the "real world" (if there is such a thing) find themselves read back into their own mythic, word-spun world--along with some of our favorite "real-world" characters. As with the previous book, Funke's greatest accomplishment here is telling such a rich and involving (and fun!) story, while still managing sweet, subtle commentary on the nature of words and meaning. Expect a tantalizing finale, too--as Funke says, "No reader will forgive me the ending, though, without a part three."

Answer 6

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
and
Charlie Bone bo Jenny Nimmo
(the Charlie bone series are pretty easy reads though)

Answer 7

in line with danger you should call them Warlocks or Sorcerers quite of "wizards" and "witches". and that i does no longer call the grandfather "headmaster" call him the "dean" or "prelate" or something. i admire that he has a touch sister, and that i might make him start up older than 11, possibly 15 or older if he's looking after a youthful sister, and that i might make her extremely youthful and lovable. and that i do like that your significant character is a boy, I do in basic terms no longer see this tale working from a females attitude. yet i think of that the beginning up of having a witch come and tell him he's a wizard after which being taken to a college is in basic terms too Harry Potter-ish, why no longer make it, and that's in basic terms what i'm feeling, so as that the day that his mum and dad are killed or are taken away, the evil adult men of the story are attempting to kidnap the two considered one of them because of fact they're like prodigal babies or in spite of after which the grandfather comes and rescues them. That way you start up top interior the middle of the action.

Answer 8

Eragon
The Chronicles of Narnia

Answer 9

Inkheart
Eragon