Series Like Harry Potter

All right, Harry Potter is done. Now what?

Harry Potter journeys down a very common path, that many heroes before him and after him will take.  The heroes and heroines below are walking down that very same road.

A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.

This quest is the story behind Harry Potter, Star Wars, King Arhur...and thousands of other books, especially series for young adults.

The Hero’s Journey: Reading List

Hero’s Journey Children’s Novels

*The Princess Bride
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
The Neverending Story
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Eragon (Inheritance)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia)
*Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)
*Ender's Game (The Ender Saga)
*Seventh Son: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Volume I (Alvin Maker)
A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle)
The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain)
*Pawn of Prophecy (Belgariad)
Dragon's Blood: The Pit Dragon Chronicles

Hero’s Journey Children’s Series
All the other Harry Potters:
Harry Potter Boxset

Inheritance
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Dark Is Rising (Boxed Set): The Dark Is Rising, Greenwitch, Over Sea, Under Stone, Silver on the Tree, The Grey King
Ender's Game Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon
The Tales of Alvin Maker
The Earthsea Quartet
The Chronicles of Prydain
The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Volumes 1-3: Boxed Set: Dragon's Blood, Heart's Blood, and A Sending of Dragons (Pit Dragon Chronicles)
The Belgariad Set, Books 1-5: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit, Castle of Wizardry, & Enchanter's End Game

The Heroine's Journey, Book One

The Wizard of Oz
Dealing with Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book One
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness)
Wild Magic (Immortals)
A Wrinkle in Time
The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition
*Arrows of the Queen
*Sister Light, Sister Dark: Book One of the Great Alta Saga
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The Last Unicorn
So You Want to Be a Wizard
Sabriel

Heroine’s Journey Children’s Series

The Oz Books
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Dealing with Dragons / Searching for Dragons / Calling on Dragons / Talking to Dragons
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Song of the Lioness Quartet: Alanna: The First Adventure / In the Hand of the Goddess / The Woman Who Rides Like a Man / Lioness Rampant
The Immortals
The Time Quartet
The Great Alta Saga
His Dark Materials Omnibus (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)
Queen's Own: Arrows of the Queen ; Arrow's Flight ; Arrow's Fall (Heralds of Valdemar)
Diane Duane's Box of Wizardry: the Young Wizards Series

Movies

The Princess Bride (20th Anniversary Edition)
Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc)
The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King)
The Last Unicorn
*King Arthur (any version)
Harry Potter Years 1-5 Limited Edition Gift Set
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Eragon (Widescreen Edition)
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Four-Disc Special Edition)
The Lion King (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
Pan's Labyrinth
Labyrinth
The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition)
*The 10th Kingdom
*Mirrormask
Jim Henson's Fantasy Film Collection - (Labyrinth / MirrorMask / The Dark Crystal)
The Dark Crystal (25th Anniversary Edition)
Spider-Man 3 (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Special Editions)
Superman Returns [HD DVD]
Shrek the Third (Widescreen Edition)
The Shrek Trilogy (Shrek / Shrek 2 / Shrek the Third) (Full Screen Edition)
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
Earthsea
A Wrinkle in Time
*Designed for a Young Adult Audience

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