If you liked Harry Potter, try these...   T.A. Barron  The Lost Years of Merlin The amazing tales of Merlin's lost years—tales never revealed until now…This story begins when a lone, half-drowned boy washes ashore on a strange coastline. He has no memory of who he is or where he came from; even his own name is a mystery. Ultimately, he becomes Merlin, the sage of Camelot and the greatest wizard of all time. 1. The Lost Years of Merlin  2. The Seven Songs of Merlin  3. The Fires of Merlin  4. The Mirror of Merlin  5. The Wings of Merlin   Linda Buckley-Archer  Gideon the Cutpurse Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England, where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse. 1. Gideon the Cutpurse  2. The Time Thief  3. The Time Quake   Suzanne Collins  The Hunger Games   In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. 1. The Hunger Games  2. Catching Fire  3. Mockingjay   Nancy Farmer  The Sea of Trolls After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls. 1. The Sea of Trolls  2. The Land of the Silver Apples  3. The Islands of the Blessed Neil Gaiman  The Graveyard Book Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard. Joanne Harris Runemarks Maddy Smith, who bears the mysterious mark of a rune on her hand, learns that she is destined to join the gods of Norse mythology and play a role in the fate of the world. Garth Nix  Mister Monday Although Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die, he is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock, and now some bizarre creatures--including Mister Monday, his avenging messengers, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers--will stop at nothing to get the key. 1. Mister Monday  2. Grim Tuesday  3. Drowned Wednesday  4. Sir Thursday  5. Lady Friday  6. Superior Saturday  7. Lord Sunday   Garth Nix  Sabriel Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead. 1. Sabriel  2. Lirael  3. Abhorsen  Christopher Paolini  Eragon   In Alagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. 1. Eragon  2. Eldest  3. Brisingr  4. Inheritance Tamora Pierce  Sandry's Book Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while also learning to do crafts and to use their powers, especially magic. 1. Sandry's Book  2. Tris's Book  3. Daja's Book  4. Briar's Book Rick Riordan  The Lightning Thief After learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a war between the gods. 1. The Lightning Thief  2. The Sea of Monsters  3. The Titan's Curse  4. The Battle of the Labyrinth        5. The Last Olympian   Laura Ruby  The Wall and the Wing In a future New York where most people can fly and cats are a rarity, a nondescript resident of Hope House for the Homeless and Hopeless discovers that although she is shunned as a "leadfoot," she has the surprising ability to become invisible. Sequel: The Chaos King Michael Scott  The Alchemyst: the Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life. 1. The Alchemyst  2. The Magician  3. The Sorceress  4. The Necromancer  5. The Warlock Jonathan Stroud  The Amulet of Samarkand The story of Bartimaeus,a five-thousand year old djinni, and his adventures with boy magician Nathaniel. 1. The Amulet of Samarkand  2. The Golem's Eye  3. Ptolemy's Gate  4. The Ring of Solomon Megan Whalen Turner  The Thief Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone. 1. The Thief  2. The Queen of Attolia  3. The King of Attolia  4. A Conspiracy of Kings Scott Westerfeld  Leviathan   In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts. 1. Leviathan  2. Behemoth  3. Goliath     last updated 01/17/2012