10 Fantasy Books That Are As Good as Harry Potter

Fantasy stories often begin with a simple movement away from the ordinary world, and this pattern helps explain why readers keep comparing many fantasy books with Harry Potter. Harry Potter has been the core memory of every child, and many discovered a love of fantasy through that book.

It has become the cornerstone of what a fantasy story should be, so other books are often measured against it. Percy Jackson begins as a boy who feels misplaced until he discovers he is the son of Poseidon and is taken to Camp Half-Blood, where children of gods train for quests; his journeys with Annabeth and Grover force him to balance loyalty to friends with duty to Olympus.

Lyra Belacqua grows up with a daemon that shapes identity, uncovers experiments involving Dust, and travels across worlds with Will Parry to confront institutions that claim moral authority, with sacrifice eventually replacing adventure.

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