5 Books Harry Potter die hard fans will Love

Be it the 12-year neonates, or the youth blossom-ers, or the stodgy oldies — everyone has pictured themselves living in the Little Whinging and going to Hogwarts. Own up it or don’t, but if you’re a true Potterhead, you would have delved into this make-believe game for more than a hundred thousand times, not to mention the best part — Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, the Muggles and the bewildering wizard world!

This till-date-Rowling-classic still rules the hearts of many, many people in the entire world. Starting from the ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’, going through ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’, and finally coming to ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, J.K. Rowling takes us on an impeccably enduring journey. Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. Mystery. Thrill. Drama. Adventure. Bildungsroman. Horror.

But, like all good things come to an end, at the end of the series, all we’re left with is a poignant vista of the 7-stage journey, and the desire to read something just like this once again. We know that for Potterheads, the pedigree of Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort will always remain irreplaceable. From time to time many such avant-garde have been made to match the Harry Potter series in style and fervour. While you might think that they’d look rebarbative trying to match the Harry Potter style, we’ve tried to satisfy your pottermania appetite with 5 cherry-picked book/series, which’ll not only remind you of the fantasy, fiction, romance and thrill of Harry Potter, but will also pull numerous strings in your head.

Let’s take a look:

1. THE MAGICIANS BY LEV GROSSMAN

Quentin Makepeace Coldwater loves a series of books called ‘Fillory and Further,’ which involves the children of the Chatwin family discovering a Narnia-esque land called Fillory. He goes to an advanced school with his friends James and Julia. On the day of his Princeton interview, Quentin instead interviews at Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, the only school for magic in North America, and is accepted as one of the twenty new students. Julia also takes the exam but fails. Magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he dreamed it would. After graduation he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real!

The American writer in his book has flaunted the concept of parallel universes and the genres of fantasy and fiction quite very well.

2. THE NIGHT CIRCUS BY ERIN MORGENSTERN

A blooming garden made of ice, acrobats soaring without a net, a vertical cloud maze where patrons who get lost simply step off and float gently to the floor, or any other only-true-in-imagination things you could think about for a circus. It appears all of a sudden — without a warning, and then goes away, just as swiftly as it came, whenever it wants to.

The Night Circus is a phantasmagorical fairy tale set near an ahistorical Victorian London in a wandering magical circus that is open only from sunset to sunrise. But it’s all not Le Cirque des Rêves or The Circus of Dreams does. It is there to serve a darker and shady purpose as well, beyond entertainment, fun and profit. Two powerful magicians, Prospero the Enchanter and the enigmatic Mr. A.H., groom their young proteges, Celia Bowen and Marco Alisdair, to proxy their rivalry with the exhibits as a stage.

What all is in the mind of these masterminds?

3. PENNYROYAL ACADEMY BY M.A. LARSON

“A Princess of the Shield is courageous. She is compassionate. She is kind, and she is disciplined. Without these four core values, a girl may have all the crowns and castles she wants, but she will no more be a princess than she will a dragon.” M.A. Larson, Pennyroyal Academy.

Pennyroyal Academy is a must-have book on the shelves of fantasy lovers. A girl from the forest arrives in a bustling kingdom with no name and no idea why she is there, only to find herself at the center of a world at war. She enlists at Pennyroyal Academy, where princesses and knights are trained to battle the two great menaces of the day: witches and dragons. She’s named Evie. Evie learns what it truly means to be a princess, she realizes surprising things about herself and her family, about human compassion and inhuman cruelty.

4. THE UNCOMMONERS: THE CROOKED SIXPENCE BY JENNIFER BELL

“Welcome to a world where nothing is quite as it seems…,” Jennifer Bell, The Crooked Sixpence.

Dear potterhead, this novel is a total delight for you because it resembles so much of the pottermania you need. When their grandmother Sylvie is rushed to hospital, Ivy Sparrow and her annoying big brother Seb cannot imagine what adventure lies in store. Returning to Sylvie’s house, they find it has been ransacked by unknown intruders — before a mysterious feather scratches an ominous message onto the kitchen wall. Ivy and Seb make their escape — only to find themselves in a completely uncommon world, where ordinary objects have amazing powers. The forces of evil are closing in fast, and Ivy and Seb must get to the bottom of a family secret before it’s too late.

5. A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES BY DEBORAH HARKNESS

A contemporary historical-fantasy-romantic novel with aced use of witchcraft and vampire genres, this book is a New York Times bestseller. It is a part of the All Souls Trilogy series written by Deborah Harkness. This volume is about Diana Bishop discovering her peril, qualities of herself that were unknown to her, and discovering romance, friends, and enemies in the magical community.

Diana is a science professor. Diana is conducting research in the University of Oxford. Also, Diana is a witch. However, she has rejected this aspect of her life since the death of her parents when she was seven. But one day, she discovers a lost manuscript at the Bodleian Library which not only causes a magical reaction in herself, but attracts the attention of others who have long been searching for the manuscript. With the help of a vampire, Matthew Clairmont, Diana sets out to discover more about her powers and to gain control over her magic.

A Discovery of Witches focuses largely on the coexistence of creatures in a world of humans. It questions the origin of all supernatural species, drawing on alchemical and historic sources for reference.

Dear potterhead, we know that these books can’t fill the space Harry Potter series created, but we’re sure that these books will create new places in your heart. With beautiful and witchy synchronization of words and characters, you’ll find yourself deeply engrossed in them.

Happy great fantasy world with a lot of witchcraft!