Way back in April, we started this project with the aim of creating a listing of books that readers of Harry Potter might be interested in after finishing the last Potter book. I've finally gone through the posts here and on Geekend and I have compiled the books mentioned into lists. The first three in each list will make it onto the index card. The card itself will point back to the final post (to come) for a complete list of books. I'm still working on a PDF for the index card. I'll post a link to it when its finished.

There were a lot of suggestions to go through and I think I got them all. If I didn't, I can certainly add to the lists. The books with the most mentions were placed first, the rest are listed in no particular order. There will be one more post in this series containing the PDF for people to print out and take to their Harry Potter release festivities.

And so, onward to the lists!

SCIENCE FICTION - Under 12

• A Wrinkle In Time - L'Engle, Madeleine
• Larklight - Reeve, Philip
• City Of Ember - DuPrau, Jeanne
• Have Spacesuit, Will Travel - Heinlein, Robert
• The Iron Giant - Hughes, Ted
• Space Cadet - Heinlein, Robert
• Andrew Lost - Greenburg, J.C.
• The Mysterious Benedict Society - Stewart, Trenton Lee
• The Tripods Trilogy - Christopher, John
• My Teacher Is An Alien - Coville, Bruce

SCIENCE FICTION - Young Adult

• Ender's Game - Card, Orson Scott
• Mortal Engines - Reeve, Philip
• Tanglewreck - Winterson, Jeanette
• Starsiders Trilogy - Gerrold, David
• The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Adams, Douglas
• Caves Of Steel - Asimov, Isaac
• Starship Troopers - Heinlein, Robert
• Foundation - Asimov, Isaac
• Podkayne Of Mars - Heinlein, Robert
• The Supernaturalist - Colfer, Eoin
• Maximun Ride - Patterson, James
• The Uglies - Westerfeld, Scott
• The Martian Chronicles - Bradbury, Ray
• I, Robot - Asimov, Isaac
• Tunnel In The Sky - Heinlein, Robert
• Rendezvous With Rama - Clarke, Arthur C. Arthur C. Clarke

SCIENCE FICTION - Adults

• Old Man's War - Scalzi, John
• Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom - Doctorow, Cory
• The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress - Heinlein, Robert
• Thursday Next - Fforde, Jasper
• Uplift Series - Brin, David
• Man Who Fell To Earth - Tevis
• Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad - Faust, Minister
• Illium - Simmons, Dan
• The Diamond Age - Stephenson, Neal
• Footfall - Niven, Larry
• Dune - Herbert, Frank
• Doomsday Book - Willis, Connie
• John Carter of Mars - Burroughs, Edgar Rice
• Mote In God's Eye - Niven, Larry
• The Well Of Souls - Chalker, Jack
• Flynx and Pip Series - Foster

FANTASY - Under 12

• The Hobbit - Tolkein, J.R.R.
• Redwall - Jacques, Brian
• Wee Free Men - Pratchett, Terry
• The Dark Is Rising - Cooper, Susan
• Artemis Fowl - Colfer, Eoin
• Endymion Ppring - Skelton, Matthew
• The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster, Norton
• Midnighter's - Westerfeld, Scott
• The Halloween Tree - Bradbury, Ray
• The Black Cauldron - Alexander, Lloyd
• The Belgariad - Eddings, David
• Series of Unfortunate Events - Snickett, Lemony
• Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Jones, Diana Wynne
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Riordan, Rick
• How To Train Your Dragon - Cowell, Cressida
• Half Magic - Eager, Edward
• First Test - Pierce, Tamora
• The Littles - Peterson, John
• The Wizard Of Oz - Baum, L. Frank

FANTASY - Young Adult

• His Dark Materials - Pullman, Philip
• Shannara Series - Brooks, Terry
• Discworld - Pratchett, Terry
• Lord of the Rings - Tolkein, J.R.R.
• Young Wizards - Duane, Diane
• Pern - McAffery, Anne
• Xanth Series - Anthony, Piers
• The Chronicles Of Narnia - Lewis, C.S.
• Here There Be Dragons - Owen, James
• the Last Unicorn - Beagle, Peter S.
• Forests Of The Heart - de Lint, Charles
• Magic Kingdom For Sale, Sold! - Brooks, Terry
• Bartimeus Trilogy - Stroud, Jonathan
• The Dreamhunter's Duet - Knox, Elizabeth
• Earth Sea - LeGuin, Ursula K.
• Talking to Dragons - Wrede, Patricia C.
• Dragonsinger - McAffery, Anne

FANTASY - Adult

• A Song Of Fire and Ice - Martin, George R.R.
• The Wheel of Time - Jordan, Robert
• Book Of The New Sun - Wolfe, Gene
• Chronicles of Amber - Zelazny, Roger
• A Man Rides Through - Donaldson, Stephenson
• Replay - Grimwood, Ken
• Mists of Avalon- Bradley, Marion ZImmer
• The Dresden Files - Butcher, Jim
• Princess of Roumania - Park, Paul
• Odd Thomas - Koontz, Dean
• Declare - Powers, Tim
• Black Jewels Trilogy - Bishop, Anne
• Kushiel's Dart - Carey, Jacquelin
• Arrows of the Queen - Lackey, Mercedes
• Keys to the Kingdom - Nix, Garth
• Darkness Series - Turtledove, Harry

Feel free to add more books here, or on your blog but with a link in the comments. I won't be adding any more to this list, but I will point back to here so others can find more books.

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Posted by JP Frantz at Tuesday July 03, 2007 at 7:14 AM
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