Keira Gillett

So I’m a die hard Harry Potter fan and you must be too if you’re here. Although, there is a slight chance you haven’t read the books. If that’s you, I’m telling you, you need to read the Harry Potter Series. All 7 books! Like right now. This is their order:

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

These are the companion books to Harry Potter:

• The Tales of Beedle the Bard
• Harry Potter Schoolbooks: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them & Quidditch Through the Ages

And you can Get the Complete Harry Potter 8-Film Collection

If you’re a Harry Potter fan…

You should check out these trilogies and series. There are 60 books in all! The recommendations are in no particular order.

Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan:

A boy with ADHD and dyslexia finds out his handicaps are in fact signs of his powers. He learns that he’s a demigod, son of the Greek god Poseidon, one of the main three gods. Trouble is looming and he’s the only one who can save the world. The first and second book have been made into a major motion picture. The series in order is:

1. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
2. Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters
3. Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse
4. Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth
5. Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian
6. Companion novels: The Demigod Files.

There’s also a sequel series based on Percy Jackson called The Heroes of Olympus, which introduces their Roman demigod counterparts:

7. The Lost Hero
8. The Son of Neptune
9. The Mark of Athena
10. The House of Hades
11. The Blood of Olympus

Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer:

A boy genius is a criminal mastermind and the greatest recent enemy of fairies worldwide. He plans to rebuild his family’s finances by stealing it from “imaginary” beings. The books in order are:

12. Artemis Fowl
13. The Arctic Incident
14. The Eternity Code
15. The Opal Deception
16. The Lost Colony
17. The Time Paradox
18. The Atlantis Complex
19. The Last Guardian
20. The Artemis Fowl Files is the companion novel to the series.

Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer:

Another series that took off like Harry Potter is Twilight. A girl discovers a boy in her class is a vampire and it’s love at first smell… er sight. The series listed in order is:

21. Twilight
22. New Moon
23. Eclipse
24. Breaking Dawn
25. The companion novel for this series is The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.

Septimus Heap Series by Angie Sage:

A boy soldier finds out he has magical abilities and is considered by one and all to be one of most magical beings around, because he is the 7th son of a 7th son. He’s going to be powerful, very powerful, but until then, he’s got to be trained. The books in order are:

26. Magyk
27. Flyte
28. Physik
29. Queste
30. Syren
31. Darke
32. Fyre
33. The series’ companion novel is The Magykal Papers.

Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins:

Another series that shot to fame like Harry Potter is Hunger Games. A girl volunteers herself as a sacrificial tribute to the Capitol to be placed in the arena in order to save her sister and ends up inciting a rebellion. The books are being made into movies. The Hunger Games, the movie is already released. The trilogy in order is as follows:

34. The Hunger Games
35. Catching Fire
36. Mockingjay

His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman:

This trilogy is published for young adults, but like Harry Potter is meant to reach a wider audience. The Golden Compass, the first in the trilogy, has been made into a major motion picture. The trilogy in order is:

37. The Golden Compass
38. The Subtle Knife
39. The Amber Spyglass

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis:

This series is comprised of seven books. It has been adapted several times over. The latest adaptions have been 3 full length featured motion pictures by Disney on books 2, 4, and 5. The books in reading order are different than their published order. The chronological reading order is as follows:

40. The Magician’s Nephew
41. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
42. The Horse and His Boy
43. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
44. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
45. The Silver Chair
46. The Last Battle

The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black:

This series is wonderful for the younger reader. It is not really aimed toward adults as the books are super short and read like fragments of a larger story. The five books comprising the series have been turned into one major film. In order, they are:

47. The Field Guide
48. The Seeing Stone
49. Lucinda’s Secret
50. The Ironwood Tree
51. The Wrath of Mulgarath

You can then go and read Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles:

52. The Nixies Song
53. A Giant Problem
54. The Wyrm King

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini:

A young boy finds a dragon egg and hatches it, starting him on an adventure of a lifetime as he is the last of the Dragon Riders. The first book in the series, Eragon, has been turned into a motion picture film.

55. Eragon
56. Eldest
57. Brisingr
58. Inheritance
59. To learn more about the series, check out the companion novel: Eragon’s Guide to Alagaesia.

The Zaria Fierce Series by Keira Gillett:

Disclaimer: This series is written by yours truly.

When her friend Christoffer is kidnapped by a river-troll Zaria Fierce must team up with his three best friends and complete a quest to rescue him. The journey takes them all over Norway and along the way they meet ellefolken, trolls, wyverns, and elves. It’s hard to sort out friends from foes. Will Zaria and her friends rescue Christoffer before times runs out?

60. Zaria Fierce and the Secret of Gloomwood Forest
61. Zaria Fierce and the Enchanted Drakeland Sword
62. Zaria Fierce and the Dragon Keeper’s Golden Shoes 
63. Aleks Mickelsen and the Twice-Lost Fairy Well
64. Aleks Mickelsen and the Call of the White Raven
65. Aleks Mickelsen and the Eighth Fox Throne War
66. Christoffer Johansen and the Return to Jötunheim (Coming 2020)

So there you have it! What books do you recommend?