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Books I have personally read and loved or have heard a ton about and can safely recommend (organized in roughly ascending reading level):#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!#REF!
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Reason You Loved HP Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin*Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Majia (Latin American)Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. WredeDragonsong by Anne McCaffreyHowl's Moving Castle by Dainna Wynne JonesThe Wee Free Men by Terry PratchetAlanna: The First Adventure by Tamora PierceSuper Mutant Magic Academy by Jillian TamakiAkata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforLabyrinth Lost by Zoraida CordovaRaven Boys by Maggie SteifvaterThe Beast Player by Nahoko UehashiCemetary Boys by Aiden ThomasSabriel by Garth NixChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiSorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuirePawn of Prophecy by David EddingsTrail of Lightning by Rebecca RoanhorseMagic for Liars by Sarah GaileyThe Magicians by Lev Grossman
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Surprise! Magic exists! and/or You're super powerful!✔✔✔✔*City of the Plague God by Sarway Chadda (Mesopotamian myth/ Muslim protagonist)✔✔✔✔✔✔✔ sort of✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
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Rough early life, but ends up validated, vindicated, and hardcore.✔*Aru Shah And The End Of Time by Roshani Chokshi (Indian)✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
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School story, but make it fantasy.✔✔✔*The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes (Mayan/Mexican)✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
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Cool worldbuilding, bro! and/or unique magic system✔✔*Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
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Fantasy beasties <3✔*Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez (Cuban)✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
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Good vs Evil Battle Royale!✔✔✔✔✔*Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia (Black American)✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
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Whimsy and humor✔✔✔✔✔✔*Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Navajo)✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
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Notes:MG - first in 5-book Dark is Rising sequence, very steeped in Arthurian legend, group of intrepid kids saving the world, but they're siblingsMG - 5-book series - one of the original magic school books by a genuinely lovely humanMG - *Rick Riordan presents: An imprint for #ownvoices works for kids based on mythologies from around the world. Similar reading lever to HP, I've read The Dragon Pearl, and it's scifi, but definitely based on Korean myths of the 9-tailed foxMG/YA -first in the Enchanted Forrest ChroniclesMG/YA- Harper Hall trilogy - other books set on Pern are for adults, some are more scifi than fantasyMG/YA - first in a trilogy, but can be read as a stand-alone - magic world connected to our ownMG/YA- first of the Tiffany Aching series, set in Pratchet's larger Discworld books. Highly recommend audio book!MG/YA- 4-book series, highly recommend the following 4-book series (Wild Magic) At least one character LGBT+YA - graphic novel. Superhero/magic. At least one character LGBT+YA- Set in Nigeria, duology, fantastic authorYA - 3-book Brooklyn Brujas series. At least one character LGBT+YA- 8-book series - celtic mythology, class issues, and has a big messy magic family that gives me Weasley feels. At least one character LGBT+YA- I think this is a series, but only one is translated so far and can be read as a stand aloneYA - standalone. At least one character LGBT+YA- Can be read as a standalone, but part of the Abhorsen trilogy (books 2 and 3 more school story with surprise magic), new prequelsYA- based in african myth, but wholy fantasy worldYA - standalone, more a library than a school story, but there are living booksYA/Adult - novella, first in Wayward Children series - magical worlds connected to ours. LGBT+YA/Adult - 5-book series, classic fantasy "chosen one" plotAdult- post apocalyptic, based on Navajo mythology and gods, duologyAdult - imagine Lily and Petunia's story but with a murder mysteryAdult - think Harry Potter in grad school, bonus: you still get an emotionally stunted white boy protagonist! At least one character LGBT+
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Books under consideration:
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This Is How You Fly by Anna Meriano
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Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
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The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag
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The Siren and the Sword by Cecilia Tan
<Magic University series - some CW (consent, sa, child abuse)
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The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith
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Spellhacker by M.K. England
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Peter Darling by Austin Chant
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Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant
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Tensorate series by J. Y. Yang
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The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
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One Dead Vampire by Kris Ripper
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Lobizona by Romina Garber
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into the real by z brewer
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miss meteor by tehlor kay mejia and anne-marie mcclemore
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https://www.autostraddle.com/eight-trans-inclusive-fantasy-books-for-harry-potter-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-989052
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sarah gailey
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A Deadly Education
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The Iron Trial
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