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J.K. Rowling · 2007 · UK · fantasy · young adult
Book 7 of 7 in Harry Potter
★ 4.62 Goodreads · 4,252,490 ratings

Harry and his friends hunt for the Horcruxes in a desperate race to destroy Voldemort before he conquers the wizarding world.

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12 books for readers of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The Golden Compass

Philip Pullman · 1995 · UK 96% match ★ 4.04 Goodreads · 1,650,062 ratings
Book 1 of 3 in His Dark Materials
shares: chosen one, quest, young adult · speculative, easy read

Lyra Belacqua and her dæmon set out from Oxford for the far North to rescue kidnapped children, and stumble into a conspiracy about a mysterious substance called Dust.

Wizard's First Rule

Terry Goodkind · 1994 · US 96% match ★ 4.12 Goodreads · 255,841 ratings
Book 1 of 15 in The Sword of Truth
shares: chosen one, good vs evil, quest · speculative, easy read

Richard Cypher, a woods guide in Westland, rescues a mysterious woman, Kahlan, from four assassins, and learns she has crossed the magical boundary to find the long-lost wizard who can name a Seeker of Truth to stand against the tyrant Darken Rahl.

Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi · 2018 · US 95% match ★ 4.10 Goodreads · 261,102 ratings
Book 1 of 3 in Legacy of Orïsha
shares: chosen one, quest, young adult · easy read, speculative

Magic vanished from Orïsha the night the king's soldiers killed the maji, Zélie Adebola's mother among them, and now Zélie, her brother and a runaway princess have one chance to bring it back before the crown prince hunts them down.

Over Sea, Under Stone

Susan Cooper · 1965 · UK 95% match
Book 1 of 5 in The Dark Is Rising
shares: chosen one, good vs evil, quest · speculative, easy read

Children in Cornwall and Wales are drawn into the age-old struggle between the Light and the Dark, rooted in Arthurian legend.

The Talisman

Stephen King and Peter Straub · 1984 · US 94% match ★ 4.10 Goodreads · 149,915 ratings
Book 1 of 2 in The Talisman
shares: good vs evil, quest, friendship · speculative, easy read

Jack Sawyer, twelve, whose actress mother is dying in an off-season New Hampshire resort hotel, sets out across America and the Territories, a world alongside ours, to find the talisman that could save her.

The Eye of the World

Robert Jordan · 1990 · US 94% match ★ 4.19 Goodreads · 616,392 ratings
Book 1 of 15 in The Wheel of Time
shares: chosen one, good vs evil, quest · speculative, easy read

Three farm boys leave their isolated Two Rivers village after a night of black-cloaked riders, and one of them turns out to be the reincarnation of the man prophesied to break the world.

Pawn of Prophecy

David Eddings · 1982 · US 94% match ★ 4.16 Goodreads · 113,420 ratings
Book 1 of 12 in The Belgariad and the Malloreon
shares: chosen one, good vs evil, quest · easy read, speculative

A farm boy raised by his aunt is swept onto a quest across kingdoms when a stolen relic sets an ancient prophecy in motion, and his family turns out to be far older than they seem.

Malice

John Gwynne · 2012 · UK 94% match ★ 4.18 Goodreads · 69,845 ratings
Book 1 of 4 in The Faithful and the Fallen
shares: good vs evil, war, coming of age · speculative, easy read

In the Banished Lands, where giants once ruled, Corban, a blacksmith's son, wants only to become a warrior, while kings gather for war, an old prophecy stirs and a wolven pup attaches itself to him.

Eragon

Christopher Paolini · 2002 · US 94% match ★ 3.97 Goodreads · 1,993,222 ratings
Book 1 of 5 in The Inheritance Cycle
shares: chosen one, good vs evil, quest · easy read, speculative

Eragon, a farm boy in the remote land of Alagaësia, finds a polished blue stone in the mountains that hatches into a dragon, and finds himself heir to the Dragon Riders, the order destroyed by the tyrant king Galbatorix.

The Sword of Shannara

Terry Brooks · 1977 · US 94% match ★ 3.77 Goodreads · 103,481 ratings
shares: chosen one, good vs evil, quest · speculative, easy read

Shea Ohmsford, a half-elf in the quiet village of Shady Vale, learns from the druid Allanon that he is the last heir to the Sword of Shannara, the only weapon that can destroy the Warlock Lord.

His Majesty's Dragon

Naomi Novik · 2006 · US 94% match ★ 4.07 Goodreads · 115,995 ratings
Book 1 of 9 in Temeraire
shares: friendship, war · easy read, speculative

During the Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy captain Will Laurence captures a French ship carrying a dragon egg, and when it hatches and the dragon chooses him, he must leave the sea for Britain's aerial corps.

The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan · 2005 · US 94% match ★ 4.31 Goodreads · 3,578,744 ratings
Book 1 of 8 in Percy Jackson and the Olympians
shares: chosen one, quest, friendship · easy read, speculative

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson, a troubled kid with dyslexia and ADHD, learns that the Greek gods are real and that he is the son of one of them, and he has ten days to find Zeus's stolen lightning bolt and stop a war among the gods.