Books like “The Book of Three”

What to read after “The Book of Three” by Lloyd Alexander: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan · 2005
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
Percy Jackson, a twelve-year-old who keeps getting expelled, learns he is a demigod and is accused of stealing Zeus's master bolt. With Annabeth and Grover he crosses America to return it, facing monsters and gods to stop a war on Olympus.
2
The Dragonbone Chair
Tad Williams · 1988
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Simon is a kitchen boy in the castle of the Hayholt, who dreams of heroes while the old king's health fails. When betrayal strikes, he flees into a country of trolls and swords, and the fate of Osten Ard falls into unlikely hands.
3
The Riddle-Master of Hed
Patricia A. McKillip · 1976
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Morgon, prince of the island of Hed, won a riddle contest against a ghost and now wears three stars on his forehead. When shape-shifters attack and the High One's realm begins to stir, he leaves his farm behind to seek answers about the fate that binds him to a land he has never seen.
4
Eragon
Christopher Paolini · 2002
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the mountains, and it hatches into a dragon. Chosen as her rider, he is hunted by the king's servants and must leave his village to learn the ways of the Dragon Riders and join the rebels.
5
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1968
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Ged, a gifted goatherd, is sent to the school for wizards on Roke to learn magic. A spell of vanity releases a shadow he cannot name, and he must travel across Earthsea to face it and become whole.
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The Sword of Shannara
Terry Brooks · 1977
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Shea Ohmsford lives a quiet life in the Shady Vale until the druid Allanon arrives with a warning: the Warlock Lord has returned, and only a descendant of the Shannara line can stop him. Shea sets out with a small band of companions to find the Sword of Shannara, the one weapon said to be able to destroy the Warlock Lord, before the Northland armies reach the Southland.
7
Pawn of Prophecy
David Eddings · 1982
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Garion grows up on a quiet Sendarian farm, unaware of the forces watching him. When a mysterious storyteller and a royal sorceress arrive, he is drawn into a search for a stolen artefact, travelling with a company that hides its true purpose from him. The old prophecy of the Belgariad has begun to move.
8
The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien · 1954
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Frodo inherits a golden ring that is far more than it seems, and learns it is the master ring of the enemy Sauron. With a company of dwarves, elves, men and a hobbit gardener, he sets out to carry it to the only place where it can be destroyed.
9
The City of Brass
S. A. Chakraborty · 2017
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
Nahri has survived in eighteenth-century Cairo by faking healings and stealing what she can. A careless summoning calls a djinn warrior to her side and drags her to Daevabad, a city of magic and old feuds, where her true blood makes her a threat to everyone around her.
10
The Stardust Thief
Chelsea Abdullah · 2022
From the same world: “Mythology Retelling”
Loulie al-Nazari, the Midnight Merchant, trades in jinn relics with her jinn bodyguard Qadir. When the sultan forces her into a search for a lost lamp, she must cross a desert of jinn, thieves and old stories, where the line between merchant and prey keeps shifting.
11
Kings of the Wyld
Nicholas Eames · 2017
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Clay Cooper left his days as a mercenary behind for a quiet life. Then an old bandmate arrives to say his daughter is trapped in a besieged city, and Clay must round up the ageing, out-of-shape heroes of Saga for one more job.
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The Neverending Story
Michael Ende · 1979
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Bastian, a lonely boy, steals a book about the dying world of Fantastica. As he reads he is drawn into it, and discovers that only he can give the Childlike Empress a new name and stop the Nothing from swallowing the land.