Haven't read them yet but everyone keeps saying that the Nevermoor books remind them a lot of Harry Potter (in a good way).

Narnia is a must too, for me personally.

TJ Klune captures the warm energy of the first three books. But it’s for adults.

There’s a series about Nicolas Flamel, by Michael Scott I highly recommend it!

This. As mentioned, adult mashup of HP and Narnia. It's kinda dark tho. Check the trigger warning list if you're unfamiliar before reading.

JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst

Who is this by. I’m struggling to find it

I think you 'll love The name of the wind, and end up crushed because we'll probably never see the last chapter of the series.

Rain City Gothic.

Personally, I set my limit to buying 3 to 5 books a month. Not because I couldn't afford more, but my interests in books, authors and genres shifts every now and then.

Last year, I was really into magic realism, not soon after in late Victorian fiction, Modernism and then Gothic Fiction. This year started with a deep adoration for American novels of the 20th century - mostly William Faulkner - and just a week ago, I fell in love with Pynchon's the Crying of lot 49.

So, just go with the flow and embark into your wonderful journey of discovering books. Pick what captivates you most at a given time and more books will follow.

If you're liking the magical / fantasy type stuff set in england - consider the Rivers of London series. I found that quite enjoyable. Also to double down on some other suggestions mentioned - Enders Game is good, Dark Materials and also LOTR if you've never read that (so much better than even the extended cut movies).

I read Enders Game after Harry Potter and I was amazed that no one mentions how many things JKR took straight from it. It's basically HP in space with better writing.

The Percy Jackson series has a very similar dynamic of hero+friends going through adventures in our world but with a magic/mythological twist (although the writing is very different). If you liked Rowling’s very English prose and humour, you might also enjoy Terry Pratchett (he is arguably THE high priest of English wacky fantasy, the language is superb, although dense).

Totally valid! For me, it depends on the series and how attached I am to it. The more attached, the more pretty I want it to sit on my shelves.

Do your mandatory readings, since they are mandatory. Organize your time to finish that task like any other task you have to do.

Then read your pleasure books in your free time, and do it as you want since you don't need to meet any deadline. Don't overthink it.

TLDR: Focus on finishing your obligatory task. The rest should flow naturally depending on your interests.

Percy Jackson

I figured out how much I needed to read each day for my assigned reading to get it done on time. I always read what I had to for the assigned reading first, but once I reached my daily quota I could read whatever I wanted without stress.

Don't know if that would work for you or not, but I know it worked well for me.

You could do one as an audiobook while you do something else like cleaning or mindless video games or art, and the other physical reading!

Or sometimes I will read a physical book IRL, then crawl into bed at night and switch to another book digitally, lol. For some reason having them in different formats helps me keep them apart and feel like a different activity

Fullmetal Alchemist manga! Much better magic imo.

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever. Stephen Donaldson.

A challenging read but it pays off after the first few thousand pages.

I find that the Inheritance series By Christopher Paolini offers great world building and and the characters are rich and diverse and the plot is also riveting. There is also Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien is also god for world building, Character arcs and the plot is amazing.

A Wizard fo Earthsea. Try The Shadow of the Wind; it will blow your socks off.

Too violent for my tastes

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Start with "The Color of Magic". (Or "Colour", if you're not American...)

A song of ice and Fire

Copy Pasted my reply from a previous thread I was in about a similar topic.

"Fablehaven has two youngsters who due to circumstances have to stay at their grandparents farm during a solstice and learn the farm is actually a sanctuary for magical creatures good and evil.

Simple rules get broken and calamity ensues. Good Stuff.

It does get pretty dark though, ESPECIALLY for a YA audience."