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Books like The Enchanted Castle
Loved The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from fantasy, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
10 books · ranked
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The Hobbit
A comfortable hobbit is swept into an adventure with dwarves and a dragon; the cosy doorway into Middle-earth.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Four children step through a wardrobe into a frozen magic kingdom; the gateway to Narnia.
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The Lord of the Rings
A small hobbit carries a world-ending ring toward the only place it can be destroyed; the epic that defined the genre.
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A Wizard of Earthsea
A gifted boy at a school of wizardry must face the darkness he unleashed; spare, wise coming-of-age fantasy.
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5
A Game of Thrones
Noble houses scheme for an iron throne while an ancient threat stirs in the north; ruthless, intricate epic fantasy.
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Mistborn: The Final Empire
A street thief joins a crew plotting to overthrow an immortal god-emperor, using a brilliantly worked magic of metals.
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The Name of the Wind
A legendary figure tells the story of his own rise from orphan to arcanist; lyrical, immersive and beloved.
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Guards! Guards!
A drunken night watch must stop a dragon and a conspiracy; warm, funny and secretly wise Discworld.
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9
Piranesi
A man lives alone in an endless house of statues and tides; a short, strange, haunting puzzle of a novel.
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10
Northern Lights
A girl and her animal soul-companion journey north into a war over the nature of the soul; thrilling and profound.