I grew up in the late 90s/00s. My family was just not big into reading. Nor did they encourage reading. I read a lot in elementary school, but we grew up poor. So between finances and non-readers, my only option was whatever my school library had. And usually the most popular books were always checked out. So I missed out on MANY popular series.
But I did manage to read a few. Such as most of A Series of Unfortunate Events. I read a couple of goosebumps. I read the Wizard of Oz.
I read all of the Harry Potter books and Hunger Games books when I was in my mid-20s.
But I’m in my 30s. A big fantasy reader. I’m looking for fun reads that still more or less hold up. Even currently popular books. What popular books or series did I miss out on that I could and SHOULD read? I’ll add it to my TBR list!
by Acrobatic-Elk402
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Animorphs. It’s a genuinely very good war story that the author fully intended to use to teach children about how horrific war is without talking down to them. There are 54 short books in the main series and 10 side stories, but they go by very quickly.
One of my favorites growing up was Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, it’s in the fantasy genre and I really liked it. It’s a trilogy as well. It’s been years since I’ve read it, so maybe check some more recent reviews, but it felt magical at the time and hopefully you would enjoy it as well!
The Golden Compass series by Phillip Pullman, as well as Garth Nix who writes fantasy series in MG/YA and adult. These held up really well reading them in my 30s.
Still ongoing, but I’ve been having a blast with Shannon Messenger’s *Keeper of the Lost Cities* series.