My 11 year old daughter loves to read and gets upset when she finishes a series she really likes so I’m trying to find more books based on her taste. We started off by reading the Harry Potter series together (She liked the earlier books more than the later ones most likely cause she was 6-7 at the time and related more to the younger versions of the characters). Then she read All of the Percy Jackson books, The Hunger Games (including the newest prequel one), and is now about to finish The Mazerunner. Based on those books what other ones would you recommend I introduce to her?
by twerve
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How about “The Ice Children” by M.G. Leonard?
I 100% recommend the Mistborn series by Sanderson. I think your daughter would enjoy the story and the world.
wings of fire and warrior cats! not as ya as hunger games, but very similar to percy and harry potter! and to be fair, there both long series!
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Kane Chronicles is written by the same guy who wrote Percy Jackson
I really enjoyed The Land of Stories when I was that age, and I think that has around 5 books now
Dorothy Must Die is a little intense, but not much more than The Hunger Games imo
There are also countless Nancy Drew books that would keep anyone busy for a bit
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (first in a series)
[Well Witched](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2457867.Well_Witched), [Cuckoo Song](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18298890-cuckoo-song) or [The Lie Tree](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23592175-the-lie-tree) by [Frances Hardinge](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/119830.Frances_Hardinge).
Or, bit of an oldie, but [Diana Wynne Jones](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4260.Diana_Wynne_Jones).
I think at that age my favourites were [Howl’s Moving Castle](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294.Howl_s_Moving_Castle), [Dogsbody](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18932.Dogsbody) and [Archer’s Goon](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47521.Archer_s_Goon).
Tamora Pierce Tamora Pierce Tamora Pierce! Start in with Alanna: the first adventure. There are five series set I. Her medieval “Tortall” setting, and another words she has with a different world set up, but I prefer her tortall books. Alanna is her first and it’s about a girl who wants to become a knight so she disguises herself as a boy since girls are not allowed.
My son loved all of those plus Rangers Apprentice series
The Michael Vey series by Richard Paul Evans. The ninth was released a few months ago. The author has had many New York times #1 bestsellers.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
A Wizard of Earthsea by LeGuin
And the following books
Amari and the Night Brothers
Lemony Snicket
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Nevermoor series
I think she’d love [Nevermoor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6a6d5ca1-b2f5-47be-828c-018144d3bbc7) by Jessica Townsend, if she hasn’t already read it!
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
The Fablehaven Series by Brandon Mull
The Guardians of Ga’Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch
The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan were my favourite series when I was 11! Also sparked an interest for greek mythology through that!
Inkheart
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Anne (Anne of Green Gables etc) by L. M. Montgomery
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
not a series but I recommend anything by Jacqueline Wilson
The Menagerie Series by Tui T Sutherland and The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C Wrede
The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer: the story really isn’t similar to Harry Potter but the world building has the same level of detail and weirdness.
The Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy: funny, original and they were some of my favourite books when they came out. The series does get darker as the main character gets older, so you might want to skim through a few of the later books to see if they’re ok for your daughter to read.
The Five Kingdoms
The Hound of Rowan