Favorite children's/young adult fantasy!

[Taran Wanderer]

What are your favorite children's or young adult fantasy novels? That's been my main fiction reading theme for the past year or so, via audiobooks for the most part. (I tend to listen to fiction and read non-fiction). Here are some novels and series in that category that I like:


The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander (that's where my username is from :smile:)
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner

What about you guys?

[Alcoth]

I enjoyed Eragon (Christopher Paolini), at least the first book. The second book had some slow parts. Don't bother with the movie though :tongue:

[One Bad Pig]

The Dark Is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

Terry Brooks' Magic Kingdom books might qualify as YA.

[Taran Wanderer]

I enjoyed Eragon (Christopher Paolini), at least the first book. The second book had some slow parts. Don't bother with the movie though :tongue:
I couldn't get into Eragon when I tried it, but I didn't really give it a fair shot. I'll probably try it again. Yeah, I've read the movie is bad. I might watch it for a laugh though. :wink:

[Taran Wanderer]

The Dark Is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper
I felt like that one was over the top, but I did like it overall.


The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Interesting. I've seen the movie but haven't read the book. Is the book much different?


Terry Brooks' Magic Kingdom books might qualify as YA.
I started the first one when I was a young adult, so it might. :wink: I'll probably revisit this series too, especially since I can get the audiobook. :smile:

[One Bad Pig]

Interesting. I've seen the movie but haven't read the book. Is the book much different?

What I didn't realize until I read the book is that the movie only covers the first half of the story. There are some differences, especially in the "real world" aspect of the story.

[Manwë Súlimo]

The Hobbit.

I'm ashamed of you OBP.

[One Bad Pig]

I had to leave you something.

You missed Roverandom.

[Hamster]

Toss up between Narnia and Harry Potter. Narnia is more meaningful (obviously) but I really enjoyed them both

[Taran Wanderer]

Toss up between Narnia and Harry Potter. Narnia is more meaningful (obviously) but I really enjoyed them both
Yes. In fact, I've basically been looking for a Harry Potter replacement ever since the series ended. That's why I like Septimus Heap so much. It has a similar subject matter and tone. Actually I like SH so much that now my goal is a SH replacement. :wink: That's why I like the Keys to the Kingdom. The subject matter is pretty different and kind of hard to summarize, but the tone is similar.

[Catholicity]

hands down Narnia!!!!! never read harry potter nor will I :smug: but I like a lot of manga

[Speed Donkey]

I just finished reading "where's my mom?"
The pop up picture of the rabbit was my favourite. And I am glad the little duck found his mom in the end :thumb:

[Taran Wanderer]

I just finished reading "where's my mom?"
The pop up picture of the rabbit was my favourite. And I am glad the little duck found his mom in the end :thumb:
Spoilers! >-O

[Speed Donkey]

Spoilers! >-O

Sorry, sorry! Erm... lemmie fix it... The duck dies. Yeah. Thats it. Duck dead. Bang. Gone. No more spoilers. :thumb:

[Aposphet]

The series Mortal Engines I think should be up there.

[Hamster]

It's not a novel, but I enjoyed "Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know" (or something to that effect)

[Taran Wanderer]

Sorry, sorry! Erm... lemmie fix it... The duck dies. Yeah. Thats it. Duck dead. Bang. Gone. No more spoilers. :thumb:
:hehe:

[Taran Wanderer]

The series Mortal Engines I think should be up there.
Interesting, I'll have to look into that one.

[Taran Wanderer]

It's not a novel, but I enjoyed "Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know" (or something to that effect)
Ah, this one (http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Tales-Every-Child-Should/dp/1162620455/)? I hadn't heard of that, but I started reading the regular Grimm book once.

[Catholicity]

I have a copy of "The Brother's Grimm" Yeah Not for kids. but really good anyway.

[Taran Wanderer]

I have a copy of "The Brother's Grimm" Yeah Not for kids. but really good anyway.
I wonder how well Disney would do if they made cartoons of the real stories. :hehe: Hmmm, maybe they could release live action versions for adults. :we need a chin scratching smilie: