Four sagas to read after Harry Potter
Books like Harry Potter, in reading order. Tap a cover to see it on Amazon.
Missing the magic? If you’re looking for books like Harry Potter, these four series share what fans miss most: a friendship trio, a gruff mentor with secrets, magic learned spell by spell, a tyrant on the rise, and heroes who grow up as the books go on. Fifteen novels, one world: Sithesia.
What makes a book feel like Harry Potter?
It isn’t just wands and wizards. The books readers compare to Harry Potter tend to share a handful of ingredients, and Sever Bronny’s series hit every one:
- An unlikely hero with a hidden gift. Augum Stone is a friendless farm boy with a whip-scarred back and nowhere to belong, until a gruff old woman takes him on as her apprentice.
- A friendship trio. Augum, bookish Bridget and quick-witted Leera: loyal, bickering, and willing to walk into danger for each other.
- A legendary mentor. Anna Atticus Stone is a living legend, gruff and formidable, and she has secrets of her own.
- Magic you learn, not magic you’re handed. Twenty degrees of the arcane, earned one at a time, each with its own spells, rings and a price for pushing too hard.
- A dark power rising. A tyrant has seized the kingdom, and he’s hunting seven mythic artifacts.
- A series that grows up with its readers. The trio are fourteen in Arcane, sixteen in Burden’s Edge and twenty in Whispers of Wrath, and the stories deepen and darken as they grow.
If you loved this in Harry Potter, read this next
| If you loved… | Read… |
|---|---|
| Three friends against the world | The Arinthian Line, starting with Arcane |
| School life: entrance exams, rivals, a castle-sized academy | Chronicles of Anna Atticus Stone, starting with Prodigy of Thunder |
| The wise, mysterious headmaster figure | Anna Atticus Stone: meet her as the gruff mentor in Arcane, or as a fourteen-year-old prodigy in Prodigy of Thunder |
| Learning new spells year by year | The Arinthian Line’s twenty degrees of magic (see the spell list) |
| The thrill of the big matches | Arena duels in The Arcane Artist, where Anna is the unbeaten champion |
| Dragons | Fury of a Rising Dragon, where the trio hunt the lost secret of summoning them |
| Darker, older books in the series | Arcane Legacy, with the trio as adults |
| Listening on audio | The audiobooks, with The Arinthian Line narrated by Grammy and Hugo winner Stefan Rudnicki |
Four fantasy series for Harry Potter fans
The Arinthian Line
5 books · complete · the best place to start
Why Harry Potter fans love it: it’s the closest match on this page. A kingdom has fallen to a vicious tyrant, and fourteen-year-old Augum and his friends Bridget and Leera must master the arcane arts while sheltering in a mysterious, ancient castle. Their mentor, the legendary Anna Atticus Stone, guards one of the seven artifacts the tyrant is hunting. Expect lessons, quests, betrayals and a friendship tested by fire.
Best for: readers aged 10 to retiree. No explicit language, and the romance is sweet.
Chronicles of Anna Atticus Stone
3 books · complete · stands on its own
Why Harry Potter fans love it: it’s the series for anyone who misses school life. Fourteen-year-old Anna is the youngest warlock ever to wield lightning, and she dreams of passing the entrance trials to the thousand-year-old Academy of Arcane Arts: friends, warlock tournaments, a sprawling academy to explore. But her jealous sister will do anything to stop her. Across the trilogy, Anna grows from secret prodigy to unbeaten arena champion to mother.
Best for: magic-school fans, and anyone who wants a heroine at the center. Every book is rated 4.7 or higher on Amazon.
Fury of a Rising Dragon
4 books · complete · the sequel to The Arinthian Line
Why Harry Potter fans love it: the academy years, at war. Augum is sixteen, already a legend, and sick of being the hero. Students idolize him, nobles plot to use him, and an enemy empire masses on the border. So he and his friends revive the Arcaners, a long-dead order of warlock-knights. Legend says they once summoned dragons.
Best for: readers who liked the later Harry Potter books best, when the stakes got real.
Arcane Legacy
3 books · the trio as adults · can be read on its own
Why Harry Potter fans love it: it’s what happens after the school years. Augum, Bridget and Leera are twenty, warlock-knights of a reborn order and able to become dragons, a power that devours their empathy with every casting. For the first time, the story is told from all three points of view. The finale, Wings of Conquest, launches December 4, 2026.
Best for: adults who grew up with the boy wizard and want the grown-up version: higher stakes, darker themes, the same banter.
Books like Harry Potter for adults
Plenty of readers come to Sever Bronny’s books in their thirties, fifties and beyond, often after reading Harry Potter with their kids. The stories are written for ages 10 to retiree, and they deliberately grow older with each series. Fury of a Rising Dragon brings war, politics and hard moral choices, and Arcane Legacy follows the heroes as adults with titles, apprentices and a kingdom that expects them to be its weapons. Flames of Stone shows Anna Atticus Stone as a teacher, wife and mother fighting for her daughter’s soul.
Magic school books like Harry Potter
The Academy of Arcane Arts is Sithesia’s thousand-year-old school for warlocks, with entrance trials, a student council, rivals, tournaments and secrets in its halls. Read Prodigy of Thunder to follow Anna as she fights her way in, and The Arcane Artist for her final year as head of student council and arena champion. In Burden’s Edge, Augum walks those same halls a generation later.
Completed fantasy series like Harry Potter
No waiting years for the next book. The Arinthian Line (five books), Fury of a Rising Dragon (four) and Chronicles of Anna Atticus Stone (three) are all complete, and Arcane Legacy’s finale arrives December 4, 2026. That’s fifteen novels in one connected world, and every one is free to read with Kindle Unlimited (Wings of Conquest from launch). Not sure where to begin? See the reading order.
What readers say
“If you loved Harry Potter, Arcane has the same thrill and page-turning fun.”
“It’s reminiscent of the Harry Potter series, but in a good way, not a derivative way.”
“This series is single-handedly responsible for getting my kids into reading. And you know what? I couldn’t put the books down either. A magical, amazing adventure.”
“It is not like other stories where the main characters get super powerful really fast and they have an easy time. The main characters here struggle and face challenges at every turn and we endure their sufferings with them.”
The reading order
- The Arinthian Line: Arcane, Riven, Valor, Clash, Legend
- Fury of a Rising Dragon: Burden’s Edge, Honor’s Price, Mercy’s Trial, Champion’s Wrath
- Arcane Legacy: Whispers of Wrath, Storms of the Ancients, Wings of Conquest
Chronicles of Anna Atticus Stone (Prodigy of Thunder, The Arcane Artist, Flames of Stone) is a prequel that stands on its own, so read it first, last or anywhere in between.
Frequently asked questions
What should I read after Harry Potter?
Try Arcane, Book 1 of The Arinthian Line. It has the ingredients Harry Potter fans miss most: a young hero with a hidden gift, a loyal trio, a legendary mentor, a magic system learned step by step, and a dark tyrant on the rise.
Are there books like Harry Potter for adults?
Yes. Sever Bronny’s books are written for ages 10 to retiree and get more mature with each series. Fury of a Rising Dragon and Arcane Legacy are the darker, more grown-up chapters, and many readers come to them as adults.
Is there a magic school like Hogwarts?
Yes, the Academy of Arcane Arts. It’s at the heart of Chronicles of Anna Atticus Stone and returns in Fury of a Rising Dragon.
Are these series finished?
The Arinthian Line, Fury of a Rising Dragon and Chronicles of Anna Atticus Stone are complete. Arcane Legacy’s finale, Wings of Conquest, launches December 4, 2026.
Are the books suitable for kids and teens?
Yes, for ages 10 and up. The Arinthian Line has no explicit language and a sweet romance. The later series are a little darker, with war and its costs, but contain no explicit content.
Are there audiobooks like Harry Potter?
Yes, every series is on audio. The Arinthian Line is narrated by Grammy and Hugo winner Stefan Rudnicki. See the audiobooks page for narrators and samples.
Can I read them free?
All of Sever Bronny’s books are free to read with a Kindle Unlimited subscription. You can also read the first chapter of Arcane free right now.
Harry Potter is a trademark of its respective owners. Sever Bronny’s books are not affiliated with or endorsed by them; the comparison is offered to help readers find their next series.
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