Moving on from Harry Potter

Lemony Snicket
Robert Muchamore
Goosebumps

Hi Suz, How about a series featuring jousting, sword fights, white horses, crop circles, ley lines and stone circles? Archer is skilled in many sports, but his real expertise is in archery (what else?). Although it has a medieval feel, the story is set in modern day in an alternate universe where all the 16-year olds compete in the Beltane challenges to see who will be crowned King and Queen of the May. Think Robin Hood crossed with Merlin and A Knight's Tale and you're halfway there. The author is Jacky Gray and she has also released the second book Rory where Archer travels to this world. Not sure if you would consider this in the same vein as the great Potter, but you can tell if it's right for your 10-year-old by reading the previews (and reviews) on Amazon.

Good thread, I have put it on my watch list for ideas for my dd.

I know it has been suggested already but dd really enjoyed The Fire Thief Trilogy, I think I got them from the book people, and loves all the Horrible Histories/Science/Geography

Not in the same vein as Harry p but much much more fun are the Mr Gum books. Good fun to read aloud too. And also recommend Vordak the Incomprehensible. Happy reading!

Your son may well enjoy the Fire Thief series by Terry Deary and particularly the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan.
I teach in primary school and have found the latter series particularly popular with boys of this age.

You may like to check out my website wwww.hummingbirdbooks.co.uk for lots more ideas.I only feature a book if my test readers (who are all children) have given it a 4 or 5 rating.

Another here for Phillip Pullman, both the Northern Lights trilogy and the series starting with The Ruby in the smoke, great adventures.

He maybe a bit young yet, but my 12 year old loved the Garth Nix: Sabriel, Lireal, Abhorsen trilogy (as did I).

Going back a long way I loved John Wyndam's The Chrysalids, great story Sci fi rather than fantasy though.

My 13 DS loved the Derek Landy books, which I can't blooming remember the name of but they involve a skeleton.

what about The Owl Service by Alan Garner too?

My boys loved the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer at that age and, as a primary school teacher, I am really impressed by the vocabulary and how it encourages boys imaginative writing.

What about Michael Morpugo?

What about uncle montagues tales of terror? The one when the nasty "fake seance " lady ends up trapped in the dolls house forever realty got me .... Although he should have stopped at volume one, as the next two volumes were tedious.

You could try The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by alan Garner - an oldie but a goodie. Otherwise I second any Phillip Pullman and also the Septimus Heap series.

The new Young Sherlock Holmes series by Andrew Lane is fascinating - takes Sherlock from age 14 at boarding school until he is 23 when the original books start.

My 12yo loved them..Death Cloud and Red Leech are out already and we can't wait for Black Ice! Apparently there is going to be one bok per year of Sherlock's age, like the HP series.

My 11 year old has loved reading the Cherub series by Robert Muchamore; he doesn't rate the Henderson Boys books by same author. I haven't read them but am assured they are age appropriate!

Try The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper - which won the Brit Writers award last year. It's a really gripping story and the sequel is due out on 22nd Feb.

We have exactly the same problem for my 11yr old ds.
I think he always keeps a HP on the go, just for security

Anyone mentioned
The Rangers Apprentice series by John Flanagan
The Museum's secret by Henry Chancellor
and the 39 Clues by various authors including Rick Riordan. Ds is loving those atm. There is a really good website that goes with.

My son had the same problem
but has since read and recommends the following

The Chronicles of Narnia C S Lewis
The Wind Singer Trilogy by William Nicholson
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Phillip Pullman Dark Materials trilogy
The Castle of Adventure/Sea of Adventure Enid Blyton
Anthony Horowitz Alex rider series
Holes by Louis Sacchar
Hoot by Carl Hiaasan
Inkheart Cornelia Funke
Z-Rex by Steve Cole
Toms Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce
and anything by Michael Morpugo.
He liked Terry Pratchet and Eva Ibbotson as well
and still loves the Horrible History/science/Geography series.
he still goes back to Harry potter in between though and can probably recite most of them off by heart. Hope that helps.

What about the Eva Ibbotson books? They are funny, and the Which Witch and Ogre of Oglefoot are good for the younger ages that like the early Harry Potters, whilst the older ones, like Journey to the River Sea, are better for older ones. No swearing, lovely writing, and a bit of humour. The Eleanor Updale Montmorency series are good for kids who like the mystery aspect of the Harry Potter series but aren't that worried about the fantasy and magic dimension. Updale's books are set in the nineteenth century, reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes, and you can get them on CD narrated by Stephen Fry (a must for the Potter audio lovers).

My Family and Other Animals and other Gerald Durrell books. Does have some bad language but hilarious for that age kids, and beautifully written as well as funny.

I would second Terry Pratchett.

Also I've recently discovered that someone called Michael Scott (I think) has written a series of books about Nicholas Flamel(for anyone not Harry Potter obsessed; he is mentioned as a friend of Dumbledore's early on in the series)

They seem to get good reviews on amazon
HTH

Agree with Diana Wynne Jones:

The Chrestomanci series:
Charmed Life
Witch Week
The Magicians Of Caprona
The Lives of Christoper Chant
Conrad's Fate
The Pinhoe Egg

Also

The Ogre Downstairs - a very unusual chemistry set causes amazing things to happen to the kids in the book - I especially loved the bit where the toffee bars come to life!

Howl's Moving Castle
Castle In The Air
House Of Many Ways

are all set in a world with 'fairy-tale' type devices - seven league boots,magic carpets, genies etc, but done in a very original and funny way.

Archer's Goon is about Howard who discovers their town is being run by 'seven megalomaniac wizards' - but they're nothing like the long beard and pointed hat wizards you would normally think of... very funny in places, gripping and a massive twist in it that I didn't see coming when I first read it.

The Power Of Three is a more serious adventure story, with more serious magic.

Also
The Spellcoats
Drowned Ammett
Cart And Cwidder
The Crown Of Dalemark
all set in another world

all set in another world, they have a more serious air about them too.

Septimus Heap books by Angie Sage

ragged: I shocked my brother when I was a young teen after reading Herriot, by quite innocently using the word 'bugger' - as in 'tha daft owd bugger' when addressing a cow

I had no idea what it meant, well how could I as I'd only seen it applied to a female animal? I think in context its just a Yorkshire idiom not a swear word.

Is there a lot of sex in them? Must go back and have a look.
11yo DS just read & quite enjoyed "All Things Great and Small" (James Heriott anthology), but I hadn't realised it has a fair few swear words in it! .

Yes, Charlie Bone, of course.

Dragon riders of Pern are great, but IIRC they might be a bit old (quite a bit of sex in them I think?)