What next after Harry Potter?

[bigTillyMint]

DS has almost finished the last one and is wondering what he can read next.
He has read the Robert Muchamore series recently too. He is 11. Any suggestions?

How about His Dark Materials - a trilogy of books by Phillip Pullman. They are fabulous.

Percy Jackson series is good, as is the Kanes one.

Wow, you were fast

Thanks - I'll put them on the list!

DD read Phillip Pullman, Percy Jackson after HP

He has read the Percy Jacksons - loved them, so the Kanes one (is that the book title?) might be a good one.

First one is The Red Pyramid

OK, so Kanes is the author or the name of the hero?

Aahh, found them on Amazon!

The Kane's are brother and sister. Riordian focuses on Egyptian mythology this time, but cleverly makes a nod to the Roman/ Greek for Percy fans.

They discover they are in a magic bloodline, and have to fight all sorts of evil doing.

Hunger games trilogy, that are fab!

The Dark is Rising - the books are available on Amazon but I couldn't easily link to the set.

Has he read Narnia?

Thanks, HDWL - they sound right up DS's street!

BCT, are the Hunger Games books appropriate for an 11yo? He went to see the film with DH. DH was shell-shocked, but DS enjoyed it

Yes... The hunger games books are amazing!

My 11yo DD has just finished the third Hunger Games book and she really enjoyed them. I read them before her to check they were ok and ended up getting so into them, it only took me 2 days to read them all :-) The first one has a bit of violence, but very in keeping with the book, and nothing an 11yo boy can't handle.

Alex Ryder

Ooh I would recommend A series of unfortunate events, by Lemony Snicket. There are 13 books in total - I'm reading them to my class at the moment and they're hooked!

OK, Hunger Games is on - DD(nearly 13) might read them too, I guess as she liked the film!

Startail, he has listened to all the Alex Ryders, but maybe he would like to read them too. Similarly the Lemony Snickets - Book People CD's on long car journeys!

My DD graduated on to His Dark Materials too after HP Whatevertheweather.

My 11-year-old is reading Ribblestrop by Andy Mulligan at the moment. If your son liked the boarding school aspect of HP, he might like this.

Diana Wynne Jones, (as you may tell from my username I am a fan)

I'd second Diana Wynne Jones. My DS1 read all the Harry Potters one after the other, about 18 months ago. He was bereft until we discovered Chrestomanci.

I was going to say anything by Diana Wynne Jones too, but others got here before me (though IMO the Chrestomanci books are far from her best). I am currently curled up with DD2 and she is reading Howl's Moving Castle while I reread A Song of Ice and Fire again. Happy days

Terry Pratchett makes for a good change in pace. Good to laugh out loud sometimes :)