If you loved Harry Potter and Twilight what should you read next?

[WinkyGirl]

My friends and I are true Harry Potter fans. We are now getting into Twilight. But what next?

Can anyone recommend anything? Your thoughts gratefully appreciated!

Oh this is a good one. I am looking for something else to read now these are finished. Am currently re-reading so hopefully will get some ideas here.

I am Legend
(not one for the kids though)

Ooh, Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen (aka The Old Kingdom Series) by Garth Nix (teenagey). Medalon, Treason Keep and Harshini (aka The Demon Child Trilogy) by Jennifer Fallon (older teenagey/adult, not 'adult' IYKWIM!). Both Aussie authors, weirdly. Have read both trilogies a few times - fabbo!

His Dark Materials?

Oh yes, of course! I love the Sally Lockheart books by Phillip Pullman as well. Have just read the 4th (and latest of 5 I think) book of 'The Power of Five' books by Anthony Horowitz. They're great, really horrible in places!

Thanks everyone, some great ideas. I can forsee some surfing on amazon

The Dragonbone chair by Tad Williams and its sequels.

Another vote for the Dark Materials trilogy, they are fantastic.

Ooh yes, yet another vote for His Dark Materials and Sally Lockheart. I would also recommend The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper which I adored as a teenager and am about to re-read this half-term .

"The Historian" and "Dracula" for non-crappy books about vampires.

Echo the Pullman recs.

any Malory blackman
and Elizabeth Laird -

Look at the teen fiction section

Diana Wynne Jones - anything of hers.

Are you a teenager, Winky?

How about some Neil Gaiman - "Neverwhere" is good; perhaps "Stardust".

The EarthSea Trilogy by Ursula Le Guin.

The Bartemeus trilogy by Jonathon Stroud. (first one is called the Amulet of Samarkand ) Supposedly aimed at children, but I love them, and I am a Harry Potter fan.

Terry Pratchett? Start at the beginning for best results, although he doesn't (imo) realy settle into his style until about book 4

Trudi Canavans Black Magician Trilogy or Age of the five series

For Vampires I 2nd The Historian LOVE that book it has about 700 pages so no light read.

For a trillogy I would say His Dark Materials.

No I am nearly (whispers) 32, so very far from teenage years janeite I just enjoyed Harry Potter so much, after refusing to read the books for YEARS, that now I am keen to read similar stuff.

Lol.

There is a very good series beginning with "Across The Nightingale Floor" which is a teenage Japanese warrior series: very good indeed; not the humour of HP but an epic battle / love story over several books.

And try Gaiman's "Anansi Boys" - tis an adult book but really good fun.

The Night Watch quarter by Sergei Lukyanenko

Ooh yes robin hobb! - farseer, liveships and fools ones are amazing

Agree with Abhorsen and Dark Materials trilogies

Spooks apprentice etc - easy and quite young, but still good.

Garth Nix - Mister Monday etc?

DH is muttering about Name of the Wind (I think) too