Books after Harry Potter: Part II

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The seven-book, eight-film epic that is the Harry Potter series ended last July 14. If you're one of those headless chickens running around and fretting about the end of your childhood, you might want to check these books out - Harry Potter wasn't the only published character in the past fifteen years he's reigned the Bestsellers' list.

6. Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine

Ella of Frell's mother died, and her father remarried. Her stepmother is a social-climbing witch and her stepsisters are one-dimensional Prince Charmont trolls. Ella can't find refuge in her own home - and that's a problem, for she was born with the fairy's gift of obedience: she has to obey every command she receives to the letter.

Read this: If you love your fairy tale classics deconstructed and the elements mixed into the machinations of real life.

7. The Game of Sunken Places, MT Anderson

What starts as a board game forgotten in a dusty old attic (sounds like a certain jungle board game novel, noh?) becomes a board game spread across the old mansion's sprawling grounds. Brian and Gregory began the game, and now they can't stop until they've solved the game's riddles, fought through trolls, and passed through and warring kingdoms to win the game.

Read this: If you love books that have the protagonists engage in a game for their lives.

8. The Thief Lord, Cornelia Funke

Venice is the orphans' paradise: a ragtag bunch who have no other lives to lead find themselves being led by the enigmatic Thief Lord. What starts as a run-of-the-mill tranche de vie comes to life with the appearance of a magical carousel that can, quite literally, spin time.

Read this: If you're looking for that one magical spot in the midst of gritty reality.

9. Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini

Small-time farmboy-with-big-dreams Eragon gets exactly what he wishes for: through a not-too-coincidental chain of events, he finds himself the sole remnant of a once proud race of Dragon Riders. As the series progresses, so does its protagonists and writing style grow and develop.

Read this: It's Star Wars set in Middle Earth. Enough said.

10. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, JK Rowling

       Quidditch Through the Ages, JK Rowling

      Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, JK Rowling

Hogwarts becomes a bit more real, courtesy of JK Rowling's supplementary books based on in-text novels.

Read this: If you can't let go of the Wizarding World just yet.