Doddery old wizards, wart-encrusted witches, pyromaniac dragons, cryptic prophecies, over-ambitious Arthurian knights, smug fairies and sickeningly cute elves. Bring it on!!
	The fairy-tale detectives by Michael Buckley (2005) First book in The sisters Grimm series
	Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (2001) First book in the Artemis Fowl series
	Over sea, under stone by Susan Cooper (1965) First book in The dark is rising series
	How to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell (2003) First book in the How to train your dragon series
	Who let the gods out? by Maz Evans (2017) First book in the Who let the gods out? series
	The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer (2004) First book in The Sea of Trolls series
	Charlotte sometimes by Penelope Farmer (1969) Third book in the Aviary Hall series Can be read & loved without having read any previous books in this series
	The ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (2004) First book in The ranger's apprentice series
	Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (2003) First book in the Inkheart series
	Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2002)
	I, Coriander by Sally Gardner (2005)
	The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner (1960) First book in the Alderley series
	Tuesdays at the castle by Jessica Day George (2011) First book in the Castle Glower series
	Charmed life by Diana Wynne Jones (1977) First book in the Chrestomanci series
	The ordinary princess by M.M. Kaye (1980)
	The lion, the witch and the wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (1950) First book in The chronicles of Narnia series
	The apothecary by Maile Meloy (2011) First book in The apothecary series
	The false prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (2012) First book in the Ascendance series
	Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo (2002) First book in the Children of the Red King series
	Alanna the first adventure by Tamora Pierce (1983) First book in the Song of the lioness series
	Percy Jackson and the lightning thief by Rick Riordan (2005) First book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
	Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda (1993) First book in the Rowan of Rin series
	Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone by J.K. Rowling (1997) First book in the Harry Potter series
	Magyk by Angie Sage (2005) First book in the Septimus Heap series
	The alchemyst by Michael Scott (2007) First book in the Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel series
	The amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (2003) First book in the Bartimaeus series
	The hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)
	Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson (2003) First book in the Dragonkeeper series
	The lost years by T.A. Barron (1996) First book in the Merlin series
	The hero's guide to saving your kingdom by Christopher Healy (2012) First book in the Hero's guide series
	The phantom tollbooth by Norton Juster (1961)
	Fairest by Gail Carson Levine (2006)
	Careful what you wish for by Maureen McCarthy (2010)
	Mark of the thief by Jennifer A. Nielsen (2015) First book in the Mark of the thief series
	Inkling by Kenneth Oppel (2018)
	Varjak Paw by S.F. Said (2003) First book in the Varjak Paw series
	Tensy Farlow and the home for mislaid children by Jen Storer (2009)
	Museum of thieves by Liam Tanner (2010) First book in The keepers series
	The thief by Megan Whalen Turner (1996) First book in the Attolia series
	The 1,000-year-old boy by Ross Welford (2018)
	100 cupboards by N.D. Wilson (2007) First book in the 100 cupboards series