If You Liked This Bestseller, Then...

 When a book hits the top of the bestsellers' lists and decides to stay there a while, chances are people will hear about it.  When people hear about it, it gets read.  This, of course, is great for all involved.  Really wonderful books get discovered that way.  But there are some real gems that no one ever hears about, books that, in my humble opinion, deserve just as much attention and readership.  To that end, I've decided to pick a few of the big name, easily recognizable blockbusters of the literary world and let you know about a few of the unsung heroes that have quite a bit in common with them.  If you're looking for an excellent read, these are a few good places to start.

If you liked the Harry Potter Series, try:

The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Darkhenge by Catherine Fisher

Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
Into the Land of the Unicorns by Bruce Coville

If you liked the Lord of the Rings, try:

The Paradise War by Stephen Lawhead
The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia McKillip
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

If you liked The Hunger Games Trilogy, try:

Unwind by Neil Shusterman
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve
Airborne by Kenneth Oppel
Feed by M. T. Anderson
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

If you liked Twilight, try:

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Firethorn by Sarah Micklem
The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

If you liked The Da Vinci Code, try:

Codex by Lev Grossman
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
A Bone from a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh

Happy Reading!