Books Like Inkheart

Loved Inkheart by Cornelia Funke? If its series, magical books and fantasy hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Ink Blood Sister Scribe, The Case of the Missing Marquess and A Wrinkle in Time. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Inkheart: Series · Magical Books · Fantasy · Bookish · Middle Grade

Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Emma Törzs

Magical Books · Bookish · Fantasy · Female Lead · Series

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The Case of the Missing Marquess
Nancy Springer

Middle Grade · Kidnapping Plot · Series · Adventure · Series Starter

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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle

Middle Grade · Series Starter · Adventure · Fantasy · Series

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Clockwork Angel
Cassandra Clare

Kidnapping Plot · Bookish · Fantasy · Series · Series Starter

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis

Middle Grade · Series · Series Starter · Fantasy · Adventure

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Searching for Dragons
Patricia C. Wrede

Middle Grade · Kidnapping Plot · Series · Fantasy · Adventure

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The Red Pyramid
Rick Riordan

Middle Grade · Series · Fantasy · Series Starter · Adventure

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum

Middle Grade · Series Starter · Fantasy · Adventure · Female Lead

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The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani

Middle Grade · Fantasy · Series · Adventure · Series Starter

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Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell

Middle Grade · Series Starter · Fantasy · Adventure · Female Lead

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Magyk
Angie Sage

Middle Grade · Series · Fantasy · Series Starter · Adventure

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling

Middle Grade · Series · Fantasy · Adventure · Series Starter

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The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
Mark Lawrence

Bookish · Fantasy · Adventure · Series · Series Starter

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Lirael
Garth Nix

Bookish · Series · Fantasy · Adventure · Female Lead

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The Librarian of Crooked Lane
C.J. Archer

Bookish · Series Starter · Series · Fantasy · Female Lead

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La Belle Sauvage
Philip Pullman

Middle Grade · Series · Series Starter · Fantasy · Adventure

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The Book of Doors
Gareth Brown

Bookish · Fantasy · Adventure · Female Lead · Portal Fantasy

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Emily Wilde Series 2 Books Collection Set By Heather Fawcett (Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries & Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands)
Heather Fawcett

Bookish · Series · Fantasy · Adventure · Female Lead

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The Fragile Threads of Power
V.E. Schwab

Series Starter · Series · Adventure · Fantasy · Female Lead

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The Wild Robot
Peter Brown

Middle Grade · Series Starter · Adventure · Series · Female Lead

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