Books Like Princess Academy

Loved Princess Academy by Shannon Hale? If its middle grade, fantasy and series hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The School for Good and Evil and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 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 Princess Academy: Middle Grade · Fantasy · Series · Series Starter · Young Adult

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

Middle Grade · Series Starter · Boarding School · Coming of Age · Lighthearted

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The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani

Middle Grade · Boarding School · Series Starter · Princes and Princesses · Self-Discovery

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum

Middle Grade · Lighthearted · Self-Discovery · Heartwarming · Series Starter

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Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree

Female Friendship · Lighthearted · Hopeful · Charming · Self-Discovery

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Searching for Dragons
Patricia C. Wrede

Middle Grade · Princes and Princesses · Kidnapping Plot · Lighthearted · Charming

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Graceling
Kristin Cashore

Young Adult · Princes and Princesses · Coming of Age · Series Starter · Self-Discovery

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The Case of the Missing Marquess
Nancy Springer

Middle Grade · Kidnapping Plot · Series Starter · Charming · Self-Discovery

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Marked
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

Young Adult · Series Starter · Boarding School · Coming of Age · Fantasy

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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle

Middle Grade · Self-Discovery · Series Starter · Hopeful · Teen Protagonist

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The Demon King
Cinda Williams Chima

Young Adult · Working-Class Protagonist · Series Starter · Princes and Princesses · Fantasy

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Threadneedle
Cari Thomas

Young Adult · Female Friendship · Self-Discovery · Series Starter · Coming of Age

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Lirael
Garth Nix

Prophecy · Young Adult · Bookish · Self-Discovery · Coming of Age

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

Middle Grade · Prophecy · Series Starter · Hopeful · Princes and Princesses

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To Shape a Dragon's Breath
Moniquill Blackgoose

Boarding School · Coming of Age · Series Starter · Teen Protagonist · Fantasy

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Clockwork Angel
Cassandra Clare

Young Adult · Kidnapping Plot · Bookish · Series Starter · Fantasy

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The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater

Young Adult · Series Starter · Working-Class Protagonist · Prophecy · Fantasy

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The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan

Middle Grade · Prophecy · Boarding School · Series Starter · Fantasy

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Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim

Young Adult · Series Starter · Heartwarming · Princes and Princesses · Teen Protagonist

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Magyk
Angie Sage

Middle Grade · Series Starter · Princes and Princesses · Lighthearted · Fantasy

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A Language of Dragons
S.F. Williamson

Young Adult · Series Starter · Female Friendship · Bookish · Teen Protagonist

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