Recs if you like Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)...
Fantasy books you can read instead of Harry Potter
JK Rowling is a bigot who uses her platform to hurt transfolks and other marginalized groups (plus she literally just quoted Mein Kampf on the bird site). If you're still supporting her in 2025, don't bother talking to me.
stop supporting JKR!!!
books to get for the middle grade readers in your life that have similar vibes but are NOT Harry Potter (and are in fact better)
Alternatives to Harry Potter
You liked Harry Potter but you’re angry at the author for being a huge transphobe and you would like some alternatives because you don’t want to give money to her so she can finance transphobia and you have enough of Harry Potter’s racist stereotypes like Cho Chang and other problematic themes in this saga? You’re in the right place! I haven’t read all, if some are misplaced, let me know! Also, if you want more fantasy recs, I have a queer fantasy list! It is addressed to different ages.
“tiny bookshop” books 📚
books featured in the cozy video game “tiny bookshop”
the rainbow list
this is for aesthetics only
It's 2005 and you're at the Scholastic Book Fair
Books of the millennial reader's childhood (not just scholastic book fair). Sticking with chapter books, and not picture books :) All books pre-2005 Taking recs!
please allow me to introduce myself
the name’s Bond. Alexz Bond. 😂
always taking suggestions for books with a full name in the title.
Escape Rooms
A mixture of genres and age levels, but each book has a level of feeling like an escape room
So you want to be part of the world
You know when you're a kid and you have a vivid imagination ? So picture this: You just started a series and go reenact as if you're in the book
Most of these are YA or teen books
Will be updating often
Tiny Fables
All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.
I can't remember the title, but the cover is blue
Ah yes, this ol' issue that has plagued librarians and bookstore clerks for decades.
And sometimes you find the right book, but... can you even call that shade blue?
SFF books in series that pretend to be standalone
Self-contained SFF books that belong to a series, offering a complete story without a multi-book commitment. A perfect way to sample immersive worlds while limiting potential disappointment – yet still leaving more to explore if you liked it.
Millennial Nostalgic Reads
Bring on those Gen Y memories! A list of books likely to give people born between 1981 and 1996 a lot of feelings.
This list is for those of us who grew up eagerly awaiting the Scholastic Book Fair, watching Reading Rainbow (or Wishbone!), and dreaming of a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.
Note: these are not books published in 1981-1996, but books that had a hold on the millennial generation.
Also check out the Dear America series, American Girl series & Royal Diaries series.
var-eye-ety is the spice of life
books with characters with different colored eyes (heterochromia in most but not all cases) suggestions welcome!!
Kid's Fantasy Adventure Series
Who TF needs JKR anymore? We got way better books out there dude
Less hyped than Harry Potter (but way better)
These middle grade series may not have seven movies, a TV show, and a literal theme park dedicated to them, but they sure deserve it! Especially because they weren't written by JKR. All recommended by Pagebound users, and suggestions are always always welcome -- middle grade fantasy/mystery series-starters only, please! Let's foster a love of reading in kids without supporting bigotry and hatred.
tiny bookshop
(almost) every book in the game: tiny bookshop
the stock of tiny bookshop
i am definitely not the first person to make this but i am dedicated to make this the most comprehensive
Librarian recommends (full list)
A variety of books recommended by a librarian (appropriate for students aged 11-16 as well).
Tiny Bookshop Game Books
This is a list of (most) every book mentioned in the video game 'Tiny Bookshop'
