Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone appears in 33 book lists

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone appears in 33 book lists on Shepherd.

The best books to get started with fantasy

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The best children’s fantasy books with friendship, magic, and adventure

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The best epic fantasy novels with adventure and romance

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The best books about Merlin and magic

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The best books for knock-your-socks-off escapism and worldbuilding

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The best portal fantasy books that transport you to unimaginable places

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The best non-mystery youth novels that are really mysteries

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The best fantasy/romance books where in a war between humans and shifters, sparks and fur fly…until scales appear

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The best children’s books where ordinary items become magical

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The best books to transport you and leave you speaking the language

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The best fantasy books to scratch that itchy and desperate need to escape

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The best fantasy books filled with so much magic and wonder that the real world slips away

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The best books that provide an entertaining escape from reality

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The best sci-fi novels where food plays a defining role in the story

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The best fantasy books for middle graders to explore different types of fantasy novels

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The best fantastic fantasy books to get lost in

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The best books with characters who appear to be on the autism spectrum

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The best books from the gothic darkness of vampires to wizards, goblins, and dwarves

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The best fantasy books that plunge us into alternate worlds of power, magic, betrayal, and love

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The best fantasy books that have influenced my life so far

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The best fantasy books that are the most uplifting
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The best books that combine magic with the mundane

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