What are poor Muggles to do?

1. Retrieve Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and click the Find Similar Books button.
2. Click "Clear" to remove all subject headings, then select Child wizards in the "required" column and Schools in the "desired" column.
3. Select levels YA and Children's.
4. Click Search.
5. NoveList retrieves 22 titles, of which 4 are the Harry Potter books. Click on each title to see more information about the books.

Tip: You can select other favorite aspects of Harry Potter, instead of Child wizards and Schools. You can limit the search to any reading level or levels you want.

Using a Boolean Search in Reviews

Reviewers often pick up on Harry Potter similarities even when the subject headings are not obvious connections. You can locate novels with such reviews by using a Boolean search in the reviews while excluding J. K. Rowling as the author.

1. Click the New Search button and choose Boolean search.
2. In the first box, enter Harry Potter and choose Review from the drop-down menu on the right.
3. In the second box, choose "not" and enter Rowling, then choose Author from the drop-down menu.
4. Select Children's and Young Adult levels. 5. Click Search.

NoveList retrieves more than 20 titles, some of which you might not have anticipated, such as Isabel Allende's new YA novel, City of the Beasts. Look at each record and check the reviews to see if the title might fulfill your desires.

Tip: One advantage to this kind of search is that the reviews will also tell you which titles might be disappointing to Harry's adoring public, despite apparently similar subject matter.

Novelist Feature Articles - More Harry Potter Material

Under Read about Popular Titles and Topics, on the New Search Page, click Feature Articles. On the Feature Articles selection page, click Harry Potter for All Ages. Feature Articles that specifically relate to Harry Potter have links from this page. You will find an interview with J. K. Rowling from Book Links, a copy of Morton Grove Public Library's Unofficial Harry Potter Web Site, and three articles with read-alikes suggestions.

For a broader range of ideas in the fantasy genre, return to the Feature Articles selection page and click the Fantasy link. This page has a number of articles that discuss fantasy titles that will be of interest to adults and many young adults.

Related Content in Novelist: Pre-Made Lists

Explore Fiction provides some additional lists in the genre of fantasy for all levels of readers. From the New Search page, select the Explore Fiction link and browse. You can print the lists out as handouts, use them to create your own in-library list, or use as inspiration for a display.

Young Adult Level: Select Young Adult and the Continue button. When the genre icons display, select Fantasy. There are several sub-genres that might be of interest but the most applicable for our Harry Potter aficionados would be the sub-genre of "Flights of Fantasy - Beyond Harry and Frodo."

Children's Level: At the Children's level in Explore Fiction, when you select Fantasy at the genre page, and you will find several sub-genres from which to select including "Other Worlds, Other Worldly," "Magic," and "Spells (Magic)," and "Wizards."

Adult Level: Explore Fiction also offers wizardry lists for the adult level. Again, select the Fantasy genre icon, and browse through the vast number of sub- genres including "Sword and Sorcery."

Summary

No matter what the age of your patron, you know that the muggles in your district will be re-inspired to enter the world of fantasy, wizards, magic and sorcery. Let NoveList help you help them find the right book for them!

Have a great summer! NoveList Notes will return in late August with suggestions for "Back to School."