A Series of Unfortunate Events
Harry Potter (#1 & 2, in particular)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Coraline
The Last Unicorn
The Princess and The Goblin
Other themes I like:
– Cozy
– A bit spooky, gothic, macabre
– Nature
– A bit of magic/fantastical
– Classics
by QueenOfTheBlackPuddl
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You should really try Diana Wynne Jones books.
The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle
– The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead
– The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard
– Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
– The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud (Lockwood & Co book 1)
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (Bartimaeus book 1)
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Sabriel by Garth Nix (Old Kingdom book 1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials book 1) by Philip Pullman
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander (Chronicles of Prydain book 1)
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle (Hollow Kingdom book 1)
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (The Dark is Rising book 1)
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones (Chrestomanci book 1)
I think you might like, in no particular order, {{The Screaming Staircase}}, {{The Haunting of Hill House}}, {{Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell}}, {{Titus Groan}}, and possibly {{Rebecca}}.