Books Like Harry Potter for Adults

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For readers who wanted Harry and Hermione to break more rules (and break a bed), pick up “Ninth House” by Leigh Bardugo. The heroine is a drug-addicted dropout who can see ghosts and gets roped into Yale’s secret societies. These societies, by the way, perform real necromancy using human skulls and ancient rituals. One scene involves a ghost giving a lecture on the disadvantages of being dead during finals week. Bardugo based the student societies on actual Yale traditions, which is terrifying because some of those skulls are real.

Finally, for the purest satire of Rowling’s world, read “The Rook” by Daniel O’Malley. A woman wakes up with no memory, surrounded by dead bodies wearing latex gloves. She discovers she’s a high-ranking agent for a secret British government agency that fights supernatural threats—using bureaucratic forms and themed departments (Department of Unspeakable Horrors, anyone?). The magic system involves a clone body that gets drunk while you control it from an office chair. O’Malley wrote this while working for the Australian government, which explains all the passive-aggressive memos.

So, graduate from Hogwarts already. You’ll find magic that’s messier, sexier, and downright nihilistic—but honestly, it’s way more fun than a Nimbus 2000 when you’re old enough to drink.