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by Derek Landy · 2008

Book 2 of Skulduggery Pleasant

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Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo · 2012 · Young adult

about 350 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.
- Fantasy
- Magic
What both books share
- fantasy
  Playing With Fire: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
  Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  Shadow and Bone: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Playing With Fire; Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone.
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A Great and Terrible Beauty
Libba Bray · 2003 · Young adult

about 400 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.
- Fantasy
- Magic
What both books share
- fantasy
  Playing With Fire: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
  A Great and Terrible Beauty: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  A Great and Terrible Beauty: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Playing With Fire; Open Library and Wikidata for A Great and Terrible Beauty.
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The Red Pyramid
Rick Riordan · 2010 · Young adult

about 530 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.
- Fantasy
- Magic
What both books share
- fantasy
  Playing With Fire: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
  The Red Pyramid: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  The Red Pyramid: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Playing With Fire; Open Library and Wikidata for The Red Pyramid.
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Shadow and Bone	shared	shared
A Great and Terrible Beauty	shared	shared
The Red Pyramid	shared	shared
The Night Circus	shared	shared
Storm Front	shared	shared
Artemis Fowl	shared	shared
A Wizard of Earthsea	shared	shared
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	shared	shared
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