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Jason, Piper, and Leo learn at Camp Half-Blood that they are demigods and set out to free the imprisoned Hera. (condensed from its Library of Congress summary) It is book 1 of the Heroes of Olympus series, set in Canada, and listed for an audience of children.
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Cover from Google BooksWhy: Both are adventure and fantasy books.
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- adventure
The Lost Hero: "adventure" (OL subject); "Action & Adventure" (OL subject); "adventure fiction" (WD genre)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: "Action & Adventure" (OL subject); "Adventure" (OL subject); "adventure fiction" (WD genre) - fantasy
The Lost Hero: "fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: "fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject)
- adventure
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Why: Both are adventure and fantasy books.
What both books share
- adventure
The Lost Hero: "adventure" (OL subject); "Action & Adventure" (OL subject); "adventure fiction" (WD genre)
The Phantom Tollbooth: "adventure" (OL subject); "Action & Adventure" (OL subject); "Action & Adventure - General" (OL subject); "Adventure stories" (OL subject) - fantasy
The Lost Hero: "fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
The Phantom Tollbooth: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy--juvenile fiction" (OL subject)
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
The Lost Hero: "fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
Keeper of the Lost Cities: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
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What they share, at a glance
The Lost Hero next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Fantasy | Adventure | United States | Canada |
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| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| Keeper of the Lost Cities | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Merchant of Death | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Outcasts | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Unwanteds | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Night Gardener | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Coraline | shared | not shared | shared | not shared |
| The Call of the Wild | not shared | shared | not shared | shared |
| Into the Wild | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Black Water | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Doomwyte | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
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The Lost Hero: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on October 12, 2010. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 553-page edition from Disney/Hyperion Books. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9781423113393 ... 553 p. ... Disney/Hyperion Books
- Series
- It is book 1 of The Heroes of Olympus series. Source: rickriordan.com, checked November 6, 2026.
The Heroes of Olympus ... The Lost Hero
- Next in the series
- Book 2 is The Son of Neptune. Source: rickriordan.com, checked November 6, 2026.
The Lost Hero ... The Son of Neptune
How The Lost Hero came to be
- Riordan had more Greek myth ideas than the Percy Jackson books had room for, and more camp stories to explore. Source: rickriordan.com, checked November 6, 2026.
ideas from Greek mythology that I could not fit into the Percy Jackson series
- So he began a new series, whose first book, The Lost Hero, came out in October 2010. Source: rickriordan.com, checked November 6, 2026.
I launched the Heroes of Olympus series, starting with The Lost Hero in October 2010
- Alongside familiar faces, he brought in new lead characters. Source: rickriordan.com, checked November 6, 2026.
there is also a cast of new main characters
Where does The Lost Hero sit in its series? See the reading order.
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