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Playing With Fire by Derek Landy · 2008

Top match: Shadow and Bone

Last checked: November 7, 2026

Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo · 2012 · Young adult

about 350 pages

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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, read September 24, 2026.
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A Great and Terrible Beauty
Libba Bray · 2003 · Young adult

about 400 pages

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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, read November 6, 2026.
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The Red Pyramid
Rick Riordan · 2010 · Young adult

about 530 pages

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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, read October 12, 2026.
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The Night Circus Adult
Erin Morgenstern · 2011

about 510 pages

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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 Night Circus: "Fiction, romance, fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, historical" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  The Night Circus: "Magic" (OL subject); "magic" (WD main subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Playing With Fire; Open Library and Wikidata for The Night Circus, read September 24, 2026.
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Storm Front Adult
Jim Butcher · 2000

about 350 pages

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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)
  Storm Front: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, contemporary" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, urban" (OL subject)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  Storm Front: "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 Storm Front, read September 24, 2026.
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Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer · 2001 · Children's

about 290 pages

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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)
  Artemis Fowl: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  Artemis Fowl: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Playing With Fire; Open Library and Wikidata for Artemis Fowl, read September 24, 2026.
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A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1968 · Young adult

about 200 pages

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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 Wizard of Earthsea: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  A Wizard of Earthsea: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic in fiction" (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 A Wizard of Earthsea, read September 24, 2026.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J. K. Rowling · 1997 · Children's

about 300 pages

First published in the UK in 1997 as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; the year shown is that first publication. The US edition is titled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

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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)
  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: "fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic in fiction" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Playing With Fire; Open Library and Wikidata for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, read September 24, 2026.
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The Name of the Wind Adult
Patrick Rothfuss · 2007

about 740 pages

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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 Name of the Wind: "fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  The Name of the Wind: "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 Name of the Wind, read September 24, 2026.
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The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann · 2011 · Children's

about 540 pages

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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 Unwanteds: "fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject)
- magic
  Playing With Fire: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
  The Unwanteds: "Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy & 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 The Unwanteds, read September 24, 2026.
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