A list of books labeled 'next' Potter

Like all the denim-wearing troubadours from the 1960s and 1970s labeled the "new" Bob Dylan, countless adventure and fantasy books over the past decade have been called the "new" (or "next") Harry Potter, no matter which books came out first.

A partial list of those that would be Potter:

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Piers Anthony, the "Magic of Xanth" series.

Gill Arnutnott, "The Chaos Clock."

Avi, "Midnight Magic."

Kit Berry, the "Stonewylde" series.

Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi, "The Spiderwick Chronicles."

N.E. Bode, "The Anybodies."

Georgia Byng, "Molly Moon's Incredible Book Of Hypnotism."

Patrick Carman, the "Land of Elyon" series.

Susanna Clarke, "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell."

Eion Colfer, "Artimus Fowl."

Diane Duane, the "Young Wizards" series.

Timothy Erenberger, the "Abacar the Wizard" series.

Cornelia Funke, "The Thief Lord."

Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, "Tunnels."

Derek Landy, "Skulduggery Pleasant."

Leah Monte Litzner and Adrian Nicole Abrams, "Angel Applegate and the Evil Crystal Eye of Zincubus."

R. Fergus McGhee, "Beyond the Mist."

Brandon Mull, the "Fablehaven" series.

Jenny Nimmo, "Midnight for Charlie Bone."

Kenneth Oppel, the "Silverwing" series.

James Owen, "Here, There be Dragons."

Christopher Paolini, the "Inheritance" trilogy.

Philip Pullman, "The Golden Compass."

Rick Riordan, "The Lightning Thief."

Katherine Roberts, "Crystal Mask."

Angie Sage, the "Septimus Heap" series.

Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler), "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series.

Jonathan Stroud, the "Amulet of Samarkand" series.

Jon Scieszka, the "Time Warp Trio."

G.P. Taylor, "Shadowmancer."

Chris Wooding, "The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray."