If you loved how Lyra and Will use the Subtle Knife to cut windows between worlds—and how those crossings expose the Magisterium’s lies—then you’ll relish January Scaller finding a mysterious book that teaches her to open Doors and undermine a cabal policing reality itself. Like Lyra chasing Dust and rescuing children from the General Oblation Board, January pushes back against those who would cage wonder. The Ten Thousand Doors of January pairs the awe of multiverse travel with a rebellious heroine uncovering the true nature of her world.

If Pantalaimon’s constant presence—shifting forms, warning Lyra, and embodying her very soul—moved you, you’ll be hooked by Sabriel’s uneasy partnership with Mogget, the enigmatic white cat bound by bells and Charter marks. As Lyra relies on Pan and allies like Iorek Byrnison to face intercision and the armored bears’ politics, Sabriel depends on Mogget and a reawakened prince to cross the borders of Death and confront necromancers. Sabriel captures that same fierce, tender bond with a companion who is as dangerous as he is indispensable.

Drawn to the big questions in Lyra’s journey—what Dust is, whether authority deserves obedience, why consciousness matters—and to moments like traveling to the land of the dead to make an ethical stand? Ged’s story resonates. After a prideful spell unleashes his shadow, Ged must learn the true names of things and accept accountability, much as Lyra learns to read the alethiometer and reject the Magisterium’s certainties. A Wizard of Earthsea offers the same quiet, profound reckoning with power, self, and the cost of wisdom.

If the clash between Dust’s heresy and the Magisterium’s control—redolent of the General Oblation Board’s experiments and Asriel’s cosmic rebellion—fascinated you, The Sparrow will grip you. Jesuit linguist Emilio Sandoz joins a mission to a new world and returns shattered, forcing a tribunal to untangle what happened and what God meant by it. Like the Lyra–Will arc that challenges dogma on the way to the land of the dead, this novel interrogates belief, authority, and moral culpability with devastating clarity.

If watching Lyra grow from Jordan College mischief to the hard-won courage of freeing the children at Bolvangar and choosing love over cosmic war moved you, you’ll feel the same pull with Todd Hewitt. Fleeing a town of enforced Noise with Viola—echoing Lyra’s bond with Will—Todd faces ruthless pursuers, heartbreaking sacrifices, and the moral gray zones that define adulthood. Manchee the dog adds the kind of loyal, soul-pricking companionship that Pan provides. It’s raw, brave, and unforgettable.