If the way Percy outwits Medusa at the roadside shop, bickers with Ares on the beach, and navigates godly grudges grabbed you, you’ll click with Aru. In Aru Shah and the End of Time, seventh-grader Aru accidentally frees the Sleeper, learns she’s a Pandava hero, and—alongside brainy Mini—tours a dazzling Hindu pantheon, grabs celestial weapons, and races through otherworldly courts to set things right. It’s that same fast, funny, monster-dodging energy you loved on Percy’s bolt-retrieving road trip, just with devas, rakshasas, and a fresh mythic flavor.

If Percy’s wisecracks during the Chimera fight atop the St. Louis Arch and the Lotus Casino detour made you grin, you’ll love Bartimaeus’s razor‑sharp commentary (and cheeky footnotes). In The Amulet of Samarkand, ambitious apprentice Nathaniel summons a 5,000‑year‑old djinni to steal a powerful talisman from magician Simon Lovelace, tumbling into a London full of scheming sorcerers and lethal politics. The banter and mischief crackle, even as the stakes climb—much like Percy mouthing off to gods and getting away with it.

If you connected with Percy learning he’s Poseidon’s son at Camp Half‑Blood and stepping up under the Oracle’s prophecy, Fablehaven hits that same coming‑of‑age chord. Siblings Kendra and Seth visit their grandparents and discover the preserve’s secret treaties, trickster creatures, and strict rules—then have to clean up after Seth’s rule‑breaking, rescue family with the help of a golem and a former naiad, and stop the witch Muriel from unleashing a demon. It’s that move from wide‑eyed discovery to brave responsibility Percy fans savor.

If the Furies ambushing a school bus and gods popping up at the beach thrilled you because magic hid in plain sight, City of Bones delivers. Clary Fray stumbles into the Shadowhunters’ New York—run‑ins at the Pandemonium Club, demon fights in alleyways, warlocks’ lofts, and vampire lairs—while hunting the Mortal Cup and unraveling her family’s secrets. It’s the same buzz as Percy spotting a chimera on the Arch: our world, but riddled with runes, monsters, and covert warriors.

If Percy’s cross‑country sprint to return Zeus’s bolt and save his mom—guided by a cryptic prophecy—kept you turning pages, Gregor the Overlander will, too. Gregor tumbles into the Underland with his toddler sister Boots, allies with bat partners (including Ares), and navigates uneasy truces with giant cockroaches and razor‑smart rats to fulfill the Prophecy of Gray and find his missing father. The urgent, quest‑centric momentum feels just like Percy racing deadlines past Medusa and Ares.