If you loved how the narrator in The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There keeps winking at you—commenting on September’s chase after her shadow, Halloween, and turning the tale into a conversation—then The Neverending Story will delight you. Bastian literally reads himself into the book he’s holding, reshaping Fantastica with the very words he chooses. That same sense of story-about-story, of a tale that knows it’s a tale, is baked into every chapter—like following September into Fairyland-Below and hearing the narrator lean over your shoulder to murmur what comes next.

You enjoyed the sly jokes and verbal sparkle as September tangled with the revels of Fairyland-Below and outfoxed her own shadow queen. In The Wee Free Men, Tiffany Aching faces off against a capricious Fairy Queen armed with a frying pan, fierce common sense, and a rowdy clan of Nac Mac Feegle who puncture danger with riotous wit. The quips come as quick as the magic, and—just as with A-Through-L and Saturday—Tiffany’s companions are as funny as they are brave.

If the ornate, musical voice that guided you through September’s descent to Fairyland-Below and her moonlit revels with Halloween made you linger over sentences, The Last Unicorn will cast the same spell. Beagle’s language shimmers as the unicorn journeys with Schmendrick and Molly Grue to confront King Haggard—melancholy, wonder, and wit mingling in every line. It’s that same bittersweet magic you felt when September danced with shadows and learned what they keep—and what they cost.

Fairyland’s enchantments don’t stop for explanations—doors open onto impossible places, shadows rule kingdoms, and bargains matter more than physics. Howl’s Moving Castle plays by those same mercurial rules. When Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and bargains with the fire demon Calcifer inside Howl’s peripatetic castle, the world reshapes itself with whim and word. If September’s deals and dances in Fairyland-Below thrilled you, Sophie’s quick wits and the castle’s shifting doors will feel like home.

Following September as she chases her shadow Halloween isn’t just an adventure—it’s a step toward understanding who she is. The Girl Who Drank the Moon offers that same gentle, luminous coming-of-age. Luna grows into dangerous magic she can’t yet name, guided by the witch Xan, the swamp monster Glerk, and a very small dragon. Like September braving the revels and choosing which parts of herself to claim, Luna learns what to keep, what to let go, and how love shapes power.