If stepping through the Amulet’s arch to Ancient Egypt, Babylon, and even Atlantis thrilled you, you’ll love how Tom's Midnight Garden lets Tom walk out at midnight into a Victorian garden that exists only in another time. Like Anthea, Cyril, Robert, and Jane puzzling out when and where the Amulet will drop them next, Tom gradually uncovers the rules of his time-crossing visits—and his friendship with Hatty delivers the same bittersweet wonder you felt when the children glimpse that peaceful future London where everyone is cared for.

If you loved the moment the children in The Story of the Amulet realize a broken charm can become a doorway—and then simply walk through it into other ages—you’ll relish Lucy pushing through a wardrobe into snowy Narnia. The same shiver you got when the Amulet whisked the foursome under desert skies or into a Babylonian palace is here in spades as the Pevensies discover talking beasts, fauns, and a land under enchantment, and must find the courage to set things right.

If the bickering-but-brave teamwork of Anthea, Cyril, Robert, and Jane—negotiating with the Psammead, improvising in Babylon, and shepherding a very confused queen through London—made you smile, The Enchanted Castle delivers that same lively ensemble energy. Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathleen stumble on a sleeping “princess” and a ring whose tricks (like invisibility and alarming wishes) spiral into comic chaos, forcing the trio to rely on each other exactly the way the Amulet’s crew does.

If the Psammead’s dry asides and the children’s quick, funny fixes—like smoothing over the Babylonian queen’s London misadventure—were half the fun for you, The Phantom Tollbooth will hit your sweet spot. Milo’s trip through the Tollbooth with Tock and the Humbug is packed with wordplay and clever set pieces, the same sprightly humor that buoys the Amulet quests even when wishes go wildly wrong.

If meeting Pharaohs, tussling with priests, and hearing strange words of power during the Amulet’s Egyptian stopover captivated you, The Red Pyramid amps up that thrill. Siblings Carter and Sadie Kane discover their family’s link to Egyptian magic and must wrangle gods and hieroglyphic spells—much like the Amulet kids juggling old-world power with present-day predicaments—only this time the pantheon won’t stay politely in the past.