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The Magicians by Lev Grossman has been fairly popular on this sub.
Your girlfriend might also be surprised to learn that The Giver is actually part of a four-part series. :)
Now read The Magicians by Lev Grossman, if you haven't already.
It's a lot more interesting if the reference material is fresh in your head.
For what it's worth, a few Jewish fantasy authors, off the top of my head:
I'm sure there are more but those are the ones I can think of just now.
A little off-topic to this conversation but there is a book called 'The Magicians' and it has to do with a college of Magic. It's more adult than Harry Potter but it's interesting. Link!
Back to the topic. Love the thoughts that went into this. I've thought of what the american version of the Harry Potter wizarding world would be like but I've never gone into so much detail. Great work! :)
The magicians by Lev Grossman springs to mind.
I would recommend giving the Magicians series by Lev Grossman a read. It is a pretty cool and dark take on a wizarding ivy league-esq college in upstate New York.
Amazon link to help you out.
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There's a sequel too, called the Magician King.
The Magicians - Lev Grossman. It's a polarizing book for fantasy fans I suppose. I thought it was bloody brilliant.
who cares, hogwarts is stuffy anyways. it doesnt matter what you do in highschool only what you do in college.
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Books not mentioned so far that I like:
Lev Grossman's Magicians Trilogy (not 1st-person, otherwise follows your criteria, Harry Potter-esque, some people dislike the protagonist but he's intentionally kind of a tool), starting with The Magicians.
R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing trilogy (not 1st-person, magic is seriously powerful and the protagonist is an already-accomplished practitioner, mythology is complex, I don't recall it having a huge amount of characters), starting with The Darkness That Comes Before.
If you're willing to step outside of prose works, I like The Books of Magic a lot; it's a comic book miniseries.
Just a few: Mr. Peanut, John Dies at the End, The Magicians, Horns, Running Dog, The Name of the Wind, A Visit from the Goon Squad.
I always recommend, The Magicians by Lev Grossman. It is my favorite book/trilogy. I loved The War Against the Assholes by Sam Munson, but in a different way. It is always my go to rec for obscure books.
The Magicians by Lev Grossman, and the sequel The Magician King.
http://www.amazon.com/Magicians-Novel-Lev-Grossman/dp/0452296293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324348733&sr=8-1
If you liked The Chronicles of Narnia/Harry Potter/The Lord of the Rings/any Terry Pratchett books/any books regarding other worlds and magical lands/schools, you'll love this book. It takes all of those stories (some, admittedly, written for a younger generation) and pulls them into the real world, the adult world. The Magicians is like Harry Potter/Narnia with drugs, sex, and murder. It's full of gritty realism, but also fantastical magic, and it's amazingly written. :)
I hope you'll enjoy it! ^_^ Also, I'm quite hungry, and my paycheck's account didn't have the funds available to be deposited today, so here's hoping you'll pick me. :)
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If anyone likes "urban fantasy" I recommend The Magicians. It's like an extremely grown up Harry Potter. Scyfy is making a miniseries starting in late Jan, I am terrified they are going to do a terrible job. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0452296293/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1452606908&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=the+magicians&dpPl=1&dpID=51Omgf4bBkL&ref=plSrch
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The way I described it to my wife was this: imagine Harry Potter, but magic is a tedious, miserable thing to practice and perform. Also, if Harry had depression and was on the Autism Spectrum. It went pretty fast and was the sort of book that afterward I wasn't sure if I liked it or not, but was glad to have read it.
Onward to summer book adventures !
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The Magicians by Lev Grossman is fantastic. I highly recommend it.
What about A Short History of Nearly Everything? Or Seal Team Six? Or The Magicians? What about American Gods, Hyperspace and The Grand Design
What I'm saying is 18 is too few. Get cracking.
The Magicians.
Thought it sounded cool, wizards and stuff.
Let's just say it involved turning into ferrets and raping each other in a remote base in the middle of a frozen tundra. Fascinating....
The Magicians is a little heavier than some of the other suggestions but is also a good mind expanding read.
It starts off as a fairly typical Harry Potter type story (loser kid finds out he has special powers, must learn to control them, etc...) but with a very deep story.
A Discovery of Witches is the first in the All Souls trilogy, which is written by a historian named Deborah Harkness. She integrates a lot of history and alchemy into it, which is cool. I don't think it's anywhere near as well-written as Lord of the Rings, but it is interesting. However, it is a love story, so if you're not into romance, then steer clear.
I liked The Magicians a lot better; the series is kind of like Harry Potter but more serious and literary. It's not that fantastical, and kind of plays off Harry Potter/fantasy stereotypes, but it's a cool series nonetheless.
Fantasy:
The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman
If mediums count, try There Is No Lovely End by Patty Templeton
Non-fiction:
The Life and Times of Augustus Rapp
Haven't read them yet but just caught up with The Magicians TV series and am on the waiting list to read the trilogy of books the show is based on. Might be a bit more campy than you're looking for (think Harry Potter for adults) but I've found it entertaining and there's definitely strong elements of time travel / time looping.
The Book of Lost Things maybe?
I'm in the middle of The Magicians. It seems pretty good.
I feel a little like I'm cheating since it's only 10:34pm here in Hawaii right now! Haha! But I'm awake darnit, and contests are fun. :D
Oh goodness, I could never pick a favorite song I don't think, but I've been listening to The Blanks' cover of Hey Ya! constantly lately. It's just wonderful.
As for an item?? Hm...Would it be taboo to ask for a gift card toward my Wii U? If you'd rather not do a gift card I'd be thrilled to have a new book to read!
So I see that you've already shot down ASOIAF-- however, based on your description it sounds exactly like what you're looking for. Haha.
On the slightly more campy/satirical side of things, The Magicians and The Magician King by Lev Grossman are two of my all-time favorite fantasy books. Grossman is an author and writer for Time Magazine, and his knowledge of pop culture really shines through. The books are an adult-level satire of The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter.
The books deal with teenage and young-adult wizards at a wizarding college who discover a secret world (like Narnia) and discover the cost of their powers. Sounds campy, and it soooooort of is, but it's also really dark. I'm pretty sure the first book is one of the darkest books I've read. They deal with sex, drug abuse, depression, violence, power, lethargy, and meaning in a meaningless world. I highly recommend them, and the best part is there's a third book coming in August!
The Magicians: http://www.amazon.com/Magicians-Novel-Lev-Grossman/dp/0452296293/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404262765&sr=1-1&keywords=the+magicians
The Magician King: http://www.amazon.com/Magician-King-Novel-Magicians/dp/0452298016/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404262750&sr=1-1&keywords=the+magician+king
The Magician's Land: http://www.amazon.com/The-Magicians-Land-Novel-Trilogy/dp/0670015679