Best Magical and Fantasy Series for ages 9 and 10

As young fantasy readers grow into fantasy-loving adults, there's nothing more exciting than seeing our children fall in love with incredible worlds full of magic and impossible creatures.

Spells, quests, magical realms, high stakes and battles. What is there not to love about fantasy books? And the best part is most of the best series are actually written for children, especially middle-graders. We've rounded up some of our best-reviewed magical and fantasy series below, as well as some special extras at the bottom you absolutely can't miss out on.

Georgina Atwell

Toppsta

2026-05-31

2023-11-28

Best Magical and Fantasy Series for 9 and 10 year olds

Skandar Series

Dive into a world where unicorns are portrayed as never before with this magical middle-grade international bestselling series that has captured the world, perfect for fans of Harry Potter and Nevermoor aged 9+. In these books, children bond with a unicorn for life. And Skandar has only ever wanted to be a unicorn rider...

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Warrior Cats Series

Warrior Cats is a gripping series of books about the adventures of competing clans of wild cats, for readers 9+. These thrilling feline fantasy adventures are full of battles, action, treachery and cliff-hangers. Written by several authors under the pseudonym of Erin Hunter, there are over 40 Warrior Cats books in the universe.

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Harry Potter Series

We recommend so many books and series you may have never heard of here at Toppsta, but Harry Potter is the no-brainer that comes up time and time again. A magical adventure series for readers aged 8+, full of fantastical characters, found family, and the triumph of love over evil.

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Percy Jackson Series

Now a Disney+ phenomenon, Percy Jackson is one of the best series to get readers aged 9+ hooked on reading. Percy never asked to be the son of a Greek God. He was living the normal life of a twelve-year-old boy, playing basketball and going to school, when he found out he is a demigod. And now, he's got more responsibility on his shoulders than he could have ever imagined.

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The Train to Impossible Places Series

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Branford Boase Award and the IBW Book Awards, with dazzling illustrations from Flavia Sorrentino, this is an imaginative adventure series for readers aged 7+! In these books, a young girl named Suzy is SWEPT aboard a train passing through her very own home in the middle of the night. She will soon discover that the train is a delivery express for The Union of Impossible Places. And she is on that train to help them deliver their parcels.

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Onyeka Series

This is anthis action-packed superhero series for readers aged 8+ about a British-Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers! Main character Onyeka has always felt insecure about her curly hair, but one day she discovers it's magical and that she can control it with her mind. Her life soon changes after this incredible discovery, and soon enough she's whisked off to a special school called The Academy of Sun...

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Pages & Co. Series

Pages and Co by Anna James is the perfect series for bookworms aged 8+. The bestselling series celebrates the best things in life: books, adventure, friendship, and cake, following the magical, bookwandering adventures of Tilly - an eleven-year old who has lived above her grandparents’ bookshop ever since her mother disappeared, shortly after she was born.

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Time Keys Series

M. G. Leonard is an author we've long supported, so we couldn't be more excited about this black-and-white illustrated time-travelling fantasy series. Time Keys nods to some all-time favourites like Indiana Jones and Dr Who: in each book, our protagonist Sim travels through different times in history to solve a new mystery, piecing together different long-hidden clues. With family secrets and villains just around the corner, this is an adventurous series that also teaches its readers a thing or two about history. There's music, mythology, magic, martial arts... plus black-and-white illustrations throughout by Manuel Šumberac that make the adventures ever so exciting!

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Magicalia Series

Get ready to be swept in a world of ancient meteorites and strange beasts called magicores! Throughout the books, readers will fall in love with the friendship between our protagonists Bitsy and Kosh, their dangerous mission across the UK, India and France, and all the incredible creatures Magicalia has to offer.

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The Land of Roar Series

The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan is a magical fantasy adventure series for middle-grade readers, with beautiful illustrations by Ben Mantle. When they were little, Arthur and Rose loved to play in the Land of Roar - an imaginary world that they found by climbing through the fold-out bed in their grandad's attic. Now they are eleven, they are too old for make-believe but, when Grandad vanishes into the bed as they are helping him clean out the attic, it looks like Roar might just be real after all.

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More to Explore

A Clock of Stars by Francesca Gibbons and Chris Riddell (Harper)

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and Brett L. Helquist (Farshore)

A Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer and Brandon Dorman (Hachette)

Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans by Isi Hendrix by Isi Hendrix and Godwin Akpan (Usborne)

Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston and Brittany Jackson (Farshore)

Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes and Keith Robinson (Usborne)

Ever After High by Shannon Hale (Hachette)

Faerie Hill by H.S. Norup (Pushkin Children's Books)

Fireborn by Aisling Fowler and Sophie Medvedeva (Harper)

Goblyn Wood by Anna Kemp and David Wyatt (S&S)