Books like Book of Names (Diadem by John Peel

In The Name of the Wind, a young orphan named Kvothe tells the tale of his rise from street player to legendary wizard, recounting adventures, love, and loss in a richly imagined world.

Philip Pullman's acclaimed trilogy follows Lyra Belacqua, a young girl with an animal‑daemon, as she ventures across parallel universes to rescue her kidnapped friend and confront the enigmatic forces of Dust.

Bobby Pendragon, a fourteen‑year‑old boy, discovers he is destined to save the world, starting with the alien realm of Denduron before confronting threats that extend beyond Earth.

Nate and his friends are part of a magical adventure in the second book of the Candy Shop War series, where they discover the hidden treasure of the Amusement Center Arcadeland.

A young hero embarks on a dangerous quest to find a magical animal and save his village from an impending zombie apocalypse.

Twins discover they are djinn, set on a quest to find the tomb of Akhenaten, a pharaoh who vanished mysteriously.

Score, Pixel, and Renald: A Magical Quest in the Diadem Universe

A tale of suspense and horror in an abandoned house, following children in a game of hide-and-seek that could last forever if they stay hidden.

A thrilling fantasy adventure where Kingdom Keepers face critical decisions that shape their past and future.

Five Kingdom Keepers, veterans of a battle against the Overtakers, face a final challenge when their mentor leaves a secret puzzle, risking adventure, magic, and time travel to protect Disneyland.

A fourteen‑year‑old girl interviews a hypnotic lead singer and discovers her brother has vanished on Halloween. To rescue the missing children, she ventures into a mythical realm where fantastical creatures await.

Four magic users—Pixel, Jenna, Score, and Helaine—return to Pixel’s home planet, Calomir, only to discover treachery, slavery, and deceit lurking where they expected family.

A young boy named Renald travels through time and space to save the world, battling villains, solving mysteries, and encountering magical creatures in the process.

Score, Pixel, and Helaine return to the fantasy realm of Dondar to aid their unicorn companions in locating their former leader and thwarting a menacing wizard.

Three friends journey through the Diadem universes, confronting a shapeshifting sorcerer and befriending centaurs while solving interactive puzzles that reveal their hidden powers and destiny.

Siblings Colin and Susan, guided by wizard Cadellin, must wield magic and courage to seal the ancient Wild Hunt's threat as the moon of Gomrath looms over their world.

Novelist Sarah Moss had a childhood dream of moving to Iceland, sustained by a wild summer there when she was nineteen. In 2009, she saw an advertisement for a job at the University of Iceland and applied on a whim, despite having two young children and a comfortable life in an English cathedral city. The resulting adventure was shaped by Iceland's economic collapse, which halved the value of her salary, by the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull and by a collection of new friends, including a poet who saw the only bombs fall on Iceland in 1943, a woman who speaks to elves and a chef who guided Sarah's family around the intricacies of Icelandic cuisine. Sarah was drawn to the strangeness of Icelandic landscape, and explored hillsides of boiling mud, volcanic craters and fissures, and the unsurfaced roads that link remote farms and fishing villages in the far north. She walked the coast path every night after her children were in bed, watching the northern lights and the comings and goings of migratory birds. As the weeks and months went by, the children settled in local schools and Sarah got to know her students and colleagues, she and her family learned new ways to live.