The Forbidden Library Series

This series follows a young girl whose life is upended when she discovers a mysterious library filled with magical books. After her father's mysterious disappearance, she is sent to live with an unknown uncle, where a forbidden room full of dangerous secrets beckons. Once inside a book, she must confront the creatures imprisoned within its pages and discover her own hidden strength. It’s a tale of courage, discovery, and the potent magic found within stories.

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The Forbidden Library
Django Wexler
373 pages
14 hours of reading
3.8(4471)Add rating
When her father is lost at sea shortly after meeting a very unusual visitor, Alice must leave her home to live with an "uncle" whose rural Pennsylvania estate includes a massive and mysterious library that holds much more than books. When her father is lost at sea shortly after meeting a very unusual visitor, Alice must leave her home to live with an "uncle" whose rural Pennsylvania estate includes a massive and mysterious library that holds much more than books. Book #1
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The Mad Apprentice
Django Wexler
335 pages
12 hours of reading
4.1(1832)Add rating
"Alice and five other apprentice Readers face the fight of their lives when they are sent into the magical library of a late rival Reader--a library that's still protected by a vicious guardian"--
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The Palace of Glass
Django Wexler
368 pages
13 hours of reading
4.3(32)Add rating
Having figured out the role her master and uncle, Geryon, played in her father's disappearance, Alice turns to Ending - the mysterious, magical giant feline and guardian of Geryon's library - for a spell to incapacitate Geryon.

Recommended Reading Order

The Forbidden Library

The Mad Apprentice

The Palace of Glass