10 Books Like Harry Potter For Adults That Will Have You Saying, "Boredom Managed"

The first book in Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series, Sabriel tells the story of two neighboring countries: Ancelstierre (which resembles early-20th-century Australia) to the south, and the Old Kingdom (where magic and the undead exist) to the north. After 18-year-old Sabriel's father, the Abhorson, goes missing, she's forced to cross the world from Ancelstierre to the Old Kingdom in order to find him.