Reply #1: Gotta disagree with you on Narnia.

[ZombieNixon]

Did not like it. Too preachy. Nothing wrong with moral lessons, but it was too overt and obvious for my taste and overshadowed the plot, which I found quite forgettable...to the point that I have forgotten it. :crazy:

As for war memoirs, comparing those to Harry Potter strikes me as a bit apples-to-oranges-ish.

For books in a comparable genre that I found just as enjoyable as Potter, with a bit more deep philosophy behind them and more even, measures writing with fewer adverbs, I'd say the "His Dark Materials" series by Philip Pullman. :)