| How about Harry Potter Light?  
 Seriously, I just read the Lemony Snicket Series of Unfortunate Events books.  It had a very Potter feel to them, in that they are self-contained books, but contain a narrative arc that covers the whole 13 book series, and get more complex as they go on (no magic, however).  They are easy reads, but the author has a lot of fun with language nonetheless.
 
 Great books to get from the library, because it would cost a lot to get all of them, you can finish each one in a couple of hours, and you probably wouldn't read them a second time.
 
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