{"id":6693,"date":"2026-06-01T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6693"},"modified":"2026-05-30T23:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T03:26:40","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-290-artemis-fowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-290-artemis-fowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 290 &#8211; Artemis Fowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Artemis Fowl<\/i> by Eoin Colfer<i>.<\/i>\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-290-artemis-fowl\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amari.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amari-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amari-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amari-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amari.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amulet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amulet-148x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus series) by Jonathan Stroud\" width=\"148\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amulet-148x220.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amulet-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amulet-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/amulet.jpg 807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/another.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/another-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/another-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/another-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/another.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062975171\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Amari and the Night Brothers<\/em> by B. B. Alston<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780786852550\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Amulet of Samarkand<\/em> (Bartimaeus series) by Jonathan Stroud<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781401310080\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>And Another Thing<\/em> by Eoin Colfer<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/badbeginning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/badbeginning-150x212.jpg\" alt=\"The Bad Begining by Lemony Snicket\" width=\"150\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/badbeginning-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/badbeginning-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/badbeginning.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cityspies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cityspies-148x220.jpg\" alt=\"City Spies by James Ponti\" width=\"148\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cityspies-148x220.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cityspies-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cityspies-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/cityspies.jpg 807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hhgttg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hhgttg-135x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams\" width=\"135\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hhgttg-135x220.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hhgttg-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hhgttg.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780064407663\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Bad Beginning<\/em> (Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781534414921\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>City Spies<\/em> by James Ponti<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780345391803\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> by Douglas Adams<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spiderwick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spiderwick-148x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Field Guide (Spiderwick Chronicles series) by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi\" width=\"148\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spiderwick-148x220.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spiderwick-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spiderwick-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spiderwick.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spyschool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spyschool-148x220.jpg\" alt=\"Spy School by Stuart Gibbs\" width=\"148\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spyschool-148x220.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spyschool-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spyschool-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spyschool.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781368026154\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Loki: Where Mischief Lies<\/em> by Mackenzi Lee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781665928663\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Field Guide<\/em> (Spiderwick Chronicles series) by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781442421837\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Spy School<\/em> by Stuart Gibbs<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stormbreaker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stormbreaker-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series) by Anthony Horowitz\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stormbreaker-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stormbreaker-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stormbreaker-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stormbreaker.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wee-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching series) by Terry Pratchett\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wee-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wee-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wee.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zachary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zachary-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zachary-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zachary-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zachary-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zachary.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780142406113\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Stormbreaker<\/em> (Alex Rider series) by Anthony Horowitz<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780063442139\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Wee Free Men<\/em> by Terry Pratchett<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781665900713\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor<\/em> by Xiran Jay Zhao<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2338,2705,2711,1433,2704,8,2709,2710,145,1279,48,30,2707,1637,2708,2706],"class_list":["post-6693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-anthony-horowitz","tag-artemis-fowl","tag-b-b-alston","tag-douglas-adams","tag-eoin-colfer","tag-holly-black","tag-james-ponti","tag-jonathan-stroud","tag-lemony-snicket","tag-mackenzi-lee","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-stuart-gibbs","tag-terry-pratchett","tag-tony-diterlizzi","tag-xiran-jay-zhao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6705,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693\/revisions\/6705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}