Ever Bethany

Here's the complete Answer Key:

1)Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
2)The Amulet of Samarkand, The Bartimaeus Trilogy (Jonathan Stroud)

{Footnotes! But strangely they feel similar to me...}

3)Alphabet of Thorn (Patricia A. McKillip)
4)The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)

{Both main characters are chroniclers, and both have adventures they are not looking for.}

5)The Thief (Megan Whalen Turner)
6)The Perilous Gard (Elizabeth Pope)

{Both protagonists are under arrest, which leads them into danger and unexpected encounters...}

7)Dealing with Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede)
8)Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)

{The protagonists go off to seek their fortunes, despite the storyland conventions which encourage otherwise, making their way by keeping house with efficiency and humor.}

9)Middlemarch (George Eliot)
10) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

{The two books are themed on family connections and the matrimonial fates of small-town girls. The politics of class are, to varying degrees, very important to both.}