In the case of the prolific Irish storyteller Michael Scott trying to establish a ranking with his best books is utopian for me in two respects. In the first place because few of his works have been translated into Spanish. Secondly, because even having reached our language, I would not give myself a life to cover such creative capacity.
Thus, as often happens in these cases, faced with the overwhelming productivity of an author, the work tends to end up being fragmented, highlighting those series or related themes that, once they are set in the corresponding market, exploit the vein with the consequent chain of subsequent works.
The series on the immortal Nicholas Flamel, an apparently youthful group but that in the end cultivates in mythological-historical aspects and disposes the reader towards a literature as pedagogical as necessary towards the fundamental principles of good and evil in a current society in which moral footholds are based on land muddy.
So we go there with that saga that, in my opinion, brings this author closer to another great reference of the most relevant youth narrative, Jostein Gaarder.
Top 3 recommended books by Michael Scott
The Alchemist
In a saga as successful as "The Immortal Nicholas Flamel" it often happens that the first novel becomes a literary hook that runs like wildfire among fascinated readers.
The alchemist was that wick that anticipated the explosion and the work that must be thanked for the continuation of an unforgettable series. Without a doubt, it is a youth narrative, but you just have to start reading to perceive that cultivating background in a dynamic story advance that sticks readers large and small to its pages.
A bookstore of the usual ones in which the commercial rush does not manage to displace books from other times from its shelves. Scent of old paper and feelings that what is written between those thick spines houses great secrets.
Sophie (coincidentally SofÃa, like SofÃa's book by the aforementioned Gaarder) and Josh are two young people who embark on the adventure of their lives from the first moment they step foot in the bookstore.
Only that adventure goes far beyond what they imagined and chance will place them at the epicenter of an atavistic conflict between good and evil that coexists with the human soul since the first lights and the first myths.
The sorceress
With no intention of gutting the story (or spoiling as they say now), I skip the second novel in the saga and move on to the third. Either way, by now you'll know that Josh and Sophie wasn't a fluke. That they entered that bookstore for the first time was a measure of destiny ...
The protagonism of this novel is taken by a Nicholas Flamel cornered by circumstances, in need of the prophecy that points to the boys to take shape. Adversity looms fate with disheartening strength and time is drawing to an end.
A novel in whose middle section we get very close to a fascinating mythology that connects with the fictional plot. Probably the best work of the saga in this sense.
The lovely
The apotheosis in an open ending that may invite new sequels or prequels, who knows? The city of San Francisco becomes the epicenter where everything comes together, where fierce fighting guides all the forces that balance the universe.
The monsters that always threaten our world and the mythological constructions of man that seek to give us strength and courage. Everything materializes in the city as the prophecy pointed out.
The battle for the world can be resolved in the most unpredictable way because as we read we discover that perhaps there is a possibility to win without counting as many casualties as a hand-to-hand confrontation points out.
And those teenagers who once walked into the bookstore to work for a summer, must know how to choose at the right time, before the shadows take over.
