Seven school years, one prophecy and the bestselling book series ever printed: the boarding-school fantasy that built modern publishing's mass readership.
In the Guide
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1997 · book 1
The bestselling opening volume in publishing history and the recruitment event for a global reading generation: whatever else is said (and everything has been), the modern mass audience for fantasy walks through this book.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2007 · book 7
The fastest-selling book in history at release (roughly fifteen million copies in twenty-four hours) and the conclusion that secured the series' canonical arc; filmed as the franchise's two-part finale.