Series Guide

Harry Potter

by J. K. Rowling

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

Cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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.

Cover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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.