An extremely long and extremely popular fic, based on the peerage system of the wizarding world. The wand collection hardcover harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. Rank all of the harry potter books from worst to best. We had a glimpse of his motivations in one of the final chapters of order of the phoenix, which is, in my opinion the best chapter of the whole saga, where harry destroys the office of dumbledore because sirius died but thats it. All books of a religious, ideological, philosophical or political nature have thus been excluded from the below lists of best selling books for these reasons. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. There will be a brandnew harry potter book this summer.
To me, its probably also the most fun read of the series because the stakes are kind of at their lowest for most of the book this is the only one where the fact that something is wrong isnt entirely obvious from the beginning and its full of the childlike wonder that harry feels as hes introduced to the world as well. Never before had muggles been privy to these richly imaginative stories, including the wizard and the hopping pot, and the tale of the three brothers. Its been 11 years since the last book was released, seven years since the last movie hit theaters, and yet the ip is as strong. As the story progresses each book gets scarier so parental guidence may be needed for kids aged 710 when reading the last few books. Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, 6 7 8 harry potter by j. Welcome to rharrypotter, the place where fans from around the world can meet and discuss everything in the harry potter universe. Harry potter and the cursed child read at midnight. Hooray, theres now an official harry potter book about wands. Harry potter script soars to top of usa today best sellers list.
Theres a book coming out in november about the wands from harry potter and the characters who use them its called harry potter. Jun 26, 1997 harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. However, im willing to admit that there is a very definitive ranking. I just finished reading it and before that i liked the chamber of secrets best for its intensity. The main story arc concerns harrys struggle against lord voldemort, a dark. Search, watch, and cook every single tasty recipe and video ever all in one place. Illustrated edition harry potter illustrated edtn j. Harry potter has had his story translated into more than 60 languages, and is the best selling book series of all time. Rowlings first novel harry potter and the philosophers stone was published in the u. Rowling, harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j.
Feb 10, 2016 when diehard harry potter fans first heard that j. Jan 21, 2016 then we had to wait for three years for harry potter and the order of the phoenix, two more years for harry potter and the halfblood prince, and two more years after that for the final book to be released in 2007a decade after the first. Discovering the joys of harry potter is a rite of passage for kids today. Rowlings harry potter books are wonderful fantasy novels with powerful messages for kids and the ability to make even reluctant readers eager readers. At what age should you read each harry potter book. If your interest was peaked by the character of nicolas flamel in harry potter and the sorcerers stone, then michael scotts sixbook fantasy series centered on teenage twins sophie and josh. As the curtain rises on the fifth potter film, the wizarding world is in a tizzy over lord voldemorts return, split between two factions. You are, in short, a huge harry potter fan, and huge harry potter fans are always in need of good fantasy book recommendations. The harry potter book series is considered one of the greatest series in literary history, beginning its commercial life on this day, twenty. One could argue that in the latest harry potter book, the order of the phoenix, author joanne rowling has not let success get to her head and made the harry potter more mainstream in content. Order of the phoenix is by far the best harry potter book, hands down. In this video im ranking the harry potter books from worst to best, or well. On june 26, 1997, british publishing company bloomsbury took a risk and released a book titled harry potter and the philosophers stone.
This lengthy book might as well be titled harry potter and the struggles with puberty, and fans of the franchise certainly know why. I know personally when i read this, i was still holding out for that hogwarts letter. Until the sixth book came out, we had lord voldemort, a villain with no depth what so ever. These are 20 of the highest rated books on goodreads. The play opened on 30 july 2016 at the palace theatre, london, england. Harry potter series read online free read free book online. The seven harry potter books ranked from worst to best. Not without his share of controversy, harry potter is more often lauded for encouraging children to read more often, especially at the dawn of the internet age, and with telling such an accessible and entertaining story filled. Rowling and was designed like it is harry potters book. Some of these books arent very useful to anyone in the series at all, especially those by gilderoy. What im getting at here is that im obsessed with harry potter and i love it with my whole heart. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone alright, alright, i know this is a major copout.
Harry potter paperback box set books 17 paperback harry potter. When harry potter and the deathly hallows came out in 2007, author j. I stand by my opinion that one of rowlings original titles, harry potter and the peverell quest would have been awesome. Lots of people hate this book, and i guess i kind of get itits really long and really depressing and harry spends a lot of it yelling, though not as much as youd thinkb. She is a huge harry potter fan, and insists that the harry potter series are the best books to come out in the last 100 years and i am crazy for having not read them. Shop the fantasy book series for sale here at up to 30% off. I choose you to write more about harry potters characters. Basically, harry potter was first conceived as a childrens book, and as such fits the narnian mold perfectly.
Easily the most polarizing of the potter novels, order of the phoenix offers the series highest highs and lowest lows. Ive always liked the film adaptation of harry potter and the goblet of fire, if largely for the sheer spectacle of the triwizard tournament. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is the us title of harry potter and the philosophers stone. May, 2015 thoughts on 5 underrated muggle characters from harry potter bree may, 2015 at 12. Ive reread this book since and of course, i loved it. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based on an original story by j. Just finished speed reading the new harry potter book. The story is set nineteen years after the ending of harry potter and the deathly hallows and. The 83 most devastating harry potter chapters, ranked mtv. The harry potter controversy has gone on, in one form or another, for years, particularly before the series ended. Rowling released harry potter and the sorcerers stone more than 20 years ago, kids have been devouring the books, watching the movies, and at least for superfans playing games and apps and visiting websites devoted to the young wizard. The curse inexplicably reverses, defeating voldemort and searing a lightningbolt scar in the middle of the infants forehead.
Deathly hallows an instant feels trip, dh is a great conclusion to a series that is largely focused on accepting death. The chronological order of the harry potter books is the same as the publication order. Harry potter movies ranked from worst to best collider. Is fifty shades of grey really the uks best selling book. Dreamed up on a train to london in 1990, honed over the next few years in various cafes and cities most notably edinburgh the philosophers stone was finally published in 1997, with an initial release of just 500 copies.
Honestly, though, we all look at the first book with a great level of love because it is what started it all. After reading the whole series of the harry potter, this book could be read again to know more about the behavior of professor snape towards harry. They said boys wouldnt want to read a book written by a woman, so they encouraged her to go by her initials. The first in the series, harry potter and the sorcerers. With that in mind, here are the 83 most gutwrenching chapters in the harry potter series, happy, sad, mad and everything in between, ranked. Seriously harry, have a glass of butterbeer or something, because you need to chill your ass out. How would you rank the books from your favorite to. Dec, 2017 this was a repurchase for me as my original harry potter book is battered from years of reading. Pictures of what appear to be all or most of the wildly anticipated seventh harry potter book, harry potter and the deathly hallows, due for release july 21, proliferated on the internet tuesday, seemingly penetrating the unprecedented shroud of secrecy put into place by the book s publisher. On one side of the harry potter controversy are those who say that j.
Decades after the tales of the boy who lived were first published, these books continue to enchant and inspire readers of all ages. Published as harry potter and the philosophers stone in the u. Every harry potter book, ranked from worst to best. Out of the whole series, chamber of secrets unfortunately ranks at the bottom. In this book, harry and his best friends ron weasley and hermione granger decide to carry out albus dumbledores request of harry to find the remaining horcruxes in order to finally defeat voldemort. Rank all the harry potter books from greatest to worst.
I think we all will hold this book deep in our hearts. If anything, she has stuck to her formula and made everything more complex. This book was written by newt scamander the fake name of j. I speak of books three and four, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban and harry potter and the goblet of fire. Aug 18, 2016 a collection of short stories from author j. Jul 31, 2016 the book, which is branded as the official eighth story in the harry potter series, was published sunday to all the midnightrelease and nerdsdressingincloaks fanfare of yesteryear. Whether you want to complete your harry potter series in hardcover, or gift a dazzling illustrated edition to your favorite wizard, the options are endless. The best books to read if you love harry potter time. Rowling is the best selling book series in history.
Rowling the top rated book on goodreads has to be harry potter and the deathly hallows unless you count the harry potter boxset as a book, rated at 4. But this one has and epic final battle and umbridge is surprisingly even worse than voldemort. If you think were a bunch of squibs, you get to rerank them. Rowlings harry potter archives are being released as ebooks. Harry potter and the cursed child is very much a potter book it has all the plot twists and turns and characters and quotes that stay with you long after you have read the book. A books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Harry was cranky as fuck for literally the entire book. Azkaban there are few places as immediately recognizable and full of dread in the harry potter series as azkaban. The author, an unknown writer named joanne rowling, had sent the manuscript to 12 different publishers before bloomsbury picked it up. The fully illustrated edition of harry potter returns as an. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban became the most liked and wellplotted book of this series. May 21, 2015 once upon a time you used to wait in line for the next perfectly crafted harry potter book, dressed in robes bearing your house crest and maybe even wearing some hpinspired earrings. After murdering harry s parents, james and lily potter, evil lord voldemort puts a killing curse on harry, then just a baby.
Im not here to argue about which book is the best book, because they are all obviously the best book. This was hard to do, and i love them all, but here is my personal list of least favorite to favorite for the harry potter books. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. A history of magic the book of the exhibition promises to take readers through subjects studied at potter s wizarding school, hogwarts. Shop harry potter fantasy novels here the scholastic. Here are a few books that every adult harry potter fan should read.
I am a diehard fan of harry potter and after watching the movies i thought that they definitely wernt as good as the books so if you have seen the movies and did not like them,you must read the books because. From the opening line of harry potter and the sorcerers stone through the poignant end of harry potter and the deathly hallows, few book series are as gripping as j. I argue that just because something has mass appeal and is an easy read does not make it objectively better than some of the other books to come out in the last hundred years. Rowling was pretty insistent that the seventh installment had closed the book on the adventures of the boy who lived. For that, i think the book deserves a lot of praise, but like with the sequel to the matrix, i felt the story. If i listed my favorite harry potter books worst to best, it. In the years since 2007s release of harry potter and the deathly hallows, nascent fans havent quite experienced the pleasure agony of waiting for a new harry potter book. See how it compares to the top 100 best sellers of all time. One of the delights of discovering harry potter is that. Jul 14, 2011 ranking the harry potter books and movies were only a few hours away from the midnight premiere of harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2, signaling the end of a franchise that has defined so much of my childhood and adolescence. While the harry potter series might be made up of seven very successful books in our world, there are dozens of books in the harry potter universe that are mentioned. Still, without this book, there would be no books, no movies, and no harry, and for that, the book ranks above the bottom.
It was published in the united states as harry potter and the sorcerers stone by scholastic corporation in 1998. If you like harry potter books, youll love chronicles of narnia. Why this overlooked harry potter book is actually the best. Be sorted, earn house points, take classes with our fine hogwarts staff, debate which actor portrayed dumbledore the best, and finally get some closure for your post potter depression. Aug 02, 2016 this book version of harry potter and the cursed child is the script of the hit play that just opened in london, and even though it lacks the plays muchtalkedabout special effects, it. A first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone for bloomsbury that was later sold for 12,000 pounds. These books range from spell books used at hogwarts to autobiographies to fairy tales, and everything in between. Its possible to do both with a much younger kid who is in the middle of the series without giving away anything from the later books.
The beginning can be a little slow for younger readers as a lot of it is not in the movies, but the remaining 85% is and can be completely imagined throughout. While the first book pulled readers in with its fantastically designed world and introduced the characters effortlessly while having the subplot of voldemort in the background, the. Aug 02, 2016 the scriptbook brought the harry potter novels back to the usa today bestseller list, both in the top 50 and in the top 150 titles. Harry potter and the cursed child is a twopart west end stage play. Sep 06, 2017 jim kays illustrated edition of the philosophers stone is available exclusively on amazon in kindle in motion format. Ranking of the best harry potter books at bookkooks. Jun 22, 2012 harry potter is a terrible series because the author took the first type of fantasy and forced it to be the second type.
It is the first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, first published in 1997 by bloomsbury. All seven harry potter books, ranked the portalist. Three 17year old barely qualified wizards on a journey to destroy the most evil wizard of the age is not an easy undertaking, physically and. Follow the adventures of harry and his friends in the iconic harry potter fantasy novels. But for most of the entire first half of the book, harry and hermione are on a. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets off to the races with a little controversy. The hardcover edition of the first harry potter book, with stunning illustrations by the awardwinning illustrator jim kay, was published by bloomsbury back in 2015. It was written by jack thorne, based on a story by j. Hogwarts library hardcover dobby bookend by noble collection. Unlike its predecessors, the film adaptation of harry potter and the goblet of fire is very different from the book necessitated in part because the book is almost twice the length of prisoner of azkaban.
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