Here we ve listed all the harry potter books in order, along with. Rowling, jack thorne, and john tiffany, a new play by jack thorne, harry potter and the cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage. Deep into the new movie harry potter and the order of the phoenix, our teen wizard daniel radcliffe finds the strength to face down the dark lord voldemort ralph fiennes and the wisdom to pity him. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. I hope this post encourages new readers to start reading the harry potter franchise and. 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. Harry potter is 7 books long, and 8 movies long the 7th film is going to be split into two so that they can fit it all in, and the book is rather long. Levine books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years later with harry potter and the deathly hallows, published in 2007. Boy, this ones gonna a long post oh, and sorry for bad phrasing. J k rowlings harry potter books in chronological order. The harry potter series has been hailed as one for the ages by stephen king and spellbinding saga by usa today. We meet the key characters harry himself, ron, hermione, dumbledore, snape, hagrid, malfoy, learn a. According to wikipedia, the american version, harry potter and the sorcerers stone remained on the new york times bestseller list for 79 consecutive weeks.
In comparison, each of the other six books are longer, likely due to the initial success of the philosopherss stone, which within its first two years had sold more than 300,000 copies in the u. Find harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, harry potter and the goblet of fire, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, harry potter and the halfblood prince and harry potter and the deathly. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Rowling has published 3 other books, all centered around the harry potter world.
Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version. Harry potter has had his story translated into more than 60 languages, and is the best selling book series of all time. Rowlings harry potter books already know how the story comes out, of course for those whove forgotten. Rowling, who first featured him in the 1997 book harry potter and the philosophers stone. Rowling, harry potter and the deathly hallows by j. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is the us title of harry potter and the philosophers stone. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. Starting in 2001 with philosophers stone, this series has gone on to set numerous records including highest weekend box office earnings. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. Chapters overall, chapters in book, chapter picture, chapter title, date at the start of chapter. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992. You can never know love or friendship, harry tells the noxious, noseless one. As the harry potter franchise draws to a close with the premier last night of. She has had her short stories published in various anthologies and fiction magazines, and has shifted.
Rebecca raisin is an australian author of contemporary romance and chick lit novels. The word count figures for the other six books, in order. Readers around the world were on pins and needles just waiting to find out what voldemorts return meant for the wizarding world and luckily, this book did not disappoint. Probably the most famous author in the world, rowling was the first author to become a billionaire. There are characters and entire plot lines in the books that there simply. List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter wiki fandom.
Washington post book critic ron charles opined in july 2007 that the large numbers of adults reading the potter. One of the biggest differences between the harry potter books and movies is that the books have way, way more information. Alan kaminsky rochester institute of technology department of computer science after publishing the first four harry potter books, author j. Convenient online shopping for school and office supplies, arts and crafts, gifts for all occasions, and the latest bestselling books. I thought you meant the order in which things happened in the series.
Rowling, mary grandpre october 1998 order in the next 7 hours 26 minutes and get it by tuesday, march 03. The harry potter series has been hailed as \u201cone for the ages\u201d by stephen. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Harry potter and the halfblood prince was published on 16 july 2005. Every harry potter book, ranked from worst to best.
Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. How long are each of the harry potter books answers. In stores free order pickup and storeonly items show all options. The book sizes were growing exponentially, and the fifth book was projected to be over 1,800 pages long, as shown on the graph below. This series is in the times educational supplement teachers top 100 books. If i listed my favorite harry potter books worst to best, it would go from shortest to longest. The total length of the audio versions, including book 7, is 117 hours and. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Harry potter or, better yet, harry james potter, is the featured protagonist in the harry potter novel series authored by j. Only 2 of the 7 harry potter books came in at under 100,000 words sorcerers stones and chamber of secrets which happened to be the first two books in the series. Author of the seven part series, jk rowling, was also in attendance at the. A battle ensues that almost ends in defeat, but sirius and other members of the order of the phoenix come to the rescue in the nick of time.
Browse and buy all 7 harry potter books by jk rowling, with cover art by jonny duddle and jim kay. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix august 1, 1995june 25, 1996. The chronological order of the harry potter books is the same as the publication order. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of. The first novel portraying harry potter was published in june 1997, titled philosophers stone, and the series of novels are filed away in the fantasy genre. Seven years and many submissions to publishers later, harry potter and the philosophers stone finally saw print, swiftly becoming a wordofmouth hit.
Rowling, harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j. Rowlings seven bestselling harry potter books are available in a stunning paperback boxed set. If you read the books its a lot clearer a long time ago except its not a faraway galaxy. Common sense media editors help you choose harry potter book series. Rowling was caught on a delayed train somewhere between manchester and kings cross station in london. Lists books, films, games in a series, so you know which to enjoy next. Rowling herself, so i offer the following reading order first, i would read the seven main harry potter novels, supplemented with fantastic beasts and where to find them fbawtft and quidditch through the ages qtta as questions about the beasts and quidditch arise if.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Below youll find the total word count numbers for each book in the harry potter series. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1. What is the chronological order of the harry potter novels. The harry potter series gained worldwide popularity, and all seven books in the series ranked on international bestseller list across the planet.
The harry potter universe is also featured in lego dimensions, with the settings and side characters featured in the. Harry potter is a student wizard at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, where he belongs to the house of gryffindor, plays the odd broom. Exclusive discounts when you shop online from the philippines most loved book store. Only one book order of the phoenix topped 200,000 words, but there were two books that came close with more than 190,000 words goblet of fire and deathly hallows. The order of the harry potter book series from shortest to longest is. If you like harry potter books, youll love chronicles of narnia. Flickr please post your visualisations and mashups on our flickr group. What is the order of the books in the harry potter. The first book harry potter and the sorcerers stone had 30 to 40. Fantastic beasts and where to find them, quidditch through the ages, and the tales of beedle the bard. Although this may take the longest to read, it becomes the most interactive to read. Like alexwlchan says, i know of no suggested reading order of the harry potter series made by j. Download the harry potter stories, fantastic beasts screenplay and your favourites written by j. Daniel radcliffe in harry potter and the order of the phoenix.
Jim dale is the amazing voice of harry potter audio books. The harry potter movie series is one of the most successful movie sagas ever. Dumbledores army harry potter film tie in published by penguin character books ltd 2007 isbn 10. Get free shipping on harry potter paperback boxed set. On top of the harry potter series, jk rowling has written a few supplemental books that tie in to the harry potter. Depending on the variant that youre reading i believe that the page numbers differ between countries so im using the copies that i have to hand. Harry potter and the halfblood prince, the latest film in the harry potter series, hits theaters tonight at midnight. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix holds a special place in many of our hearts due to the three year publication gap between it and the goblet of fire. The best harry potter books in order from 15 8 books. The genesis of harry potter goes back to 1990 when j. All eight films have grossed a worldwide total of over 8 billion dollars, exceeding even the wildest expectations. Harry potter book series 7 books harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j.
I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information. Rowling is of course the infamous english author, who wrote the harry potter series of books i still prefer enid blyton. Rowling\u2019s seven bestselling harry potter books are available in a stunning paperback boxed set. And most recently, the new york times called harry potter and the deathly hallows the fastest selling book in history. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone was published in the united states by arthur a. Rowling has written a great deal of books, but her most famous ones are the ones included in the harry potter series. Boy wizard harry potter is the fictional creation of author j.
Her love of reading morphed over time into the desire to write fiction. So i expect that bbc in 10 to 20 years will make a series of miniseries of the books. If they were made after all the books came out their would be scenes made i. The boy wizard captured our hearts and minds in these 8 brilliant books. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. When added all together, the harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. Harry is misled by a fake vision created by the dark lord in order to lure him to the department of mysteries.