Harry Potter Books

The Harry Potter books make up the popular series written by J. K. Rowling. The series spans seven books. The books have been made into eight films by Warner Bros. The final book was split into two films.
The books concern a wizard called Harry Potter and his journey through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The stories tell of him overcoming dangerous obstacles to defeat the Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed his parents when Harry was 15 months old. The first book, , was published in 1997 by Bloomsbury in London. The final book, , sold more than 12 million copies in the U.S.
Beginning on 6 October 2015, the entire series was presented in a fully-illustrated format, with over 100 illustrations per title, by Jim Kay.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone illustrated edition on Amazon The books were also all reunited in one ebook the same year.
==Publishing==
It is said that J. K. Rowling sent her preliminary copy of to 12 publishers before it was accepted and published by Bloomsbury.
The following is an incomplete list of publishers of the books all over the world.
==Titles of the series==
The author published seven books in the Harry Potter series, as well as numerous complementary books. You can get all seven eBooks as one download on with Harry Potter: The Complete Collection. A sequel to the original series, , was released July 31st, 2016. 
===Original series===
The following is a list of the seven books in the Harry Potter series. Each novel corresponds to a year-long period of time, usually in reference to Harry Potter's year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
===Complementary books===
The following are complementary books, which correspond to the series:
* (2001)
* (2001)
*The Harry Potter Prequel (11 June, 2008)
* (6 December, 2008)
*Pottermore Presents
**Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (6 September, 2016)
**Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists (6 September, 2016)
**Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (6 September, 2016)
* (19 November, 2016)
* (16 November, 2018)
===Audiobook editions===
Since the inception of the Harry Potter series, the stories have also been released as audiobooks. In the United Kingdom, the audiobooks were narrated by Stephen Fry, with Jim Dale handling the narration for the U.S. editions. The audiobooks were released in both CD and cassette formats, though the cassette editions are no longer in print due to the general lack of demand for titles in this format. For the earlier books in the series, there was generally a delay between the release of the print and audio editions.Rowling FAQ The later editions generally saw the audio copies being released the same day as the print editions, likely a result of the growing popularity of the series. Most recently the books were made available in the first ever online audio editions through via the Pottermore Shop and were also made available to libraries for lending.
===Enhanced ebooks===
In October 2015, Enhanced Editions of the 7 books were published exclusively on iBooks by. Enhanced editions are said to include the full original text plus illustrations, animations and interactions as well as annotations written by J. K. Rowling to give you interesting insights into the world of Harry Potter.How Pottermore and Apple created the new Harry Potter Enhanced Editions on Pottermore
==An inspiration==
The Harry Potter series inspired many other creations, such as:
*The series inspired an extensive line of LEGO playsets.
*A film empire, created by Warner Brothers:
**Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US)
**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 Half-Blood Prince
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*Video games by Electronic Arts, 8 inspired in the films, as well as the Quidditch simulator .
*A LEGO Harry Potter video game (years 1-4) developed by TT Games was released in 2010. A sequel, , was released the following year.
*, a theme park land in Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure, opened in 2010 in America. An additional expansion, Diagon Alley, was opened in 2014.
*Numerous toy and doll sets.
==Behind the scenes==
*The first and final books of the Harry Potter books of the series came out ten years apart. Coincidentally, the first and last films of the series also came out ten years apart.
*A number of species have been named after Harry Potter elements, including:
**, a dinosaur whose name translates to "Dragon King of Hogwarts".
**Ampulex dementor, a cockroach wasp. It is named after the Dementors.
**Aname aragog, a spider in the family Nemesiidae, named after Aragog.
**Eriovixia gryffindori, a species of orb-weaver spider named after the Hogwarts house Gryffindor; the spider resembles the Sorting Hat.
**Graphorn is a genus of stink bug named after the graphorn, a dangerous magical creature from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
**Lusius malfoyi is a species of parasitoid wasp found in New Zealand. The species name was chosen to reference Lucius Malfoy, the parent of one of Harry's classmates at Hogwarts.[14][15] The genus Lusius was first described in 1903 and is thus not originally a Harry Potter reference.
**Ochyrocera aragogue is a species of spider in the family Ochyroceratidae. It is also named after Hagrid's pet Aragog.
**Thestral is genus of stink bug named after Thestrals.
*With the exception of the first and third books, there is always a chapter with the same name as the book.
*Also, with the exception of the third book, there is always at least one character that dies in the final chapter(s) of the books (although in the second book this is a basilisk, not a human character).
*Additionally, two films have characters named after them. They are:
**: Sirius Black
**: Severus Snape
*In September 2012, J. K. Rowling admitted to having rushed work on some of the Potter novels due to tight deadlines, and floated the possibility of someday releasing "director's cut" editions of the novels.Mail Online J.K. Rowling confesses to rushing some of the Harry Potter books to meet tight deadlines
*Brad Walrod served as the typesetter for the Harry Potter books from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire onwards.
*In total, the Harry Potter series spanned 36 years, beginning in 1981 and ending in 2017.
*An in-universe counterpart is introduced in .
*J. K. Rowling was suggested after the publication of that while in the cupboard, Harry went mad and his magical experience was a made-up fantasy life that he developed to save himself.JK Rowling and Steve Kloves on the Harry Potter films
*The message that J. K. Rowling wanted to impart on the readers of the Harry Potter books was a plea for an end to bigotry and an argument for tolerance, building on the issues that arise between pure-blood supremacists and muggle-borns throughout the series.J. K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall, 20 October, 2007
==Notes and references==
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