when did the harry potter books come out?
The first book, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, was published in 1997 by Bloomsbury in London. The last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 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.