Harry Potter

''This article refers to the series of books. For the titular character go here. ''

''This boy will be famous. There won't be a child in our world that won't know his name. There will be books about him, he will be a legend.''

- Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

A series of books by the British author J.K Rowling detailing the adventures of a group of young witches and wizards, including the title character Harry Potter. The children attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, located somewhere in Scotland, where they learn the various skills of the generic fantasy witch and wizard. The series comprises 7 books, plus two small additional volumes which are written as textbooks featured in the Canon.

The Books
(in chronological order)


 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (titled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States)
 * Published: 26 June 1997
 * Film released: November 16 2001
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 * Published: 2 July 1998
 * Film released: November 15 2002
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 * Published: 8 July 1999
 * Film released: May 31 2004


 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 * Published: 8 July 2000
 * Film released: November 18 2005
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Published: 21 June 2003
 * Film released: July 11 2007
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 * Published: 16 July 2005
 * Film to be released: November 21 2008
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
 * Published: 21 July 2007
 * Films to be released: Part 1 - November 2010; Part 2 - May 2011

Other Incarnations
The series has been made into a series of films with the same titles as the books. The books themselves have also been released as audiobooks, read by popular English comedian Stephen Fry.

Harry Potter has had such huge global impact that the canon has attracted more than its fair share of badfic.