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As of February 2023 more than 600 million Harry Potter books had been sold globally, making it the bestselling book series in history. The seven books in the series have been translated into 85 languages.
Librarian Nancy Knapp pointed out the books' potential to improve literacy by motivating children to read much more than they otherwise would. [188] The seven-book series has a word count of 1,083,594 (US edition). Agreeing about the motivating effects, Diane Penrod also praised the books' blending of simple entertainment with "the qualities of highbrow literary fiction", but expressed concern about the distracting effect of the prolific merchandise that accompanies the book launches. [189] However, the assumption that Harry Potter books have increased literacy among young people is "largely a folk legend". [190] a b c Fierman, Daniel (21 July 2000). "Wild About Harry". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 31 March 2007 . Retrieved 26 October 2019. When I buy the books for my grandchildren, I have them all gift wrapped but one...that's for me. And I have not been 12 for over 50 years.Sweeney, Charlene (19 May 2008). "Harry Potter 'is too boring and grown-up for young readers' ". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 . Retrieved 15 January 2011. While Harry Potter can be viewed as a story about good vs. evil, its moral divisions are not absolute. [44] [45] First impressions of characters are often misleading. Harry assumes in the first book that Quirrell is on the side of good because he opposes Snape, who appears to be malicious; in reality, Quirrell is an agent of Voldemort, while Snape is loyal to Dumbledore. This pattern later recurs with Moody and Snape. [44] In Rowling's world, good and evil are choices rather than inherent attributes: second chances and the possibility of redemption are key themes of the series. [46] [47] This is reflected in Harry's self-doubts after learning his connections to Voldemort, such as Parseltongue; [46] and prominently in Snape's characterisation, which has been described as complex and multifaceted. [48] In some scholars' view, while Rowling's narrative appears on the surface to be about Harry, her focus may actually be on Snape's morality and character arc. [49] [50] Last Day 12 June 2010". Snitchseeker.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010 . Retrieved 24 February 2011. Rowling to kill two in final book". BBC News. 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009 . Retrieved 25 July 2007.
Fantastic Beasts: JK Rowling confirms there will be five films in Harry Potter spin-off series". Independent.co.uk. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017 . Retrieved 7 January 2017.You can specify your preference for items based on gender, house, clothing size, and other fun Harry Potter-inspired qualities like creature companion and favorite spell, which means you can have a lot of fun with customization and you'll receive your own unique box. Some past boxes have featured chocolates and candies, wands, and animal plushies. A Potter timeline for muggles". Toronto Star. 14 July 2007. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008 . Retrieved 27 September 2008. Wilson, Andrew (2006). "Harry Potter in Greek". Andrew Wilson. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008 . Retrieved 28 July 2008. In Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special, which premiered on October 5, 2021, the comedian declared he was a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) like Rowling. “Gender is a fact,” he said. “Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth. This is a fact.” He continued on to make several jokes at trans people’s expense, which we will not repeat here. Following the special’s release, many Netflix users are calling for its removal from the streaming platform while creators—like Jaclyn Moore, a writer and co-showrunner on Dear White People—declared they will no longer work with the company. She did not return for the HP films’ 20th anniversary special on HBO Max.
Rowling said that, to her, the moral significance of the tales seems "blindingly obvious". In the fourth book, Dumbledore speaks of a "choice between what is right and what is easy"; Rowling views this as a key theme, "because that ... is how tyranny is started, with people being apathetic and taking the easy route and suddenly finding themselves in deep trouble". [51] Espinoza, Javier (16 December 2015). "Religious parents want Harry Potter banned from the classroom because it 'glorifies witchcraft' ". Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 – via The Telegraph. The United States editions were adapted into American English to make them more understandable to a young American audience. [85] Cover artEach of the seven books is set over the course of one school year. Harry struggles with the problems he encounters, and dealing with them often involves the need to violate some school rules. If students are caught breaking rules, they are often disciplined by Hogwarts professors. The stories reach their climax in the summer term, near or just after final exams, when events escalate far beyond in-school squabbles and struggles, and Harry must confront either Voldemort or one of his followers, the Death Eaters, with the stakes a matter of life and death – a point underlined, as the series progresses, by characters being killed in each of the final four books. [21] [22] In the aftermath, he learns important lessons through exposition and discussions with head teacher and mentor Albus Dumbledore. The only exception to this school-centred setting is the final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in which Harry and his friends spend most of their time away from Hogwarts, and only return there to face Voldemort at the dénouement. [21] Allusions Megias, Diane A.; Anderson, Sean C.; Smith, Robert J.; Veríssimo, Diogo (4 October 2017). "Investigating the impact of media on demand for wildlife: A case study of Harry Potter and the UK trade in owls". PLOS ONE. 12 (10): e0182368. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1282368M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182368. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5627891. PMID 28976986. Jensen, Jeff (7 September 2000). "Why J.K. Rowling waited to read Harry Potter to her daughter". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015 . Retrieved 19 August 2015. Our readers are going to be desperate to get their hands on a copy and see the new world of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them brought to life,' added editor-in-chief Terri White. Rowling had creative control on the film series, observing the filmmaking process of Philosopher's Stone and serving as producer on the two-part Deathly Hallows, alongside David Heyman and David Barron. [220] Rowling demanded the principal cast be kept strictly British and Irish, nonetheless allowing for the inclusion or French and Eastern European actors where characters from the book are specified as such. [221]
The final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows became the fastest selling book in history, moving 11million units in the first twenty-four hours of release. [105] The book sold 2.7million copies in the UK and 8.3million in the US. [73] The series has also gathered adult fans, leading to the release of two editions of each Harry Potter book, identical in text but with one edition's cover artwork aimed at children and the other aimed at adults. [106] Book Greenwald, Janey; Greenwald, J (Fall 2005). "Understanding Harry Potter: Parallels to the Deaf World" (Free full text). The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 10 (4): 442–450. doi: 10.1093/deafed/eni041. PMID 16000691. Griesinger, E. (2002). "Harry Potter and the "deeper magic": narrating hope in children's literature". Christianity and Literature. 51 (3): 455–480. doi: 10.1177/014833310205100308. Grint knows nothing will come close to the scale of Ron Weasley. “I think I peaked, in terms of doing something that has such an impact,” he says. But the last decade has been about accepting that, not overcoming it. Earlier, he said he once wondered if he’d even like acting after the Potter movies. “And I do, but I enjoy that I’ve still got a lot more to do in that regard.” I ask him when he felt accepted by the industry for the first time. “I don’t think there was a moment where I felt like I was able to be ‘myself’ until I did Servant,” he says. “I’m still working on myself now.” Then he gets in his car and drives home, to the curios and tchotchkes – the ceramics, the drawings, the bees – that symbolise the thing he wanted years ago, when his tonsils had swollen to the size of lychees. Freedom.Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's conflict with Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic, and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). The Harry Potter series has been recognised by a host of awards since the initial publication of Philosopher's Stone including a platinum award from the Whitaker Gold and Platinum Book Awards ( 2001), [200] [201] three Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes (1997–1999), [202] two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards (1999 and 2001), [203] the inaugural Whitbread children's book of the year award (1999), [204] the WHSmith book of the year (2006), [205] among others. In 2000, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel, and in 2001, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won said award. [206] Honours include a commendation for the Carnegie Medal (1997), [207] a short listing for the Guardian Children's Award (1998), and numerous listings on the notable books, editors' Choices, and best books lists of the American Library Association, The New York Times, Chicago Public Library, and Publishers Weekly. [208] Byatt, A. S. (7 July 2003). "Harry Potter and the Childish Adult". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009 . Retrieved 1 August 2008.
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