It was written by jack thorne, based on a story by j. Is it realistic that boo came to jem and scouts defense. Harry potter has, from the first book onward, been a communal experience. Best books to read in 2020 essential fiction and nonfiction. This february, the bookstore chain have plans to host the firstever harry potter book night in the u. When i first started reading them i wasnt really sure that i would like them as i. Why its hard to get excited for harry potter and the. After murdering harrys parents, james and lily potter, evil lord voldemort puts a killing curse on harry, then just a baby. With plays like the cursed child to the fantastic beasts and where to find them movie, the potter universe continues to expand all the time. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j.
The play opened on 30 july 2016 at the palace theatre, london, england. What the age you were when you first read harry potter. Years from now chapter 1 angweasley harry potter j. The summer harry potter and the deathly hallows came out, i read all seven books, backtoback, for the first time. The last harry potter book came out and your childhood was. The above picture is specifically from harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban when fred and george weasley first show harry the marauders map.
The new book from the potterverse will be released on july 31, aka the same birthday as harry potter and of. While looking at all the books, he found draco reading a. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. I got this book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, after my old copy got lost. Coincidentally, the first and last movies of the series also came out ten years apart. It wasnt until harry potter mania had started to build around the first movie that i read the first two. Now that harry potter, the hunger games, the divergent series and twilight have all ended and game of thrones arrives at a snails pace the book worlds. She developed the series story and characters to explain how harry came to be in this. Jk rowling releases new, free harry potter story today online. On this day in 2007, the seventh and final harry potter novel, harry potter and the deathly hallows, is released, with an initial print run of 12 million copies in the united states alone. Jul 30, 1997, harry potter and the sorcerers stone book published.
The first harry potter book came out 20 years ago here. The harry potter series gained worldwide popularity, and all seven books in the series ranked on international bestseller list across the planet. A rare original copy of the first harry potter book has sold for. No ones added up the sales so far, but the last harry potter book, the deathly hallows part two, released in 2007, sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours after its release. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone ebook lawrence. Hooray, theres now an official harry potter book about. The harry potter books make up the popular series written by j. The series starts with harry as a 1 year old 11 year old, and progress to when he is 17 and 24 in the epilogue, which is basically his first year. The fully illustrated edition of harry potter returns as. Rowlings novel harry potter and the philosophers stone.
Nov 19, 2010, harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 movie release. The second book, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, is published in the united kingdom, with a first print run of over 10,000 copies. When does harry potter and the cursed child comes out. Im getting a copy of the harry potter and the cursed child scriptbook at 12. On facebook, if you post or comment on harry potter or the name of any of the hogwart school houses, the. Harry glanced at ron once more, recovering from the quip, and before he could even fully process what he was saying, the topic that had been on his mind all game all day, really spilled from his mouth. Up until the first harry potter movie, i found the idea of standing in line for hours to be ridiculous. Harry potter fans were devastated when the sevenbook saga came to an end, but its obvious now that they had no reason to me.
All dates can be calculated from that moment in time. Harry potter and the cursed child, the eighth part of the harry potter saga has been released worldwide for fans to enjoy. The first book of the series came out in the summer of 1997 in the us, 1998. Scholastic publishes the first book, renamed harry potter and the sorcerers stone, in the united states. Harrys scar suddenly burns with pain and he passes out. Harry potter has had his story translated into more than 60 languages, and is the best selling book series of all time. What daymonthyear did the first harry potter book come. Harry potter 6 coming out november 2008 hecklerspray. Mothers day amazon book sale lets you save on 100 kindle bestsellers. The book picks up years after harry potter and the deathly hallows left off when harry himself is the father of three schoolage children. After going almost 10 years without any new stories from the wizarding world, harry, ron, hermione, and more are. Jul 15, 2011, harry potter and the deathly hallows part two movie release date. Theres a book coming out in november about the wands from harry potter and the characters who use them its called harry potter. Rowling dashes hopes for a ninth harry potter book.
Rowlings harry potter series hit british bookstores. If possible would you include the dates of usa and europe. Harry potter author jk rowlings script of the stage play harry potter and the cursed child is going to be published as a book moments after midnight on 31 july timed to coincide with the boy. In what year did the first book of harry potter come out. The book is officially available on july 31, or at the stroke of midnight. Rowlings iconic series is linked to the summer after i turned 18. One day just before his eleventh birthday, an owl tries to deliver a mysterious letter the first of a sequence of events that end in harry meeting a giant man named hagrid.
Follow bbc west midlands on facebook, on twitter, and sign up for local news. Harry was now two inches taller than his original height, 55. Harry let out a genuine laugh which made ron smile and drink from his bottle again. Harry potter, an unusual and neglected orphan, has lived the first decade of his life as an outcast to society in surrey, ever since he was sleeping on the doorstep of 4 privet drive in the surrey. He decided to explore the house, and while exploring he found himself downstairs in the library. Rowlings first harry potter book turns 20 in the u. Can you believe its been 20 years since the first harry. It should also be noted that this isnt strictly adhered to, specifically, dudley has playstation before they came out, among other things. The first harry potter book came out 20 years ago here are 28 incredible things you never knew about how the harry potter movies were made alyson shontell 20170627t17. Why did the first harry potter book get a title change in the u. Rowlings harry potter and the cursed child a little after midnight at foyles book store on july 31, 2016 in london, england.
When harry potter and the deathly hallows was released in july 2007, many fans were prepared for the final book to be the end. Nothing is what it seems harry potter various x reader. So, it stands to reason that during the second year, harry potter was 12, and that it was the year 1992. The curse inexplicably reverses, defeating voldemort and searing a lightningbolt scar in the middle of the infants forehead. Jul 8, 2000, harry potter and the goblet of fire published. In the latest turn for harry potter and company, letting. This one sounds like the perfect purchase for anyone still waiting for their hogwarts acceptance letter. The londonbased harry potter exhibition, meanwhile, will run through february 2018.
Next is one of my first few commenters, alice, she loves some draco moments. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, debuted in great britain in 1997 and was released in the united states the following year under the name harry potter and. Harry potter and the philosophers stone came out on 26 june 1997 in uk and on 1 september 1998 in us. Harry walked out of the bathroom squeaky clean and a little confused. But in the 10 years between the day a struggling mom in england published her first novel in 1997 and. The first several harry potter movies were already out at that point order of the phoenix had been released earlier that month and the kindle debuted that same year.
Youre a wizard, harry falling into 20 years with harry potter. Harry potter and the cursed child is a twopart west end stage play. Published as harry potter and the philosophers stone in the u. Harry potter books and movie release dates timeline. The first movie in the series, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, opened in america on november 16, 2001. New harry potter book from jk rowling coming out in july. If we consider the year of first book publication of us1998, it is known that the battle of hogwarts took pla. The first harry potter book came out when the internet was in a. Nov 8, 2005, harry potter and the goblet of fire movie release. The first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, it follows.
Its been 20 years since the first harry potter book came out. Harry potter to get more posts like this, please subscribe by rss or email. The story is set nineteen years after the ending of harry potter and the deathly hallows and follows harry potter. In harry potter and the sorcerers stone, harry, an orphan, lives with the dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, dudley. So it was on this day back in 1997 that the first of j. However, the inconsistencies ended there as the remaining six books all had. There are two new harry potter books coming out and they. What daymonthyear did the first harry potter book come out. Harry potter 6 coming out november 2008 august 9th, 2006 by stuart heritage daniel radcliffe must be a bit disappointed. It seems appropriate that most nights a soldout audience will literally see this new chapter come to life. In 2007, during the last round of pottermania, shoppers check out their new copies of harry potter and the deathly hallows at the changing hands bookstore in tempe, ariz. The last harry potter book came out 10 years ago today. First new harry potter book in 9 years is amazons most. The new book is actually a rehearsal script for the first harry potter play, which opens in london on saturday, july 30.
Twilight was released eight years later, in late 2005. To celebrate, twitter has come out with a special emoji. One of them who picked up a refrence i made in the chapter 8 on the way to christmas their name is daydreamer realityhater. When the first novel of the series, harry potter and the philosophers stone, opens, it is apparent that some. The rare first edition of the philosophers stone from 1997 has two. The book is an instant success, selling well and winning several awards. This is not the first time rowling has bursted the harry potter fandoms bubble by revealing lessthanwelcome news about the future of. Harry potter and the cursed child came out to much fanfare over the weekend, and the world is now divided into two groups. What day did the first harry potter book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. Was newt scamander actually in the harry potter movies. A history of magic, the book of the exhibition, will delve into the academic subjects at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.