The main story arc concerns Harry's quest to overcome the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, whose aim is to conquer the wizarding world and subjugate non-magical people, and who seeks to destroy all those who stand in his way, such as Harry's parents.
The book series has sold more than 500 million copies and has been translated into 67 languages, and the last four books have consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books in history. A few also has been made into movies.
The list of the books are as follows: You can download it here and the last one by hitting right click and click "save target as"
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- 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
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Here are some more interesting facts about the child wizard Harry Potter:
# Rowling first thought of Harry while riding a train back in 1990.
# The characters Rowling created the very first day were Harry, Ron, Nearly Headless Nick, Hagrid and Peeves, and then she developed Hogwarts.
# J. K. Rowling named the driver and conductor of the Knight Bus after her grandfathers, Ernie and Stanley.
# Harry shares his birthday, July 31, with author JK Rowling.
More than 16,000 children in the U.K. and U.S. auditioned for the role of Harry Potter.
# Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire sold an unprecedented three million copies in the first 48 hours of release, winning the title of "fastest-selling book in history" — a title later claimed by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when it was released on June 21, 2003.
# Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold 6.9 million copies in the US in the first 24 hrs of its release.
# In real life, the Hogwarts Express is called the "Olton Hall" and runs between Scarborough and York.
# The books describe Dumbledore as a classic wizard; thin build with long silver hair and beard, a long crooked nose, and half-moon glasses. It is strongly suggested that Dumbledore was inspired by the classic wizard Merlin.
# The name "Dumbledore" is an old Devonshire word for "bumblebee" and was picked by Rowling because she imagines him wandering around the castle humming to himself.
# According to Rowling, during an interview in 2000 after publication of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore "is a hundred and fifty" years old.
# Harry may also be related to his godfather. According to the Black family tree, Charlus Potter married Dorea Black, granddaughter of Phineas Nigellus Black, with the result that James and Sirius may have been first cousins, once removed.
# In 2002, Harry Potter was voted No. 85 among the "100 Best Fictional Characters" by Book magazine and also voted the 35th "Worst Briton" in Channel 4`s "100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate" program.
# Arthur Levine, of Scholastic, the American publishers, bid $105,000 to secure the American publication rights.
# Molly Weasley's maiden name is Prewett.
Arthur Weasley has two brothers.
Ginny's full name is Ginevra, not Virginia.
Fred and George were born on April Fool's day.
# There are 40 students in Harry`s entire class; 10 in Gryffindor, 10 in Slytherin, 10 in Hufflepuff, and 10 in Ravenclaw - with five boys and five girls in each House.
# The girls` staircase in Gryffindor was enchanted so when a boy stepped on it, a siren wailed and the staircase was temporarily transfigured into a slippery slide; however, the boys` staircase did not have the same enchantment - according to Hogwarts, A History, the founders believed that girls were more trustworthy than boys!
# In the Spanish translations of the Harry Potter books, Neville Longbottom's toad, Trevor, has been translated as a turtle instead of a frog.
# JK Rowling has admitted that she wrote the final chapter of the book back in 1990 and has been leading up to the final cliffhanger in her 6 other books starring Harry.
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