Harry Potter Books in Order
All seven Harry Potter novels in order, with publication years and a note on the play and companion books.
Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling's seven-book fantasy series about a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard and leaves for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Each book covers one school year.
The series is complete. The books start as middle-grade adventures and grow longer and darker as Harry gets older.
7 books by J.K. Rowling, in publication order.
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The books in order
- 1
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1997)
Harry learns he is a wizard and starts his first year at Hogwarts. Published as Philosopher's Stone in the UK.
- 2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998)
- 3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
- 4
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)
- 5
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)
- 6
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
- 7
Best Reading Order
Read the seven novels in order; each one is a school year, and the story builds from book to book. Years above are first publication (the UK editions for the early books).
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016) is a stage play script set years after the last book, not a novel, and is best saved for after Deathly Hallows.
Looking for something similar once you've finished? Browse the read-alike lists or the other series guides.