The beloved fantasy series following Harry Potter from his discovery that he's a wizard through seven years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The books chronicle Harry's education in magic, his deepening friendships with Ron and Hermione, his ongoing battle against the dark wizard Voldemort, and the ultimate confrontation between good and evil, growing progressively darker and more complex as Harry matures.
A young boy discovers he is a wizard and attends Hogwarts School, where he encounters magical adventures, friendship, and a dark wizard threatening the wizarding world.
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his second year, only to find the school threatened by a mysterious monster petrifying students and an ominous message written in blood on the wall. As students are targeted and Harry hears a disembodied voice others cannot, he and his friends race to uncover the secret of the Chamber of Secrets before anyone is killed. A darker and more suspenseful adventure than the first.
In his third year at Hogwarts, Harry learns that a dangerous prisoner named Sirius Black has escaped from the wizarding world's most terrifying prison and may be coming after him. As the truth about Sirius, Harry's parents, and a long-buried betrayal slowly unravels, Harry must also contend with creatures that feed on despair. A more emotionally layered entry in the series that begins to explore themes of injustice and grief.
In this fourth installment of a fantasy series set at a school for young witches and wizards, a teenage boy is unexpectedly thrust into a dangerous magical competition meant only for older students, while the forces of a returning dark lord grow stronger in the background.
In this fifth installment of a fantasy series set at a school for young witches and wizards, the magical government refuses to acknowledge the return of a powerful dark lord, leaving a teenage boy isolated and dismissed while a secret student resistance group forms to fight back. The tone is darker and more emotionally demanding than earlier books in the series.
In this sixth installment of a fantasy series set at a school for young witches and wizards, a teenage boy receives private lessons uncovering the dark lord's hidden past while a mysterious annotated textbook raises questions about its former owner. War looms closer as key figures make irreversible choices.
In this seventh and final installment of a fantasy series set in a world of witches and wizards, three teenage friends abandon the safety of school to hunt down and destroy the objects keeping a dark lord immortal, as open war engulfs their entire world. The story concludes the series with significant sacrifice and loss.