Harry potter and the halfblood prince is a 2009 fantasy film directed by david yates and distributed by warner bros. Books, movies, games, and now it has even dominated the liveplaytheatre division too. Harry potter and the halfblood prince 2009 while riddled with dark and wonderful moments, this one also wanders too far away from its book counterpart. The book sizes were growing exponentially, and the fifth book was projected to be over 1,800 pages long, as shown on the graph below. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 2007 remember, were not talking about the best harry potter books. Interestingly the millions of readers who have read all the books from start to finish will have read 3,407. Tenyearold harry potter is an orphan who lives in the fictional london. The order of the harry potter book series from shortest to. The harry potter franchise is a global phenomenon like few others.
The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. The film, which is the third instalment in the harry potter film series, was written by steve kloves and produced by chris columbus, david heyman, and mark radcliffe. I dont know why myself, maybe its the font size or over all book size, but in us version there are a total of 4100 pages in all seven books. Harry potter s summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car. Harry potter movies ranked from worst to best collider.
Harry potter, and it opened to the public as a studio tour in 2012 renamed as. K rowling, the deathly hallows is the seventh instalment in the harry potter series the book was released on 21, july 2007 by bloomsbury publishing in the united kingdom and scholastic in the united states. In comparison, each of the other six books are longer, likely due to the initial success of the philosopherss stone, which within its first two years had sold more than 300,000 copies in the u. The last book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, is 157. Wizard rock forerunners harry and the potters reflect on j. It has my favorite beginning of all of the books, the quidditch world cup. Guys, i recently read all the books in quarantine in 11 days while also watching the movies after each book. Like the harry potter books, the casual vacancy is doorstopperlength, but. Harry potter and the halfblood prince film wikipedia. As harry potter, you will hone your magical skills and advance through three terms of study during harrys first year at hogwarts. Harry potter fanatics know that there is a world of difference between the magical books and their respective film adaptations. Novel, an invented prose narrative of considerable length and a certain complexity that. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on.
I feel so empty because harry potter is a such an immersive world and i cannot find any book or movie to fufill the enjoyment i had while reading and watching this series. Reviewed in the united kingdom on january 15, 2012. Fantastic beasts made harry potters biggest movie problem. What isn\t often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. But for most of the entire first half of the book, harry and hermione are on a. Harry potter has had his story translated into more than 60 languages, and is the best selling book series of all time. Rowling went on to write another six fulllength harry potter books and two. Ian parker on how the author of harry potter came to write the casual. Alan kaminsky rochester institute of technology department of computer science after publishing the first four harry potter books, author j. How to take the 24 hour harry potter movie marathon.
The first four books are great, the fifth book i thought dragged on a little too long and didnt have as much of the action and adventure as the other ones. All 8 harry potter movies, ranked from worst to best. Find out how long your favourite books are and how they compare to. Rowlings 20year legacy harry potter fansturnedindie rockers celebrate the books 20th anniversary in new compilation. The harry potter movies are fantastic and magical, from sorcerers stone hagrid saying yer a wizard, harry is iconic, to the tearinducing epilogue. There are other books that are good in different ways, but none quite do it like harry. What is the runtime of the unabridged audio books of harry. The harry potter series gained worldwide popularity, and all seven books in the series ranked on international bestseller list across the planet. Although this may take the longest to read, it becomes the most interactive to read. Harry potter is a britishamerican film series based on the eponymous novels by author j. Times fine print, quoted from the online bestseller list page for 11 march 2012. These reveal that in order to preserve his life, voldemort has split his soul into pieces.
Editors cited the storys length and politically incorrect focus on boarding. Here is a list of all the harry potter books in the series so far. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. For the 19902000 period ends, the four harry potter novels are ranked as the seventhmostprotested books in america, despite their only being available for a year and a half. For the generation who grew up with harry potter, part of the joy of j. The story follows harry potters sixth year at hogwarts as he. Jk rowling created an empire when she began writing her wizarding world of harry potter book. His relatives were only allowing him a 10 minute shower once a week. Jul 9, 2012 harry potter characters in the books vs. Of all the films, order of the phoenix benefits most from taking a hatchet to its. If you think were a bunch of squibs, you get to re rank them. Welcome to rharrypotter, the place where fans from around the world can meet and discuss everything in the harry potter universe. Playstation, game boy advance, pc, game boy color, macintosh, gamecube, playstation 2, xbox leave the nonmagical world behind and enroll in hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. The ultimate measure of a storys size is its wordcount, however, so the.
When reading this book for the first time there is sooo much suspense and i loved. The hunger games trilogy classic box set suzanne collins. For those who like to keep track of their reading word count or those who want to encourage their kids to read more the harry potter books series is an. Were only a few hours away from the midnight premiere of harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2, signaling the end of a franchise that has defined so much of my childhood and adolescence. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Also, a lot of humor in the beginning where the weasleys go to pick up harry. Depending on the variant that youre reading i believe that the page numbers differ between countries so im using the copies that i have to hand. The film, which is the sixth instalment in the harry potter film series, was written by steve kloves and produced by david heyman and david barron.
That 2012 novel was the casual vacancy, which is in all honesty not a very good book. Harry potter readers think jk rowling just teased a new sequel. Fantastic beasts is making one of the biggest problems with the harry potter movies worse, not better. Harry potter lay on the lumpy mattress of the brokendown bed in dudleys second bedroom wondering how much more he could take of his relatives treatment. The last two books are slightly shorter but still longer than the first books in the series. He was only being let out of his room twice a day, once in the morning and once again before bed, to use the bathroom. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. Rowling, harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j. Rowlings debut novel, harry potter and the philosophers stone, the first installment in a saga that would span seven potter books, eight potter. That 2012 novel was the casual vacancy, which is in all honesty not a. Wow harry potter truly dominates every form of media nowadays.
Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Rank all of the harry potter books from worst to best. In celebration of the boy who lived, and all of the magical times we spent with him, here are all eight of the harry potter films, ranked. Like the harry potter books, the casual vacancy is doorstopperlength.
If i listed my favorite harry potter books worst to best, it would go from shortest to longest. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books combined. They harry potter books should not be taking up space in place of bonafide. A definitive ranking of the harry potter movies usa today. Ranking the harry potter films doesnt require magic. Rowling does a wonderful job in displaying the lengths to which uncle vernon will go to. Rowling made her first foray into adult fiction with the casual vacancy 2012. Maybe, i thought, she was only good at her one thing, and that was. The author posted a cryptic tweet that has fans thinking a new story involving.
Starting off the list of the 20 bestselling books of all time is harry potter and the deathly hallows. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of. The harry potter movies and the books that preceded them played a huge role in my childhood. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the seventh and final adventure in the harry potter film series, is a muchanticipated motion picture event. According to wikipedia, the american version, harry potter and the sorcerers stone remained on the new york times bestseller list for 79 consecutive weeks.
Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban film wikipedia. The crimes of grindelwald having scored a negative assessment on. The harry potter universe is also featured in lego dimensions, with the settings. Series overview collectively, the seven harry potter books have sold nearly 500.
Be sorted, earn house points, take classes with our fine hogwarts staff, debate which actor portrayed dumbledore the best, and finally get some closure for your post potter depression. One of the most popular ways to visit hogwarts is to reread j. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms. The first book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, came out when i was 10, and my family. Ian rankin, the writer of edinburghbased crime novels, became friendly.
Pottermore opened to the general public on 14 april 2012. Its been 11 years since the last book was released, seven years since. The books imaginative story line about a boy wizard made it an immediate. Harry potter is the best box set i have read thus far. Ive tried not to get to sentimental this past week, publishing a ridiculous fanfiction about potter dominating twilight rather than my usual reminiscence on the potter phenomenon. As of 2012, philosophers stone has been translated into 74. Jk rowlings cormoran strike books read like a grownup harry potter. How would you rank the harry potter books and movies. Counting the prequel series, there have now been ten movies set in j. While the potter movies are nostalgic and possess a. Harry potter has never even heard of hogwarts when the letters start.
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