If for any reason you haven’t been able to pass platform nine and three quarters of London’s King’s Cross train station and make your way to Hogwarts School on the Hogwarts Express train, in this article we will guide you on how to do this by reading Harry’s books. Go Potter.
The Harry Potter books include 7 main novels and several sub-series written by a British author named J. who Rowling emerged and established. These narratives first follow the story of a teenage boy named Harry Potter and then depict the larger world of wizarding.
Harry Potter, as the main character of the founding novels of this wizarding world, is a teenager who lost his parents and lives in unfair conditions with his aunt’s family. But the life of this young boy changes when he receives his acceptance letter to Hogwarts school. This is how Harry Potter steps into a magical world where he himself is at the center of one of his most important crises without knowing it.
spoiler?
An effort has been made to avoid spoilers of Harry Potter events as much as possible in this article. However, it is impossible to write about the story of some books without referring to the events of the previous narratives.
The original series of Harry Potter books
The basic books of the world of Harry Potter include 7 fantasy novels that started from the beginning of Harry Potter’s admission to Hogwarts and each book follows one year of Harry Potter’s education and adventures in this school. The order of reading these 7 Harry Potter books is as follows:
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | June 1997 |
| Translated into Farsi | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone |
As mentioned in the preface, in the first book of Harry Potter, we enter a strange but exciting magical world with this young boy. It is in this book that Harry Potter gets to know many characters and features of the wizarding world; which also includes a terrifying dark wizard. Someone who seems to be dealing with the mysterious magic stone used in the title of the book.
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | July 1998 |
| Translated into Farsi | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
In the second year of studying at Hogwarts, Harry Potter becomes more familiar with the status of families and magical persons. How some see pure wizarding blood as an advantage and look down on wizards who come from non-magical families. Apparently, one of the founders of Hogwarts also had such a view and created the Hall of Secrets to rid the school of such wizards.
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | July 1999 |
| Translated into Farsi | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Harry Potter’s third year at Hogwarts is when his world begins to darken. He is informed that another evil wizard named Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison. For this reason, the sinister guards of Azkaban prison called Dementors are transferred to Hogwarts to prevent an unwanted event from someone who might be involved in the death of Harry Potter’s parents.
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | July 2000 |
| Translated into Farsi | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Harry Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts is accompanied by a competition between the three wizarding schools. The Triwizard Tournament is a multi-part competition between three selected students from Hogwarts School, Bobaton Academy, and Durmstrang Institute, hosted by Hogwarts. But there is a bigger conspiracy behind this match, which is related to Harry Potter’s main enemy.
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | June 2003 |
| Translated into Farsi | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
After the events of the previous book, the world of Harry Potter is completely turned upside down. Now the young wizard’s allies must protect him not only from the dark threats of evil and powerful wizards, but also from the wizarding community and the Ministry of Magic, who don’t like to accept the truth.
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | July 2005 |
| Translated into Farsi | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
As dark wizards rise to power, nowhere is safe in the wizarding world of Harry Potter. Even Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts during Harry Potter’s studies, knows this. He begins to reveal part of the truth about the main enemy of Harry Potter and the wizarding world; As if he knows that an ominous event is coming.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | July 2007 |
| Translated into Farsi | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
In Harry Potter’s final year at Hogwarts, the dark wizards have become so powerful that even Hogwarts is not safe for this young wizard. Therefore, along with some of his allies, he starts a mission according to Dumbledore’s request from the previous book, so that maybe he can defeat his enemy forever.
Also, a special theater play has been published from the original Harry Potter series, which actually follows the adventures of the Potter family after a time jump of several years.
8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
| the writer | Jack Thorne |
| Date of Release | July 2016 |
| Translated into Farsi | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
The play follows several years after the final events of the original Harry Potter series. Now the story revolves not around Harry Potter, but his youngest child, whose life did not turn out as he expected.
Harry Potter supplementary books
In addition to the 7 original Harry Potter novels, several books and short stories have been written and published about this wizarding world. So far, 6 of these Harry Potter supplementary books have been made available to everyone.
Reading these supplementary articles does not need to be in any particular order and can be read at any point after entering the wizarding world of J. who Rowling, start reading them. Although it is suggested that after finishing the main series of Harry Potter books, he will come to these supplementary writings. In this way, in addition to not interrupting the reading of the original story of Harry Potter, having full knowledge and awareness of the events of this series, you will get more information about the wizarding world.
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
| the writer | J. who Rowling (under the name Newt Scamander) |
| Date of Release | December 2001 |
| Translated into Farsi | Amazing animals and their habitat |
This book is one of the books that Hogwarts students will read during their studies. It is also based on the life of Newt Scamander (the author of this book in the world of Harry Potter) of the Fantastic Beasts movie series.
2. Quidditch Through the Ages
| the writer | J. who Rowling (under the name Kenilworthy Wisp) |
| Date of Release | March 2001 |
| Translated into Farsi | Quidditch through time |
Harry Potter, who was a skilled Quidditch player at Hogwarts, studied this book (which, as the name suggests, is about the history of the sport).
3. The Tales of Beedle the Bard
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | December 2008 |
| Translated into Farsi | Tales of Biddle Naqal |
In the seventh book of the original Harry Potter series, there is a reference to one of the adventures of this book. The short stories of The Tales of Beedle the Bard are among the popular stories of the wizarding world, which most wizarding families are fond of; Unlike Harry Potter and Hermione Granger who grew up in non-magical families and know nothing about them.
4. Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | September 2016 |
| Translated into Farsi | Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide |
In this book, information about Hogwarts school, platform nine and three quarters of London’s King’s Cross train station and the Hogwarts grouping hat are presented to the readers. Of course, as it is clear from the name of this article, there are so many secrets surrounding Hogwarts that it seems that all of them will never be discovered.
5. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | September 2016 |
| Translated into Farsi | Short stories from Hogwarts about power, politics and haunting spirits |
This guidebook includes information about some not-so-pleasant characters and places (at least from the point of view of the original Harry Potter book series); Such as Delores Umbridge, Azkaban prison, Ministry of Magic and Hogwaters’ destructive spirit named Peeves.
6. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies
| the writer | J. who Rowling |
| Date of Release | September 2016 |
| Translated into Farsi | Hogwarts short stories about heroism, tenacity and dangerous pastimes |
This guide, like the previous book, contains details of some characters and places in the wizarding world of Harry Potter; Of course, this time more pleasant cases such as Minerva McGonagall and Remus Lupine.
