Buying Harry Potter Books

How many harry potter books have been sold so far?

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first hit UK bookstores in 1997, bringing with it a worldwide frenzy demanding more.

In the twelve years since since Harry Potter was made available to the public, over 400 million copies of the seven-book series (not counting the equally popular companion textbooks) have been sold worldwide, translated into 66 different languages. Each new installment was released every few years over the course of a decade, sending millions of children, teenagers, and adults to bookstores at midnight of the latest book’s debut. Six of the books have been made into wildly popular movies, breaking records at the box office.

The final book is to be made into two films. The seven books chronicle Harry’s childhood as an orphan wizard, from ages 11 to 17. His destiny is to defeat the evil Lord Voldemort, who murdered his parents and countless others. Each book presents a mystery for Harry and his friends to solve, more often than not resulting in a face-off with Voldemort himself. The plot twists in every installment, creating circumstances that are never quite what they seem.

The series provides an excellent analogy to what it means to grow up, and teaching the importance of friendship, loyalty, and love. Children across the globe have grown up with Harry, discovering friendship, romance, and anger along with him, while adults have watched him mature, remembering their own youth that somehow wasn’t that different from a schoolboy wizards’. Very few people are immune to the entrancing magic of Harry Potter, and the lessons his story offers.