Books

Harry Potter Books ~ US Hardcover Editions from Scholastic

Harry Potter Series ~ Bloomsbury Covers (UK Edition) As Shown on Royal Mail Stamp Set

This page focuses on links for the UK and North American publishers, plus release dates for the various book editions, and chapter titles in the Harry Potter series. For books about the Harry Potter series, see the page on Resource Materials. For information about how the books were promoted, see Promotional Materials 1: Books & Audiobooks.

Book Publishing Companies

Bloomsbury (UK)

Bloomsbury (UK publisher) – “Seven Books, One Story.” [I particularly like that slogan, because, for me, it captures the essence of how multiple episodes add up to an epic.] The newest editions of Harry Potter feature cover illustrations by Clare Melinsky, “a renowned linocut artist, who is based in Scotland.” Other Bloomsbury links of interest:

• Archived “image guide” to all of the Bloomsbury editions available.
• An A-to-Z glossary for Harry Potter terms, people, and places.
• On Bloomsbury’s Fun Stuff page you’ll find various downloads (e.g., bookmarks, posters) and games to play online.

Scholastic (US)

Scholastic (US publisher). For intriguing measurements of language/reading level for teaching each book in the series and related Harry Potter books (e.g., The Tales of Beedle the Bard; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), see Scholastic’s Bookwizard site. Click on the link for each book’s page to get details on the:

• Interest Level
• Grade Level Equivalent
• Lexile® Measure
• Guided Reading
• These pages for educators also give descriptions of Genre/Theme, Topics, and (sometimes) Sensitivity Issues.

Also, check out the Scholastic version of a Harry Potter Glossary. The Bloombury glossary is generally a bit more detailed on words and spells, creatures and characters, and such like, but the Scholastic seems to have more words.

Raincoast (Canada)

Raincoast has published Canadian editions of the Harry Potter books; they use the British version, and these cannot be sold in the US due to territorial restrictions. Also, check out the complete Raincoast catalog for other COOL editions they have available – including Harry Potter and thePhilosopher’s Stone in Ancient Greek, Irish, Latin, and Welsh; and Harry Potter and theChamber of Secrets in Latin. (My classical Greek is beyond rusty, but one never knows …)

National Braille Press (US)

National Braille Press has produced Braille editions of the seven Harry Potter books, plus The Tales of Beedle the Bard. See the main index for a listing and links of their Harry Potter books. And check out these NBP news archive links for information on the processes and partnerships used to cover the production of these books for people who use Braille for reading:

• Harry Potter in Braille: Press Information – about the production process to release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the same day as the print edition
• Photo from NBP Midnight Madness Party – ABC News, July 21, 2007
• It’s Harry Potter Time! Seeing with Your Mind – Newsweek, July 18, 2005
• For the Love of ‘Potter,’ a Version in Braille – NPR Weekend Edition, Saturday July 16, 2005
• Wait is over for Harry Potter’s blind fans – CNN.com, July 12, 2005
• Braille Makes a Comeback with the Potter Generation – Albany Times Union, November 14, 2004

International Languages

Wikipedia has a helpful page called Harry Potter in Translation that lists the international languages into which one or more Harry Potter books have been translated and published. Not all editions have links to the publishers, though the name of the publisher is listed. So, I thought I would at least give links for publishers of the French and Spanish editions and their Harry Potter webpages:

• French – Gaillimard Jeunesse
• Spanish – Salamandra

Book Release Dates

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (in the UK version, it is the Philosopher’s Stone). Released June 26, 1997, in Britain by Bloomsbury, and three days later, the US publishing rights were auctioned off for an unprecedented $105,000 to Scholastic. US edition released August 1998.
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Released July 2, 1998, in UK and June 1999 in US.
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Released July 1999 in UK and September 1999 in US.
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Released at midnight on July 8, 2000, in both UK and US.
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Released at midnight, June 21, 2003, in both UK and US.
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Released at midnight, July 16, 2005, in both UK and US.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Released at midnight, July 21, 2007, in both UK and US.

Chapter Titles

HP1 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

1. The Boy Who Lived
2. The Vanishing Glass
3. The Letters From No One
4. The Keeper of the Keys
5. Diagon Alley
6. The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters
7. The Sorting Hat
8. The Potions Master
9. The Midnight Duel
10. Halloween
11. Quidditch
12. The Mirror of Erised
13. Nicolas Flamel
14. Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
15. The Forbidden Forest
16. Through the Trapdoor
17. The Man with Two Faces

HP2 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

1. The Worst Birthday
2. Dobby’s Warning
3. The Burrow
4. At Flourish and Blotts
5. The Whomping Willow
6. Gilderoy Lockhart
7. Mudbloods and Murmurs
8. The Deathday Party
9. The Writing on the Wall
10. The Rogue Bludger
11. The Dueling Club
12. The Polyjuice Potion
13. The Very Secret Diary
14. Cornelius Fudge
15. Aragog
16. The Chamber of Secrets
17. The Heir of Slytherin
18. Dobby’s Reward

HP3 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

1. Owl Post
2. Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake
3. The Knight Bus
4. The Leaky Cauldron
5. The Dementor
6. Talons and Tea Leaves
7. The Boggart in the Wardrobe
8. Flight of the Fat Lady
9. Grim Defeat
10. The Marauder’s Map
11. The Firebolt
12. The Patronus
13. Gryffindor Versus Ravenclaw
14. Snape’s Grudge
15. The Quidditch Final
16. Professor Trelawney’s Prediction
17. Cat, Rat, and Dog
18. Mooney, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs
19. The Servant of Lord Voldemort
20. The Dementor’s Kiss
21. Hermioine’s Secret
22. Owl Post Again

HP4 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

1. The Riddle House
2. The Scar
3. The Invitation
4. Back to the Burrow
5. Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes
6. The Portkey
7. Bagman and Crouch
8. The Quidditc World Cup
9. The Dark Mark
10. Mayhem at the Ministry
11. Aboard the Hogwarts Express
12. The Triwizard Tournament
13. Mad-Eye Moody
14. The Unforgivable Curses
15. Beauxbaton and Durmstrang
16. The Goblet of Fire
17. The Four Champions
18. The Weighing of the Wands
19. The Hungarian Horntail
20. The First Task
21. The House-Elf Liberation Front
22. The Unexpected Task
23. The Yule Ball
24. Rita Skeeter’s Scoop
25. The Egg and the Eye
26. The Second Task
27. Padfoot Returns
28. The Madness of Mr. Crouch
29. The Dream
30. The Pensieve
31. The Third Task
32. Fresh, Blood, and Bone
33. The Death Eaters
34. Priori Incantatem
35. Veritaserum
36. The Parting of the Ways
37. The Beginning

HP5 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

1. Dudley Demented
2. A Peck of Owls
3. The Advance Guard
4. Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place
5. The Order of the Phoenix
6. The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
7. The Ministry of Magic
8. The Hearing
9. The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
10. Luna Lovegood
11. The Sorting Hat’s New Song
12. Professor Umbridge
13. Detention with Dolores
14. Percy and Padfoot
15. The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
16. In the Hog’s Head
17. Educational Decree Number Twenty-four
18. Dumbledore’s Army
19. The Lion and the Serpent
20. Hagrid’s Tale
21. The Eye of the Snake
22. St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
23. Christmas on the Closed Ward
24. Occlumency
25. The Beetle at Bay
26. Seen and Unforeseen
27. The Centaur and the Sneak
28. Snape’s Worst Memory
29. Careers Advice
30. Grawp
31. OWLs
32. Out of the Fire
33. Fight and Flight
34. The Department of Mysteries
35. Beyond the Veil
36. The Only One He Ever Feared
37. The Lost Prophecy
38. The Second War Begins

HP6 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

1. The Other Minister
2. Spinner’s End
3. Will and Won’t
4. Horace Slughorn
5. An Excess of Phlegm
6. Draco’s Detour
7. The Slug Club
8. Snape Victorious
9. The Half-Blood Prince
10. The House of Gaunt
11. Hermione’s Helping Hand
12. Silver and Opals
13. The Secret Riddle
14. Felix Felicis
15. The Unbreakable Vow
16. A Very Frosty Christmas
17. A Sluggish Memory
18. Birthday Surprises
19. Elf Tails
20. Lord Voldemort’s Request
21. The Unknowable Room
22. After the Burial
23. Horcruxes
24. Sectumsempra
25. The Seer Overhead
26. The Cave
27. The Lightning-Struck Tower
28. Flight of the Prince
29. The Phoenix Lament
30. The White Tomb

HP7 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

1. The Dark Lord Ascending
2. In Memoriam
3. The Dursleys Departing
4. The Seven Potters
5. Fallen Warrior
6. The Ghoul in Pajamas
7. The Will of Albus Dumbledore
8. The Wedding
9. A Place to Hide
10. Kreacher’s Tale
11. The Bribe
12. Magic Is Might
13. The Muggle-born Registration Commission
14. The Thief
15. The Goblin’s Revenge
16. Godric’s Hollow
17. Bathilda’s Secret
18. The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore
19. The Silver Doe
20. Xenophilius Lovegood
21. The Tale of the Three Brothers
22. The Deathly Hallows
23. Malfoy Manor
24. The Wandmaker
25. Shell Cottage
26. Gringotts
27. The Final Hiding Place
28. The Missing Mirror
29. The Lost Diadem
30. The Sacking of Severus Snape
31. The Battle of Hogwarts
32. The Elder Wand
33. The Prince’s Tale
34. The Forest Again
35. King’s Cross
36. The Flaw in the Plan

• Epilogue