The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 7 books · 1997 to 2007

J. K. Rowling

Young adultChildren’sYA fantasyMiddle-grade fantasy

J. K. Rowling's seven Harry Potter novels follow an orphan who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard, through his years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and his struggle against Lord Voldemort. They are the best-selling book series in history.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Rowling's Cormoran Strike crime novels, written as Robert Galbraith, are on their own page.

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J. K. Rowling books in order

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Harry Potter

7 books · Set in HogwartsMiddle-grade fantasyYA fantasy
  1. 1Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone1997With Harry PotterBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets1998With Harry PotterBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban1999With Harry PotterBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2000With Harry PotterBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2003With Harry PotterBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2005With Harry PotterBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows2007With Harry PotterBuy on Amazon

Characters

15 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

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