Books
All seven novels in school-year order, with the people at the center of each book and the timeline entries that sit inside it.
- I
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Published 1997-06-26Harry Potter has spent ten years under the stairs at number four, Privet Drive, until Rubeus Hagrid tells him he is a wizard. Sorted into Gryffindor, he becomes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and learns that a blood-red stone is hidden in the school. Professor…
- II
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Published 1998-07-02A warning appears in blood on the castle walls: the Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Students are petrified, including Hermione and Colin Creevey, and the school suspects Harry because he is a Parselmouth. The heir is Tom Riddle, preserved in a diary that possesses Ginny…
- III
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Published 1999-07-08Sirius Black has escaped Azkaban, and the Ministry thinks he is coming to kill Harry. Dementors guard the school. Remus Lupin teaches Defence and gives Harry the means to cast a Patronus. The truth comes out in the Shrieking Shack: Sirius was framed, and Peter Pettigrew has…
- IV
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Published 2000-07-08Hogwarts hosts the Triwizard Tournament. The Goblet of Fire names a fourth champion, Harry, alongside Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, and Fleur Delacour. The plot is Barty Crouch Jr, disguised as Alastor Moody. He steers Harry to the cup, which is a Portkey. In the graveyard…
- V
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Published 2003-06-21The Ministry denies Voldemort’s return and plants Dolores Umbridge at Hogwarts. Harry, Hermione, and Ron form Dumbledore’s Army in secret. A vision of Sirius under torture draws Harry to the Department of Mysteries, where the prophecy is smashed and Bellatrix Lestrange kills…
- VI
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Published 2005-07-16Dumbledore uses memories to teach Harry what a Horcrux is and how many Voldemort meant to make. Draco Malfoy is under orders to kill the headmaster and lets Death Eaters into the castle. On the Astronomy Tower, Dumbledore — already dying from the ring’s curse — is killed by…
- VII
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Published 2007-07-21Harry, Ron, and Hermione leave school to hunt Horcruxes while the Ministry falls and Snape is made headmaster. The Deathly Hallows — Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, and Cloak — compete with that quest. Ron destroys the locket, the cup is taken from Gringotts, and the diadem…