Sequels
The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and later, in the US on 2 June 1999.[59][60] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999.[59][60] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.[61] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book in the series at 766 pages in the UK version and 870 pages in the US version.[62] It was published worldwide in English on 21 June 2003.[63] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was published on 16 July 2005 and sold 11 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release.[64][65] The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published on 21 July 2007.[66] The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US.[67]
Illustrated version
An illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released on 6 October 2015, with illustrations by Jim Kay.[68][69] The book carries over 100 illustrations and will be followed by illustrated versions of all seven books from the series by the same artist.
Podcast version
In May 2020, a reading podcast by Spotify was created and entitled Harry Potter at Home: Readings. Each chapter is narrated by a celebrity guest from the Harry Potter and Wizarding World franchises.[70]
| Chapter | Title | Release date | Runtime | Narrated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Boy Who Lived | 5 May 2020 | 25 mins, 54 secs | Daniel Radcliffe |
| 2 | The Vanishing Glass | 8 May 2020 | 27 mins, 27 secs | Noma Dumezweni |
| 3 | The Letters from No One | 12 May 2020 | 26 mins, 14 secs | Eddie Redmayne |
| 4 | The Keeper of the Keys | 14 May 2020 | 26 mins, 54 secs | Stephen Fry |
| 5 | Diagon Alley | 19 May 2020 | 48 mins, 1 sec | Simon Callow, Bonnie Wright and Evanna Lynch |
| 6 | The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters | 20 May 2020 | 41 mins, 47 secs | Jamie Parker and cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| 7 | The Sorting Hat | 27 May 2020 | 27 mins, 1 sec | Olivia Colman, Jonathan Van Ness and Kate McKinnon |
| 8 | The Potions Master | 28 May 2020 | 18 mins, 36 secs | Alia Bhatt, Alec Baldwin and Carmen Baldwin |
| 9 | Midnight Duel | 3 June 2020 | 33 mins, 21 secs | Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler |
| 10 | Hallowe'en | 4 June 2020 | 29 mins, 06 secs | Whoopi Goldberg |
| 11 | Quidditch | 10 June 2020 | 22 mins, 27 secs | David Tennant and David Beckham |
| 12 | The Mirror of Erised | 3 July 2020 | 39 mins, 14 secs | Matthew Lewis, Helen Howard and Imelda Staunton |
| 13 | Nicolas Flamel | 7 July 2020 | 22 mins, 2 secs | Hugh Bonneville |
| 14 | Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback | 8 July 2020 | 26 mins, 6 secs | Jason Isaacs, Tom Felton and Helen McCrory |
| 15 | The Forbidden Forest | 13 July 2020 | 33 mins, 3 secs | Claudia Kim and Dakota Fanning |
| 16 | Through the Trapdoor | 14 July 2020 | 51 mins, 35 secs | Kenneth Branagh, Ruth Wilson and Helena Bonham Carter |
| 17 | The Man with the Two Faces | 16 July 2020 | 41 mins, 29 secs | Three families of Harry Potter fans, with a surprise appearance from J. K. Rowling |
Film adaptation
In 1999, Rowling sold the film rights of the first two Harry Potter books to Warner Bros. for a reported £1 million.[71][72] Rowling demanded that the principal cast be kept strictly British, but allowed for the casting of Irish actors such as Richard Harris as Dumbledore and of foreign actors as characters of the same nationalities in later books.[73] After extensive casting,[74] filming began in September 2000 at Leavesden Film Studios and in London, with production ending in July 2001.[75] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released in London on 14 November 2001.[76][77] Reviewers' comments were positive, as reflected by an 81% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes[78] and by a score of 65% at Metacritic, representing "generally favourable reviews".[79]
Video games
Five unique video games by different developers were released between 2001 and 2003 by Electronic Arts, that were loosely based on the film and book:
| Developer | Release date | Platform | Genre | GameRankings | Metacritic | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KnowWonder | 15 November 2001 | Microsoft Windows | Adventure/puzzle | 67.35%[80] | 65/100[81] | |
| Argonaut | PlayStation | Action-adventure | 66.98%[82] | 64/100[83] | ||
| Griptonite | Game Boy Color | Role-playing game | 73%[84] | — | ||
| Game Boy Advance | Action puzzle | 68.37%[85] | 64/100[86] | |||
| Aspyr | 28 February 2002 | Mac OS X | Adventure/puzzle | — | — | Port of Windows version[87] |
| Warthog | 9 December 2003 | GameCube | Action-adventure | 63.31%[88] | 62/100[89] | |
| PlayStation 2 | 57.90%[90] | 56/100[91] | ||||
| Xbox | 61.82%[92] | 59/100[93] |
Uses in education and business
Writers on education and business subjects have used the book as an object lesson. Writing about clinical teaching in medical schools, Jennifer Conn contrasted Snape's technical expertise with his intimidating behaviour towards students. Quidditch coach Madam Hooch on the other hand, illustrated useful techniques in the teaching of physical skills, including breaking down complex actions into sequences of simple ones and helping students to avoid common errors.[94] Joyce Fields wrote that the books illustrate four of the five main topics in a typical first-year sociology class: "sociological concepts including culture, society, and socialisation; stratification and social inequality; social institutions; and social theory".[56]
Stephen Brown noted that the early Harry Potter books, especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, were a runaway success despite inadequate and poorly organised marketing. Brown advised marketing executives to be less preoccupied with rigorous statistical analyses and the "analysis, planning, implementation, and control" model of management. Instead he recommended that they should treat the stories as "a marketing masterclass", full of enticing products and brand names.[53] For example, a real-world analogue of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans was introduced under licence in 2000 by toymaker Hasbro.[53][95]
