Harry Potter is a popular series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. It depicts a world of witches and wizards, and is about the young wizard Harry Potter.
The first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was later retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The books have gained immense popularity and commercial success worldwide, spawning films, video games, and a wealth of other items. The books have sold over 300 million copies and been translated into 47 languages.
The novels are very much in the fantasy category. However, in many respects they are also a novel of education, set in Hogwarts School, a British boarding school for wizards, where the curriculum includes the use of magic. Below is a list of Rowlings books.