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  1. Jun 26, 1997 · When did Harry Potter become popular? J.K. Rowling had a tough time selling the idea of Harry Potter. But in 1997, she finally managed to publish her first book: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. It only took 1 year for the books to become immensely popular. And the year 1999 is when the Harry Potter craze started.

  2. Jul 30, 2023 · The Harry Potter universe is now so big that it has seven(!) of the top twenty spots of bestselling books of all time. Taste that. Seven of the top twenty spots … of all time!

    • The Magic. From The very first page of Sorcerer's Stone all the way to the last page of the Deathly Hallows, the Harry Potter series is without a doubt one of the most magical stories of its time.
    • The Tone of J.K. Rowling. Her tone and style are a huge part in why many fans continually restart the series again after they finish. It is what brings her characters alive and what makes the reader really feel the emotions and feelings of the people in the story.
    • Themes. Rowling herself claims that the main theme in the series is Death. It happens quite frequently throughout and is incredibly important to the meaning of the overall story.
    • Community. The Harry Potter series has accumulated a massive fanbase over the years. It has gotten so huge that even people who haven’t watched the movies, or read the books know about Harry Potter.
  3. It's the same thing that made the Percy Jackson books so popular. The Percy Jackson books were a tad more juvenile and remained focused at the same audience while the Harry Potter books got more mature throughout the series which is why I think it appealed to adult readers.

  4. Jun 26, 2017 · Harry Potter has a tremendously outsized cultural reach: One 2011 survey suggested that a third of all American adults ages 18 to 34 at the time had read at least one of the books. But what really ...

  5. Jan 14, 2022 · The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling is one of the most popular sets of children’s novels to ever exist and was quickly adapted to even more popular films.. Although the series was intended for older children, the wizarding world of Harry Potter sparked a magical flame in the hearts of adults.

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  7. It's easy to forget how influential the books were. Before Harry Potter, kids wanted gameboys and Pokemon. JK made reading books popular again. Without HP, other series like Percy Jackson, Series of Unfortunate Events, Twilight, etc, wouldn't have been as successful