Book Series Guide

J.K. Rowling

Author guide

J.K. Rowling Books in Order

J.K. Rowling is a British author and screenwriter best known for the seven Harry Potter novels. Her bibliography also includes Wizarding World companion books and short-story collections, the adult novel The Casual Vacancy, the children's novels The Ickabog and The Christmas Pig, the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Fantastic Beasts screenplays, and the Cormoran Strike crime series published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

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Cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The opening novel is the natural entry point to the seven-book Harry Potter story.

Cover of The Casual Vacancy

The Casual Vacancy

A self-contained adult novel outside the Wizarding World.

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The Cuckoo's Calling

The first Cormoran Strike mystery, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

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The Ickabog

A standalone children's fairy tale with no prior-series reading required.

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Books by series

story series · completed

Harry Potter

The Harry Potter story sequence, comprising seven core novels, a charity-published prequel short story, and the later stage sequel.

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  1. 8
    Harry Potter prequel

    Book 0 · short_story · 2008 Optional

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  2. 1 Cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    Book 1 · novel · 1997

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  3. 2 Cover of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    Book 2 · novel · 1998

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  4. 3 Cover of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Book 3 · novel · 1999

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  5. 4 Cover of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Book 4 · novel · 2000

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  6. 5 Cover of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Book 5 · novel · 2003

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  7. 6 Cover of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Book 6 · novel · 2005

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  8. 7 Cover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

    Book 7 · novel · 2007

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  9. 9
    Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

    Book 8 · play · 2016 Optional

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companion books · completed

Hogwarts Library

Three short companion volumes presented as books from the Hogwarts Library and originally published for charity.

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  1. 1 Cover of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    Book 1 · companion_book · 2001

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  2. 2 Cover of Quidditch Through the Ages
    Quidditch Through the Ages

    Book 2 · companion_book · 2001

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  3. 3 Cover of The Tales of Beedle the Bard
    The Tales of Beedle the Bard

    Book 3 · fairy_tale_collection · 2008

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short story collection series · completed

Pottermore Presents

Three separately published eBook collections of short Wizarding World writing curated from Pottermore.

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  1. 1 Cover of Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies
    Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies

    Book 1 · short_story_collection · 2016

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  2. 2 Cover of Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists
    Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists

    Book 2 · short_story_collection · 2016

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  3. 3 Cover of Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide
    Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide

    Book 3 · short_story_collection · 2016

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screenplay series · completed

Fantastic Beasts screenplays

The three published screenplays for the Fantastic Beasts film series.

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  1. 1 Cover of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

    Book 1 · screenplay · 2016

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  2. 2 Cover of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay
    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay

    Book 2 · screenplay · 2018

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  3. 3
    Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: The Original Screenplay

    Book 3 · screenplay · 2022

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novel series · ongoing

Cormoran Strike

An ongoing contemporary crime series published by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

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  1. 1 Cover of The Cuckoo's Calling
    The Cuckoo's Calling

    Book 1 · novel · 2013

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  2. 2
    The Silkworm

    Book 2 · novel · 2014

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  3. 3
    Career of Evil

    Book 3 · novel · 2015

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  4. 4
    Lethal White

    Book 4 · novel · 2018

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  5. 5
    Troubled Blood

    Book 5 · novel · 2020

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  6. 6
    The Ink Black Heart

    Book 6 · novel · 2022

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  7. 7
    The Running Grave

    Book 7 · novel · 2023

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  8. 8
    The Hallmarked Man

    Book 8 · novel · 2025

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (3)
  1. Cover of The Casual Vacancy
    The Casual Vacancy

    novel · 2012

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  2. Cover of The Ickabog
    The Ickabog

    novel · 2020

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  3. Cover of The Christmas Pig
    The Christmas Pig

    novel · 2021

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Essays and speeches (2)
  1. Cover of From the Wizarding Archive
    From the Wizarding Archive

    essay_collection · 2024

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  2. Cover of Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
    Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination

    speech · 2015

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