Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone by J. K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. It describes how Harry discovers he is a wizard, makes close friends and a few enemies at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and with the help of his friends thwarts an attempted comeback by the evil wizard Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents and tried to kill Harry when he was one year old.

The 209th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 7th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
  2. - 7th on A Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Canon (Vulture)
  3. - 14th on Paste Magazine's Best Books of the Decade(2000-2009) (Paste Magazine)
  4. - 25th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
  5. - 69th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
  6. - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
  7. - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (UK))
  8. - 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
  9. - The Great American Read (PBS)
  10. - 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
  11. - 100 Novels That Shaped Our World (BBC)
  12. - The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years (Parade Magazine)
  13. - Books That Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History (Book)
  14. - From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
  15. - 50 Books That Changed the World (Open Education Database)

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Harry Potter à l'École des Sorciers (Tome 1) (French Edition) Kindle Edition 60633 2012
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Russian Edition) Hardcover 5035377 $23.76
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Japanese Edition) Kindle Edition 340476
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (mm) Mass Market Paperback 111415 $2.92 $0.01 2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Ancient Greek Edition Hardcover 2738972 $499.98 $54.12 2004
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Hardcover 325024 $27.00 2015
Harry Potter et l'ecole des Sorciers / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Series Year 1) (French Edition) Paperback 1689812 $114.84 $15.00 1999
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: MinaLima Edition Paperback 809496 $38.68 $24.55 2020
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1 Audible Audio Edition 838 $29.99 2015
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 25th Anniversary Edition Paperback 36941 $18.28 2022
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Paperback) By (author) J. K. Rowling Paperback 3976564 $19.00
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Hardcover 1412028 $34.99 1997
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stane: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Scots (Scots Edition) Paperback 906674 $7.80 2017
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Welsh): Harri Potter a Maen Yr Athronydd (Welsh) (Welsh Edition) Hardcover 939507 $12.21 $17.02 2016
Garri Potter i filosofskii kamen' (Russian Edition) Hardcover 6283621 $24.95 2000
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Slytherin Edition; Black and Green Hardcover 391164 $25.71 $10.56 2017
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By J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1st First Edition) [Hardcover] Hardcover 202658 $142.92 $27.46 1998
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ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ハリー・ポッタ (Harry Potter) (Japanese Edition) Kindle Edition 127991 $8.99 2015