For the first time in over ten years, no Harry Potter book is on the best-seller lists, according to the Book Review and The New York Times. The seven book series has sold around 375 million copies. Its reign as a best-seller began at the end of 1998, with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, just eight days after President Clinton was impeached by the House.
The series' success is astounding. The Book Review created a new best-seller list for children. Later, as more copies were sold and J. K. Rowling published more books, another best-seller list was created for children's series books.
Harry Potter's run is probably not over yet, however. The sixth film is to be released in November; no doubt it will spur Pottermania's reappearance.
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I read the first two books in the series but found them boring.
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