Which Harry Potter book is your favorite? And why?

[TeafortheSoul]

Which is your favorite Harry Potter book?
And why?

The original seven works of J.K. Rowling captivated the hearts of young and old alike, but just which of them captivated yours the most?! Why is that? Were you transported along with Harry and his companions as an 11-year-old into the wizarding world in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone? Perhaps learning the tragic back story of Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was more your cup of tea? Or maybe it was seeing it all come together in its epic conclusion with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that truly captured you. Whatever the reason, this is your space to share your favorite book and why!

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[RonRon.]

Chamber of secrets when I really got into it

[SoftBear]

Prisoner of azkaban and for some reason the halfblood prince, they were the most interesting to me, I really enjoyed the flow of poa and i love the buildup and reveal of halfblood prince

[Potterhead1987]

The Prisoner Of Azkaban is my favorite because of Professor Lupin and how the pace of the book flows. The story is also quite good.

[Vortep]

I love all of them, but the book that was IT for me, that made me fell in love with the WW was The Prisoner of Azkaban. It is where the characters start to mature, and the story to go darker.

[bettywnieves]

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Originally Posted by bettywnieves

My all-time favorite book is probably Deathly Hallows. I don't know why. Probably because, more than anywhere else, it feels like childhood is over especially when you understand what he meant paper writer. Finally and irrevocably. That there's no way to bring the past back.
I grew up with these books, and I grew up with Harry. And after reading the seventh book, my childhood is definitely over - too adult things and issues are covered in it. Perhaps that's why this closing chord is so satisfying to me.

I read it again recently. I don't like Voldemort's death scene in the movie. I loved that in the book, everyone was watching and there to see it, and in the end, Voldemort was just a regular corpse. All his attempts at immortality failed, and he was a regular human corpse like anyone else. In the movies, Harry is the only one who sees Voldemort die, and Voldemort turns into confetti so Harry doesn't even have his dead body to prove to everyone else that Voldemort's really dead this time.

[Janeer]

I like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone because here the story starts, we get acquainted with the main characters and the world of magicians.

[Shesays]

My favorite book was always the Order of the Pheonix. I think it has one of my favorite climax sequences, the battle inside of the ministry with the Death Eaters

[cookiecrumble]

while i do love all the books, I feel like I'm a bit too bias for Half Blood Prince (book 6). We get to see a more in-depth storytelling for the other characters (like with Snape, Voldemort, etc) and finally the horcruxes were introduced (or well... explained to Harry) for this book.