For quotes from the film series, see Harry Potter (films). Harry Potter is a series of novels by J. K. Rowling. It is about a young boy named Harry Potter and his adventures as he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns how to perform magic and comes face to face with his archenemy, Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997) Harry Potter and the Chamber of S