The Harry Potter novels have an enthused group of fans all over the world

I am quite fascinated by the tremendous worldwide vogue of the Harry Potter stories. The Harry Potter books were written by the UK writer J.K. Rowling. She was born on 31 July 1965. Her complete name is Joanne Rowling. But she writes under the alias J.K. Rowling because primarily her publishing company thought it was a beneficial idea not to reveal the point that she is a woman. The publisher thought it might have a negative effect on the sales numbers if everybody promptly sees that the writer is a woman. So, instead of showing her first name she used two initials. As she has no middle name she chose Kathleen as basis for the K. in her pseudonym. Kathleen is the name of her grandma.

The very first Harry Potter book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone – was released in June 1997 in the United Kingdom. Very remarkable is the matter that only thousand units of the first book were published at the beginning. The original title of the novel was not Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, but Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. But when the novel was published to the United States market place in the year 1998, it was publicized as Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.

After that J.K. Rowling wrote several more Harry Potter books. Finally the Harry Potter series consists of 7 novels. These are:

• Vol. 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
• Vol. 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Vol. 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Vol. 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Vol. 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Vol. 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Vol. 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The Harry Potter books have been translated into over 50 languages and have been published in a lot of countries. Besides the huge success in the United States of America and the United Kingdom, Harry Potter is also very popular in the EU. The Harry Potter books have been publicized to the German public under these titles:

• Book 1: Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen
• Book 2: Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens
• Book 3: Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
• Book 4: Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch
• Book 5: Harry Potter und der Orden des Phoenix
• Book 6: Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz
• Book 7: Harry Potter und die Heiligtuemer des Todes

I must admit that I did not have the opportunity to read all the novels. But there are readers who know them all, which is very remarkable and contributes to the big success.