This is a list of fictional books mentioned in the Harry Potter series. Fictional books (not to be confused with novels) have a well-established pedigree as literary devices, having been used in a number of ways. Author J. K. Rowling, like fellow fantasy authors J.R.R. Tolkien and Susanna Clarke, uses them to help establish a richly textured fictional setting for her stories. A fictional book is a non-existent book (or one created specifically for a work of fiction) that sometimes provides the basis of the plot of a story, or a common thread in a series of books or the works of a particular writer or canon of work. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... This article is about the literary concept. ... Novels and short stories do not simply come from nowhere. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Joanne Jo Murray, née Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965),[1] who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling,[2] is an English writer and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. ... For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ... Susanna [Mary] Clarke (born November 1, 1959) is a British author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternate history fantasy. ...

In the Harry Potter books, young Harry lives in a world where witchcraft and wizardry are common (though not flaunted) abilities. Rowling makes this world more believable by providing a history and mythology that form an appropriate context for these abilities. This history and mythology is embodied in invented, or fictional, books, which include biographies of famous witches and wizards, how-to manuals for Quidditch and dragon-raising, histories of troll and giant wars, and so on. Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of fantasy books. ... “Witch” redirects here. ... This article is about the series of computer games by Sir-Tech. ... A how-to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task. ... Quidditch is a fictional sport developed by J. K. Rowling, found in the internationally bestselling Harry Potter novels and films. ...

Books in general make regular appearances in the Potter series. Students are frequently seen studying, often in the Hogwart's Library; the three main characters (Harry, Ron, and Hermione) must pore through books to research topics both for school and for their own purposes; and the Forbidden Section of the library houses some highly unusual volumes. Some of the books listed below are mentioned only in passing, others are quoted from at length, while a few—such as Tom Riddle's diary—play a significant role in the development and resolution of the plot. Ronald Bilius Ron Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Hermione Jean Granger (first name pronounced IPA: ) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ...

Rowling has since written and published two of these originally fictional books, Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, under the noms de plume Kennilworthy Whisp and Newt Scamander, respectively. Quidditch Through the Ages is both a fictional book described in the Harry Potter series of novels by the English author J. K. Rowling, and a real book by that author, although her name is only stated in the book as the copyright holder of the Harry Potter-name. ... Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them is a 2001 book written by English author J. K. Rowling to benefit the charity Comic Relief. ... A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ...

History

Historical magic

• An Anthology of Eighteenth Century Charms'
• A Guide to Medieval Sorcery
• Olde and Forgotten Bewitchments and Charmes

Historical magical people

• Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century
• Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy
• Notable Magical Names of Our Time
• The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
• The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore by Rita Skeeter
• Armando Dippet: Master or Moron? by Rita Skeeter

Historical magical things, places and events

• Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century
• Hogwarts, A History, by Chroniclus Punnet ^[1]
• Modern Magical History

Other

• Prefects Who Gained Power

Rita Skeeter is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Rita Skeeter is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

Hogwarts textbooks

Arithmancy

• Book of Numerology
• Numerology and Grammatica

Care of Magical Creatures

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
• The Monster Book of Monsters

Charms

• Standard Book of Spells (Grades One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and presumably Seven) by Miranda Goshawk
• Quintessence: A Quest

Defence Against the Dark Arts

• Confronting the Faceless
• The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
• Defensive Magical Theory by Wilbert Slinkhard

Gilderoy Lockhart's works

• Break with a Banshee
• Gadding with Ghouls
• Holidays with Hags
• Magical Me
• Travels with Trolls
• Voyages with Vampires
• Wandering with Werewolves
• Year with the Yeti

Divination

• The Dream Oracle
• Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky
• "Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst is Coming"
• "Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself against Shocks and Broken Balls: When Fourtune Turns Foul"

Herbology

• Encyclopædia of Toadstools
• Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean
• Flesh-eating Trees of the World

History of Magic

• A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Muggle Studies

• Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles

Potions

• One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
• Advanced Potion Making by Libatius Borage
• Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Study of Ancient Runes

• Ancient Runes Made Easy

Transfiguration

• A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
• Intermediate Transfiguration
• Guide to Advanced Transfiguration

Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them is a 2001 book written by English author J. K. Rowling to benefit the British charity Comic Relief. ... Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them is a 2001 book written by English author J. K. Rowling to benefit the British charity Comic Relief. ... Gilderoy Lockhart is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of books. ... Bathilda Bagshot is a fictional character in the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. ...

Magical creatures

Dragons

• Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit
• Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland
• Dreadful Denizens of the Deep
• From Egg to Inferno: a Dragon-Keeper's Guide
• Men Who Love Dragons Too Much

Other magical creatures

• Handbook of Hippogriff Psychology
• Fowl or Foul? A Study of Hippogriff Brutality
• Why I Didn't Die When the Augerey Cried by Gulliver Pokeby (Little Red Books, 1824)
• Monster Book of Monsters

Magic

Magical cooking and housecare

• Charm Your Own Cheese
• Enchantment in Baking
• Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests
• One-Minute Feasts—It's Magic

Dark Arts

• Magick Moste Evile
• Secrets of the Darkest Art

Defence Against the Dark Arts

• A Compendium of Common Curses and Their Counter-Actions
• The Dark Arts Outsmarted
• Self-Defensive Spellwork
• Jinxes for the Jinxed
• Practical Defensive Magic Its Use Against the Dark Arts

Divination

• Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul
• Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst is Coming
• Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks

Magical healthcare

• Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions
• The Healer's Helpmate

Magical how-to

• Weird Wizarding Dilemmas and Their Solutions
• Where There's a Wand, There's a Way

Magical theory

• Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
• New Theory of Numerology
• Numerology and Grammatica
• Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms

Other magical

• Important Modern Magical Discoveries
• The Invisible Book of Invisibility
• Powers You Never Knew You Had and What to Do With Them Now You've Wised Up
• A Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry
• An Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe

Potions

• Asiatic Anti-Venoms
• Moste Potente Potions

Spellbooks

General spells

• Achievements in Charming
• Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed

Spells for fun and profit

• Madcap Magic for Wacky Warlocks
• Saucy Tricks for Tricky Sorts
• Curses and Counter-Curses by Professor Vindictus Viridian

Sports and games

Quidditch

• Beating the Bludgers—A Study of Defensive Strategies in Quidditch by Kennilworthy Whisp
• Flying with the Cannons
• Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp
• Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland

The Gryffindor Quidditch Team This article is about minor characters in the Harry Potter series who are associated in some way with Quidditch, The following have their own articles and are not listed here: Ludo Bagman, Miles Bletchley, Cedric Diggory, Cho Chang, Roger Davies, Marcus Flint, Gwenog Jones, Viktor Krum... Quidditch Through the Ages is both a fictional book described in the Harry Potter series of novels by the English author J. K. Rowling, and a real book by that author, although her name is only stated in the book as the copyright holder of the Harry Potter-name. ... The Gryffindor Quidditch Team This article is about minor characters in the Harry Potter series who are associated in some way with Quidditch, The following have their own articles and are not listed here: Ludo Bagman, Miles Bletchley, Cedric Diggory, Cho Chang, Roger Davies, Marcus Flint, Gwenog Jones, Viktor Krum...

Transportation

• Handbook of Do-It-Yourself-Broomcare
• Which Broomstick?

Other books

• Sonnets of a Sorcerer (cursed, anyone who reads it speaks in limericks for the rest of their lives)
• Spellman's Syllabary
• Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches
• Tom Riddle's diary

A limerick is a short, often humorous and ribald poem developed to a very specific structure. ... Tom Riddles diary is a fictional magical object that appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ...

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children's stories which is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. “HP7” redirects here. ...

In his will, Albus Dumbledore left it to Hermione Granger, stating that he hopes Hermione will find it "entertaining and instructive." The book contains children's stories that children from wizarding families such as Ron Weasley are familiar with. Having been raised by Muggles, neither Harry Potter nor Hermione had heard of these stories before. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ... Hermione Jean Granger (first name pronounced IPA: ) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ... Ronald Bilius Ron Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ...

The book contains a fairy tale called "The Tale of the Three Brothers", which tells the legend of the Deathly Hallows. Other stories mentioned to have originated from Beedle the Bard are "The Fountain of Fair Fortune," "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot," and "Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump." The Sign of the Deathly Hallows represents all three objects symbolically: the Wand, the Stone, and the Cloak. ...

Rowling recently completed a book also entitled "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", featuring the four stories listed above and "The Warlock's Hairy Heart". She wrote this as her "farewell" to the book series.^[2] Only seven copies of the book are being printed, and all of which were hand written and illustrated by Rowling. One copy of the book will be auctioned by Sotheby's in December 2007 to raise money for The Children's Voice, a charity that helps vulnerable children across Europe. The other copies of the book have been given away as gifts. ^[3] Sothebys (NYSE: BID) is the worlds second oldest international auction house in continuous operation. ...

Notes

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See also

• Harry Potter in translation