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Harry Potter to Disapparate from the New York Times Bestseller List
BooksNext week, for the first time in almost nine and a half years, Harry Potter will not appear on the New York Times bestseller list.. The New York Times’s article reminds readers that it first appeared on December 27, 1998, and that after a year and a half with the books clogging the top spots, the paper split its list into children’s and adults versions. The article notes that the books are probably going to re-emerge on the list when the movie of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is released in November.
Just for fun, and in remembrance of a great 10 years, here’s a little extra Harry history for you, which is not in the article: The first book appeared at number 16, and didn’t reach number one until the release of Chamber of Secrets in the U.S. in June of 1999. Sorcerer’s Stone first hit number one on the list in August of 1999. The split of the Times’ list happened right before the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and after a nearly solid year and a half of the three released Potter books cycling through the top handful of spots on the list.
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Actually,I love Harry…but I think it is time for all of us to move on and not stay stucked here…there are so glorious books out there and so great books to be written and we’ll love them..so we just have to accept that..After all,I think that if it lasted forever it would lose some of it’s magic..
But the paperback edition of DH is still to be released… It is the end of an era, but it’s been a fantastic decade.
:( That’s sad….......
@ Natalie, I somehow don’t think that HP will ever lose its magic, really. ;D
:( That’s sad….......
@ Natalie, I somehow don’t think that HP will ever lose its magic, really. ;D
Wow that’s amazing that the HP books managed to stay on there for so many years! But I guess what goes up must come down…. and then go up again when DH paperback is released, when HBP and DH films come out, when the sottish book is released and who knows – maybe one day when a printed version of Beedle the Bard come out!!
Long live the HP fandom and general wonderfulness of the series!! xD
harry potter books will never lose their magic! theyll return..
I’m crying…more tearing up, but still….this is just a big pile of not-funness!
Let’s all go out and buy more copies! I probably have about five copies of each book already! ;)
Harry Potter will never ever loose the magic. I am strongly reminded of an editorial written in 1897 in New York, titled, ‘Yes Virginia there is a Christmas’.
With a few well written words and the belief of people worldwide, Harry Potter and I guess more importantly, the Magic of Harry Potter will not be forgotten nor will it loose its appeal to readers both young and old.
It’s s shame, but it will be back on the list I’m sure
The show must go on…so it seems that americans read a lot. BTW who cares about New York times list?! Harry Potter will always be number 1 in the world-and I think until the end of the world. 11 milion copies of DH on first day relase-and thats just DH in one day-6 more books-18 years. lets just wait for something new from Jo and we’ll have world explosion-again.
proud to be HP fan
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grrrrr >.> the end of something great
yeah, thats kinda crappy. but why do i care? well, crucio on you new york times best selling list, i still love harry potter. and it will be forever and always, in sickness or in health, for richer or poorer, be #1 in my heart. ;D
What?!? I just bought 10 copies for my classroom! Am I the only one stocking up on the books still?
Though I live in Denmark (and could have chosen to buy the books in Danish), I’ve chosen to buy the English versions instead. I preferred to read HP in the language it was born in. When my daughter will be old enough, I ‘ll “re-discover” HP with her – in Danish! She’ll have her own set of HP books. It might be gone from the bestseller list, I doubt it will be gone from the bookshelves of future generations.
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Leaky Poll
Since DH was published, your interest in Potter fandom has:
- Increased! I'm more involved now than I ever was!876 (22%)
- It's stayed at the same level of fun it always has!1443 (37%)
- Decreased slightly: I only check sites a few times a week now.993 (25%)
- Severely lowered. Without new canon, I'm bored.393 (10%)
- It's gone. In fact, I can't even answer this poll because I'm not really visting a Potter site.123 (3%)
Oh no, that’s sad. The end of an era….