J.K. Rowling's 1997 first novel — introducing Harry Potter's discovery of the wizarding world, Hogwarts, and his destiny — which launched the best-selling book series in history.
Creates the Harry Potter universe — The Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone establishes the complete mythology (Hogwarts, houses, quidditch, Voldemort, the orphan-hero) in a first novel; the complete world presented in book one without feeling rushed or incomplete is the most successful first-novel world-introduction in the history of fantasy fiction.
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