#Ranking the Harry Potter Series

[MichaelNadal]

What do you think are the best-worst books in order?

 

[Noveson]

Best was Prisoner of Azkaban I think. Worst was Order of the Phoenix? I believe that's the one that dragggggged for the first half o the book. But really The 2nd book or the 4th book have to be near the top as well.

 

[Vcore89]

Prisoner of Azkaban, Half Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows Part 2, Chamber of Secrets, Philosopher's Stone, Order of the Phoenix, Goblet of Fire & Deathly Hallows Part 1.

 

[Noveson]

Prisoner of Azkaban, Half Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows Part 2, Chamber of Secrets, Philosopher's Stone, Order of the Phoenix, Goblet of Fire & Deathly Hallows Part 1.

Intentional ha?

And are you meaning to list the movies instead of the books?

 

[Dedans Penthouse]

The Spy Who Trolled Me

 

[MichaelNadal]

I'm talking about the books as far as the thread goes.
I think for me:

Prizoner of Azkaban
Order of The Pheonix
Deathly Hallows
Half-Blood Prince
Goblet of Fire
Chamber of Secrets
Sorcerer's Stone

 

[Gytha]

OoP>PoA>DH>GoF>HBP>PS>CoS

 

[Vcore89]

Intentional ha?

And are you meaning to list the movies instead of the books?

Exactly! Based on the movies. Might I add, Philosopher's Stone shouldn't be relegated to worst no matter what.

Oops, my apologies @MichaelNadal.

 

[Noveson]

Exactly! Based on the movies. Might I add, Philosopher's Stone shouldn't be relegated to worst no matter what.

Oops, my apologies @MichaelNadal.

Why I bolded that was because it's called SORCERER'S stone. Not Philosopher's hahah.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Why I bolded that was because it's called SORCERER'S stone. Not Philosopher's hahah.

Oh ok gotcha yeah I like book one, it's just all the others are better.

 

[TheMuzziah]

Order of the phoenix
Deathly hallows
Goblet of fire
Prisoner of azkaban
Half blood Prince
Philosophers stone
Chamber of secrets

Why I bolded that was because it's called SORCERER'S stone. Not Philosopher's hahah.

It's actually called philosophers stone

 

[Noveson]

Order of the phoenix
Deathly hallows
Goblet of fire
Prisoner of azkaban
Half blood Prince
Philosophers stone
Chamber of secrets



It's actually called philosophers stone

My mistake, I just googled it. It's Sorcerer's in the US, never considered/saw that it had another name elsewhere.

 

[Topspin Shot]

Deathly Hallows
Philosopher's Stone
Prisoner of Azkaban
Order of the Phoenix
Half Blood Prince
Goblet of Fire
Chamber of Secrets

 

[WarriorRafa]

GOF,OOTP,HBP,COS,DH,POA,PS. Hard to put PS at the bottom, it certainly wasn't bad. HP the best book series for me. Been a while since I read them, was totally obsessed with the books in my teenage years.

 

[LeeD]

I read #1 and #2 because it was good reading.
After 50 pages of #3, I was hooked. Harry just needed to grow up a bit to become a real character.

 

[MichaelNadal]

I read #1 and #2 because it was good reading.
After 50 pages of #3, I was hooked. Harry just needed to grow up a bit to become a real character.

Exactly, 3 is good right from the start and It's where the series really takes off a real page-turner.

 

[MichaelNadal]

OoP>PoA>DH>GoF>HBP>PS>CoS

This is a great list btw. Order of the Pheonix is outstanding.

 

[magdalenapratt]

I think it is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. I feel that J.K. added too many unnecessary extra scenes or dialogues towards the end just to make the book thicker and thicker.

It is like Samsung or LG adding too much bloatware in their new phones.

 

[MichaelNadal]

I think it is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. I feel that J.K. added to many unnecessary extra scenes or dialogues towards the end just to make the book thicker and thicker.

It is like Samsung or LG adding too much bloatware in their new phones.

numerical order? barf lol

 

[Breakpointerer]

OoTP>DH>PoA>GOF>CoS>HBP>PS. Hard to rank them though, I loved reading all of them.

 

[MichaelNadal]

OoTP>DH>PoA>GOF>CoS>HBP>PS. Hard to rank them though, I loved reading all of them.

I almost wanna read em again after this bump. Been 10 years since I've read em

 

[Breakpointerer]

I almost wanna read em again after this bump. Been 10 years since I've read em

Yeah it was 10 years for me too, until I read DH a couple of nights ago lol

 

[MichaelNadal]

Yeah it was 10 years for me too, until I read DH a couple of nights ago lol

DH is the movie im most dissappointed with, it doesn't capture the epicness of the book at all to me it has great moments (both parts) but they changed so much, like the final battle etc that made it flat :/

 

[Breakpointerer]

DH is the movie im most dissappointed with, it doesn't capture the epicness of the book at all to me it has great moments (both parts) but they changed so much, like the final battle etc that made it flat :/

Voldemort just seemed way too human and less scary for me.. Especially trying to hug Draco Malfoy *shudder*

 

[MurraysMetalHip]

Tough question, but I think I’d have to rank them all at #7

 

[megamind]

1) Harry Potter and the Sureshian Stone
2) Goblet of Fire
3) Order Phoenix
4) Half Blood Prince
5) the rest

 

[megamind]

Why I bolded that was because it's called SORCERER'S stone. Not Philosopher's hahah.

You are incorrect

it is the Sureshian Stone

 

[Azure]

I grew along with the time these books came out in my part of the world. I outgrew the books after I finished the fourth. I vaguely recall to have enjoyed the fourth (I think Goblet of Fire) the most.

 

[Third Serve]

Currently reading them again, so bump, I guess? In the middle of OotP right now so I'll take a crack:

Worst to best:

CoS: more of the same, I felt
SS / PS: great novel and sets up the world really well, but doesn't keep me as invested as later books due perhaps to the shorter length
OotP: I'm enjoying this one, but it could have been trimmed a few pages; some parts are a real drag; I do like Harry's characterization in this one, though
HBP: don't remember this one as much (but I'm about to get to it), but I really liked the focus on Voldy's backstory and the book felt a little darker than some of the others; not an awful lot happens that relates to the whole series, though. Voldy's strange absence from this one probably explains it
GoF: the plot was probably the most nonsensical of any of the books, but it was still really fun to read through; I felt it made much better use of its long length than OotP (the other really long one)
DH: satisfying conclusion to the series, but again I'll have to get back to it; I felt like it wrapped up the plot points really well and I like the story of the Deathly Hallows
PoA: excellent transition to the longer entries and I liked the departure from having Voldemort as the main antagonist (which was handled better than 6); many new interesting characters were introduced as well

Movies (which were all much worse than the books but still pretty good; I won't explain these in detail, though):

GoF
CoS
SS
HBP
DH 2
OotP
DH 1
PoA

 

[Lleytonstation]

Currently reading them again, so bump, I guess? In the middle of OotP right now so I'll take a crack:

Worst to best:

CoS: more of the same, I felt
SS / PS: great novel and sets up the world really well, but doesn't keep me as invested as later books due perhaps to the shorter length
OotP: I'm enjoying this one, but it could have been trimmed a few pages; some parts are a real drag; I do like Harry's characterization in this one, though
HBP: don't remember this one as much (but I'm about to get to it), but I really liked the focus on Voldy's backstory and the book felt a little darker than some of the others; not an awful lot happens that relates to the whole series, though. Voldy's strange absence from this one probably explains it
GoF: the plot was probably the most nonsensical of any of the books, but it was still really fun to read through; I felt it made much better use of its long length than OotP (the other really long one)
DH: satisfying conclusion to the series, but again I'll have to get back to it; I felt like it wrapped up the plot points really well and I like the story of the Deathly Hallows
PoA: excellent transition to the longer entries and I liked the departure from having Voldemort as the main antagonist (which was handled better than 6); many new interesting characters were introduced as well

Movies (which were all much worse than the books but still pretty good; I won't explain these in detail, though):

GoF
CoS
SS
HBP
DH 2
OotP
DH 1
PoA

Do they have books for the new prequel movies? Or is just movies.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Currently reading them again, so bump, I guess? In the middle of OotP right now so I'll take a crack:

Worst to best:

CoS: more of the same, I felt
SS / PS: great novel and sets up the world really well, but doesn't keep me as invested as later books due perhaps to the shorter length
OotP: I'm enjoying this one, but it could have been trimmed a few pages; some parts are a real drag; I do like Harry's characterization in this one, though
HBP: don't remember this one as much (but I'm about to get to it), but I really liked the focus on Voldy's backstory and the book felt a little darker than some of the others; not an awful lot happens that relates to the whole series, though. Voldy's strange absence from this one probably explains it
GoF: the plot was probably the most nonsensical of any of the books, but it was still really fun to read through; I felt it made much better use of its long length than OotP (the other really long one)
DH: satisfying conclusion to the series, but again I'll have to get back to it; I felt like it wrapped up the plot points really well and I like the story of the Deathly Hallows
PoA: excellent transition to the longer entries and I liked the departure from having Voldemort as the main antagonist (which was handled better than 6); many new interesting characters were introduced as well

Movies (which were all much worse than the books but still pretty good; I won't explain these in detail, though):

GoF
CoS
SS
HBP
DH 2
OotP
DH 1
PoA

Making me wanna read again I really like OOTP, still my second fav book

 

[Third Serve]

Do they have books for the new prequel movies? Or is just movies.

Just movies, but they have the screenplays out there in print. Only the first one, I know of.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Goblet of Fire was the best movie.

Book I cant remember

 

[Larry Duff]

My mistake, I just googled it. It's Sorcerer's in the US, never considered/saw that it had another name elsewhere.

The publishers in the US felt that Americans would never know what a philosopher was.

 

[Anotherbrick]

Children should be reading the bible.

 

[Deleted member 774170]

Lord of the Rings is better anyway

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

The publishers in the US felt that Americans would never know what a philosopher was.

TTW did not yet exist, so that's actually a good thought by the publishers.

 

[Lleytonstation]

Lord of the Rings is better anyway

No. I read all 4 including the Hobbit. My gosh was that a boring a fruitless read.

 

[Deleted member 774170]

No. I read all 4 including the Hobbit. My gosh was that a boring a fruitless read.

Tolkien isn’t for everyone, I’ll admit.

maybe I’m just a boring fruitless person

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Lord of the Rings is better anyway

Somehow I never got fully into LOTR, books or movies, even though I'm confident I'd have liked it.

Thought The Fellowship of the Ring was pretty awesome (Book)

 

[Deleted member 774170]

Somehow I never got fully into LOTR, books or movies, even though I'm confident I'd have liked it.

Thought The Fellowship of the Ring was pretty awesome (Book)

The movies are a million years long and the books are thicker than MILOS so I understand why it’s hard to get into

 

[Lleytonstation]

The movies are a million years long and the books are thicker than MILOS so I understand why it’s hard to get into

I just don't have the memory to remember all the names and places in those books.

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

The movies are a million years long and the books are thicker than MILOS so I understand why it’s hard to get into

Thought the universe was badass just didn't have the time to fully invest in it by the time I finally discovered it.

Apparently some of the video games are quite good too

 

[Breakpointerer]

Prisoner is the GOAT movie imo

 

[Third Serve]

Prisoner is the GOAT movie imo

Fully agreed.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Goblet of Fire was the best movie.

Book I cant remember

I can't stand the 4th movie lol. It's worst movie/book ratio to me out of all of them, the 4th movie is so much worse than the 4th book.

Children should be reading the bible.

And adults

Lord of the Rings is better anyway

Lol nah fam.

Fully agreed.

3 is so perfect. Book and movie. Perfect

 

[Third Serve]

I can't stand the 4th movie lol. It's worst movie/book ratio to me out of all of them, the 4th movie is so much worse than the 4th book.

Yeah, they changed too many things from the book. And the pacing was a bit off, too. Also, what was with the hair?

 

[MichaelNadal]

Yeah, they changed too many things from the book. And the pacing was a bit off, too. Also, what was with the hair?

A desperate attempt to make them look younger lol. The only good thing about 4 for me is the maze/Voldemort reveal at the end, and even then, the maze was way more mysterious and epic in the book.

 

[Breakpointerer]

A desperate attempt to make them look younger lol. The only good thing about 4 for me is the maze/Voldemort reveal at the end, and even then, the maze was way more mysterious and epic in the book.

In the movie the maze was just hedges and sudden wind lol. In the book they had actual obstacles.

 

[MichaelNadal]

In the movie the maze was just hedges and sudden wind lol. In the book they had actual obstacles.

And the Sphinx