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Harry Potter: A Guide for Muggles
Resources about all things Harry Potter at UTSA, plus related websites and videos
The Harry Potter Series
The Harry Potter series has attracted a wide range of audiences since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 1997. The books have gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide.
The complete Harry Potter series is available at both the JPL and the Downtown Library.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by Call Number: PR6068.O93 H22 1999
Year 1
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Call Number: PR6068.O93 H23 2000Year 2
For Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls' bathroom. But then real trouble begins--someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects ... Harry Potter himself?
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by Call Number: PR6068.O93 H24 2001Year 3
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Call Number: PR6068.O93 H25 2002Year 4
Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by Call Number: PR6068.O93 H26 2003Publication Date: 2004Year 5
When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terrors.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Call Number: PR6068.O93 H27 2005Year 6
Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by Call Number: PR6068 .O93 H28 2007Year 7
Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
Analyzing Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the themes and ideas raised in the books are popular topics for academic authors. These are just some of the titles from our print collection you can check out. To find more, use Library Quick Search with the keywords "Harry Potter."
Harry Potter and History by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z687 2011ISBN: 9780470574720This book is the first to explore the real history in which Harry's world is rooted. Did you know that bezoars and mandrakes were fashionable luxury items for centuries? Find out how Europeans first developed the potions, spells, and charms taught at Hogwarts, from Avada Kedavra to love charms.
Harry Potter and Philosophy: if Aristotle ran Hogwarts by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z69 2004ISBN: 9780812694550In Harry Potter and Philosophy, seventeen philosophical experts unlock some of Hogwarts' secret panels, and uncover surprising insights that are enlightening both for wizards and the most discerning muggles.
Harry Potter Series by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z94 2015ISBN: 9781619255197This volume provides fourteen insightful essays that dig deep at the heart of the Harry Potter series, author J.K. Rowling's fantastical magnum opus.
Harry Potter's World: Multidisciplinary Critical Perspectives by Call Number: PR6068 .O93 Z73 2003ISBN: 9780415933742Harry Potter's World brings together scholars from various disciplines to provide literary, cultural, sociological, and psychological examinations of the Harry Potter series as both cultural product and social text. Covering many facets of the Potter books-and the "Pottermania" that surrounds them-this collection includes analysis of marketing hype and product spin-offs to supplement interpretive and critical perspectives on the books themselves.
The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon by Call Number: E-book and PR6068.O93 Z734 2002ISBN: 9780826214430Translated into nearly three dozen languages, J.K. Rowling's books have both elicited praise and provoked controversy. In The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter, contributors from Great Britain, the United States, and Canada offer the first book-length analysis of Rowling's work from a broad range of perspectives within literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture.
One Fine Potion: The Literary Magic of Harry Potter by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z6735 2010ISBN: 9781602581982What is it about this story that has ignited such fandom and struck such a chord with people around the world? As English professor, culture critic, and Potter devotee Greg Garrett explains, these novels not only entertain but teach deeply held truths about ourselves, others, and the world around us.
The Politics of Harry Potter by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z5265 2012ISBN: 9780230608511This political analysis of Harry Potter uses the beloved wizarding world to introduce readers to the equally murky and intimidating world of politics. Rowling's work provides us with entries into all of the most important political questions in history, from terrorism and human rights to the classic foundations of political thought.
Re-Reading Harry Potter by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z68 2009ISBN: 9780230219588This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material which comments on the later books and examines the impact of the phenomenon across the world.
The Riddles of Harry Potter: Secret Passages and Interpretive Quests by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z945 2010ISBN: 9780230109292The Riddles of Harry Potter draws readers into the deeper meanings of these phenomenally successful books, arguing that they launch and pursue interpretive quests in an ongoing effort to understand patterns and their attendant meanings, implications, and consequences.
Teaching Harry Potter: the Power of Imagination in Multicultural Classrooms by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z535 2011ISBN: 9780230110281Given the current educational climate of high stakes testing, standardized curriculum, and 'approved' reading lists, incorporating unauthorized, popular literature into the classroom becomes a political choice. The authors examine why teachers choose to read Harry Potter, how they use the books, and the resulting teacher-student interactions.
The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z8888 2010ISBN: 9780470398258A philosophical exploration of the entire seven-book Harry Potter series. Packed with interesting ideas and insights, The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy is an ideal companion for anyone interested in unraveling the subtext and exploring the greater issues at work in the story.
Wizards vs. Muggles: Essays on Identity and the Harry Potter Universe by Call Number: PR6068.O93 Z958 2016 New BooksISBN: 9780786499304Harry Potter has given the study of popular culture a unique platform for exploring the nature of human identity. Potter Studies is developing into a vibrant interdisciplinary field of scholarship. This collection of new essays examines issues surrounding race, class, gender, sexual orientation and personal virtue, both in the wizarding world and in our own.
Companion Books to the Harry Potter Series
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Call Number: PR6068.O86 F35 2009ISBN: 9781408803011An entertaining companion to the Harry Potter books, written by J.K. Rowling. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an extensive introduction to magical beasts familiar from the Harry Potter books and others we haven't yet met.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by Call Number: PR6068.O93 T354 2008ISBN: 0545128285The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger's new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Not only are they the equal of fairy tales we now know and love, reading them gives new insight into the world of Harry Potter.
