Best-selling book series

What to remember

Seven novels published between 1997 and 2007, plus three companion books and four scripts: J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has sold approximately 600,000,000 copies, more than any other book series. The first one came out on 26 June 1997.

Written in English, the series was published by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom and Scholastic Press in the United States. It follows a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in their conflict with Lord Voldemort. A stage play, presented as the official eighth story, was performed and published in 2016, and the French translation of the books is by Jean-François Ménard.

This figure counts copies sold, not copies printed or owned. It is an estimate, the highest reported by reliable, independent sources.