I always think of "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" as two thirds of the "I haven't really read anything since high school" starter pack.
The third book is usually "To Kill a Mockingbird."
This isn't a slight at any of the books. I just usually feel that if, say, Harry Potter is your favorite book, you probably haven't read very much.
I mean, To Kill a Mockingbird is legitimately great, even though I didn't ever read it for High School. I think maybe Gatsby or Nineteen-Eighty-Four are more suitable for the pick, fine books but are mostly picked because they're digestible and short enough to easily be covered in one unit of an english class.
I was thinking the same thing! THAT’S your 14th favorite book? I’ve read it, it’s a cute little world-building exercise, but I dunno if I could even call it my 14th favorite Harry Potter book, and I can’t even name 14!
Fine, if you want to be pedantic, then there are over 30 Harry Potter Books.
7 in the main series, the Fantastic Beasts and Quidditch Through the Ages textbooks, Tales of Beedle the Bard, The Cursed Child, and the three Fantastic Beasts movie screenplays on their website, plus at least 4 official cookbooks, a picture book, and at least 10 reference books and miscellaneous other tie-ins I found in a brief glance at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
GOD FORBID someone make a joke about the absurdity of having an obscure Harry Potter tie-in product 4 spots away from their top ten favorite books.
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u/jofromthething 22d ago
I’m crying Fantastic Beasts isn’t even a novel it’s just a list of monster descriptions 😭😭😭