A Definitive Ranking of the Harry Potter Books

While the Harry Potter series has faded out a bit in popularity since the completion of the movie franchise, you can have no doubt about its lasting power, even with Black people, and we were reminded of its glory when Black folk took to Twitter with the hilarious hashtag reimagining Hogwarts as an HBCU. I’m certainly not the Potter fan I was 10 years ago, but there’s still a tender spot in my heart for the magic, so I’m revisiting the series and providing my definitive ranking of all seven books, from worst to best. And it’s back to Hogwarts we go… Book Seven: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Yup, we’re starting at the end here, and in the words of Mal after the infamous Haven massacre, “I’ve seen so much death!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRa8xt2nNBE Seriously, Rowling? You had to kill off like half of the main characters? I’m still glowering at you over here. And I’m sorry, but I was just kind of bored by the horcrux search (aka Harry, Ron and Hermione spend several chapters camping and arguing and having feelings, and oh, sometimes they get attacked). All of this culminates in the dramatic final battle, which turns out to be exactly as you’d expect it would. I mean, we all knew who the winner was going to be. Sure, all of these factors contributed to the making of my least favorite book in the series, but the horrible pièce de résistance was the epilogue. You couldn’t just leave it alone, could you, Rowling? You had to tie it up in a nice little bow and have ever…