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Books and Textbooks magical artifact contain information including spells and potion recipes Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Overview
Like Muggles, the wizarding world obtains and records information through books. They use books for reference, research and information gathering.
Houses of the Wizarding community also have books in cooking, housework and references. The Hogwarts students devote most of their time in the library to doing their homework, and sometimes borrow library books to read in their own common room. Not all books in the Hogwarts library can be accessed by the students. Some of them are in the Restricted Section of the library, and books in that section contain particularly advanced magic and information about the Dark Arts. In order to borrow books in the Restricted Section, students need a signed permission slip from a professor.
Flourish and Blotts is the main supplier of school and other books, and is located in Diagon Alley.
Lists of Books by Title
(Included in this list are the books mentioned in the entire series, including the annual Hogwarts booklists)
A
Achievements in Charming
Advanced Potion-Making by Libatius Borage
Advanced Rune Translation
The Adventures of Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle
Ancient Runes Made Easy
An Anthology of Eighteenth Century Charms
An Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe
Armando Dippet: Master or Moron? by Rita Skeeter
Asiatic Anti-Venoms
B
Basic Hexes for the Busy and Vexed
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration
Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires by Eldred Worple
Break With a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart
C
Charm Your Own Cheese by Greta Catchlove
Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions
A Compendium of Common Curses and Their Counter-Actions
Confronting the Faceless
Curses and Counter-curses (Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges: Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue-Tying, and Much, Much More) by Professor Vindictus Viridian
D
The Dark Arts Outsmarted
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
Death Omens: What To Do When You Know The Worst Is Coming
Defensive Magical Theory by Wilbert Slinkhard
Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit
Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland
Dreadful Denizens of the Deep
The Dream Oracle by Inigo Imago
E
Enchantment in Baking
Encyclopedia of Toadstools
The Essential Defence Against the Dark Arts by Arsenius Jigger
F
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
Flesh-Eating Trees of the World
Flying With the Cannons
Fowl or Foul? A Study of Hippogriff Brutality
From Egg to Inferno, A Dragon Keeper's Guide
G
Gadding With Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Gilderoy Lockhart's Guide to Household Pests by Gilderoy Lockhart
Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century
Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century
Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
A Guide to Medieval Sorcery
H
Handbook of Do-It-Yourself Broom Care
Handbook of Hippogriff Psychology
The Healer's Helpmate
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Hogwarts, A History
Holidays With Hags by Gilderoy Lockhart
Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles by Wilhelm Wigworthy
I
Important Modern Magical Discoveries
Intermediate Transfiguration
Invisible Book of Invisibility
J
Jinxes for the Jinxed
L
The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore by Rita Skeeter
M
Madcap Magic for Wacky Warlocks
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms
Magical Me by Gilderoy Lockhart
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean
Magick Most Evile
Men Who Love Dragons Too Much
Modern Magical History
Moste Potente Potions
Monster Book of Monsters
N
Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy
New Theory of Numerology
Notable Magical Names of Our Time
Numerology and Grammatica
O
Olde and Forgotten Bewitchments and Charmes
One Minute Feasts - It's Magic!
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
P
Powers You Never Knew You Had and What To Do With Them Now You've Wised Up
Practical Defensive Magic and Its Use Against the Dark Arts
Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks
Prefects Who Gained Power
Q
Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp
Quintessence: A Quest
R
The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
Rune Dictionary
S
Saucy Tricks for Tricky Sorts
Secrets of the Darkest Art
Self-Defensive Spellwork
Sites of Historical Sorcery
Sonnets of a Sorcerer
Spellman's Syllabary
The Standard Book of Spells by Miranda Goshawk
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
A Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry
T
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Travels With Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches
U
Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky
V
Voyages With Vampires by Gilderoy Lockhart
W
Wanderings With Werewolves by Gilderoy Lockhart
Weird Wizarding Dilemmas and Their Solutions
Where There's a Wand, There's a Way
Y
Year With The Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart
Textbooks
(Textbooks referred to here are the required textbooks each year, as they appeared in the books. The list cannot be complete, as it varies every year and we only see Harry's year and Harry's chosen electives.)
Year 1
The Standard Book of Spells Year 1 by Miranda Goshawk
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshott
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
Year 2
The Standard Book of Spells Year 2 by Miranda Goshawk
Break with a Banshee by Gilderoy Lockhart
Gadding with Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Holidays with Hags by Gilderoy Lockhart
Travels with Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart
Voyages with Vampires by Gilderoy Lockhart
Wandering with Werewolves by Gilderoy Lockhart
Year with the Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart
Year 3
Intermediate Transfiguration
The Standard Book of Spells Year 3 by Miranda Goshawk
The Monster Book of Monsters
Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky
Numerology and Gramatica
Ancient Runes Made Easy
Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles
The Essential Defence Against the Dark Arts by Arsenius Jigger
Year 4
The Standard Book of Spells Year 4 by Miranda Goshawk
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self Protection by Quentin Trimble
Year 5
The Standard Book of Spells Year 5 by Miranda Goshawk
Defensive Magical Theory by Wilbert Slinkhard
Year 6
The Standard Book of Spells Year 6 by Miranda Goshawk
Advanced Potion-Making by Libatius Borage
Confronting the Faceless
A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
Advanced Rune Translation
Flesh-Eating Trees of the World
Analysis
Curiously, there does not seem to be any Wizarding fiction, apart from the collection of comic books of "The Adventures of Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle" in Ron's room. Granted, most of the work produced by Rita Skeeter and Gilderoy Lockhart seems to be largely fictional, however it is not classed as fiction.
Questions
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