Record 054 · Culture · 1997
50%97.54.K
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Bloomsbury / Scholastic
“A children's novel that rebuilt reading-for-pleasure and a $25B+ franchise.”
500-copy U.K. first printing. Midnight release parties, films, parks, and a shared canon that defined millennial childhood.
120+ million for book one; 500+ million for the series
The boy who lived.
