Which Book Should I start With?

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No: HPFGUIDX 90713

Josh wrote: 

>I am the type of person that normally does not read a book AFTER I 
>have already seen the movie. I have already seen the first two 
>Harry Potter movies, but have never read any of the books. Will I 
>miss anything if I start out by reading the 3rd novel? 

Hi, Josh

I think you can read the books in any order you like. It is totally 
up to you. Each of the books (except the fifth book) starts out with 
a summary of the important events from earlier books, so you won't be 
totally lost. 

On the other hand, if you read the third and fourth books right away 
without reading the first two books, you will probably miss out on 
the big plot twist in the fourth book because the movies don't focus 
on the foundations of those plot twists.  I won't tell you what it 
is, since you haven't read the books yet. 

Have you thought about maybe listening to the books on tape? I have 
all of the books on tape, and that might be a nice short cut if you 
don't want to read them. Or you could just read the Lexicon (I think 
there is a link on this group's home page).  The Lexicon is great.

Paula