Potter alternatives for the insatiable reader, based on a poll of independent booksellers (via Whim and Vinegar.)

And, an adult who doesn’t like Harry so much. (But I don’t see why we can’t read Potter and Beowulf.)

A wonderful essay in which an adult explains why he loves the Harry Potter books. (From March 99)

Virtual Harry Potter, a web-based RPG of the young wizard’s world.

The faster readers out there may want to go ahead and preorder Harry Potter V, due out July 2001.

Pictures of the Potter midnight melee.

For those of us waiting for our copies ordered on-line, this is still a good question: Can online retailers get the books to our anxious hands quickly enough? I’ll know tomorrow morning.

In a March 2000 Salon article, Chris Gregory defends Harry from both his feminist and Christian critics.

The editorial staff of the San Jose Mercury News offers their ringing endorsement of Harry.

The length of Goblet got you down? At Mp3Lit.com, you can download a five minute audio excerpt of the new book to get ya started.