title: Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books behind the Hogwarts Adventures
author:  John Granger 
description: <b>John Granger</b>is an author, speaker, and professor. A graduate of the University of Chicago, where he studied classical languages and literature, he uses Harry Potter to teach English literature online at HogwartsProfessor.com. He is a frequent speaker at academic and fan conferences and has been interviewed as a "Harry Potter expert" in the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, CNN, and the DVD of<i>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix</i>. He and his wife, Mary, have seven children.
zlib_text: **Table of Contents**
  
   _Other Books By This Author_
  
   _Title Page_
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _A Legendary Pursuit!_
  
   _Prologue_
  
   _Chapter 1_
  
   _Chapter 2_
  
   _Chapter 3_
  
   _Chapter 4_
  
   _Chapter 5_
  
   _Chapter 6_
  
   _Chapter 7_
  
   _Chapter 8_
  
   _Chapter 9_
  
   _Chapter 10_
  
   _Chapter 11_
  
   _Chapter 12_
  
   _Chapter 13_
  
   _Chapter 14_
  
   _Chapter 15_
  
   _Chapter 16_
  
   _Chapter 17_
  
   _Chapter 18_
  
   _Chapter 19_
  
   _Chapter 20_
  
   _Chapter 21_
  
   _Chapter 22_
  
   _Chapter 23_
  
   _Chapter 24_
  
   _Chapter 25_
  
   _Chapter 26_
  
   _Chapter 27_
  
   _Chapter 28_
  
   _Chapter 29_
  
   _Chapter 30_
  
   _Chapter 31_
  
   _About the Author_
  
   _Copyright_
  
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