<P> Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince is the sixth book in the Harry Potter series . The first book in the series , Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone , was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 , with an initial print - run of 500 copies in hardback , 300 of which were distributed to libraries . By the end of 1997 , the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9 - to 11 - year - olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize . The second book , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999 . Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999 . Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic . Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , the longest novel in the Harry Potter series , was released 21 June 2003 . After the publishing of Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince , the seventh and final novel , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , was released 21 July 2007 . The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release : 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US . </P>
<P> Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince is the sixth book in the Harry Potter series . The first book in the series , Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone , was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 , with an initial print - run of 500 copies in hardback , 300 of which were distributed to libraries . By the end of 1997 , the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9 - to 11 - year - olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize . The second book , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999 . Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was then published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999 . Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 at the same time by Bloomsbury and Scholastic . Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , the longest novel in the Harry Potter series , was released 21 June 2003 . After the publishing of Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince , the seventh and final novel , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , was released 21 July 2007 . The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release : 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US . </P>
when was the forst harry potter book published
when was the forst harry potter book published
1997
1997