Preteen girls -- and their grown-up moms -- are sinking their teeth into Stephenie Meyer's gothic "Twilight" books by the millions. Move over, J.K. Rowling.
By Laura Miller Jul 30, 2008
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A wrenching, sexy marriage drama from the new Ireland. Plus: Potter fans go berserk, and a dose of arty, self-indulgent Euro-erotica.
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 15, 2008
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This year's Book Expo America attendees snatched up totes, celebrity autographs -- oh yeah, and some books.
By Laura Miller
June 3, 2008
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After tireless attempts to stop Barbie's Iranian invasion, will she be exiled for good?
By Tracy Clark-Flory
April 29, 2008
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This is not a joke: A flawed legal regime afflicts the Potter-verse.
By Andrew Leonard
November 20, 2007
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All is forgiven, J.K. Rowling.
By Farhad Manjoo
November 15, 2007
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Farhad Manjoo explores why the author should allow publication of a fan's Harry Potter Lexicon.
November 15, 2007
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Karachi school kids think You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters have seized control. But where's Dumbledore?
By Andrew Leonard
November 8, 2007
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Every moment I'm alone, I'm secretly reading the stories, the forums, the recommendations. I can't stop!
By Cary Tennis
November 2, 2007
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What happens when authors like J.K. Rowling can't stop telling their own stories?
By Rebecca Traister
October 23, 2007
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A magic quarter for Amazon has investors hoping for a rebound after a dreary Tuesday. Will their futures prophecy come true?
By Andrew Leonard
July 25, 2007
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A few final, spoiler-free thoughts on Harry Potter from the members of Salon's reader community, Table Talk.
July 24, 2007
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Does J.K. Rowling's final installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," provide the magical ending to the beloved series her readers so desperately long for?
By Laura Miller
July 20, 2007
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A global network of Potter-influenced bands inspired kids like 8-year-old Darius to make their own wizard rock. Will fans keep the music alive?
By Elisabeth Donnelly
July 14, 2007
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Michael Goldenberg talks about the pleasures and pitfalls of adapting "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" for the big screen.
By Rebecca Traister
July 11, 2007
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Patches of magical beauty rescue this sprawling adaptation of the fifth book in J.K. Rowling's beloved series.
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 10, 2007
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For the Quidditch players, wizard rockers and would-be witches who gathered at a New Orleans Harry Potter convention, this is the dawning of their summer of love -- and loss.
By Rebecca Traister
June 1, 2007
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An exclusive clip from "Real Time With Bill Maher"
By Kerry Lauerman
February 27, 2007
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"Harry Potter" hottie Daniel Radcliffe turns 18 on July 23, 2007.
By Lynn Harris
November 23, 2005
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Harry and his friends are growing up, but this latest Potter film may leave you struggling with your own childhood demons.
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 17, 2005
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Harry learns more about his mysterious nemesis -- and the brutal reality of being 16 -- in J.K. Rowling's tricky, but ultimately satisfying, penultimate volume in the "Harry Potter" series.
By Laura Miller
July 17, 2005
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Hippogriffs, Dementors and Harry, oh my! Director Alfonso Cuaron finally decants the essence of J.K. Rowling's work and brings us one of the greatest fantasy films of all time.
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 3, 2004
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Don't buy the frantic pleadings of the Hollywood media machine -- summer blockbusters have become a colossal bore.
By Charles Taylor
May 28, 2004
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The author's recent New York Times Op-Ed shows that she doesn't understand why so many of us love Harry Potter. Maybe it's just too much fun.
By Charles Taylor
July 8, 2003
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No, Hogwarts isn't a hotbed of drugs, smoking and sex (at least not yet). But J.K. Rowling's rich and huge new installment unmistakably brings our bespectacled hero into adolescence.
By Laura Miller
June 23, 2003
Touched by a vampire
Teen tarts, sleeping nubiles -- and Harry
Would you like some books with that tote bag?
Iranian prosecutor: Banish Barbie!
Law, torture and Harry Potter
Can "Harry Potter" math save our schools?
J.K. Rowling's Crucio curse
I'm addicted to Harry Potter fan fiction!
Dumbledore? Gay. J.K. Rowling? Chatty.
Hasta la vista, Harry
Goodbye, Harry Potter
For Harry Potter fans about to rock, we salute you
Harry Potter and the art of screenwriting
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
Potterpalooza
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
Heroes and hormones
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
Blahbusters
A.S. Byatt and the goblet of bile
Harry Potter, teen rebel
GigaOM Network
War Room