In what year did J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel reach bookstores?

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J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, reached bookstores in 2007.

Bloomsbury released the seventh novel in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2007. The book concludes Harry’s conflict with Lord Voldemort and resolves the central mystery surrounding the Deathly Hallows, while also revealing the outcome of the characters’ years at Hogwarts.

The release became a major international publishing event. In the United States, Scholastic published the book on the same date, using coordinated midnight sales and extensive security measures to protect the plot from leaks.

The film adaptation was divided into two parts, released in 2010 and 2011. That split belongs to the cinema version, not the novel: Rowling’s literary series ended with one book in 2007.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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