J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published worldwide on 21 July 2007. It was the seventh and final novel in the main Harry Potter series.
The release was treated as a major international publishing event. Bloomsbury published the British edition, while Scholastic published the United States edition. Midnight launch events were held in many countries, and readers were asked to avoid revealing major plot developments before others had finished the book.
The novel resolves the central conflict between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort and explores the three legendary Deathly Hallows: the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak. The date is sometimes confused with 31 July, Harry Potter’s fictional birthday and Rowling’s birthday, but the book’s worldwide publication date was 21 July.