J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series finale was published in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2007.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was the seventh and final novel in the original series. Bloomsbury released it in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2007, while Scholastic published the American edition on the same date. The book completed Harry’s conflict with Lord Voldemort and resolved the central mystery surrounding the series’ magical objects and prophecy.
The release was a major international publishing event. Bookshops opened at midnight, and readers around the world sought copies as soon as sales began. The English-language edition was followed by translations into many languages.
The date is sometimes confused with the publication dates of earlier installments. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone began the series in 1997, while Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book, appeared in 2005.