What was the title of J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter story published in book form?

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter story published in book form.

The novel was first published in the United Kingdom in 1997. It introduces Harry, an orphan who discovers on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard and has been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There he meets Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and learns about the threat posed by Lord Voldemort.

The book’s title differs between British and American editions. In the United States, it was published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, even though the story and author are the same. The British title refers to the legendary philosopher’s stone, an object associated with alchemy.

This is the first novel, not the first film. The film adaptation reached cinemas in 2001, several years after the book’s original publication.