With the release of 1997's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (re-titled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stonein the United States), easily one of the best books of the '90s, J. K. Rowling gave birth to a cultural phenomenon unlike anything else that the Middle Grade and Young Adult fantasy genres have ever produced. As anyone who hasn't been living under a rock for the past couple of decades will know, things didn't stop at books: From movies to theme parks to—of course—video games, Harry Potteris now present across all of modern pop culture as one of its most essential cornerstones.
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