"As obsessive fans will tell you, I do slip up! Several classrooms move floors mysteriously between books and these are the least serious continuity errors! Most of the fansites will point you in the direction of my mistakes. But the essentials remain consistent from book to book because the story has been plotted for a long time and it is clear in my mind."— J. K. Rowling on the errors within the franchise[src] Show
Below is a list of mistakes that occur in the Harry Potter book series, such as factual errors, plot holes and typos. Some of these mistakes were fixed in later editions of the same book.[1] Contents
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneCover
Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived
Chapter 2: The Vanishing Glass
Chapter 3: The Letters from No One
Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys
Chapter 5: Diagon Alley
Chapter 6: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat
Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel
Chapter 10: Hallowe'en
Chapter 11: Quidditch
Chapter 13: The Mirror of Erised
Chapter 14: Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
Chapter 16: Through the Trapdoor
Chapter 17: The Man with Two Faces
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsCover
Chapter 2: Dobby's Warning
Chapter 3: The Burrow
Chapter 4: At Flourish and Blotts
Chapter 5: The Whomping Willow
Chapter 8: The Deathday Party
Chapter 9: The Writing on the Wall
Chapter 11: The Duelling Club
Chapter 13: The Very Secret Diary
Chapter 14: Cornelius Fudge
Chapter 15: Aragog
Chapter 16: The Chamber of Secrets
Chapter 17: The Heir of Slytherin
Chapter 18: Dobby's Reward
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanCoverFull Scholastic (US) cover and back cover art Bloomsbury (UK) cover
Chapter 1: Owl Post
Chapter 2: Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
Chapter 3: The Knight Bus
Chapter 4: The Leaky Cauldron
Chapter 5: The Dementor
Chapter 6: Talons and Tea Leaves
Chapter 8: Flight of the Fat Lady
Chapter 9: Grim Defeat
Chapter 10: The Marauder's Map
Chapter 11: The Firebolt
Chapter 12: The Patronus
Chapter 14: Snape's Grudge
Chapter 15: The Quidditch Final
Chapter 16: Professor Trelawney's Prediction
Chapter 17: Cat, Rat and Dog
Chapter 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort
Chapter 20: The Dementors' Kiss
Chapter 21: Hermione's Secret
Chapter 22: Owl Post Again
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Chapter 1: The Riddle House
Chapter 2: The Scar
Chapter 3: The Invitation
Chapter 4: Back to the Burrow
Chapter 5: Weasley's Wizard Wheezes
Chapter 6: The Portkey
Chapter 7: Bagman and Crouch
Chapter 8: The Quidditch World Cup
Chapter 10: Mayhem at the Ministry
Chapter 12: The Triwizard Tournament
Chapter 14: The Unforgivable Curses
Chapter 15: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
Chapter 16: The Goblet of Fire
Chapter 17: The Four Champions
Chapter 19: The Hungarian Horntail
Chapter 20: The First Task
Chapter 23: The Yule Ball
Chapter 25: The Egg and the Eye
Chapter 26: The Second Task
Chapter 27: Padfoot Returns
Chapter 28: The Madness of Mr Crouch
Chapter 29: The Dream
Chapter 31: The Third Task
Chapter 32: Flesh, Blood and Bone
Chapter 34: Priori Incantatem
Chapter 35: Veritaserum
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Chapter 2: A Peck of Owls
Chapter 3: The Advance Guard
Chapter 6: The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
Chapter 8: The Hearing
Chapter 9: The Woes of Mrs Weasley
Chapter 12: Professor Umbridge
Chapter 13: Detention with Dolores
Chapter 15: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
Chapter 16: In The Hog's Head
Chapter 18: Dumbledore's Army
Chapter 19: The Lion and the Serpent
Chapter 22: St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
Chapter 23: Christmas on the Closed Ward
Chapter 26: Seen and Unforeseen
Chapter 27: The Centaur and the Sneak
Chapter 28: Snape's Worst Memory
Chapter 29: Careers Advice
Chapter 30: Grawp
Chapter 31: O.W.L.s
Chapter 34: The Department of Mysteries
Chapter 35: Beyond the Veil
Chapter 36: The Only One He Ever Feared
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Chapter 1: The Other Minister
Chapter 2: Spinner's End
Chapter 5: An Excess of Phlegm
Chapter 6: Draco's Detour
Chapter 7: The Slug Club
Chapter 8: Snape Victorious
Chapter 9: The Half-Blood Prince
Chapter 10: The House of Gaunt
Chapter 11: Hermione's Helping Hand
Chapter 13: The Secret Riddle
Chapter 15: The Unbreakable Vow
Chapter 16: A Very Frosty Christmas
Chapter 19: Elf Tails
Chapter 22: After the Burial
Chapter 23: Horcruxes
Chapter 27: The Lightning-Struck Tower
Chapter 30: The White Tomb
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsChapter 1: The Dark Lord Ascending
Chapter 2: In Memoriam
Chapter 4: The Seven Potters
Chapter 5: Fallen Warrior
Chapter 6: The Ghoul In Pyjamas
Chapter 13: The Muggle-Born Registration Commission
Chapter 14: The Thief
Chapter 15: The Goblin's Revenge
Chapter 20: Xenophilius Lovegood
Chapter 23: Malfoy Manor
Chapter 25: Shell Cottage
Chapter 27: The Final Hiding Place
Chapter 33: The Prince's Tale
Chapter 36: The Flaw in the Plan
Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildPart 1Act 1
Act 2
Part 2Act 4
Rowling's Companion Writings
Notes and references
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