Decoding the Decade

The Book of the Decade

Globe and Mail names the seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, their Book of the Decade.

For its storytelling, for the global buzz it generated and for the fact it created a new generation of
readers, one book stood a full wizard's cap above the rest

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final instalment in J.K. Rowling's wizardly bildungsroman, is Globe Books' choice as Book of the Decade. Not only was it the single most awaited, debated and anticipated volume, it also can stand for Harry Potter as a phenomenon, for a series that grows more sophisticated and darker with each episode, a series in which millions of people fret over the fates of the beloved young wizard, his pals and mentors as they battle the forces of evil marshalled by Lord Voldemort.

Take sales: In the first 24 hours of its release on July 21, 2007, the novel sold a mind-boggling 15 million copies in 93 countries.

Take effect: Millions of children, especially boys, for whom reading had been something remote, intimidating, uninteresting, took to Potter as a wizard to a wand. You couldn't walk through a mall, an airport, a park without seeing one or another of the series in the hands of a young person. And not young people alone; adults devoured the books as well (when they didn't accuse them of promoting witchcraft). The Harry Potter books may have created a generation of readers, and, if we're lucky, it may not be the last such generation.

The Best Movie Ever: The 00's

AOL Moviefone named "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" one of their "Best Movies Ever.

1. 'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003)
2. 'City of God' (2002)
3. 'Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' (2001)
4. 'The Dark Knight' (2008)
5. 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' (2004)
6. 'Brokeback Mountain' (2005)
7. 'The Incredibles' (2004)
8. 'The Departed' (2006)
9. 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' (2005)
10. 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' (2004)



Notes: I love POA film and I know most of the people don't so I was totally surprised it made on the list.

Decoding the Decade