One of the best books of the last couple decades!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
by J.K. Rowling
Thorndike Young Adult
November 1999

I’ve been listening to the audio books of several series with my boys (ages 8 and 11) and was excited when we finished up the first Narnia book (chronologically, the Magician’s Nephew) and started in on Harry Potter. While my older boy and I have both read this book previously and seen the movies multiple times, re-reading was a great joy! There were many parts that I’d forgotten about or remembered the movie version instead of the book’s original version.

The reader, for the audio book, is excellent as well. We are very much looking forward to book two as we make our way through this, Narnia and the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings series.

Scott Asher is the Editor-in-Chief of BookGateway.com and a believer, a husband, a dad, a geek, an artist, a gamer, a teacher, a learner and tired.