Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by J. K. Rowling
★ Top 25 book of 2001 · #11 on Best Books of 2001
Presented as a copy of Harry Potter's textbook, this guide to magical creatures is credited to Newt Scamander, a magizoologist. It shares its title with the book mentioned in the first Harry Potter novel.
Best for: Harry Potter fans who want a companion from the wizarding world
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is #11 on BookWard's Best Books of 2001, out of 35 2001 books that cleared our data bar.
What Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is about
Written as if by Newt Scamander, a magizoologist who studies magical creatures, this is a field guide to the animals of the Harry Potter world. It describes 85 species from around the world, which Scamander says he gathered through years of travel across five continents, and it opens with a short history of magizoology and a foreword from Albus Dumbledore.
The copy presented here is Harry Potter's own school textbook, so the margins carry doodles and comments from Harry and Ron Weasley. J. K. Rowling illustrated the original edition herself, and her name did not appear on its first cover. The tone is playful and dry, in the manner of a serious natural history that happens to be about creatures that do not exist. It suits Harry Potter fans who want more of the wizarding world's lore, and anyone who enjoys a mock reference book done with a straight face.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them on the Best Books of 2001
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them came out in 2001. Of the 35 books first published in 2001 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #11 on our Best Books of 2001 list.
Why it made the list: 495 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.7 out of 5 (65 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2001 list
- Baby Einstein Julie Aigner-Clark, #9
- Violets Are Blue James Patterson, #10
- No More Mr. Nice Guy Robert A. Glover, #12
- Dreamcatcher Stephen King, #13
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 381 want to read it, 16 are reading it now and 98 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.7 out of 5 from 65 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 80 | 55% |
| Reader love | 23 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 69 | 20% |
Questions about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
When was Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them published?
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling was first published in 2001.
Was Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them one of the best books of 2001?
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is #11 on BookWard's Best Books of 2001, out of 35 2001 books that cleared our data bar. 495 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.7 out of 5 (65 ratings).
Why is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them on the Best Books of 2001 list?
495 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.7 out of 5 (65 ratings).
More of the best books of 2001
- American Gods Neil Gaiman, #1
- Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time Brian Tracy, #2
- Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson, #3
- Point Blanc Anthony Horowitz, #4
- Getting Things Done David Allen, #5
- Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, #6
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How we know
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