Harry Potter is a fiction written by J K Rowling and was released years ago. The book got famous soon after its release but became world wide famous after the first movie was released based on this book. The first movie created lot of hype and it became a big hit among children. It created huge hype for its other series of movies and also for the other books in its series. There are totally 7 books and this is the first one in those 7. It is really a nice book to give a shot. Do read it when you get time (if you have not yet read).