The Wizarding World is still in vogue at the moment; it’s evergreen, and it’ll be the case for the next decade with HBO’s reimagining of J.K. Rowling‘s original stories about the world’s most famous boy wizard. While that television adaptation is what everyone is talking about, the past year has been dominated by another take on the story. That story, in news that would make Hermione Granger delighted, will soon be free for everyone to enjoy.
Pottermore Publishing has officially announced that all seven Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions will become available to borrow for free through participating public libraries worldwide, beginning December 1, 2026. The rollout will take place in three stages, with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban becoming available on December 1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will follow on January 5, 2027, before Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows complete the collection on February 2.
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Collider · The Sorting Hat Awaits Which Hogwarts House Are You? Eight questions · four houses · one sorting
Four houses, one destiny. The Sorting Hat has weighed thousands of students and now it is your turn. Answer honestly and find out where you belong at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The four houses
The Sorting Hat speaksYour house has been chosen
Gryffindor Gryffindor Tower · Scarlet and Gold Gryffindors do not act because they are fearless. They act because some things are worth being afraid for.
You have nerve. Not the reckless kind, but the deep and quiet sort that turns up even when you are terrified, and especially then. You stand up for people when looking away would be easier, and you go at what is right even when the odds are poor. That instinct has cost you before and you have never once decided it was not worth it. Why the Hat chose this
You speak up in the room where it costs you something.
You would rather be wrong and brave than right and silent.
People come to you when something needs facing.
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Dominic McLaughlin takes over as Harry in HBO’s series, which arrives in 2027 after
filming through 2025 and 2026.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson were all cast in 2000, aged eleven, ten and
ten.
The Sorting Hat on screen was a practical puppet before any digital work went near it.
Nerve Acts first Stands up
Slytherin Slytherin Dungeon · Emerald and Silver At its best this is the house of people who refuse the limits other people set for them.
You are driven, sharp, and entirely clear-eyed about what you want and how to reach it. Slytherin has been misread for a long time, painted as the house of villains when what it really rewards is resourcefulness and the patience to play a long game. You know your own worth, you protect your own fiercely, and you have never needed anyone else’s permission to aim high. Why the Hat chose this
You think three moves ahead and say one of them out loud.
You are loyal to a small circle and ruthless about the rest.
Being underestimated has always suited you.
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Alan Rickman knew Snape’s ending from Rowling years before the films got there, and
played it accordingly.
Tom Felton read for Harry and for Ron before landing Draco.
Paapa Essiedu takes the role of Snape in HBO’s series.
Plays the long game Knows his worth Resourceful
Hufflepuff Hufflepuff Basement · Yellow and Black Not the safe house and not the leftover house. The house with the most heart.
You are the sort of person who makes a place better just by being in it. You turn up, you do the work, and you do not need glory or credit for any of it, because you do what is right on the grounds that it is right. Your loyalty does not waver when it is tested, which is the only time loyalty means anything at all. Hufflepuff has never been the consolation prize. Why the Hat chose this
You are the one who remembers, and who follows through.
You do the unglamorous part nobody volunteers for.
Your word has never needed a backup.
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Robert Pattinson played Cedric Diggory in Goblet of Fire a year before he was cast in
Twilight.
Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander put a Hufflepuff at the center of five Fantastic Beasts
films.
The common room sits beside the kitchens, which is the most Hufflepuff detail in the books.
Shows up Unwavering No credit needed
Ravenclaw Ravenclaw Tower · Blue and Bronze Not merely intelligence. The love of learning, and the rare nerve to say you do not know yet.
Your mind is your best thing and you have always known it. Ravenclaws are the questioners, the ones who cannot leave a puzzle alone and who find a good book better company than most rooms full of people. What marks the house out is not being clever, it is wanting to understand, and being willing to admit the gap. You see things with a clarity that other people find unsettling. Why the Hat chose this
You would rather be corrected than comfortable.
You notice the thing nobody else in the room noticed.
You have never been able to leave a question alone.
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Evanna Lynch was cast as Luna from an open call of roughly fifteen thousand girls, having
written to Rowling as a fan.
The tower door asks a riddle rather than a password, so a Ravenclaw can be locked out by
thinking too slowly.
Luna, Flitwick and Rowena Ravenclaw are all originals, which is rather the point of the
house.
Asks the question Loves learning Sees clearly
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Who Stars in the Harry Potter Audiobooks?
Cush Jumbo (The Good Fight) narrates the series, with Hugh Laurie (House) as Albus Dumbledore, Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) as Lord Voldemort, Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) as Professor Severus Snape, Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) as Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, and Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean) as Professor Dolores Umbridge. Frankie Treadaway, Max Lester, and Arabella Stanton voice Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, respectively, across the first three audiobooks. Jaxon Knopf, Rhys Mulligan, and Nina Barker-Francis then take over the three roles beginning with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and continue through the final book. Jennie McCann, Managing Director of Pottermore Publishing, added:
“Libraries play a vital role in connecting readers and listeners with stories that spark a lifelong love of reading. We’re delighted to bring the Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions to libraries, helping more people discover, or rediscover, the magic of Hogwarts through an incredible, immersive listening experience. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy great storytelling, and libraries remain one of the most important ways of making that possible and inspiring the next generation of readers.”
The first three Harry Potter Full-Cast Audio Editions arrive at participating public libraries on December 1, 2026, with the remaining four titles following on January 5 and February 2, 2027. Stay tuned at Collider for more.
