Reading Lists for the Hogwarts Houses
I really love reading. I love books, I love exploring new authors and genres, and I love making lists. I also love Harry Potter. When you put all of these interests together, what do you get? Personalized reading lists based on which Harry Potter House you identify with! Enjoy!
Gryffindor
“You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart”
—The Sorting Hat
How-To: How to Overcome Fear by Marcos Witt
Biography: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Shakespeare: Henry V
Gothic: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Folklore: Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
Fantasy: Beowulf
Classic: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
British: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Middle-Grade: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Contemporary: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Slytherin
“Or perhaps in Slytherin,
You’ll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means,
To achieve their ends.”
—The Sorting Hat
How-To: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Biography: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
Shakespeare: Othello
Gothic: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Folklore: One Thousand and One Nights
Fantasy: 1984 by George Orwell
Classic: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
British: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Middle-Grade: Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
Contemporary: A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Hufflepuff
“You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true,
And unafraid of toil”
—The Sorting Hat
How-To: How to Be Happy (or at Least Less Sad) by Lee Crutchley
Biography: The Autobiography Of Eleanor Roosevelt
Shakespeare: King Lear
Gothic: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Folklore: The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
Fantasy: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Classic: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
British: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Middle-Grade: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Contemporary: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Ravenclaw
“Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you’ve a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind.”
—The Sorting Hat
How-To: How to Learn Anything Quickly by Ricki Linksman
Biography: Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
Shakespeare: The Tempest
Gothic: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Folklore: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Fantasy: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Classic: Candide by Voltaire
British: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Middle-Grade: Matilda by Roald Dahl
Contemporary: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
