Chapter Rankings

On our book club episodes, we ranked each chapter of each book against the other chapters in that book.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  1. The Mirror of Erised (chapter 12)
  2. Through the Trapdoor (chapter 16)
  3. The Boy Who Lived (chapter 1)
  4. The Man with Two Faces (chapter 17)
  5. Diagon Alley (chapter 5)
  6. The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters (chapter 6)
  7. The Potions Master (chapter 8)
  8. The Midnight Duel (chapter 9)
  9. The Vanishing Glass (chapter 2)
  10. Halloween (chapter 10)
  11. Quidditch (chapter 11)
  12. Nicolas Flamel (chapter 13)
  13. The Forbidden Forest (chapter 14)
  14. The Keeper of the Keys (chapter 4)
  15. The Letters from No One (chapter 3)
  16. The Sorting Hat (chapter 7)
  17. Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback (chapter 14)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  1. The Heir of Slytherin (chapter 17)
  2. Dobby’s Reward (chapter 18)
  3. The Very Secret Diary (chapter 13)
  4. The Rogue Bludger (chapter 10)
  5. Aragog (chapter 15)
  6. The Chamber of Secrets (chapter 16)
  7. The Whomping Willow (chapter 5)
  8. Gilderoy Lockhart (chapter 6)
  9. The Dueling Club (chapter 11)
  10. The Polyjuice Potion (chapter 12)
  11. Cornelius Fudge (chapter 14)
  12. The Burrow (chapter 3)
  13. The Writing on the Wall (chapter 9)
  14. The Deathday Party (chapter 8)
  15. At Flourish and Blotts (chapter 4)
  16. Mudbloods and Murmurs (chapter 7)
  17. Dobby’s Warning (chapter 2)
  18. The Worst Birthday (chapter 1)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  1. Hermione’s Secret (chapter 21)
  2. The Servant of Lord Voldemort (chapter 19)
  3. The Dementor’s Kiss (chapter 20)
  4. Cat, Rat, and Dog (chapter 17)
  5. The Marauder’s Map (chapter 10)
  6. The Quidditch Final (chapter 15)
  7. Owl Post Again (chapter 22)
  8. Snape’s Grudge (chapter 14)
  9. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs (chapter 18)
  10. Professor Trelawney’s Prediction (chapter 16)
  11. Talons and Tea Leaves (chapter 6)
  12. The Boggart in the Wardrobe (chapter 7)
  13. Grim Defeat (chapter 9)
  14. Flight of the Fat Lady (chapter 8)
  15. The Patronus (chapter 12)
  16. Gryffindor Versus Ravenclaw (chapter 13)
  17. The Dementor (chapter 5)
  18. Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake (chapter 2)
  19. The Firebolt (chapter 11)
  20. The Knight Bus (chapter 3)
  21. The Leaky Cauldron (chapter 4)
  22. Owl Post (chapter 1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  1. The Parting of the Ways (chapter 36)
  2. Veritaserum (chapter 35)
  3. The Madness of Mr. Crouch (chapter 28)
  4. Priori Incantatem (chapter 34)
  5. The First Task (chapter 20)
  6. The Third Task (chapter 31)
  7. The Yule Ball (chapter 23)
  8. The Dark Mark (chapter 9)
  9. The Riddle House (chapter 1)
  10. The Beginning (chapter 37)
  11. Flesh, Blood, and Bone (chapter 32)
  12. The Pensieve (chapter 30)
  13. Padfoot Returns (chapter 27)
  14. The Egg and the Eye (chapter 25)
  15. The Death Eaters (chapter 33)
  16. The Dream (chapter 29)
  17. The Second Task (chapter 26)
  18. The Hungarian Horntail (chapter 19)
  19. The Weighing of the Wands (chapter 18)
  20. Mad-Eye Moody (chapter 13)
  21. The Unforgivable Curses (chapter 14)
  22. Rita Skeeter’s Scoop (chapter 24)
  23. The Four Champions (chapter 17)
  24. The Unexpected Task (chapter 22)
  25. The Goblet of Fire (chapter 16)
  26. Beauxbatons and Durmstrang (chapter 15)
  27. The House-Elf Liberation Front (chapter 21)
  28. The Triwizard Tournament (chapter 12)
  29. The Quidditch World Cup (chapter 8)
  30. Bagman and Crouch (chapter 7)
  31. Mayhem at the Ministry (chapter 10)
  32. Aboard the Hogwarts Express (chapter 11)
  33. Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes (chapter 5)
  34. Back to the Burrow (chapter 4)
  35. The Portkey (chapter 6)
  36. The Invitation (chapter 3)
  37. The Scar (chapter 2)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  1. The Lost Prophecy (chapter 37)
  2. Beyond the Veil (chapter 35)
  3. The Only One He Ever Feared (chapter 36)
  4. Out of the Fire (chapter 32)
  5. The Centaur and the Sneak (chapter 27)
  6. Career Advice (chapter 29)
  7. Snape’s Worst Memory (chapter 28)
  8. OWLs (chapter 31)
  9. The Second War Begins (chapter 38)
  10. St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries (chapter 22)
  11. Christmas on the Closed Ward (chapter 23)
  12. The Eye of the Snake (chapter 21)
  13. The Department of Mysteries (chapter 34)
  14. Fight and Flight (chapter 33)
  15. The Hogwarts High Inquisitor (chapter 15)
  16. Seen and Unforeseen (chapter 26)
  17. In the Hog’s Head (chapter 16)
  18. Occlumency (chapter 24)
  19. The Lion and the Serpent (chapter 19)
  20. Luna Lovegood (chapter 10)
  21. The Woes of Mrs. Weasley (chapter 9)
  22. Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four (chapter 17)
  23. Dumbledore’s Army
  24. Professor Umbridge (chapter 12)
  25. Detention with Dolores (chapter 13)
  26. A Peck of Owls (chapter 2)
  27. Dudley Demented (chapter 1)
  28. The Beetle at Bay (chapter 25)
  29. Grawp (chapter 30)
  30. Hagrid’s Tale (chapter 20)
  31. Percy and Padfoot (chapter 14)
  32. The Sorting Hat’s New Song (chapter 11)
  33. The Hearing (chapter 8)
  34. The Order of the Phoenix (chapter 5)
  35. The Advance Guard (chapter 3)
  36. The Ministry of Magic (chapter 7)
  37. The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black (chapter 6)
  38. Number 12 Grimmauld Place (chapter 4)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  1. The Cave (chapter 26)
  2. The Lightning-Struck Tower (chapter 27)
  3. Horcruxes (chapter 23)
  4. The Secret Riddle (chapter 13)
  5. The House of Gaunt (chapter 10)
  6. Spinner’s End (chapter 2)
  7. The Other Minister (chapter 1)
  8. After the Burial (chapter 22)
  9. The White Tomb (chapter 30)
  10. The Seer Overheard (chapter 25)
  11. The Phoenix Lament (chapter 29)
  12. Birthday Surprises (chapter 18)
  13. Silver and Opals (chapter 12)
  14. Sectumsempra (chapter 24)
  15. Flight of the Prince (chapter 28)
  16. Lord Voldemort’s Request (chapter 20)
  17. A Very Frosty Christmas (chapter 16)
  18. Felix Felicis (chapter 14)
  19. A Sluggish Memory (chapter 17)
  20. The Half Blood Prince (chapter 9)
  21. The Unbreakable Vow (chapter 15)
  22. The Slug Club (chapter 7)
  23. Draco’s Detour (chapter 6)
  24. Hermione’s Helping Hand (chapter 11)
  25. Elf Tails (chapter 19)
  26. The Unknowable Room (chapter 21)
  27. Will and Won’t (chapter 3)
  28. Horace Slughorn (chapter 4)
  29. An Excess of Phlegm (chapter 5)
  30. Snape Victorious (chapter 8)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  1. The Flaw in the Plan (chapter 36)
  2. King’s Cross (chapter 35)
  3. Malfoy Manor (chapter 23)
  4. Godric’s Hollow (chapter 16)
  5. The Forest Again (chapter 34)
  6. The Prince’s Tale (chapter 33)
  7. The Battle of Hogwarts (chapter 31)
  8. The Elder Wand (chapter 32)
  9. The Missing Mirror (chapter 28)
  10. Kreacher’s Tale (chapter 10)
  11. The Silver Doe (chapter 19)
  12. The Wandmaker (chapter 24)
  13. The Muggle-Born Registration Commission (chapter 13)
  14. The Seven Potters (chapter 4)
  15. The Tale of the Three Brothers (chapter 21)
  16. Bathilda’s Secret (chapter 17)
  17. The Goblin’s Revenge (chapter 15)
  18. Gringotts (chapter 26)
  19. The Sacking of Severus Snape (chapter 30)
  20. The Deathly Hallows (chapter 22)
  21. The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore (chapter 18)
  22. The Lost Diadem (chapter 29)
  23. The Dursleys Departing (chapter 3)
  24. Fallen Warrior (chapter 5)
  25. The Wedding (chapter 8)
  26. The Will of Albus Dumbledore (chapter 7)
  27. The Bribe (chapter 11)
  28. Magic Is Might (chapter 12)
  29. Xenophilius Lovegood (chapter 20)
  30. In Memoriam (chapter 2)
  31. A Place to Hide (chapter 9)
  32. The Dark Lord Ascending (chapter 1)
  33. Shell Cottage (chapter 25)
  34. The Final Hiding Place (chapter 27)
  35. The Thief (chapter 14)
  36. The Ghoul in Pajamas (chapter 6)
  37. 19 Years Later (epilogue)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 
  1. Act 3
  2. Act 4
  3. Act 1
  4. Act 2