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Originally Posted by Penforhire
I imagine most of us ould agree finding Harry Potter on that list is tragic. Sure, it was a huge commercial success but how was it otherwise significant?
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I would argue that Harry Potter is a major future influence - it got more kids into reading in the late 90's/2000s than anything else I can think of. The kids reading it are going on to read other stuff they never would have without getting hooked by Harry. Those readers are tomorrow's writers.