We will be reading the first volume of the series together, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. You are welcome to read in whichever language you want, including those not yet supported on Natively.
* This is the new translation which matches the audiobook.
Reading Schedule
We will be reading one chapter a week in the regular schedule, but if you find this too fast, there is also a relaxed schedule which covers half a chapter a week.
Spoilers should always be hidden using spoiler blur.
When discussing a specific section, please mention where you are in the book, ideally by chapter so people reading different versions have a clear point of reference.
Feel free to read ahead if it’s exciting, but please refrain from spoiling ahead of the appropriate week.
If you have a question about grammar, vocab, cultural things, etc - ask! That’s a welcome part of the discussion too, and other readers will be happy to help.
Polls
Will you be reading along with us?
Yes!
Maybe…
No
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Which language will you be reading in?
Japanese
Korean
German
Spanish
Other
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Which format will you be using?
Physical book
Ebook
Audiobook
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At some point I’m planning to read through the Korean translation of the Harry Potter books. It’s a series most people are familiar with, and it’s available in a variety of formats (physical, digital, audiobook), which is great if you wish to use the L-R method. Would anybody be interested in joining?
This was originally a thread for Korean, but I’m repurposing it.
The Harry Potter books are available in many languages, and it’s a series most people are familiar with. If there’s enough interest, we could have a multilingual HP book club that learners of any language could join.
I will say, we’re still a little light on users, so we may need to grow a little before we can have a proper book club. But if you’re reading harry potter, i’m happy to read along… it’s on my shelf!
Yeah, I’m not planning to start really soon, but I thought I’d make a thread in case any of the new users trickling in over the next few weeks were interested.
If this club does start at any point, would it be okay if I read along in Spanish? It might be a while before we have a large enough userbase of Spanish learners, and it’s such a solid learner’s book for me (since I read my childhood copy to tatters) that it’d be a great opportunity.
We could have a multilingual book club for any/all languages. Since the series is so universal, it might make more sense to open it up to all Natively languages (and non-Natively languages!) rather than restrict it to one or two.
I wonder if I should move the thread to All Languages to see if others are interested.
Hey! I’m a WK forum user who’s only lurked around here I actually just started the first HP recently in Japanese so would be happy to discuss in a club
I listened to the first chapter of the 1st book as an audio-book in Japanese (it was actually an anki deck) and I’m really feeling tempted to join the club now (I do have far too many ongoing book clubs, though)
I’d be very happy to join, but probably not for the next couple months. I just have way too many things to do, and bookclubs that will be starting soon. Plus, that would give me some time for my Korean to get better, so that this is less of a struggle. I already have the Korean version of Book 1 though.
I’d love to join in Spanish as well, since it’s been so long since I read the first book in Spanish and I don’t remember if some of the characters’ names change or not. And now I’m curious. It might also make reading the Korean book easier if I do both at the same time.
Hi,
I’d join if/when you get through the first book and start the second one. It hasn’t been that long since I finished the first one so I don’t feel like reading it again anytime soon
I’ve read all Harry Potter parts in German, and I absolutely love the series! There is not a single part that was boring in any way, and I will probably reread it some day, but in Japanese.
I’m not good enough yet to read it in Japanese, but I’ll be happy to leave my comments here when the book club starts!
Well it looks like there’s enough interest in holding a multilingual HP book club!
If you haven’t already, please vote for when you would like to start reading (poll is in the top post) - March is currently leading, so it’s possible we might be starting pretty soon!
I actually just started the first HP recently in Japanese so would be happy to discuss in a club 
