when did the 7th harry potter book come out?
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 After the publishing of Order of the Phoenix , the sixth book of the series , Harry Potter and the Half @-@ Blood Prince , was published on 16 July 2005 , and sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release . The seventh and final novel , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , was published 21 July 2007 . The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release : 2 @.@ 7 million copies in the UK and 8 @.@ 3 million in the US . 

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 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series , written by British author J. K. Rowling . The book was released on 21 July 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing in the United Kingdom , in the United States by Scholastic , and in Canada by Raincoast Books , ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone . The novel chronicles the events directly following Harry Potter and the Half @-@ Blood Prince ( 2005 ) , and the final confrontation between the wizards Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort , as well as revealing the previously concealed back story of several main characters . The title of the book refers to three mythical objects featured in the story , collectively known as the " Deathly Hallows " — an unbeatable wand , a stone to bring the dead to life , and a cloak of invisibility . 

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 The title of the seventh and final Harry Potter book was announced on 21 December 2006 as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . In February 2007 it was reported that Rowling wrote on a bust in her hotel room at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh that she had finished the seventh book in that room on 11 January 2007 . Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released on 21 July 2007 ( 0 : 01 BST ) and broke its predecessor 's record as the fastest @-@ selling book of all time . It sold 11 million copies in the first day of release in the United Kingdom and United States . The book 's last chapter was one of the earliest things she wrote in the entire series . 

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 The sixth book , Harry Potter and the Half @-@ Blood Prince , was released on 16 July 2005 . It too broke all sales records , selling nine million copies in its first 24 hours of release . In 2006 , Half @-@ Blood Prince received the Book of the Year prize at the British Book Awards . 

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 Harry Potter and the Half @-@ Blood Prince is the sixth and penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series , written by British author J. K. Rowling . Set during protagonist Harry Potter 's sixth year at Hogwarts , the novel explores the past of Harry 's nemesis , Lord Voldemort , and Harry 's preparations for the final battle against Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor Albus Dumbledore . 
