The first Harry Potter book came out in 1997. The series quickly became extremely popular and the characters became universally known. Today Harry Potter is synonyms with the world of witchcraft. The world is made up of potions, mystical creatures, flying brooms, and most importantly spells. But how many spells actually existed in this world. The graph above shows the amount of unique spells mentioned in each Harry Potter novel. The books are listed in the chronological order.
The first book, “Sorcerer’s Stone” has only 4 different spells!! In this book we read about Harry getting his first wand at Ollivanders. This trip is a huge moment, where Harry learns about the importance of the connection between wizard and wand. But Harry and friends don’t learn a lot of spells in the “Sorcerer’s Stone”. In the second book “Chamber of Secrets” 10 unique spells were used. 10 is better than 4, but it still not a lot. Luckily things start changing with each of the subsequent novels. The fourth book, “Goblet of Fire”, has 31 unique spells. The final book, “Deathly Hallows”, has 46 unique spells which is the most out of all the novels.
Harry Potter Unique Spells Graph Notes:
The x-axis (horizontal part of the graph) shows the book name (in chronological order). The y-axis (vertical part of the graph) shows the number of unique spells. Each bar represents the total number of unique spells for that Harry Potter book. The graph shows that the total number of unique spells increased from the first to seventh book. Harry Potter: Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by J. K. Rowling. The novels narrates the lives of a wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, who are all students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
