Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Believe it or not, there once was a time when the names "Harry Potter" and "Daniel Radcliffe" were not synonymous. When J.K. Rowling wrote the first in her series of seven books about the famous witches and wizards of Hogwarts, do you think she knew the phenomenon that would result? Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone now.