Skip Navigation
Eleanor Barkhorn

Eleanor Barkhorn - Eleanor Barkhorn is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where she edits the Entertainment channel.
More

Eleanor Barkhorn is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where she edits the Entertainment channel. She is a former producer for the Food channel. Before coming to The Atlantic, she was a reporter at the Delta Democrat Times in Greenville, Mississippi. She graduated from Princeton University, where she majored in American literature and wrote her senior thesis about Oprah's Book Club. For her first two years out of college, she taught high school English with the Teach For America program.

The Next Harry Potters: Where Are They Now?

By Eleanor Barkhorn
Jul 18 2011, 1:37 PM ET Comment

For more than a decade, people have been speculating over which books will be as successful as J.K. Rowling's $21 billion series. A look at how those predictions turned out.

hp_nexthp_post.jpg

Waner Bros


Ever since it became clear that the Harry Potter series would become a $21 billion empire, people have speculated over what would be the next set of books to hit franchise gold. Everything from C.S. Lewis's classic Narnia books to the dystopian Hunger Games have been named as potential successors to the Potter pop culture throne.

But how successful have any of these wannabes been? With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two, the final movie in the franchise, out in theaters this past weekend, here's a look at which series have been called "the next Potter--and whether they've lived up to the hype.

More 'Harry Potter'


The 9 Strangest Harry Potter Controversies

The Greatest Film Franchise Ever?

How the Movies Succeeded Where the Books Failed

The Political Parable of Harry Potter

Deathly Hallows: A Better Ending on Film Than on Paper

How to Make Harry Potter Live Forever

Presented by

More at The Atlantic

The Revolution Will Be a Gruesome Animated French Hip Hop Video The Revolution Will Be a Gory French Hip Hop Video
Infographic: The Average Person Gets 9,672 Minor Injuries in a Lifetime The Average Person Gets 9,672 Minor Injuries in a Lifetime
Under Obama, Men Killed by Drones Are Presumed to Be Terrorists Why Are So Few Civilians Killed by Drones?
The Fraught Mobile Politics of the United States of Amercia [Sic] The Fraught Mobile Politics of Amercia [Sic]
Why Do Asian Americans Have the Worst Long-Term Unemployment? Why Asian-Americans Have the Worst Long-Term Joblessness

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register.
blog comments powered by Disqus
View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

Olympic Portraits, Part I: American Athletes

May 30, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)