Awards for the Harry Potter books

Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1997 Gold Medal 9-11 years

FCBG Children’s Book Award 1997 Overall winner and Longer Novel Category Birmingham

Cable Children’s Book Award 1997

Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year 1998 Carnegie Medal 1998 (Shortlist)

British Book Awards 1997 Children’s Book of the Year

Sheffield Children’s Book Award 1998

Whitaker's Platinum Book Award 2001

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1998 Gold Medal 9-11 years 

Scottish Arts Council Children’s Book Award 1999 FCBG Children’s Book Award 1998 Overall winner and Longer Novel Category 

British Book Awards 1998 Children’s Book of the Year

North East Book Award 1999 

North East Scotland Book Award 1998 

The Booksellers Association / The Bookseller Author of the Year 1998

 Whitaker's Platinum Book Award 2001.

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1999 Gold Medal 9-11 years 

Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year 1999 British Book Awards 1999 Author of the Year 

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire

Scottish Arts Council Book Award 2001 

Children's Book Award in 9-11 category 2001 Winner of the Hugo Award 

Whitaker's Platinum Book Award 2001.

Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix

WH Smith People’s Choice Book Awards, Fiction category, 2003 

British Book Awards Book of the Year (shortlist) 2003.

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince

Winner of the British Book Awards, WH Smith Book of the Year 2006 

Royal Mail Award for Scottish Children's Books (best book for readers aged 8-12 years) 2006.

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

Booksellers Association Independent Booksellers' Book Prize (shortlist) 2008.

Carnegie Medal 2008 (longlist)

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Galaxy Children's Book of the Year (shortlist)

Other Awards

Galaxy British Book Awards - The Book People 

Outstanding Achievement Award 2008

Edinburgh Award 2008 

South Bank Show Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Award 2008

France's Legion of Honour 2009 awarded to J.K. Rowling

Hans Christian Andersen Literature prize 2010

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