The best!!! I am not a "book" person, but I've read each book at least a dozen times. I wasn't always into it, but when I saw Chamber of Secrets, I went out and bought all the books, reading each one very carefully. A lot of people, mostly religious people, love to point out that this is such an evil story. My mother was one of you. I told her that she couldn't judge the books until she had read them. Now, she loves them as much as I do. How can anyone call these books evil? Talk about your symbolism... the lead character is fighting a bad guy that is closely related to snakes! Hello? The serpant in the Garden? Anyway, it's their loss.