Books and Literature

Dangerous Books • Books and Literature Like anything else, books can be enchanted or even cursed with dire results for anyone who reads them. Read More

The Dark Arts Outsmarted • Books and Literature Defense Against the Dark Arts guide. Read More

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection • Books and Literature The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection is a Defense Against the Dark Arts guide. Read More

Death Omens: What To Do When You Know The Worst Is Coming • Books and Literature Death Omens: What To Do When You Know The Worst Is Coming is a Divination book. Harry saw a copy of this book on display at Flourish and Blotts while buying his Divination textbook. It has a picture of a Grim on the front cover and Harry… Read More

Defensive Magical Theory • Books and Literature Defensive Magical Theory was a guide which focused only on the theory of defensive magic, not on the actual practice. Its approach seemed to be that a good defense consists of not fighting back and trying to talk about it instead. Read More

Self-Defensive Spellwork • Books and Literature Defensive magic guide. Read More

Why I Didn't Die When the Augurey Cried • Books and Literature Why I Didn’t Die When the Augurey Cried was an investigative book on the effects of the Augurey cry. Published in 1824 by Little Red Books, this book contained the results of patient research revealing that far from being a death omen, the cry of the Augurey merely indicates the approach… Read More

Dominating Dementors: A True History of Azkaban • Books and Literature Dominating Dementors: A True History of Azkaban is a Dark Magic book about the history of Azkaban (CC1.19). Read More

Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit • Books and Literature Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit was a guide to raising dragons, a copy of which could be found in the Hogwarts school library collection. Read More

Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland • Books and Literature Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland is a guide to dragons. Read More

Dreadful Denizens of the Deep • Books and Literature Dreadful Denizens of the Deep was a guide to sea creatures. It was one of the books that Harry, Ron, and Hermione examined while preparing for the second task (GF26). Read More

Dream Oracle • Books and Literature Dream Oracle was a guide to dream interpretation, which included a dictionary of symbols and their meanings. Read More

Dumbledore's Army: The Dark Side of the Demob • Books and Literature Dumbledore’s Army: The Dark Side of the Demob is a tell-all book by Rita Skeeter about Dumbledore’s Army. In this book, published on July 31st 2014, Rita described the imperfections of the Dumbledore’s Army members. She promoted it during the 2014 Quidditch World Cup in her article “Dumbledore’s… Read More