My 2c

I think the HP series are excellent (with the possible exception of the last book). The characters are a little stereo-typical however for most of the books the plots are reasonably well constructed and are reasonably exciting.

The audio books narrated by Jim Dale are also a favorite in out house and, to quote the god Dr Jones Sr. any thing that gets up the nose of "Goose-stepping morons who should try reading books instead of burning them" is a good thing.

And, if it encourages young people to read rather than just lamely accepting everything they see on the TV, well what a fine thing !