Celebrating their 1,000 issue,
Entertainment Weekly magazine features J.K. Rowling and her fourth Potter novel!
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was named
#2 on the New Classic Books list!
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The New Classics: Books
The 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008
1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)
3. Beloved, Toni Morrison (1987)
4. The Liars' Club, Mary Karr (1995)
5. American Pastoral, Philip Roth (1997)
6. Mystic River, Dennis Lehane (2001)
7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)
8. Selected Stories, Alice Munro (1996)
9. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier (1997)
You can view the rest of the list
here
EW readers voted J.K. Rowling as their most favorite author!
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Favorite Author:
1. J.K. Rowling (46%) – winner
2. Stephen King (30%)
3. John Grisham (10%)
4. Cormac McCarthy (8%)
5. Toni Morrison (6%)
Cedric Diggory made the
25 New Classic Death Scenes for his demise in
Goblet of Fire.
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Cedric Diggory dying by Voldemort's wand in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).
Mary GrandPre's
Sorcerer's Stone cover is came in at #20 on the
top 25 Classic Covers list.
Also, you can vote for the release of
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the
Most Memorable Pop Culture Moment the Last 25 Years! in a bracket game!
To top it off, Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter from
Goblet of Fire dons the 1,000th issue cover! You can view it in the
SS gallery or below:
You can pick up the 1,000th issue of
Entertainment Weekly today! To see more of the EW 1,000, go
here.
Thanks to
TLC for the heads up!
UPDATE: Scans from the issue can now be seen in
our galleries.