1. The Encyclopedia
It would give us every minute detail of the world we already love, without any huge post-mortem twists that changed everything we thought we knew.
2. A Marauders/Dumbledore prequel
New characters, new storylines, and more insight which might even allow us to re-read the Harry Potter series and discover new meanings to seemingly insignificant details.
3. A sequel featuring the trio’s children
I, personally, am not that interested in reading about Al-Sev and his friends, but hey, each to their own. It’d be in the present, but not trio-centric – and still at Hogwarts, which would be nice.
4. More history books like ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’
With the Fantastic Beasts movie(s) in development, imagine what other side-stories J.K. Rowling could craft, and what other aspects of the world she could bring to life. Imagine a book full of do-it-yourself spells and potions!
5. Untold adventures of minor characters
I’m a sucker for backstory; frankly, I’d love to see what Hannah Abbott and Cormac McLaggen were up to while Harry was running around being important. Again, anything that allows me to see aspects of the original canon from a new angle would be amazing.
6. The Founders’ story
Forget Harry, let’s just get Hogwarts: A History and travel back to medieval Britain to learn about how the magical school was founded, and how the castle took on such incredible qualities like constantly redesigning itself!
7. A Beauxbatons/Durmstrang-centric story
Expanding the Wizarding World would be incredibly interesting; returning to the universe but not necessarily going anywhere near Harry Potter would allow Rowling all possible freedoms – even exploring a more gritty, social realist genre within the world – without tainting the beloved books we grew up with.
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