‘Harry Potter’ Chapter by Chapter analysis archive

Over its history, MuggleCast has dived deep into the Wizarding World series. But the hosts have perhaps never gone deeper than they do during Chapter by Chapter, a long-running segment in which they analyze the Harry Potter chapters one at a time.

If you’re looking for our chapter by chapter analysis of any of the seven Harry Potter books, you’ve come to the right place. The lists below help you find our analysis of each chapter in the series.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2022 Re-Read)

  1. The Boy Who Lived
  2. The Vanishing Glass
  3. The Letters from No One
  4. Keeper of the Keys
  5. Diagon Alley
  6. The Journey From Platform 9 3/4
  7. The Sorting Hat
  8. The Potions Master
  9. The Midnight Duel
  10. Halloween
  11. Quidditch
  12. The Mirror of Erised
  13. Nicholas Flamel
  14. Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
  15. The Forbidden Forest
  16. Through the Trapdoor
  17. The Man with Two Faces

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2023 Re-Read)

  1. The Worst Birthday
  2. Dobby’s Warning
  3. The Burrow
  4. At Flourish & Blotts
  5. The Whomping Willow
  6. Gilderoy Lockhart
  7. Murmurs & Mudbloods
  8. The Deathday Party
  9. The Writing on The Wall
  10. The Rogue Bludger
  11. The Dueling Club
  12. The Polyjuice Potion
  13. The Very Secret Diary
  14. Cornelius Fudge
  15. Aragog
  16. The Chamber of Secrets
  17. The Heir of Slytherin
  18. Dobby’s Reward

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2023 Re-Read)

  1. Owl Post
  2. Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake
  3. The Knight Bus
  4. The Leaky Cauldron
  5. The Dementor
  6. Talons and Tea Leaves
  7. The Boggart in the Wardrobe
  8. Flight of the Fat Lady
  9. Grim Defeat
  10. The Marauder’s Map
  11. The Firebolt
  12. The Patronus
  13. Gryffindor Versus Ravenclaw
  14. Snape’s Grudge
  15. The Quidditch Final
  16. Professor Trelawney’s Prediction
  17. Cat, Rat, and Dog
  18. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
  19. The Servant of Lord Voldemort
  20. The Dementor’s Kiss
  21. Hermione’s Secret
  22. Owl Post Again

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2023 Re-Read)

  1. The Riddle House
  2. The Scar
  3. The Invitation
  4. Back to the Burrow
  5. Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes
  6. The Portkey
  7. Bagman and Crouch
  8. The Quidditch World Cup
  9. The Dark Mark
  10. Mayhem at the Ministry
  11. Aboard the Hogwarts Express
  12. The Triwizard Tournament
  13. Mad-Eye Moody
  14. The Unforgivable Curses
  15. Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
  16. The Goblet of Fire
  17. The Four Champions
  18. The Weighing of the Wands
  19. The Hungarian Horntail

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See below for links to the original Chapter by Chapter re-read which started in 2006.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2006 Re-Read)

  1. The Boy Who Lived
  2. The Vanishing Glass
  3. The Letters from No One
  4. The Keeper of Keys
  5. Diagon Alley
  6. The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
  7. The Sorting Hat
  8. The Potions Master
  9. The Midnight Duel
  10. Hallowe’en
  11. Quidditch
  12. The Mirror of Erised
  13. Nicholas Flamel
  14. Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
  15. The Forbidden Forest
  16. Through the Trapdoor
  17. The Man with Two Faces

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

  1. The Worst Birthday
  2. Dobby’s Warning
  3. The Burrow
  4. At Flourish and Blotts
  5. The Whomping Willow
  6. Gilderoy Lockhart
  7. Mudbloods and Murmurs
  8. The Deathday Party
  9. The Writing on the Wall
  10. The Rogue Bludger
  11. The Dueling Club
  12. The Polyjuice Potion
  13. The Very Secret Diary
  14. Cornelius Fudge
  15. Aragog
  16. The Chamber of Secrets
  17. The Heir of Slytherin
  18. Dobby’s Reward

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  1. Owl Post
  2. Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake
  3. The Knight Bus
  4. The Leaky Cauldron
  5. The Dementor
  6. Talons and Tea Leaves
  7. The Boggart in the Wardrobe
  8. Flight of the Fat Lady
  9. Grim Defeat
  10. The Marauder’s Map
  11. The Firebolt
  12. The Patronus
  13. Gryffindor Versus Ravenclaw
  14. Snape’s Grudge
  15. The Quidditch Final
  16. Professor Trelawney’s Prediction
  17. Cat, Rat, and Dog
  18. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
  19. The Servant of Lord Voldemort
  20. The Dementor’s Kiss
  21. Hermione’s Secret
  22. Owl Post Again

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  1. The Riddle House
  2. The Scar
  3. The Invitation
  4. Back to the Burrow
  5. Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes
  6. The Portkey
  7. Bagman and Crouch
  8. The Quidditch World Cup
  9. The Dark Mark
  10. Mayhem at the Ministry
  11. Aboard the Hogwarts Express
  12. The Triwizard Tournament
  13. Mad-Eye Moody
  14. The Unforgivable Curses
  15. Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
  16. The Goblet of Fire
  17. The Four Champions
  18. The Weighing of the Wands
  19. The Hungarian Horntail
  20. The First Task
  21. The House-Elf Liberation Front
  22. The Unexpected Task
  23. The Yule Ball
  24. Rita Skeeter’s Scoop
  25. The Egg and the Eye
  26. The Second Task
  27. Padfoot Returns
  28. The Madness of Mr. Crouch
  29. The Dream
  30. The Pensieve
  31. The Third Task
  32. Flesh, Blood, and Bone
  33. The Death Eaters
  34. Priori Incantatem
  35. Veritaserum
  36. The Part of the Ways
  37. The Beginning

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  1. Dudley Demented
  2. A Peck of Owls
  3. The Advance Guard
  4. Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place
  5. The Order of the Phoenix
  6. The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
  7. The Ministry of Magic
  8. The Hearing
  9. The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
  10. Luna Lovegood
  11. The Sorting Hat’s New Song
  12. Professor Umbridge
  13. Detention with Dolores
  14. Percy and Padfoot
  15. The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
  16. In the Hog’s Head
  17. Educational Decree Number Twenty Four
  18. Dumbledore’s Army
  19. The Lion and the Serpent
  20. Hagrid’s Tale
  21. The Eye of the Snake
  22. St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries (Part 2)
  23. Christmas on the Closed Ward
  24. Occlumency
  25. The Beetle at Bay
  26. Seen and Unforeseen
  27. The Centaur and the Sneak
  28. Snape’s Worst Memory
  29. Career Advice
  30. Grawp
  31. O.W.L.s
  32. Out of the Fire
  33. Fight and Flight
  34. The Department of Mysteries
  35. Beyond the Veil
  36. The Only One He Ever Feared
  37. The Lost Prophecy
  38. The Second War Begins

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  1. The Other Minister
  2. Spinner’s End
  3. Will and Won’t
  4. Horace Slughorn
  5. An Excess of Phlegm
  6. Draco’s Detour
  7. The Slug Club
  8. Snape Victorious
  9. The Half-Blood Prince
  10. The House of Gaunt
  11. Hermione’s Helping Hand
  12. Silver and Opals
  13. The Secret Riddle
  14. Felix Felicis
  15. The Unbreakable Vow
  16. A Very Frosty Christmas
  17. A Sluggish Memory
  18. Birthday Surprises
  19. Elf Tails
  20. Lord Voldemort’s Request
  21. The Unknowable Room
  22. After the Burial
  23. Horcruxes
  24. Sectumsempra
  25. The Seer Overheard
  26. The Cave
  27. The Lightning-Struck Tower
  28. Flight of the Prince
  29. The Phoenix Lament
  30. The White Tomb

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Bonus: Episode 101 finds us discussing Deathly Hallows the morning after its midnight release

  1. The Dark Lord Ascending
  2. In Memoriam
  3. The Dursleys Departing
  4. The Seven Potters
  5. Fallen Warrior
  6. The Ghoul in Pyjamas
  7. The Will of Albus Dumbledore
  8. The Wedding
  9. A Place to Hide
  10. Kreacher’s Tale
  11. The Bribe
  12. Magic is Might
  13. The Muggle-Born Registration Commission
  14. The Thief
  15. The Goblin’s Revenge
  16. Godric’s Hollow
  17. Bathilda’s Secret
  18. The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore
  19. The Silver Doe
  20. Xenophilius Lovegood
  21. The Tale of the Three Brothers
  22. The Deathly Hallows
  23. Malfoy Manor
  24. The Wandmaker
  25. Shell Cottage
  26. Gringotts
  27. The Final Hiding Place
  28. The Missing Mirror
  29. The Lost Diadem
  30. The Sacking of Severus Snape
  31. The Battle of Hogwarts
  32. The Elder Wand
  33. The Prince’s Tale
  34. The Forest Again
  35. King’s Cross
  36. The Flaw in the Plan
  37. Epilogue: Nineteen Years Later

Special thanks to Danielle S. for helping us compile this page!