‘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 (2024 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
  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 Parting of the Ways
  37. The Beginning

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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 (2009 Re-Read)

  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 (2010 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 (2010 Re-Read)

  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 (2011 Attempt)

  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

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2019 Re-Read)

    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

Special Book Five wrap episode (tackling a number of lingering mysteries)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2018 Re-Read)

    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

Special Book Six wrap episode (featuring a number of fun segments)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007 Re-Read)

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!