Cards on the table-- Harry Potter is not the best series ever written. For that matter, neither is Twilight.

I have read all of the Harry Potter series. I have read bits and pieces of the first Twilight book, and I have seen the movie. I have also talked to several fans of the Twilight series who have both criticized and raved about the series.

For young readers, Harry Potter is a gem. It combines genius storytelling with likable and believable characters in a world that is completely its own. The Harry Potter realm is full of adventures and odd interesting things to explore. In that sense, Harry Potter is a great book for readers of any age, not just for youths.

On the other hand, Twilight is a very targeted series at young preteen girls. Therefor, its subject matter is prone to limitations and cliches. This is not necessarily a bad thing. The story of Twilight has several merits, and follows the classically effective Aristotillian way of storytelling, much like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. However, I must say that some characters in the Twilight series are not quite up to the interesting, complex standards of the characters in Rowling's series. Most of them are fairly straight-forward, and often some of them are painted as idealistic visions of harlequin romance. Not to mention the feminist criticism I could delve into-- but won't.

Comparing the two side by side in as objective a manner as I can muster, I must say that I would recommend Harry Potter over Twilight any day.

PS: Please don't type all in caps. It's a bit distracting, and it feels like you're yelling all the time.

Are you kidding??? Ok Twilight freak here but HARRY POTTER IS SOOOOOOOOOO WAY BETTER than Twilight i have to admit
Harry Potter is my obsession!! if you are prepared to have an obsession than you must start to read it if you don´t, don´t try it please cause once you read Harry it´s FOR LIFE... just like Twilight!!
I love Twilight, i even have tattoos about it but HP it´s the book of the books

Harry Potter as good as the Twilight series? Are you kidding me? Harry Potter is way better, I've read both and you can't even compare them. Twilight is horrible compared to Harry Potter, in my opinion.
There's not a thing in which Twilight is better than Harry Potter. Unless you are only interesed in romance and only romance, I assure you Harry Potter is way better.

I absolutely love twilight but I've been a Harry potter fan longer and Harry potter is CLASSIC. Well, it will be a classic lol. It deserves all of its popularity, great plots, great characters, great fantasy. Should you read the Harry Potter series? Yes, yes you should!
Then again, that's totally biased, isn't it... if you think you might like wizardry, magic, teen issues (like relationships, friendships), strong plots and mystery, go for it. [what have I missed?...]

want my advise about it. you need to read both and deside for yourself. everyone is goin to have their own thoughts about the books. if you ask me they are the same. they both have romance. they both have adventure. and they both have hottt characters.
just read them yourself. then you will know the answer for your question.

I absolutely adore Twilight and Harry Potter, but in my opinion, Harry Potter is a bit better than Twilight, not only because it is better written, but also because there are more questions, mysteries, loose ends that need to be tied up, etc. There's also a lot of battle of good vs. evil, and while I understand that Twilight also has that, it's more prominent in Harry Potter. There's still some romance, though, admittedly, a little less, and there's plenty of action, humor, and suspense. Even if some people don't think that Harry Potter is as good as Twilight, you should read it anyway! Why waste time debating whether or not you should read it, just do it! It will better you mentally, and reading is fun! So I say read it, then decide for yourself which series is better. Because they're both two very good series, and you're missing out if you pick favorites.

Its actually bette than twilight fantasy wise!But its nowhere near as romantic!the best books are the 6&7 even if u dont read the rest read 6&7 they are soooooooooo gooooooooooooood

the wierd thing is, i havn't either but my brother says its like the best book EVER, well one of them.

I haven't read the books either,i have only seen the movies...but i might read it:D
I use to love harry potter a lot more when i was younger...but then twilight came along^_^

I like the harry potter series better and I do think Harry potter is a much better book, but I do like twilight a lot too, I say you should give it a try is good book, twlight and harry potter are very different acttually I get mad with all this people arguing wich is better and all that, read them maybe you'll like them and if you don't well at least you can say you read them and say why you didn't like them ^^

omg, harry potter is so much better, and i love twilight, so that means it really is good, its get better with each book, my favs the 3rd and the 5th, and well all of them, but them specially, check them out

O.K so i've read both and I personally think HARRY POTTER is better and my BFF thinks so to like HARRY POTTER is funny,sad and sometimes you get really worried so you ave to read all te books

I hope you read them

I have read all of Twilight and Harry Potter and in my opinion, Harry Potter is better than Twilight, but that's probably just because my best friend loves to rave about Edward. But Harry Potter is a good read.

If you're looking for fantasy then you should read both Harry Potter and Twilight... they're both excellent books and definitely worth the time...
(especially the Twilight series :) )

In my personal opinion, they're both pretty good.

Honestly speaking, Harry Potter is waaay better than Twilight. The characters are developed better and the story is evenly paced with a wonderful conclusion. Twilight is very slow, until you are near the end of each book-then the action comes in for the lat of it. If I had to choose, it would be Harry Potter hands down, even though the last Twilight book was pretty good.

I personally think that harry potter is a wonderful book and Twilight is too but the constant talking about it wears it down until you have complete loathing for it!
I also believe that Bella can moan on and on about not being pretty etc. The main objectives of the 3rd and 4th film is to sleep with edward so i think that it isnt a great example to the 11 year olds and up! Plus there has been lots of examples of girls getting morbidly obsessed with the series and locking themselves away!!!!!!
Personally i think twilight has gone a bit too far!

Short and sweet:
Harry Potter is a more adventure and fantasy story that some young adults can relate to (except the murderer wizard coming after you).
Twilight is a more romantic and is for young adults who really want or can relate to finding that special someone... dare I say soulmate...

Harry Potter series are better than twilight series... i have read both of them and i really dont know why twilight makes people crazy... i read them so i can have an opinion about it but i didnt like it

I think Harry Potter is unbelievable and classic. I mean, hey, it was placed as number two on the list of "Top 101 Books you have to read before you die". So, I think that speaks for itself. But like someone mentioned previously, the only way to know is to decide for yourself. :D

I have read both and seen the most recently released movies on both. Both are great! But I wouldn't advise reading the books before the movies b/c the movies toys with what they like and if you read the book and then watch the movie it makes the movie less entertaining.

Personally I think that Harry Potter is so much better than Twilight.

And think of it this way: the Harry Potter book series was so good, that they made a movie out of it.

I've read the Twilight series once and Harry Potter multiple times. In my opinion, HP is better and there are more books to read, for enjoyment.

I've read both,and I love Twilight,but HP is MUCH better!
I think you should read it

Harry Potter is way better then Twilight. if you enjoyed Twilight, then you should enjoy Harry Potter :)

i loved harry Potter but i liked twilight too!of course i like a bit more harry potter coz i think it's better written with more interesting story and plot and coz i actually i grew up with it... i read the first book when i was really young and now after so many years it's over! well we (me and all the first hp fans) have memories from it and our childhood includes hp too! what i want to say is that i saw harry potter from little 11year-pld child in the 9 3/4 platform to 17year-old teen-adult beating voldemort! and in the whole time i was aging the same time with him!! i love twilight too, but it's smaller saga, it has sth different to say and i read it now, being quite old... however, honestly, read it!!;)

Harry potter is BRILL if not better than Twilight
but is not as romantic as it. Its more magical and are the best thing you will eva read!! My mom said she'd burn them because I read them so much!!"£$DDD LOL

I have read HP and Twilight saga.
And I can totally say that,HP is %100 winner.believe me.
I'm a totally bookworm and I like series like HP and Twilight but including aaaaaaall of 'em,HP rockz anyway.
because HP has a lot of secrets and It' geniousy.But twilight seems so much poor according their authors's writing style.
and trust me,HP is much more creative.wampires are,you know...ordinary..
I like Twilight but HP rockz my world,so,I think you should read it.

i love both dont get me wrong! but, (and this doesnt say TOO much) atm on fanpop twilight has 26,888 fans wheras HP has 17,910...:) (tells u sumthing tho!) deff read them they are great but i deff love twilight much more! :)

HARRY POTTER IS BETTER!!!!

Harry Potter's one of those rare series which actually deserve to be as big and famous as it is. Unlike Twilight. Sure Twilight's ok but it isn't anything compared to Harry Potter. I'm a fan of both by the way.

i think you should it took me 3 months to read them all (kept dates of how long it took me to read them added them up) and found that i was more or less intransted in a diffrent world wich i didnt want to leave so i think you should so go for it and enjoy

I have read all of the harry potter books and found them the most interesting,fascinating,entertaining and many more ings you can add here....

I have read first novel of twilight series and found it something close to good so i left the thought of reading the rest of them some other day
So there is no point of comparing both of them...........

I've read almost all the HP books, and their very good, you should read them, but their not as good as twilight.. but anyways yeah Read HP!

I have read both the Twilight saga and Harry Potter series multiple times. i love them both. i would recommend both 2 any1

you can't really compare Twilight and Harry Potter, i've read them both, and reread them, and i love them both, very different stories. You should defiantly read harry potter. :)

I personally think both of these series stand out more than any other especially Twilight. They are two diferrent stories but both are written so that is very clear about the emotions and the actions which take. I think you should read them. I have read Twilight and Harry Potter and I never get tired of them or get bored of reading the same conersations and dialogues. I think if a person who like to read adventure, romance and mystery, you should read Harry Potter. I personally like the books 'goblet of fire' and 'deathly hallows'. It is a series that I will ner stop reading.

Hi,
(I'm french so excuse me if I don't speak well)

I rely love twilight, but my favorite is Harry Potter !

I read both series and i think that they r both good;
Harry Potter: is good because its not from one person's point of view,(like in twilight, everything is how bella sees it)HP is in general, and its also funny, i mean it has alot of humor in it and a lot of adventure.

Twilight:i love twilight because of the storyline,i mean the whole vampire, werewolf thing is my thing, and the whole thing about how bella falls in luv wid a vamp is just amazing! i don't know how to say it but i just think its brilliant!!

okay i read the HP bks long ago and i don't remember it well, i read Twilight saga recently and am still crazy about it!! SO ALL AM SAYING IS THAT THEY ARE BOTH GREAT SERIES AND U SHLD READ THEM AND CHOOSE FOR UR SELF!!

I have personally read both the Harry Potter series and the Twilight Saga and I believe that they are both excellent series. You defintely finish reading the Harry Potter series.

I am a Twilight fan and I'm not really into Harry Potter (I just really like the films) The books are good but they aren't my cup of tea. It depends on what you mean by as good as. If you mean adventure, mystery and magic then they are both equally good. If you are into a good romance then don't bother with Harry Potter until the 5th book (but then it won't make much sense and the romance isn't that interesting anyway)and reread Twilight instead :) If you want a well written book (gramatically that is) then read Harry Potter.
If you have read the 1st book and you liked it, carry on reading, it can't do any harm.
Enjoy...I hope I helped :D

is ok!

I've read some of the comments made by other people and really its up to you whether you wanna read Twilight or Harry Potter or hell read the both...you might like them both or hate em, that be up to you.

This is what i have to say:
I admit I have my own preferences in both of the series, ive read (own both series on dvd/books) and watched the dvds over a zillion times lol...but they are two very different stories and yeah ive compared them to see what similarities and differences...each author writes differently and we have to remember that...

J.K Rowling and Stephanie Meyer are two very differnt talented writers of storytelling: adventure, romance, drama, relationships between characters, good vs evil, wizards/witches, vampires/humans, magic, real life issues blended into the story, plus of course a new world to explore: both are different.

I do like twilight but i feel that the characters are just underdeveloped and i disagree with some aspects of it but other than that i dont have a problem with twilight. (im looking forward to see how they manage to renesmee on film tho) and i quite enjoy the romeo and juliet theme/jacob black and a new spin to werewolves and combining Native American vibe into the story which i think is a nice change.

Harry Potter, i like it for its magic, story and i find it very compelling to read as a whole series; you can see it in your head. I also love how in some ways there are issues that are brought up: prejudice against people/blood status, racism, abuse of power, corruption, family and love, political issues, normality, oppression and overcoming odds..i could go on but there are so many that has a touch of depth or well connection to real issues/themes that we go through while being in a totally different world and whatnot...

I would say Harry Potter. Twilight is a'ight, but it gets too... Ick. And the characters are SOO annoying!!!

Harry Potter can tend to drag in places, but once you pull through the rough patches, it's really honestly good.

I dont think, you can compare those 2 series.
But you really should read both and then you schoud decide which one you like better.

Twilight is absolutely rubbish!
I know many books that are better than Harry Potter but o boy Harry Potter beats Twilight by, ALOT! In my opinion.
You should definately read the rest of the Harry Potter books, they're very enjoyable =]

ok i have read both Harry and the twilight books, and honestly there is no comparison at all Harry Potter is in a class of its own, who ever said it is as good as twilight is down playing jk rowlings books completely.
Don't get me wrong i really like the twilight saga but they are just a variation of so many other vampire related things such as Buffy, Angel,The Southern Vampire Mysteries which TRUE BLOOD is based on (the similarities between them and twilight is uncanny and they were published in 2001 and twilight was published in 2005!!!)and other books through the yrs
Jk Rowling however created a whole world for her wizarding community tieing in effortlessly with the real world making everything interlink creating a multitude of characters most of whom end up having a reson to exist within the world while making us connect on some level with them all.....twilight, not so much creativeness going on its just like an evolution of the vampire romances seen in so many other things....so very pradictable......but enjoyable non the less.
Harry Potter is 1 of them one-off strokes of shear genius that comes about once in a blue moon..........Twilight is just a more well written vampire romance than some of the others, and there is bound to be many more vamp variations to come but there will never ever be another HARRY POTTER!!!!!

I really love both of them but my loylaty will always lie with the Harry Potter books!

my friend, I have read all Harry potter books and all the twilight saga books (twilight, New moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn)...In my opinion, even if I am a big Fan of twilight, Harry potter is better written book...Generally it doesn't focus on feelings for as much time as twilight does...Twilight is a very good book too, but I think Harry potter is a better organised book and if you start reading it you will see that you won't be able to stop...Personally I recomend you to read both series so that u can form your own opinion...If u don't have the money to buy every book u can download them in several websites...If you don't know any site just google "free download books" and you ll get lots of them...Hope I helped you...

I have read both the series and they are both AMAZING! i am pretty sure that if you like Twilight then you will like Harry potter. But if you are not into stuff like mythical creatures and magic and stuff like that, then don't waste your time.. I actually like harry potter better because you can relate to the characters better and it explains stuff so much more.. but twilight is my second fav..

I'm not going to lie I LOVE Harry Potter over Twilight just because in the Hp book in seems like it has more of a pot and the the Arthur of Twilight rushed sometimes and it wasn't the best of her work.But you should totally read both if nothing else you can say you gave HP a try,right. Both Wirters are awesome and both series are amazing in their own ways!

ok I love both and have read both but I can't chose cause I get caught up in them when I read them so it usually like the 1 I read last. this is a really hard decision 4 me 2 make but I think I like twilight better because I feel more emotion in it. I literally sit there with the book open and yell at the characters. I get more wraped into twilight one day it was sunny outside but I read twilight 4 about an hour and I steped outside and said where's the rain. but I sugest u read harry potter it is really gud and interesting. best 2 not compare it 2 twilight cause they have absolutley nothing in common

I'm sure Harry Potter is A LOT better than Twilight, and I'm not the only one who says that. HP has got amazing characters and J.k: rowling is a very writer; she knows what she's doing when she puts someone in danger, or whatever that happens in the books. Twilight cannot be compared with it, god.

I really can't say which one is better.Twilight was just amazing but Harry Potter was fantastic too.I've read both series and I loved them.Well I loved all the HP books but I didn't like Breaking Dawn (twilight 4).And although I'm a huge Twilight fan I think Harry Potter was slightly better for this very reason.I suggest you read it because you'll love it!!!!!!!!

Harry Potter is as good as the Twilight Saga(saga means 4.) You should read them.

Yeah, Harry Potter is WAY better. By the way, learn how to turn your caps lock button of it's really annoying

I'm gonna make this short and straight to the point:

Harry Potter >>>> Twilight

Harry Potter is much better.

i say everybody should read harry potter and twilight at least once. read it. there good books!!!

I have read both, and Twilight is an excellent story, over the top. But, Harry Potter ranks with the classic stories, this is a LEGEND. It is outstanding, the movies do not touch the brilliance of this story. I would say it is a bit unfair to compare the two stories Twilight and Harry Potter - they are different and both are great, and both should be read...

well i have read both but me being a fan of both it is hard to say but if i had to choose it would be harry potter it is better but ive been a fan since i was 8. But you should still read twilight because they are good.

U SHOOD DEFINITELY READ DA REST OF THE BOOKS!! THERE JUS AS AWESOME!!

Yes, they are both equally as amazing!! i couldn't pick my favourite between them- they are fantastic and i've read both series of books multiple times. but many people have different preferances. you might like harry potter or twilight better than the other one. everyone's different but i love them both equally! :)

Both of the series are great. The books are well written, have depth, and really stir up the imagination. As for movies, Twilight sucked. I'm hoping New Moon will be different, better. Twilight was the worst movie I have ever seen. Harry Potter movies, on the other hand, are brilliantly directed, wonderfully acted, and extremely believable. I often talk to people who aren't there (no, not schizophrenia, just fun fantasies) and I always imagine I'm either talking to people from Harry Potter Land, or from Twilight. In all fairness, Twilight is wonderful, but I stand loyal to Harry Potter.