Besides, of course, the Harry Potter series itself. Why limit the magic?

Author J. K. Rowling on Monday marked the "wonderful" two decades since her Harry Potter creation first hit the shelves, starting a global literary phenomenon which has inspired a generation.

Here are some books to accompany you during your break away, or while at home. It's okay, we don't judge.

After years of rejection letters, British author J.K. Rowling finally published the first volume of the Harry Potter saga 20 years ago, on June 26, 1997.

After years of rejection letters, British author J.K. Rowling finally published the first volume of the Harry Potter saga 20 years ago, on June 26, 1997.

Haruki Murakami’s latest short story collection depicts urbanites who, due to their loneliness, get caught up in the craziness and darkness of their own imaginations.

But among all this “hipsterity,” what got me most excited about visiting Melbourne was its indie bookshops.

Elevation Books’ latest publication Pop Kosong Berbunyi Nyaring (Hollow Pop Makes a Loud Sound) is an incredibly personal work with an identifiable perspective.

“I am 70 years old, but for Rose and the children, I am 66."

With simple yet poetic prose, Homegoing is easily accessible to a range of readers regardless of their understandings of American or African history.

The author’s second novel, “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”, is a political, poetic, satirical and controversial epic, the first output of fiction since her book “The God of Small Things” won the Booker Prize.

Indonesian delegates consisting of authors and performers are vying to promote local children’s content and folklore to neighboring countries as an effort to preserve them for future generations.

One was born with talent. Another had to work his way up.

In conjunction with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone’s 20th anniversary, British publishing house Bloomsbury is re-releasing the book four different ways: one for each Hogwarts house.

Chinese sci-fi title The Three-Body Problem was first serialized in Science Fiction World magazine in 2006 and then published as a book in 2008. It was eventually translated into English and it became a literary phenomenon, winning the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2015.

Flavors of Indonesia: William Wongso’s Culinary Wonders, a culinary book by local food expert and chef William Wongso, was named Best Book of the Year at the 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

While the focus is on eastern Indonesian writers, the festivals invited writers from other parts of Indonesia and around the world of diverse races, ethnicities, religions and languages.

Bruce Grant’s Subtle Moments is not a stationary list of triumphs and big names, but the restless story of recent times told by an articulate hack still gripped by the journalist’s three-letter palsy: why.

A book has collected memories of the 1965 tragedy to be passed on to the next generation.

Those who are curious about how science and Indonesian culture collide can consider reading Kode-kode Nusantara (Archipelago Codes), a book written in collaboration between culture enthusiast community Sobat Budaya and research institute for complexity Bandung Fe Institute.

Every decent read is a unique personal experience, but it is hard, as an Indonesian having firsthand experience of the 1998 May riots, not to take Christopher Raja’s The Burning Elephant to an even more personal level.

In the cult Millennium crime fiction series, Stieg Larsson created Lisbeth Salander as a tattooed hacker out to get revenge on her persecutors.

Bill Clinton might have hoped to spend this year back in the White House as America's "first gentleman," should his wife Hillary have won the 2016 election.

Despite its image as a predominantly secular nation, China has seen a revival of religious beliefs and practices in the decades following the Cultural Revolution, author and longtime China correspondent Ian Johnson maintains in his new book, "The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao."

Unique features adorning angkot public transportation in Padang, West Sumatra, have long been the talk of the town and beyond.

Unexpectedly, “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has apologized to fans for killing Severus Snape in the sought-after wizardry series.

US First Daughter Ivanka Trump revived ethics concerns Tuesday by publishing a self-help book for working women, which was immediately criticized for offering little help to millions of Americans living outside the moneyed elite.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer – who died on this day, April 30, eleven years ago – did not recede into benevolent old age nor fade gently away.

The Big Bad Wolf (BBW) book sale is slated to end on May 2 at midnight.

Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL player and convicted murderer found hanging by a bedsheet in prison last week, will be the subject of an upcoming true crime book by best-selling author James Patterson.