Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

TIME book critic Lev Grossman grabs an early copy of Deathly Hallows and finds it a sad but satisfying wrap-up to J.K. Rowling's seven-novel epic

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In GPS-tracked boxes toted by FedEx, the books fan out across the country. To limit leakage, millions of copies arrive at bookstores within an eight-hour window.

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