J.K. Rowling

With Voldemort’s forces growing and the wizarding world gripped by fear, Harry enters his sixth year at Hogwarts knowing that the final confrontation is drawing near. Dumbledore takes Harry under his wing for private lessons, guiding him through memories of Voldemort’s past in search of the Dark Lord’s one true vulnerability. Meanwhile, Harry stumbles upon a mysterious old Potions textbook filled with brilliant and dangerous annotations, belonging to someone who called himself the Half-Blood Prince. As friendships are tested, romances bloom, and dark forces close in on Hogwarts itself, the year ends with a shattering loss that changes everything — and sets Harry on the path to his ultimate destiny.