<P> The novel was also well received by critics . Rowling was praised for her imagination by USA Today writer Deirdre Donahue . Most of the negative reviewers were concerned with the violence contained in the novel and with morality issues occurring throughout the book . </P> <P> The New York Times writer John Leonard praised the novel, saying "The Order of the Phoenix starts slow, gathers speed and then skateboards, with somersaults, to its furious conclusion...As Harry gets older, Rowling gets better ." However, he also criticises "the one - note Draco Malfoy" and the predictable Lord Voldemort . </P> <P> Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series . The first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first published by Bloomsbury in 1997 with an initial print - run of 500 copies in hardback, three hundred of which were distributed to libraries . By the end of 1997, the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9 to 11 year - olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize . The second novel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in the UK on 2 July 1998 . Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was published a year later in the UK on 8 July 1999 and in the US on 8 September 1999 . Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published on 8 July 2000 simultaneously by Bloomsbury and Scholastic . Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the longest book from the series, yet the second shortest film at 2 hours and 18 minutes . </P> <P> After the publishing of Order of the Phoenix, the sixth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince, was published on 16 July 2005, and sold 9 million copies in the first 24 hours of its worldwide release . The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published 21 July 2007 . The book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the UK and 8.3 million in the US . </P>

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