--- title: Harry Potter: Twitter Opens Up Suggestions for #NewHarryPotterBooks description: How about 'Snapes on a Plane'? canonical: https://time.com/3978427/twitter-newharrypotterbooks/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-30T13:58:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:11.859Z og:title: Twitter Call for #NewHarryPotterBooks Leads to Inspired Suggestions og:description: I bet you'd read 'Snapes on a Plane' og:url: https://time.com/3978427/twitter-newharrypotterbooks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Twitter Call for #NewHarryPotterBooks Leads to Inspired Suggestions twitter:description: I bet you'd read 'Snapes on a Plane' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These #NewHarryPotterBooks Won't Be Coming to a Bookstore Near You > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly Jul 30, 2015 1:58 PM UTC by [Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly Jul 30, 2015 1:58 PM UTC Comedy Central’s _@midnight_ made Harry Potter nerds’ dreams come true on Wednesday when the show started [#NewHarryPotterBooks](https://twitter.com/hashtag/newharrypotterbooks?src=tren&vertical=default) on Twitter, and encouraged fans to jump in with their suggestions. > [](https://twitter.com/midnight/status/626595600893480961) J.K. Rowling has said over and over again that she won’t write anymore Harry Potter books, but that didn’t stop readers from assuming the hashtag meant another one was in the works. Yes, there was an online contingency that freaked out, but unfortunately “Harry Potter and The People Who Misunderstood [A Hashtag And Were Severely Disappointed](https://twitter.com/chilelimon616)” will not be hitting local bookstores. Those who did jump in actually came up with some good titles that we wouldn’t mind reading. Check out the best ones: > [](https://twitter.com/izzy68/status/626596811734650880) > [](https://twitter.com/EdASalazar/status/626601555240710144) > [](https://twitter.com/gumgumerson/status/626626338330427392) > [](https://twitter.com/dumbassgenius/status/626642053007413248) > [](https://twitter.com/sub150run/status/626623944670339073) > [](https://twitter.com/GordoHelio/status/626621897548152832) > [](https://twitter.com/bryanbehar/status/626618397741027328) > [](https://twitter.com/angry%5Feyebrowz/status/626613014444249088) > [](https://twitter.com/one%5Fring%5F77/status/626613167804710912) > [](https://twitter.com/SinCityChiGirl/status/626611116685131776) > [](https://twitter.com/MELnc/status/626610498734309377) _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/30/new-harry-potter-books-hashtag-twitter) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ### Harry Potter Illustrated Edition Illustrations  Harry Potter Jim Kay—Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.  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