Harry Potter is way better then LOTR in many respects, it has proper foreshadowing and is well thought out, where as Tolkien just made it up as he went, and not that I don't love reading entire pages about grass growing, and what not, but its nice to read something where the writer understood the concept of brevity and leaving out the boring stuff

Dont get me wrong, I love LOTR, but I find Potter to be much better written in the sense of a compelling story told in an exciting fashion, and its a lot more modern and thoughtful then RIngs and its christian overtones and and racist undertones. A product of its time and place, I won't hold that against the dear professor, but it doesn't change the fact.

Either way, His Dark Materials is waaaaaay better then both Potter and Rings