as an adult, the magical aspect was that this was a series where the books were coming out on a regular cadence, and millions of people were invested in the ser

as an adult, the magical aspect was that this was a series where the books were coming out on a regular cadence, and millions of people were invested in the series while it was still being written. I can think of very few other recent examples of that - the game of thrones books, but they basically stopped coming out, and everything else was either not an ongoing series or had a much more limited audience.