Harry Potter has bewitched detainees at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, where tales of the young wizard and mysteries by Agatha Christie top the list of most popular books, a prison librarian said on Tuesday. ?Harry Potter is a popular title among some of the detainee population,? said the librarian, a civilian contractor identified only as Lorie who works at the prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects at the US naval base in Cuba.

But even this remote prison has not escaped the world-wide frenzy over the escapades of Harry Potter and his friends at the Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. ?We have Harry Potter in four languages, English, French, Farsi and Russian. We have it on order in Arabic. We do not have books 5 and 6 in the series, at this time. We have had several detainees read the series,? Lorie said in a written response to questions from Reuters.

?One prisoner has requested the movies,? she said. News of the series? popularity was first reported by The Washington Times on Monday. Asked what other books were among the prisoners? favorites, Lorie said, ?We have 12 different Agatha Christie titles in Arabic that are very popular. Also 1001 Arabian Nights.? Overall, the library contains 1,200 books, 164 magazines and 40 videos.