Hermione is the best student of her year and believes that everything you need to know is in the books, thus explaining the fact that she is very logical and has brilliant reasoning. In her first year, Hermione was chosen by the Sorting Hat to be from the Gryffindor house (as well as Harry Potter and Ron Weasley). In the fifth book of the saga (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) and after being questioned by a Ravenclaw student about the reason, despite her intelligence, not being selected for her home, Hermione said that the Sorting Hat had considered this hypothesis ; however, the hat decided to leave her in Gryffindor (deep down, however clever, her courage surpasses her wisdom). This can be evidenced when she says in the first book to Harry himself: \”Me? Books and intelligence … There are more important things: friendship and courage\”.