The list of books and their page counts was supplied by kings office and refers to the american hardcover editions. Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. Kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. A book s title is watch draws a person to read a book. Top 10 longest novels in the english languagetop 10 longest novels in the english languagei love a long book that i can really get into, so i decided to compile a list of the longest novels ever written.
Length of a book is typically associated with its size specifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates. A glorious mess in a career of glorious messes, pynchons longest and. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. For a full list of record titles, please use our record. King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances under which they were written and the critical reception that they received. The longest day is a fascinating and informative examination of one of the most important days in recent world history. The megaselling guinness world records book has been an annual phenomenon since its very first publication in 1955. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. Britains tax code is an incredible 17,000 pages long, surely a dogwhistle to the very rich marina hyde i asked people who legally avoid tax why the tax system is long, complex and inaccessible. Venmurasu is a tamil book still being written that should be 25,000 pages. And i thought the stand was long its only 1168 pages.
We are also going to look at how harry potter is comparable to other young adult novels in regards to word count. Since then it has sold more than 143 million copies in over 100 countries, and has been translated into at least 22 languages. Thousands of pages of poetry are translated into other languages. I stopped after book 7 or 8 when the series had turned into a. Most pages in a flip book international book of records. The title of the book was something like i may have this wrong, but you get the idea everything men kn. It is supposedly the world s longest published novel in english at 2. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records, theres no doubt that prousts masterpiece could quite easily double up as a mightily effective doorstop, with volumes clocking up nearly 1. In the image above the blah story books taken from prleap. In fact, according to the guinness book of world records throughout most of the 1970s and 80s, hubert wolfstern is a man of the most names.
Ive no idea how many pages it is, but the edition i first read was 6 or 7 good size volumes. The oxford english dictionary has 10 volumes, 15,490 pages. The longest sentence contains the longest word, both of them belong to nigel tomm and both are published in the longest novel the blah story. Guinness world records books guinness world records. The battle of the bulge and the epic story of wwiis most decorated platoon paperback october 25, 2005. As i did more research, i realized that there were many issues i had to take into consideration when deciding what to include on this list. And were talking long in actual length, not page count. What is the longest book you have ever read, and was it. I say this because megabooks like marcel prousts remembrance of things past which, according to guinness world records is the longest novel at about. Its official at 4,032 pages, all resting on a spine over a foot thick, the world s thickest book is the complete miss marple. A million authors will give us a book that will run somewhere between 3 and 5 million pages in length.
Nigel tomms abstract novel the blah story was begun to publish in the october 2007. The longest book i have ever read is gibbons decline and fall of the roman empire. Though often compared to war and peace, the longsuppressed world war ii novel has. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages. Long or short fiction, the world gets bigger when we read. You must keep in mind that different publishings have different lengths.
The massive volume, a collection of the 12 novels and 20 short. If you are talking about word count, the answer is zero. If you are a big book reader or youre curious about the lengths some ya novels have gone in their physical manifestation then youll enjoy this look at the longest ya books around. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world. Guinness world records 2019 by guinness world records. If we used all that paper in our book, it would be about 12 trillion pages long, and a bookshelf wide enough to hold it would have to wrap around. The book, much like grossmans first two novels, is radically experimental. The guinness book of world records gives the honor to marcel prousts elephantine remembrance of things past, weighing in at 9,609,000 characters including spaces.
The shortest novels written by 20 authors you shouldve. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. As youll see in the video above, the comic is on a long scroll of paper and you unroll it to read it. This is a video of some guy pronouncing the longest word in the world, which is the chemical name for titan aka connectin, a human protein, and the largest known protein. First written down over two thousand years ago, mindon felt that these scriptures would be a fitting testament to his life. Back in the late 90s i came across a book in barnes and noble in the humor section. Its the biggest childrens book in the world, a book of childrens writing on the theme, my dream for a better world.
Seeking an entry in the guinness book of world records, a college principal on monday released a book with the longest title of 1022 words with 4805 characters and no space. The size of the book, size of the font, size of the pages, type of font, forewords and afterwords, introductions, indexes, concordances, bibliographies, etc all determine the number of pages in a book. Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the worlds longest novel. In original essays of 100 to 500 words, young people will focus on what they would do, or what other people could do, to help make the world a better place. It takes brobro 3hours and 33 minutes to pronounce the whole thing, and it. This man has 26 first names and the longest last name in.
Dr subramonian, principal, dr r v arts and science college, karamadai, about 25 km from coimbatore, has written a book about daniel radcliffe, the young actor, who gave life to j k rowlings character harry. What is the shortest book that can realistically be. Longest book wordwise that i know of, though, is war and peace. A book with a million authors and a million chapters now thats a project worth getting excited about.
How many pages were in the longest book ever written answers. If that subtitle is key, a shorter main title may qualify. Although many wouldnt mind reading a book that is more than or 1500 pages, you might just think twice before starting books that fall into. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation.
One more was added to record how it all came about, making it 730 stone inscriptions in total. At that point, i think we can safely say that we have produced the worlds longest book. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates. But, have you ever imagined a book s title that is long as the book itself. Let me start by saying that before this book, i knew nothing about dday. As well as organizing the fifth buddhist council in 1871, he was responsible for the construction in mandalay of the world s largest book, consisting of 729 large marble tablets with the tipitaka pali canon of theravada buddhism inscribed on them in gold. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update by katerina s october 17, 2014 the length of a book is usually at least among the readers considered to be the number of pages from cover to cover.
To aid you in your worthwhile endeavor, ive sought out the shortest novels written by a selection of difficult writers. Sure, you could start with their most famous book, but if your real, secret goal is to only say youve read soandso at your next party and not be lying, why not start with their shortest. I knew allied troops landed, many people died, and it turned the tide on the war and that is it. Guinness world records, known until 2000 as the guinness book of records, is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
The list below has been compiled from a lot of research, and it includes only stand alone titles or the first book in a series. The book itself holds a world record, as the bestselling ed book. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. In this article, were going to look at how many words are in the harry potter series. A suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. It was in fact larger but the publishers managed to convince him to shed a. If youre looking for videos featuring the world s tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on.
Welcome to the official international book of records youtube channel. Britains tax code is an incredible 17, 000 pages long. But savoring a book of, say, 800 pages or longer is a project. Together the rows of pagodas form the biggest book in the world and this is how kuthodaw is now known. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. Books with really long titles add your favorite books that have titles that have at least six words, not counting what comes after the colon.