At that point, i think we can safely say that we have produced the worlds longest book. Madison cooper, a businessman from waco, texas, hit his. But savoring a book of, say, 800 pages or longer is a project. A glorious mess in a career of glorious messes, pynchons longest and loosest. The guinness world record for the longest book title belongs to vityala yethindra for his book the historical development of the heart from its formation from in all, the title contains 3,777 words and over 26,000 characters. Jan 28, 2016 the guinness book of world records gives a more standard type of book the recordthey say the worlds largest book is a 2012 text on the prophet muhammad created in dubai and measuring an. Before we dive into my long list of books with long titles, lets consider some interesting stats about book titles. The longest book you have ever read page 5 creative. Basically, i cut and paste an entire book into microsoft word, then used the word count feature. I was using the list in order to memorize the books of the new testament, in order from shortest to longest books. Number of pages in novels 191 20 47 21 6 6 8 8 9 22 0 2 4 5 5 23 69. Sep 29, 2020 marcel ray duriez, nevaeh saga is a series of books this is just book 1, angles in disguise, special edition 71 books at this time within the series as a collection with the same protagonist also the longest in book thickness with lined up book spins as one longest novel. It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i.
Publishers tend to shy away from books that long unless they have a really good reason. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. How many pages are in all of the harry potter books. King on king stephen king on his 10 longest novels. Oct 02, 2014 this white wolf series stretches for 14 books with 6,095 pages. Weve talked about the shortest books on the list, and now im wondering what the longest books are. Ive read a few other nicholas sparks books before but never has one moved me like this one has. Feb, 2021 take a page from the book with the longest title by commonplace fun facts on february, 2021 3 comments we have already delved into the longest sentence ever published in a book, the beloved childrens book written in response to a bet, and the shortest poem on record. With over 100 million copies of his books sold, nicholas sparks is one of the worlds most beloved storytellers. It has been included in lists of the best books of all time. Other commentators cite henry dargers in the realms of the unreal, a 15,000 page, handwritten tome that has yet to see print. The longest ride by nicholas sparks, paperback barnes. A student randomly selected a set of 20 novels from the local library and recorded the number of pages in each of the novels.
A million authors will give us a book that will run somewhere between 3 and 5 million pages in length. Welcome to worlds longest website growing with every new. By scrolling the replaced lines, the 333 real lines in this section will be loaded and displayed. He spent 2,703 days in a number of north vietnamese prison.
While a classic, i feel it could probably have done with a bit of an edit in some of the middle sections. Adrian argues that the longest book, which has 279 pages, is an outlier in this data set. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. No book that size is perfect, because excess is kind of the point. Traditionally, artamene ou le grand cyrus, has been considered the longest novel, but has. I used word count, not number of pages, as the measure of length, and 3. There are eight books longer than women and men, which. Mar 04, 2021 i think the longest book ive ever read is probably the collected works of aristotle, 1,500 pages. The length of the page is 100% generated by adding one line with every visitor. This is a list of the longest novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. Though it is a whopping 2,100,000 words and, 095 pages long, in its time it was hugely popular. I just finished reading this book and it was truly a wonderful and emotional ride to read this. Name the longest book you ever read and how many pages.
Journalist cornelius ryan began working on the book in the mid1950s, while the memories of the dday participants were still fresh, and he spent three years interviewing dday survivors in the united states and europe. Welcome to worlds longest website growing with every. Aug 26, 2015 10 long books actually worth the time investment gone with the wind by margaret mitchell. If you got intrigued, you can search it online and read it. Jun 27, 2017 perhaps we can thank harry potter for a trend over the last couple of decades in childrens and young adult literature. A book with a million authors and a million chapters now thats a project worth getting excited about. This is especially true in ya fiction, where tomes are regularly ringing in at 350 or more pages, both as entries into a series and as stand alone reads. The long list of books with long titles booklist queen. Urban fantasy poster boy has over 6,200 pages through 15 books, and remember, he is still growing. Cats of the clans and secrets of the clans are at a tie. How many pages are in all of the harry potter books combined. The book is entitled shree haricharitramrut sagar and is a biography of bhagwan shree swaminarayan. The longest ride follows two couples and ends up with how their lives intertwine. Take a page from the book with the longest title marcel ray.
Nov 10, 2016 here are 11 of the longest books that are still worth your time assuming youre unwilling to read all off the longest books, anyway. May 06, 2016 seay, whose book clocks in at 592 pages, picks 10 other long books worth the investment. The longest australian novel ever written was in 1976 by xavier. Lot of reading remains though including anne lovetts the river nymph at 563 pages.
I figured this because the book has 150 psalms, and the runnerup in chapter count would have been isaiah, with a meager 66 chaptersthats less than half of what psalms has. Take a page from the book with the longest title marcel. Jun 04, 2014 the 7 longest books in american history 1. Women and men by joseph mcelroy 850,000 words, 1192 pages. Eleven of nicholas sparkss novels the choice, the longest ride, the best of me, safe haven, the lucky one, the last song, dear john, nights in rodanthe, the notebook, a walk to remember, and message in a bottle have been adapted into major motion pictures. Mar 17, 2020 of my reads, frank herberts dune at 688 pages might be one of the longest, beaten by marion zimmer bradleys mists of avalon at 884 pages. Overwhelmingly creative, nigel tomm demolishes the barrier of words and. How many pages are in all of the harry potter books combined and individually. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records. The blah story by nigel tomm 11 million words 7312 pages.
A true classic of world war ii history, the longest day tells the story of the massive allied invasion of normandy on june 6, 1944. Adrian argues that the longest book, which has 279. It, however, isnt even close to being the longest book ever written. Usually books with 450500 pages or more and i dont mind a good 1,000 page book either. Polgara the sorceress is the longest book i have read in english at 754 pages. Even though psalms has more contributors than any other book of the bible, it turns out that two other books are much longer than psalms. But harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest in j. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact. I had created a list similar to this, for the new testament books. I know that suitable boy and war and peace are about 1500 pages long. Obviously, there are plenty of great books that dont come near these massive page counts. The guinness world record for the longest book title belongs to vityala yethindra for his book the historical development of the heart from its formation from in all, the title contains 3,777 words and over 26,000. Jun 06, 2009 this task ended up being much more complex than one would think a list of longest books ever should be. The count of monte cristo at 375,695 words and 1,276 pages in the penguin classics english translation is one of the longest books ive read.
Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. I own longer books, but those are collections with more works such as those from h. The 25 longest books i have ever read the hannie corner. May 16, 2008 10 of the longest novels ever published. Once youre done reading about the worlds longest novel, check out. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book. What is the shortest and longest harry potter book. And i thought the stand was long its only 1168 pages. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally. People regard this as something worthy of comment, and i get that. This book in malayalam is known as the second longest written in an.
Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. Sirona, texas by madison cooper 840,000 words, 1,731 pages. It ranks them on word count, rather than page count which seems like a more accurate way to get an idea of length. Oct 17, 2014 1 the blah story by nigel tomm the book has over 3,277,227 words which counted in pages are 7312. I used logos bible software to find out which books are the longest, by original word count. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. 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. No enlisted man has been held longer as a prisoner of war than airman first class william bill robinson. Set in a fictional world with years named after corporate sponsors, this lengthy. The complete and uncut edition of the stand is considered to be kings longest standalone work with its 1,152 pages, surpassing kings 1,8 page novel it. Yes, it takes just about a thousand pages to describe scarletts three husbands. The title translates to remembrance of things past.
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