Jul 15, 20 most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the old testament, and therefore the bible. Its the longest english word composed exclusively of vowels, and it has the most consecutive vowels of any word. Impress your friends by breaking or inventing your own counting world records on. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. If taken as a single piece of fiction, it would be a strong contender for the longest novel ever written. This task ended up being much more complex than one would think a list of longest books ever should be. Despite all the protestations you hear from big tech, there is a simple privacy law that. Here are 8 crazy guinness world record holders in the sex.
May 16, 2008 10 of the longest novels ever published 1. Sex records omitted in the guinness book porn dude blog. This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the world s largest book. This list uses three methods to determine the length of a games script. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact.
The guinness book of world records has a lot of variety, ranging from incredible feats by olympic athletes to the man who has the longest nails in the world this is a fact. Some of the greatest books in the world, like harry potter are quite long, yet the readers never seemed to bother. 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. With rewriting, that book became the single biggest seller i have to date. Nov 14, 2010 if you include childrensyoung teen book series, there are some american series that are pretty long. List of longest video game scripts codex gamicus humanity. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. Whats the difference between a novel, a novella, and a short story. I ended up setting it aside for more than 10 years, wrote a completely different story, and then came back to it. For originally japanese games, this refers to the length of the english translated script. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster. For a full list of record titles, please use our record. Popular novel word count the worlds largest word count.
The identity of the longest word in english depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the english language, as well as how length should be compared words may be derived naturally from the languages roots or formed by coinage and construction. If you are an avid reader long books should never be a problem for you. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course of following the narrators life, from childhood. It was a good idea to use map, which is a powerful function, but you dont need to use it here. Firstly, it is easy to count the number of pages or words in a digital manuscript. How can the books of the bible be listed from shortest to. Both men enjoyed their greatest success with novels, while exerting. While this man also holds the records for having the greatest height 12 ft 4in 375. Additionally, comparisons are complicated because place names may be considered words, technical terms may be arbitrarily long, and. Jan 28, 2016 going by word count, the longest conventionally published book in the world is generally said to be artamene,ou le grand cyrus atarmene or cyrus the great a 17 thcentury romantic novel by.
Many, yes, but there are exceptions due to the layout and font size of a particular book. You are so close but i think the problem is incallfunctions. Personally, i think the longest i ever read was the animorphs series 54 plus 10 companion books. Todays word documents dont have problem counting them, but how was in the past, lets say in the 17th century when books were written with actual holding oily pens or pencils in this article we will also talk about longest books in the world and how the writers managed to write those books. Check out some of the coolest and quirkiest counting world records and videos. This is a list of video games with the longest scripts, referring to the amount of textdialogue contained in a game. It is a maori word for a hill in the countrys north island. Word counts of the most popular books in the world. Oct 02, 2014 with this in mind, i did some research and came up with thirty of the longest fantasy series ever published. Once youre done reading about the worlds longest novel, check out. May 23, 2017 the designation of superextraordinarisimo seems arbitrary at best. Discover worlds largest book at kuthodaw pagoda in mandalay, myanmar burma. In terms of pure word count, this 17th century novel obliterates the opposition, with a whopping 2. And thats okay, because holy shit, most people dont read pages of anything in the course of a year, much less sit down and write something that length thats publishable.
Personally my first book was so garbage the only single person who ever finished it was my father. The ultimate measure of a storys size is its wordcount, however, so the literary. A time to kill 168,603 the firm 142,811 the pelican brief 1,926. After much research, we have found the longest joke in the world. The longest fingernails on a pair of hands female belong to ayanna williams usa, and have a the shortest woman living mobile is jyoti amge india, born 16 dec. Wordcounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit. Word counts on every book of the bible from longest to shortest 1 jeremiah 33,002 2 genesis 32,046 3 psalms 30,147 4 ezekiel 29,918 5 exodus 25,957 6 isaiah 25,608 7 numbers 25,048 8 deuteronomy 23,008 9. It is also one of the longest monosyllabic words of the english language. I think it stands as the longest fantasy trilogy to date. I used word count, not number of pages, as the measure of length, and 3. Discover world s largest book at kuthodaw pagoda in mandalay, myanmar burma. Tatiana ayazo i know the longest word in the whole english language, jimmy tells jenny by the playground swings. Word count for famous novels organized by hawthorn mineart, under books, writing.
If the calculation is based on the number of verses or the number of chapters or the number of pages, it is correct. As a last ditch attempt, the omnipotent hand used his spacebending powers to recall each one of the smashers to their worlds, back into the past before they participated in the brawl tourney and the war against the subspace army. What is the longest literary work ever written in terms of. But, there are books that contain millions of words. No word count, but based on its 5200 page count, gordana makes the list at number six. Theres even a 60,000 word prequel, itself longer than some novels, that brings the current wordcount above 3. If a word is coined just to be long, like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, should that count here. For example, atonement has a word count of 123,378 and my utility comes up with 110,765 words.
Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. I built one logos word list like this for every single book of the bible. Jun 04, 2014 in fact, the longest american novel only barely cracks the top 10 in terms of the longest in history. Wikipedia articles are supposed to be written in a summary style that normalizes the length of individual articles, so the longest pages are either a articles needing to be split or b not strictly articles, but lis. Shareranks is about ranking things that are top, most, greatest, or even worst in all categories. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. Jan 09, 2019 the longest place name in the world belongs to taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, new zealand. That left me with 66 logos word lists, each giving me every originallanguage word in a given book of the bible. Master hand had shown up right before tabuu could terminate the big group of smashers. What are the longest and shortest books of the bible. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. In fact, the longest american novel only barely cracks the top 10 in terms of the longest in history. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series.
Search for word count totals in books word counters. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. The most fingers and toes polydactylism on a living person is 28, which belong to devendra suthar, view this record most fingers and toes polydactylism on a living person. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference.
With this in mind, i did some research and came up with thirty of the longest fantasy series ever published. Oct 17, 2014 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. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page count leading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. If you include childrensyoung teen book series, there are some american series that are pretty long. While some place names in the world are very short, there are places with names that are exceptionally long. For example, if an author has to write a minimum or maximum amount of words for an article, essay, report, story, book, paper, you name it. Use arrows to rank one item in the longest novels ever by word count vs another. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. Worlds largest book at kuthodaw pagoda mandalay, myanmar. The longest word in english will leave you speechless.
I used logos bible software to find out which books are the longest, by original word count. Long or short fiction, the world gets bigger when we read. Word count is a more important criteria for longest than page count, as the size of the. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. When first recorded on the tv show lo show dei record in march 2010, the beard measured 7 feet 9 inches 236. If you are wondering about its meaning, its a musical term from medieval times. Apr 20, 2018 meet the top 10 biggest snakes in the world. The word count of 969,000 words is true for the first edition of clarissa, but later editions seem to have climbed to above 1,000,000 words.
The worlds largest book is not a book in the conventional sense, but a. English word count the number of english words used. Which is the largest wikipedia article by word count. No doubt frank, the number one proust scholar in america from little miss.
However, it was not possible to find an estimate more accurate than above 1,000,000 words for these later editions. Sep 06, 2016 most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the old testament, and therefore the bible. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. But since those arent part of the original, and because some books may have. 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. This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the worlds largest book. I see a lot of people talking about longest fantasy series and using page count as a indicator, which can vary a lot and so isnt a good indication of actual length. If youre a big reader then youve probably read a mixture of very short and. Either way, it was the best of times, it was the tseb of times, it was a palindromic time. Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the worlds longest novel. The worlds longest cumshot distance of 18ft 9 570 cm horst schultz is the spew champ who has achieved 18 ft 9 in 579 cm with a substantial amount of seminal fluid. For those who like to keep track of their reading word count or those who want to encourage their kids to read more the harry potter books series is an.
From the longest fingernails to the tallest man, check out the incredible people whose unique talents and physical attributes have earned them a guinness world records title. But if you are one of those people who hate to start reading a book and never finish it, it might take quite long till you read a few thousands of pages. Most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the old testament, and therefore the bible. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words.
Traditionally, artamene ou le grand cyrus, has been considered the longest novel, but has. Sharp objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility calculates it at 80,7. Top 10 longest novel books in the world world most. Its a book where all accomplishments are celebrated and theres a certain level of equality and respect for ones commitment to a cause, no matter how gross it is.
While i realize word count would be a more reliable measure of true length, i found it difficult to get what i considered reliable data regarding word count of all fantasy series, so i settled for number of pages in series, which. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Aug 01, 2014 length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. What isn\t often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. And i thought the stand was long its only 1168 pages.