Sep 21, 2018 welcome to the official international book of records youtube channel. Yep, that is my summer reading, he replied, glancing down at the 1,088page behemoth of a novel. Its official at 4,032 pages, all resting on a spine over a foot thick, the worlds thickest book is the complete miss marple. At 1,349 pages 1,488 pages softcover and 591,552 words, the book is one of the longest novels ever published in a single volume in the english language. I want to be quick to point out that the proposed abridged edition of the the world transformed will not be anything remotely approaching the worlds longest book. Britains tax code is an incredible 17, 000 pages long. 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. 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. How many pages are the worlds longest microsoft word document. Worlds heaviest book unveiled in agra agra news times. But savoring a book of, say, 800 pages or longer is a project. With 100 authors contributing not more than 1500 words. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world.
Sep 19, 2014 here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. Feist strung this one out for 30 books and over,100 pages. This series of cheesy fantasy jokes and fun puns is still going strong after all these years. 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. It s definitely an aspirational story, but it s also one of the longest science fiction books of all time.
The worlds shortest book was a joke template that has been popular ever since the end of world war ii as a joke. Marienbad my love, the world s longest novel, is being offered for the first time in print and kindle formats. 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. On august 15, 2008 kirk williamson and richard mcculley broke the guinness books world record for the worlds longest handshake single hand when they met at aloha stadium in honolulu, hawaii and shook hands for 10 hours besting the previous record of 9 hours and 19 minutes set in 2006 on 21 september 2009, jack. Aug 04, 2015 this is a very fun book as it is in fact one of the longest crossword puzzles in the world. A 500 page penguin classic may be the same length as a page popular fiction book as the printing is so small, and the pages are so thin. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts.
Years ago, two new yorker articles told the story of a harvard dropout who claimed to be writing the longest book ever. I used word count, not number of pages, as the measure of length, and 3. It was in fact larger but the publishers managed to convince him to shed a. This task ended up being much more complex than one would think a list of longest books ever should be. Discover worlds largest book at kuthodaw pagoda in mandalay, myanmar burma. In joe gould s teeth, jill lepore tries to answer that question. Longest book in the world pages image collections book. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. World s longest fingernails finally get cut kid scoop. How many pages are the worlds longest microsoft word. It is barely a novel, if it is onemore like a pattern, arresting and strange.
This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the world s largest book. If youre looking for videos featuring the world s tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on. May 16, 2016 years ago, two new yorker articles told the story of a harvard dropout who claimed to be writing the longest book ever. Polgara the sorceress is the longest book i have read in english at 754 pages. Character count is at the best estimation of spaces, written characters, and punctuation. Its the worlds longest bible, arguably the worlds longest illustrated book. Its an awesome crossword puzzle with clever but not impossible to.
Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. Thousands of pages of poetry are translated into other languages. The shortest novels written by 20 authors you shouldve read. May 25, 2017 5 longest books ever written adam buongiovanni. Jun 04, 2014 in fact, the longest american novel only barely cracks the top 10 in terms of the longest in history. When we tested the system we experienced massive loading times when displaying a huge amount of individual visitor lines with their real text. The massive volume, a collection of the 12 novels and 20 short. Though it is a whopping 2,100,000 words and, 095 pages long, in its time it was. The longest novel in a single volume that i have ever read is a suitable boy by vikram seth. Over 50 people took part in the construction of the book which is entitled this the prophet mohamed and is a compilation of. And this is a chance for us to show it off to the district and to the nation, ken mckenzie, museum of the. A book with a million authors and a million chapters now thats a project worth getting excited about. In china through time, young readers are invited to explore the people, the stories and the fortunes of the worlds longest and oldest canal. The book was unveiled by mshahed international group, in dubai, uae, on 27 february 2012.
Mar 25, 2020 in china through time, young readers are invited to explore the people, the stories and the fortunes of the worlds longest and oldest canal. 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. Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the worlds longest novel. A suitable boy is a novel by vikram seth, published in 1993. World s largest book needs six people to turn a page stress buster. Worlds largest book at kuthodaw pagoda mandalay, myanmar. When youre paid by installment, theres rather an incentive to make the story drag on for as long as possible. The shortest novels written by 20 authors you shouldve. 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.
The hong kong tax code, widely held by tax lawyers to be the most admirably efficient in the world, is 276 pages long. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. It s incredibly long and dense it has hundreds of endnotes pages and deals with a highly complex subject matter. No book that size is perfect, because excess is kind of the point. 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. At that point, i think we can safely say that we have produced the worlds longest book. There have been some truly massive books written over the years. The book, much like grossmans first two novels, is radically experimental. Let me summarize some facts about worlds longest booknovel the blah story. While a classic, i feel it could probably have done with a bit of an edit in some of the middle sections. Follow him on a journey of discovery, as he tries to make sense of one of lifes great mysteries.
The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact. A million authors will give us a book that will run somewhere between 3 and 5 million pages in length. The worlds longest sudoku puzzle hardcover august 4, 2015 by frank longo author visit amazons frank longo page. Aug 16, 2017 a suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous. Its definitely an aspirational story, but its also one of the longest science fiction books of all time. A sequel, to be called a suitable girl, was due for publication in 2017. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. With illustrations by du fei, the book takes readers.
Marienbad my love, the worlds longest novel, is being offered for the first time in print and kindle formats. It may be a matter of numeric measurement, but thickest doesnt necessarially mean hardest, or even longest. 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. This multimillionword, multivolume work has been meticulously assembled through calculation and chance from fragments of preexisting texts both written and appropriated by mark leach over the course of 30 years the movie, as leach calls it, of all my labors and all my. Not surprisingly, its makers have applied to the guinness world records as the world. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. And i thought the stand was long its only 1168 pages.
Welcome to the official international book of records youtube channel. By scrolling the replaced lines, the 333 real lines in this section will be loaded and displayed. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to. The longest book in the bible is the book of psalms. For a full list of record titles, please use our record. Essentially, the book is a giant surreal comedy about the dangers of entertainment. The worlds most mysterious book stephen bax duration. Hard times isnt a particularly short novel, as novels goits about the standard lengthbut its less than a third the length of many of his more famous novels 104,821 words to david copperfield s 357,489, bleak. By scrolling the replaced lines, the 333 real lines in this section will be loaded and.
Born different im 16 and have the worlds longest legs. It, however, isnt even close to being the longest book ever written. If youre looking for videos featuring the worlds tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on. Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. Its incredibly long and dense it has hundreds of endnotes pages and deals with a highly complex subject matter. Welcome to worlds longest website growing with every new. Plus, for readers, the length of a book generally refers to the number of pages but while considering books for world records, it could be the. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. Its an awesome crossword puzzle with clever but not impossible to solve clues.
Worlds longest bible in 3,333 paintings stretched out in. Daddy and the worlds longest poo tells the adventure of a little boy who faces just such a conundrum. My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. Dec 11, 2008 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. It took up,095 pages spread over 10 volumes, with over two million words, and a french name which. Sb9 when is a sailboat the standon vessel in relations to a recreational power. Nigel tomms abstract novel the blah story was begun to publish in the october 2007. Who was joe gould, and did he really write the worlds.
Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course. This is a very fun book as it is in fact one of the longest crossword puzzles in the world. The 7 longest books in america the longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records. Dec 11, 2008 let me summarize some facts about worlds longest booknovel the blah story. Apr 15, 2020 there have been some truly massive books written over the years. A suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous. Natasha wimmer 112 pages the only novel that doesnt embarrass me is antwerp, bolano once said, if the back cover of the book in question is to believed. May 20, 2009 its official at 4,032 pages, all resting on a spine over a foot thick, the worlds thickest book is the complete miss marple. Im currently reading the making of the atomic bomb by richard rhodes and at just under 900 pages long its one of the largest books ive ever read together with the bible, war and peace and the count of monte christo.