Compound words mean that you can stick as many as you like together. Sep 19, 2014 here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. A look at some of the strangest, shortest, longest, and overall most remarkable words in the english language kindle edition by cantrell, asher. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. The fifth longest book of the bible is exodus with 25,957 hebrew words. Dont judge a book by its cover the longestever book title belongs to nigel tomm. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. Fantasy books are usually longer than in other genres. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the longest winter.
My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course. Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. Top 10 longest novel books in the world world most. Armen shekoyan, an armenian writer committed to producing the worlds longest novel, says. Reading the longest english word 190,000 characters youtube. Special thanks go to logos bible software for making determining the longest book of the bible by hebrew or greek word count much easier. The longest book written in our system of words is henry dargers the story of the vivian girls, a fantasy novel manuscript typed singlespaced with 15,145 pages in 10 volumes. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Rowlings harry potter and the deathly hallows with 198,227 words. Either way, it was the best of times, it was the tseb of times, it was a palindromic time. But since those arent part of the original, and because some books may have. 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.
The battle of the bulge and the epic story of world war iis most decorated platoon kindle edition by kershaw, alex. Its the longest english word composed exclusively of vowels, and it has the most consecutive vowels of any word. If you write a book according to the usual criteria, one person may like it, the other may dislike it, but when you write ten volumes, no one will say that the book is in eight. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. Jun 04, 2014 anyway, the book itself was mildly popular, spending five weeks on the new york times bestseller list, though we cant attest why its so ungodly long, since the plot summary on its wikipedia page is a mere 305 words. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes. Jun 27, 2017 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. Check out some of the coolest and quirkiest longest world records and videos. Jan 02, 2020 the fourth longest book of the bible is ezekiel with 29,918 words. 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.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. And in his spare time, he writes the longest work of fan fiction ever composed. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Some of the greatest books in the world, like harry potter are quite long, yet the readers never seemed to bother. 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. It is also one of the longest monosyllabic words of 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. Ever wondered which are the longest fantasy series of all time. Dont judge a book by its cover the longest ever book title belongs to nigel tomm. This clearly isnt the longest word in the world, but this vietnamese word at just seven letters long has the distinction of being the longest word in vietnamese. A million authors will give us a book that will run somewhere between 3 and 5 million pages in length. Sep 06, 2016 most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the old testament, and therefore the bible. Interestingly the most common letter in english, e, does not appear in this word at all, whilst i occurs a total of nine times.
For a full list of record titles, please use our record. Srijans book was inaugurated at kathmandu university nepal. Considering that the book itself hit 520,000 words, combined with our horrible math abilities, that means that you would. 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 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 best longest books vote for books that are really long, but really good. 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.
If the calculation is based on the number of verses or the number of chapters or the number of pages, it is correct. Man with biggest penis in world registered disabled as. Ed heemskerk planned to play qbert for 100 hours on a single coin and set a world record for longest time playing a video game using one quarter. 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. Feb 03, 2007 trinity is almost correct, but you asked for the book with the most words, and the yongle dadian is not written in words, it is written in characters. Word counts are a direct way to measure the length of a novel by a measure that is unaffected by variations of format and page. The longest book of the new testament, and the twelfth longest book of the entire bible, is the gospel of luke with 19,482 greek words. At that point, i think we can safely say that we have produced the worlds longest book. One of the longest sentences in american literature is in william faulkners absalom, absalom. It is a guinness world record, therefore you can see the original title sorry for not including it here, but come on 11k characters. Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the worlds longest novel. I used logos bible software to find out which books are the longest, by original word count.
The battle of the bulge and the epic story of world war iis most decorated platoon. What are the longest and shortest books of the bible. List of longest novels wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Words may be derived naturally from the languages roots or formed by coinage and construction. 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. A sentence often claimed to be the longest sentence ever written is in molly blooms soliloquy in the james joyce novel ulysses 1922, which contains a sentence of 3,687 words. Nov 12, 2007 the title has 4805 characters and no spaces.
Home explore the english language language questions common vocabulary questions what is the longest english word. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. It is supposedly the world s longest published novel in english at 2. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. But what is the longest piece of fiction ever written in human history. This is the longest word in the first edition of the oxford english dictionary. Jan 24, 2018 if youre like me, you may have heard that the longest word in the world is antidisestablishmentarianism. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of word records. Trinity is almost correct, but you asked for the book with the most words, and the yongle dadian is not written in words, it is written in characters. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. After all, whats ten volumes compared to the 106 volumes of the hakkenden, a japanese epic running to 38 million words.
Man with biggest penis in world registered disabled as half. That also means its the shortest longest word that exists. With 100 authors contributing not more than 1500 words. The subspace emissarys worlds conquest is currently over. Seeking an entry in the guinness book of world records, a college principal on monday released a book with the longest title of. It is the longest word ever to appear in literature according to the guinness world records 1990. The 1992 guinness book of world records calls floccinaucinihilipilification the longest real word in. Worlds conquest is currently over 3,500,000 words, making it almost.
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. Most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the old testament, and therefore the bible. The longest greek word has 172 letters and 78 syllables. A book with a million authors and a million chapters now thats a project worth getting excited about. Special thanks go to logos bible software for making determining the. The longest title of a book consists of 11,284 characters, achieved by srijan timilsina nepal in lalitpure, nepal, on 19 february 2014. It is followed by marienbad my love by mark leach with 2. Youre unlikely to come across these words in genuine use. Perhaps it is the harry potter series, the land of stories series, or any other 2inchormore book. This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the worlds largest book.
Our new book project, a collection of ideas for making the world a better place entitled the world transformed, has been going by the nickname the worlds longest book. The longest published novel is the blah story by nigel tomm, the first 23 volumes contain 11,338,105 words. The average novel is usually between 80,000 and 100,000 words. This 28letter word, which is the name of a movement in 19th century england against the disestablishment of the church of england, is a mouthful. In this article we will also talk about longest books in the world and how the writers managed to write those books.
The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published. Whats the difference between a novel, a novella, and a short story. Meet the college junior behind the longest fan fiction ever. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. Impress your friends by breaking or inventing your own longest world records on. Man with biggest penis in world registered disabled as half metre member needs own pillow the man with the worlds longest penis at half a metre has refused to have a reduction in order to have. 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. 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. A look at some of the strangest, shortest, longest. This is the longest australian book with 850 000 words, but found its tenth spot in the worlds longest book. Right now, the longest book in the world is the blah story by nigel tomm, which has more than 3 million words.
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