Its incredibly long and dense it has hundreds of endnotes pages and deals with a highly complex subject matter. A book with a million authors and a million chapters now thats a project worth getting excited about. 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. Special thanks go to logos bible software for making determining the longest book of the bible by hebrew or greek word count much easier. Most times he does incorporate events or other characters from his other books into the next one as everything is taking place in the same world. The longest title of a book consists of 11,284 characters, achieved by srijan timilsina nepal in lalitpure, nepal, on 19 february 2014. I like falafels because they are good, and they are good because i like falafels. The world s shortest book was a joke template that was popularized in the late 1960s. I just finished reading this book and it was truly a wonderful and emotional ride to read this. 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. The taj mahal, located in agra, india, is considered to be one of the most beautiful structures in the world.
Farts are always funnier when theyre happening to somebody else. Which was not a result of the baby boom that followed world war ii answers apex. It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. If you started reading this book, and read for 8 hours a day, every day, it would take you about 70 million years to finish. Guinness world records books guinness world records. It was in fact larger but the publishers managed to convince him to shed a. Each book focuses on a set of characters and he rotates between books with that set of characters. It takes brobro 3hours and 33 minutes to pronounce the whole thing, and it. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published. What are the longest and shortest books of the bible. A books title is watch draws a person to read a book. It is currently the longest novel published in modern chinese. Originally published between 1649 and 1653, the novel is known to be the longest french novel ever written,095 pages in the original.
Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the worlds longest novel. 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. The longest nonfiction book i know of is church dogmatics, writter originally in german, by the greatest theologian of the 20th century, karl barth 18861968. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. Other commentators cite henry darger s in the realms of the unreal, a 15,000 page, handwritten tome that has yet to see print. If theres a new major character introduced every hundred pages or so, youd have 100 billion main characterswhich is about the same as the total number of humans who have ever lived. Its the convention for book lovers that weve always wanted to attend. I stopped after book 7 or 8 when the series had turned into a. But, have you ever imagined a books title that is long as the book itself.
For example on this site, a lot of the japanese novels have absurdly long names i. The longest coloring book in the world yoon, sarah on. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. One more was added to record how it all came about, making it 730 stone inscriptions in total. And i thought the stand was long its only 1168 pages. The guinness book of world records gives the honor to marcel proust s elephantine remembrance of things past, weighing in at 9,609,000 characters including spaces.
Join us for a twoday event full of books, authors, and an all around good time. It contains 3,958 pages in four volumes and took 10 years to complete. This man has 26 first names and the longest last name in. 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. Pynchons longest and loosest novel floats and careens along with the chums of. 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. Essentially, the book is a giant surreal comedy about the dangers of entertainment. Polgara the sorceress is the longest book i have read in english at 754 pages. Take a peak at other cultures and places with color the world coloring pages.
The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. 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. Though it is a whopping 2,100,000 words and, 095 pages long, in its time it was hugely popular. The best longest books 70 books goodreads share book. Sep 19, 2014 here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. This is the maori name for a hill in the hawkes bay of new zealand, it is also the longest word in the guiness book of world records.
It was published in ten volumes but considered a single work and contains 2. 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. Since then it has sold more than 143 million copies in over 100 countries, and has been translated into at least 22 languages. 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. 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. The template only consisted of a book title, and author. 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. It took up,095 pages spread over 10 volumes, with over two million words, and a french name which. Nov 12, 2007 the title has 4805 characters and no spaces.
But our book is nonfiction and it seems likely that the real longest book in the world is probably a work of nonfiction. The longest ride follows two couples and ends up with how their lives intertwine. A suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. What is the longest name both novel titles or character names youve ever seen. Aug 01, 2014 whats the longest book in the world world longest book series what is the longest fiction book ever written how long is les miserables book war and peace word count word count atlas shrugged. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher.
May 02, 2015 what other very long book series would you like to add to this list. 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. It has been published in 9 volumes over a period of 40 years. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. Du temps perdu translated as remembrance of things past is the worlds longest novel, according to guinness world records. 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. A million authors will give us a book that will run somewhere between 3 and 5 million pages in length. Nov 09, 2009 author stephen king has a reputation for the big book. Reading the longest english word 190,000 characters youtube.
Im not sure what the longest book that ive read was, but i can pretty much guarantee it was written by stephen king. It would make the book significantly longer than the world s longest novel, as certified by the good folks at guiness. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. Kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. Ive read a few other nicholas sparks books before but never has one moved me like this one has. Srijans book was inaugurated at kathmandu university nepal. 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. The brainchild of sir hugh beaver, the book was cofounded by twin brothers norris and. It is a guinness world record, therefore you can see the original title sorry for not including it here, but come on 11k characters. Guinness world records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as the guinness book of records and in previous united states editions as the guinness book of world records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. Its definitely an aspirational story, but its also one of the longest science fiction books of all time. Not big as in tom wolfeesque, the way we live now big, but big as in this book is literally, physically huge. According to the guinness book of world records, bernard clemmens of london has the longest official butt burp at 2 minutes, 42 seconds. It is a massive romance novel, with endless twists and turns. 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. 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. Marcel proust 1,267,069 words3,031 pages9,609,000 characters 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.
This book in malayalam is known as the longest written in an indian language. 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. Weve taken a look at the shortest books in the bible, but what about the longest book in the bible if youd asked me about it in sunday school, my answer would have been a quick, confident psalms. My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. I used logos bible software to find out which books are the longest, by original word count. Grossman tentatively plans to print just six copies of the book, each of which will comprise 4,000 volumes of 750 pages. Top 10 longest novel books in the world world most. This book has over 6 million words and the english translation is over 8,000 pages lo. This will be the longest page ever, and it will be the longest page ever because it will. The megaselling guinness world records book has been an annual phenomenon since its very first publication in 1955. You cannot see me because i am a ghost, and i am a ghost because you cannot see me. 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.
For a full list of record titles, please use our record. The name of her brother georges appeared on the title page, and he is. Yep, that is my summer reading, he replied, glancing down at the 1,088page behemoth of a novel. This is what you can do when you have no radio or television. For example, i just learned today that the us tax code runs some 74,000. The 7 longest books in america the longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. May 16, 2008 10 of the longest novels ever published 1. 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. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. Locals just call it taumata hill, but this location on the north island of new zealand holds the guinness world record for longest place name. Anyway, here are the longest books ever written by american authors.
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