Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. A long novel tends to be no longer than a pages at most, which is already pushing the boundary. I will assume you mean the longest work in print, rather than the most pageswords under one cover. By scrolling the replaced lines, the 333 real lines in this section will be loaded and displayed. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course of following the narrators life, from childhood to adulthood.
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. The longest book ever written the longest book ever written is called yongle dadian. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. Not the longest, long book, but at 800 pages its not shabby. A book with a million authors and a million chapters now thats a project worth getting excited about. Have you ever wondered what the longest and shortest books of the bible are. The 7 longest books in america the longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. 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. I included only books originally written in english, since it is easier to. Britains tax code is an incredible 17, 000 pages long. But savoring a book of, say, 800 pages or longer is a project. Welcome to worlds longest website growing with every.
Anyway, here are the longest books ever written by american authors. A million authors will give us a book that will run somewhere between 3 and 5 million pages in length. At that point, i think we can safely say that we have produced the worlds longest book. As i did more research, i realized that there were many issues i had to take into consideration when deciding what to include on this list. In 1990, king revealed that he had kept the material, and was allowed to turn the stand into an uncut version, as well as correcting time mistakes and adding popular culture references from the 80s and 90s, as the book took place in the. The blah story the blah story the longest novel by. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. Though it is a whopping 2,100,000 words and, 095 pages long, in its time it was hugely popular. Other commentators cite henry dargers in the realms of the unreal, a 15,000 page, handwritten tome that has yet to see print. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. He has seventeen published novels as of september 20 plus one nonfiction. Britains tax code is an incredible 17,000 pages long, surely a dogwhistle to the very rich marina hyde i asked people who legally avoid tax why the tax system is long, complex and inaccessible. It is now one of my favorite books, and i even feel a bit lost now that i am not lugging it around. The official website of nicholas sparks, american novelist, screenwriter and producer.
It has been published in 9 volumes over a period of 40 years. In a single volume, my copy of crc handbook of chemistry and physics has over 2,192 pages and a font small enough to be hard reading for an old guy. Polgara the sorceress is the longest book i have read in english at 754 pages. To aid you in your worthwhile endeavor, ive sought out the shortest novels written by a selection of difficult writers. King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances under which they were written and the critical reception that they received.
An enclyclopedia with 11,095 volumes and 22,877 chapters. Message in a bottle, a walk to remember, the notebook, nights in rodanthe, dear john, the last song, the lucky one, safe haven, and most recently the longest ride. Books guinness world records 2021 wild things guinness world records kids website guinness world records tv shows guinness world records. 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. If youre looking for videos featuring the worlds tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on. The longest ride by nicholas sparks, paperback barnes. Thousands of pages of poetry are translated into other languages. The book, much like grossmans first two novels, is radically experimental. I used word count, not number of pages, as the measure of length, and 3. Special thanks go to logos bible software for making determining the longest book of the bible by hebrew or greek word count much easier. Lots of my friends have read it and i can never find it in the library so im just curious about how long it is. The first edition of the novel was published in 1959, and was written by cornelius ryan.
Rowling did an interview with harry potter fan site the leaky cauldron and mugglenet in july 2005. 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. Pdf the longest day book by cornelius ryan free download. It is a massive romance novel, with endless twists and turns. It is currently the longest novel published in modern chinese. The longest novel in a single volume that i have ever read is a suitable boy by vikram seth. The length of the page is 100% generated by adding one line with every visitor. Throughout every page i read, i was hoping to finally to find out how they would be connected. Does anyone know how many pages the first warrior cat book has. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. The book was unveiled by mshahed international group, in.
The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact. 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. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. Two different and beyond beautiful love stories, in the same book, was something i was not really expecting. A glorious mess in a career of glorious messes, pynchons longest and loosest. The bible is more than 600,000 words long in its original languagesbut how are those words distributed across the 66 books of the bible. But now, there is this latest one the longest ride. Most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the old testament, and therefore the bible. It contains 3,958 pages in four volumes and took 10 years to complete. Ripley was a burmeseborn briton brought up in the royal court of mandalay by the king and went to. My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. The shortest novels written by 20 authors you shouldve.
Free download or read online the longest day pdf epub book. 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. It comes in at just under 800 pages, and was written by a 20th century reclusive master, thomas pynchon. It took up,095 pages spread over 10 volumes, with over two million words, and a french name which. Kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. Most pages in a flip book international book of records. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 350 pages and is available in paperback format. 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. Asked in books and literature how many pages are in the book cut. While not for the novice reader, this book is rewarding to read and is one of the longest science fiction books of all time.
Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the worlds longest novel. Welcome to the official international book of records youtube channel. Ripley of hanthawaddy press, claimed that his books were true copies of the pitaka inscribed on stones by king mindon. Thirty years later in 1900, a print copy of the text came out in a set of 38 volumes in royal octavo size of about 400 pages each in great primer type. Sure, you could start with their most famous book, but if your real, secret goal is to only say youve read soandso at your next party and not be lying, why not start with their shortest. His longest book is tales of the unexpected, at 480 pages long. Ive put together word counts for every book of the bible.
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 bottlehave been adapted into major motion pictures. Also, does anybody know how many pages the longest warrior cats book has. The main characters of this history, war story are. This book in malayalam is known as the longest written in an indian language. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series. 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. The longest ya books you can read kelly jensen jun 27, 2017 perhaps we can thank harry potter for a trend over the last couple of decades in childrens and young adult literature. Although many wouldnt mind reading a book that is more than or 1500 pages, you might just think twice before starting books that fall into. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records. 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. If the calculation is based on the number of verses or the number of chapters or the number of pages, it is correct. One of the things she talked about was how she feels the fifth book is overly long, but challenges anyone to find the.
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