Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. Mar 28, 2010 together the rows of pagodas form the biggest book in the world and this is how kuthodaw is now known. Firstly, it is easy to count the number of pages or words in a digital manuscript. It was in fact larger but the publishers managed to convince him to shed a. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. One more was added to record how it all came about, making it 730 stone inscriptions in total. Each colorful page blends beautiful photographs, engaging illustrations, and easytounderstand text to teach young readers about the animal kingdom. Story time just got better with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. How many pages in the biggest book roald dahl wrote. I found that the pages are a little to maneuver unless you have a. For a full list of record titles, please use our record.
Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. Conservative count of top 200, with automatically retrievable raw statistics. Each page is 3 12 ft wide, 5 ft tall, and 5 in thick. The guinness book of world records gives a more standard type of book the recordthey say the world s largest book is a 2012 text on the prophet muhammad created in dubai and measuring an. It is a massive romance novel, with endless twists and turns. The most interesting person i found was the worlds smallest waist. Biggest vagina in the world and other vaginal related records by nakatagi janiffer on saturday, october 6, 2018 we all know that for your name to appear in the world book of records, it way a bigger task and can only be accomplished by a few of us.
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. Polgara the sorceress is the longest book i have read in english at 754 pages. I used word count, not number of pages, as the measure of length, and 3. The book was unveiled by mshahed international group, in dubai, uae, on 27 february 2012. Worlds largest book at kuthodaw pagoda mandalay, myanmar. 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. It took up,095 pages spread over 10 volumes, with over two million words, and a french name which. This book in malayalam is known as the longest written in an indian language. By scrolling the replaced lines, the 333 real lines in this section will be loaded and. May 25, 2017 5 longest books ever written adam buongiovanni. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world.
The list below has been compiled from a lot of research, and it includes only stand alone titles or the first book in a. Discover world s largest book at kuthodaw pagoda in mandalay, myanmar burma. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by kings office and refers to the american. Welcome to worlds longest website growing with every. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional.
Included are elements of complex nonfiction text, vocabulary, close reading, imagegraph interpretation, text. This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the worlds largest book. First written down over two thousand years ago, mindon felt that these scriptures would be a fitting testament to his life. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. If youre looking for videos featuring the worlds tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on.
I searched through the guinness book of world records to find a human body or sexuality section. My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. Discover worlds largest book at kuthodaw pagoda in mandalay, myanmar burma. The pages capture enough of the world to invite repeated viewings and to. What is the largest book you own, and what is the smallest. Once youre done reading about the worlds longest novel, check out. This coloring book unfolds in a continuous sheet to a full fifteen feet long. Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the worlds longest novel. Largest book ever published todd pratum bookdealer. Jan 26, 2010 based on information provided, the text of the article below referred to the 350yearold klencke atlas at the british library as the largest book in the world at 1. Sadly the results are sexually censored so i could not find any information for this webpage. What are the longest and shortest books of the bible.
The guinness book of world records gives a more standard type of book the recordthey say the worlds largest book is a 2012 text on the prophet muhammad created in dubai and measuring an. 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. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. This task ended up being much more complex than one would think a list of longest books ever should be. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. A million authors will give us a book that will run somewhere between 3 and 5 million pages in length. The ocean background is precolored in a light to deep green it gets darker as you get closer to the bottom. A book with a million authors and a million chapters now thats a project worth getting excited about. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but how much is a million words worth. The worlds most mysterious book stephen bax duration. It takes up on the shelf, weighs three tons, contains c. An exploration of the worlds most fantastic features john.
The biggest childrens book in the world scholastic. The worlds largest book takes six people to turn a page euronews. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. Biggest riddle book in the world rosenbloom, joseph, behr, joyce on. 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. Together the rows of pagodas form the biggest book in the world and this is how kuthodaw is now known. Over 50 people took part in the construction of the book which is entitled this the prophet mohamed and is a compilation of. Most pages in a flip book international book of records.
Kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. 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. 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. May 06, 2020 longest book in the world pages may 6, 2020 record breaking books sentence by william faulkner which is the biggest book in world longest book you ever have read sentence by william faulkner. 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.
This lesson serves as an introduction to an animal unit for grades k1. As well as organizing the fifth buddhist council in 1871, he was responsible for the construction in mandalay of the worlds largest book, consisting of 729 large marble tablets with the tipitaka pali canon of theravada buddhism inscribed on them in gold. Ron hubbard, this longest novel book in fact has little to do with scientologist beliefs, though, like the scientologist mythology, mission earths plot is based on an alien race coming to earth and the chaos that ensues. It has been published in 9 volumes over a period of 40 years. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Anyway, here are the longest books ever written by american authors. Longest book in the world pages may 6, 2020 record breaking books sentence by william faulkner which is the biggest book in world longest book. Traditionally, artamene ou le grand cyrus, has been considered the longest novel, but has. I used logos bible software to find out which books are the longest, by original word count. Scholastic will work with a leading childrens book author, an illustrator, and scholastic editors and designers to turn childrens pages into the biggest childrens book in the world.
The book contains the pail canon, which is a collection of scriptures in the theravada tradition of buddhism. 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. Largest book in the world goes on show for the first time. Szinpetri is a small village in northern hungary, with less than 300 residents, but it is also home to the largest handmade book in the world.
Mahabharata as it is available today has around 2 million words, compared to. Biggest, fastest, smallest, slowest answers all these questions and more. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the world s largest book. It contains 3,958 pages in four volumes and took 10 years to complete. Author stephen king has a reputation for the big book. Comprehensive table at wikistats, dynamically sortable to any criteria, selfupdating every six hours by cronjob. The longest novel in a single volume that i have ever read is a suitable boy by vikram seth. Sep 19, 2014 here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. Based on information provided, the text of the article below referred to the 350yearold klencke atlas at the british library as the largest book in the world at 1. 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 7 longest books in american history america fun fact.
His longest book is tales of the unexpected, at 480 pages long. 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. Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by kings office and refers to the american hardcover editions. Longest book in the world pages image collections book. Color an amazing tower, all the way from a boat bobbing in the waves, past sea dragons, mermaids, aqua robots, and sharks, to reach the deep ocean floor. 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. Yep, that is my summer reading, he replied, glancing down at the 1,088page behemoth of a novel.
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. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. 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 list below has been compiled from a lot of research, and it includes only stand alone titles or the first book in a series. 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. When we tested the system we experienced massive loading times when displaying a huge amount of individual visitor lines with their real text. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course. Mahabharata is bigger than every other books in the world. Top 10 longest novel books in the world world most. Nov 09, 2009 kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever.
The featured informational text, biggest, strongest, fastest, peaks students curiosity and provides a natural segue into further study of animals, classification, habitats, diet, and ecosystems. If youre looking for videos featuring the world s tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on. Roald dahl was an english actor, best known for his childrens books. In the image above the blah story books taken from prleap. Welcome to worlds longest website growing with every new. And i thought the stand was long its only 1168 pages. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. Mahabharata as it is available today has around 2 million words,compared to. 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.
The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. At that point, i think we can safely say that we have produced the worlds longest book. King on king stephen king on his 10 longest novels. A monumental and historic achievement, certainly never to be repeated again in print. Though it is a whopping 2,100,000 words and, 095 pages long, in its time it was hugely popular. The writers world can be his or her neighborhood, school, town or city, the nation, or the world. Welcome to the official international book of records youtube channel. A suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous.