Word count tool is a word counter that provides an extensive statistics about the word count, character count, the number of characters without spaces. Word count for novels and books is something i dont think about too often until i travel to a writers conference, and then someone asks a simple, innocent question. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. 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 terms of pure word count, this 17th century novel obliterates the opposition, with a whopping 2. Also, do we consider books written only in one particular language or. The simple fact of what is the longest book ever written is a subject of constant debate by scholars. 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. I longest ive ever written was 1700 words in one night and it was in high school. I see a lot of people talking about longest fantasy series and using page count as a indicator, which can vary a lot and so isnt a good indication of actual length. Its the longest english word composed exclusively of vowels, and it has the most consecutive vowels of any word. For a full list of record titles, please use our record. Top 10 longest novel books in the world world most. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. 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. Im doing a 2000 word essay as we speak, they usually do it by words now in university. Thus begins the longest work of fiction ever written. Search for word count totals in books word counters.
All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Written by a brother and sister in seventeenthcentury france, its particularly long, but apparently not particularly good. English word count the number of english words used. Firstly, it is easy to count the number of pages or words in a digital.
The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. Goodkind has published four series in his fantasy world of the confessors. Ive put together word counts for every book of the bible. Composing a list of longest novels yields different results depending on what criteria are used. And if it doesnt deserve this title, it at least deserves the novel with the longest name award. However, the editors and the publishers are counting a bit different they count the number of words. We list below the ten longest, most epic novels ever created. The best longest books share book recommendations with.
Sharp objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility calculates it at 80,7. We all know of outliers within each genre that have been published well under, or well over, these word counts. Force palm, extremespeed, double team, and the ever so devastating aura sphere. Proust is no match for these two fanfics the daily dot. Aug 05, 2019 all of these are average book word count ranges and should not be taken as the definitive word count you must reach in your book. I had a 20 page one in highschool, but it was a book report so it was fairly easy. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. In his new novel, the longest ride, sparks includes both of these perspectives, telling the stories of two couples whose disparate stories may be closer than readers might initially expect. For originally japanese games, this refers to the length of the english translated script. Mar 02, 2020 thus begins the longest work of fiction ever written. 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 book opens with ira levinson, a 91yearold man, trapped in his car following an accident.
Force palm released a rather small blow, but just you wait until that thing goes off. Hes cold and unable to move, and snow is falling hard outside. The word count of 969,000 words is true for the first edition of clarissa, but later editions seem to have climbed to above 1,000,000 words. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. And in his spare time, he writes the longest work of fan fiction ever composed. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published.
This is going by word count in the original languages not any english translation of the bible. The subspace emissarys worlds conquest is currently over 3,500,000 words, making it almost three times as long as marcel prousts seven. Jan 21, 2011 whats the longest word in the english language. Heres a list of the ten longest books of the bible. He studies computer science and computer maintenance. List of longest video game scripts codex gamicus humanity. Shorter novels such as fahrenheit 451, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, the great gatsby, and slaughterhousefive are between 4050,000 words. It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. This is a list of video games with the longest scripts, referring to the amount of textdialogue contained in a game. This tool also reports the number of syllables, monosyllabic words, polysyllabic words, sentences, paragraphs, unique words, short words, long words. Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. As you learn to read and write, becoming a good speller will help you do well in your studies.
That said, this figure differs from book to book and organization to. For example, atonement has a word count of 123,378 and my utility comes up with 110,765 words. The longest novel in a single volume that i have ever read is a suitable boy by vikram seth. Their reporting at the daily dot covered everything from harry potter and anime. Put simply, the sweet spot for a novels word count is generally said to be around 8090k. Dec 12, 2012 a man has been recorded spending more than three hours to pronounce what is supposedly the longest word in the english language. Coupled up with his almighty strength, these moves becamewhats the word. There are even programs that do that for us these days. By the way, if you want to know what i think of logos. Sword of truth, richard and kahlan, the legend of magda searus, and sister of darkness. Theres another contender for the longest novel ever written however, though it wasnt published and so perhaps doesnt count. Who the hell in their right mind would pay me to publish this. These novels total 17 books so far with approximately 11,400 pages. May 29, 2014 ive put together word counts for every book of the bible.
Scudery, which is 2,100,000 words long, almost four times the length of war and peace. Finding the longest word that describes something real can be a challenge especially when you are competing with mary. All word counts are the work of computer programmer dave whitinger. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course of following the narrators life, from childhood to adulthood. No word count, but based on its 5200 page count, gordana makes the list at number six. I used logos bible software to find out which books are the longest, by original word count. Yes there is, for the translated ones we can count actual word count from the game script. The following statistics apply to the 1769 edition of the 1611 king james bible. With that in mind, ive tried to put together the definitive post on word count for fiction novels, young adult, middle grade, childrens books and even memoir.
The best longest books 70 books goodreads share book. Im thoroughly enjoying it, but its made me think about other large texts or books that other people have read and what they think of them. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. Sep 08, 2017 watch more videos for more knowledge what was the longest book ever written. Nicholas sparks word count popular novel word count. Word count is a direct way to measure the length of a novel in a manner. Wordcounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit.
It took up,095 pages spread over 10 volumes, with over two million words, and a french name which is the reason why were not even bothering to write it out for you. I used the lexham hebrew bible and the nestlealand novum testamentum graece for these word counts. Ever wondered which are the longest fantasy book series of all time. Jun 27, 2019 put simply, the sweet spot for a novels word count is generally said to be around 8090k. For example, if an author has to write a minimum or maximum amount of words for an article, essay, report, story, book, paper, you name it. However, it was not possible to find an estimate more accurate than above 1,000,000 words for these later editions. Basically, you have a better chance finding the longest novel ever written than the shortest in terms of pages. It is also one of the longest monosyllabic words of the english language. 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.
Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Apr 11, 2015 nicholas sparks word count the notebook 38,520 message in a bottle 92,760 a walk to remember 49,311 the rescue 100,916 a bend in the road 93,766. One of the longest sentences in american literature is in william faulkners absalom, absalom. Dumas the count of monte cristo is a similar length. Did you know about laurie, a download free short story written by the author.
Many, yes, but there are exceptions due to the layout and font size of a particular book. All of these are average book word count ranges and should not be taken as the definitive word count you must reach in your book. I referenced the lexham hebrew bible for ot books and the na27 for nt books, and heres what i got. Hey guys, just wondering what the longest essay you have ever written in your life.
Use these numbers as a baseline for your writing goals. And different novels have different editions where those things vary. These numbers are pulled from the original languages using logos bible softwareyou can see how i did it below. How many pages was the shortest novel ever published. Armen shekoyan, an armenian writer committed to producing the worlds longest novel, says. Watch sian welbys batman v superman weather report.
List of longest novels wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The 15,145page, singlespaced fantasy manuscript called the story of the vivian girls, in what is known as the realms of the unreal, of the glandecoangelinian war storm, caused by the child slave rebellion by henry joseph darger jr. 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. Once youre done reading about the worlds longest novel, check out some of. Polgara the sorceress is the longest book i have read in english at 754 pages. My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. 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. 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. It wasnt ever the longest book ever written, though it does enjoy a strong reputation.
I used word count, not number of pages, as the measure of length, and 3. Yep, that is my summer reading, he replied, glancing down at the 1,088page behemoth of a novel. Aug 01, 2014 sign in to report inappropriate content. This list uses three methods to determine the length of a games script. Todays wonder of the day was inspired by michaela camille from san jose, ca. What are the longest and shortest books of the bible. Meet the college junior behind the longest fan fiction ever. Im not sure what the longest book that ive read was, but i can pretty much guarantee it was written by. It looked pretty small, yet its intensity was deadly. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. Todays word documents dont have problem counting them, but how was in the past, lets say in the 17th century when books were written with actual holding oily pens or pencils. Longest word has 189,819 letters, takes three hours to. Oathbringer already has a higher word count that the unabridged lotr trilogy.
For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. This is a list of video games with the longest scripts, referring to the amount of textdialogue contained in a game this list uses three methods to determine the length of a games script. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. Finding the longest word that describes something real can be a challenge.
Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. It was inspired by bohumil hrabals dancing lessons for the advanced in age. Nicholas sparks word count the notebook 38,520 message in a bottle 92,760 a walk to remember 49,311 the rescue 100,916 a bend in the road 93,766. I have checked and doubledchecked his counts with a manual count in 10 of the 66 books and they all match perfectly. The reports deep meditation on foreign policy makes it more than an inquest into the failings of individuals and institutions in the conduct of the iraq war, argues glen rangwala. 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 size. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. Word counts are a direct way to measure the length of a novel by a measure that is. Watch more videos for more knowledge what was the longest book ever written.
Mar 21, 20 of course, it also depends on the size of the font, the word spacing, the amount of title pages, etc. Jun 04, 2014 the longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. A man has been recorded spending more than three hours to pronounce what is supposedly the longest word in the english language. The best longest books vote for books that are really long, but really good. War ii, and includes a cast of characters as vast as the landscape itself. Of course, it also depends on the size of the font, the word spacing, the amount of title pages, etc.
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