What is the longest book in the world 2021?

According to The Guinness Book of World Records Marcel Proust's elephantine Remembrance of Things Past is the longest book in the world. It has 9,609,000 characters including spaces.
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What is the longest book in the World 2021 in 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). Other commentators cite Henry Darger's In the Realms of the Unreal, a 15,000 page, handwritten tome that has yet to see print.
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What is the longest book series 2021?

Longest: Long, Tall Texans by Diana Palmer

But the depth of this series is no less than others of this list: it's got 52 novels in the series so far, with the 53rd already scheduled for June 2021. Throughout the series, the strong-willed women of Jacobsville, Texas, wrangle up the town's sexy cowboys one by one.
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How many pages is the longest book ever?

1,267,069 words/3,031 pages/9,609,000 characters

Rated the longest novel ever by the Guinness Book of World Records, there's no doubt that Proust's masterpiece could quite easily double up as a mightily effective doorstop, with 13 volumes clocking up nearly 1.3 million words.
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How long is the longest book ever?

A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust contains an estimated 9,609,000 characters (each letter counts as one character. Spaces are also counted, as one character each). The title translates to "Remembrance of Things Past".
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Is there a book with a million words?

Watchmen writer Alan Moore has completed work on the first draft of an epic novel that has now spiraled into an enormous story totaling over one million words. For context, that's more than two Lord of the Rings, or about as long as the first three Song of Ice and Fire novels.
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How many words are in Harry Potter?

The entire Harry Potter series – 1,084,170 words.
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What is the shortest book?

“Baby Shoes” by Hemingway

This is 20th-century American author Ernest Hemingway's famous six-word story.
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What is the longest name in the world?

The longest personal name is 747 characters long, and belongs to Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (b. 4 August 1914, Germany) who passed away on 24 October 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, as verified on 1 January 2021.
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How many words is the longest Harry Potter book?

The last book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has 198,227 words. This brings the total Harry Potter word count to a whooping 1,084,170 words. Wow – that's a lot of words, isn't it? The word count gets progressively longer for books 1 to 5.
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What is the longest book title?

The Guinness world record for the longest book title belongs to Vityala Yethindra for his book “The Historical Development of the Heart from Its Formation From …” In all, the title contains 3,777 words and over 26,000 characters!
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What is the largest book series?

The Harry Potter series is far and away the highest-selling series of novels ever. Written by British author J.K. Rowling, the series has sold at least 500 million copies, 150 million more than the next-highest selling series.
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What book took the longest to write?

5 Books That Took The Longest To Write
  • Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (10 Years) ...
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (10 Years) ...
  • No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod (13 Years) ...
  • The Lord of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (12-17 Years) ...
  • Sphere by Michael Crichton (20 Years)
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What is the longest book in the world 2022?

According to The Guinness Book of World Records Marcel Proust's elephantine Remembrance of Things Past is the longest book in the world.
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What is the longest book on epic?

Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry – 365,712 words

It's difficult to sell Lonesome Dove to some readers as it is such a huge undertaking. At over 360 thousand words, it is the longest novel on this list.
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Which is the longest Harry Potter book?

The fifth novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is the longest book in the series, yet it is the second shortest film at 2 hours 18 minutes.
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What is the weirdest child name?

Weird unisex baby names
  • Xela. ...
  • Geo. ...
  • Moxie Crimefighter. ...
  • Sparrow Midnight. ...
  • Seven. ...
  • Moroccan. ...
  • Everest. Want a name that can move mountains? ...
  • 100. Rocket.
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What is the longest kiss in history?

A Thai couple has sealed a new record for the longest kissing, after locking lips for 46 hours, 24 minutes. The Guinness World Records still have to verify the latest "kissathon" for it to become official. Husband and wife team Ekkachai and Laksana Tiranarat were one of 14 couples taking part in a contest in Pattaya.
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What is the shortest word in the world?

The shortest word is a. Some might wonder about the word I since it consists of one letter, too. In sound, a is shorter because it is a monophthong (consists of one vowel), while I is a diphthong. Both do consist of one letter in the English writing system, and in most fonts I is the narrowest letter.
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Can a book be less than 200 pages?

Some of them continue on into duologies or series to depict a longer narrative, while others are complete as a standalone. From SFF stories under 100 pages you can read in one sitting to 150 page novellas with rich narratives, these 20 of the best books under 200 pages are the perfect novels to read in a day.
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What was the first book ever written?

The first ever books

The first book ever written that we know of is The Epic of Gilgamesh: a mythical retelling of an important political figure from history. In the 14th century, the Jikji was printed in Korea in movable (metal) type: a collection of Buddhist Zen teachings.
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How many pages is 80000 words?

Using the novel example of 90,000 words, that breaks down to about 320 pages. An 80,000 word non-fiction book works out to about 350 pages.
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How many book pages is 100 000 words?

It depends on the font you are using, of course, but in general, 250-300 words per page. Therefore, a 55,000 word book should be about 200 manuscript pages. A 100,000 word book would be about 400.
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