Which book has the most pages in the world?

Infinite Jest
It's the novel you suspect you should have read by now but, most likely, haven't. Published in 1996 at a length of 1,079 pages, Infinite Jest took David Foster Wallace four years to write.
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How many pages is the largest book?

According to our friend in these matters, the Guinness World Record website, the current largest book is titled This the Prophet Mohamed, unveiled in 2012 by Mshahed International Group in Dubai, UAE. The volume measures 16.40-by-26.44 feet, weighs approximately 3,306 pounds, and consists of 429 pages.
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Whats the longest book ever written?

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).
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Is there a book with 1000 pages?

“Ducks, Newburyport,” the new novel by Lucy Ellmann, recently shortlisted for the Booker Prize, unspools as a 426,100-word sentence that stretches over 1,000 pages — occasionally interrupted by a more traditional story, albeit one from the point of view of a mountain lioness.
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How many pages is the Bible?

Using a standard font, the average bible has around 1,200 pages. As a book, the bible is as thick as “The Lord of the Rings” and similar fantasy novel epics. The difference is that the bible contains history and philosophy, and can be used for spiritual guidance.
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Is 600 pages a long book?

The average reader will read 600 pages in 16.7 hours when reading at a speed of 300 words per minute (wpm). Typical documents that are 600 pages or more include full-length novels. A typical single-spaced page is 500 words long. You may read faster or slower than this depending on your average reading speed.
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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. You've probably heard of it. On a bet, at some point in his career, Hemingway is said to have written the words: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
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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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What is the thickest book?

The thickest book published is 496 mm (19.5 in) and was achieved by Gyanjivandasji Swami (India) in Gujarat, India, on 2 February 2020. The book is entitled 'Shree Haricharitramrut Sagar' and is a biography of Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan.
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What is the heaviest book?

A book in English on the Buddha's life by Dr B R Ambedkar, was translated into Hindi and etched into a stainless steel tome, weighs 4409.245 pounds. Not surprisingly, its makers have applied to the Guinness World Records as the world's heaviest book.
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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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Who is the fattest book in the world?

Agatha Christie book is the world's thickest. A book with a collection of all of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple stories is recognised by the Guinness World Records as the thickest book published. More than a foot thick, the 4,032-pages book weighs 8.04kg, and has 12 novels and 20 short stories.
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How many pages are in all 7 Harry Potter books?

There are 4,100 pages in the original seven Harry Potter books if you read them all in the US hardback format. However, if you're reading the UK versions of the books, there are only 3,407.
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Who has the thickest hair in the world?

The thickest strand of human hair is 772 micrometres (0.03 inches) and was plucked from the beard of Muhammad Umair Khan (Pakistan), in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, as verified on 3 March 2021.
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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 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 longest English book?

1. Clarissa by Samuel Richardson. The longest book seems like it may also have one of the longest titles. (Its full name is Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life.
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Who Wrote the Bible?

Even after nearly 2,000 years of its existence, and centuries of investigation by biblical scholars, we still don't know with certainty who wrote its various texts, when they were written or under what circumstances.
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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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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 do you read 700 pages in a day?

Find something you like and that pulls you into the story.
  1. Go to the library into the fiction section.
  2. Pick books at random based on nothing more than the title or the cover picture.
  3. Read a few pages at the beginning.
  4. Read a few pages randomly in the middle.
  5. Read the last chapter.
  6. Does it all interest you?
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How do you finish a book in 3 days?

10 Steps to Finish a Novel in Three Days
  1. Clear your schedule. Take all three days off from work or school. ...
  2. Review your old writing. ...
  3. Outline your novel. ...
  4. Boost your energy. ...
  5. Get rid of distractions. ...
  6. Set goals. ...
  7. Embrace imperfection. ...
  8. Write.
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How long should it take to read a 700 page book?

The average reader will read 700 pages in 19.4 hours when reading at a speed of 300 words per minute (wpm). Typical documents that are 700 pages or more include full-length novels.
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What is the tallest book in the world?

How about the tallest book in the world? At 14ft, The Burj Dubai Opus is a record-breaking page-turner – though it's not clear how many competitors there might be, or, indeed, if it's even possible to turn its hefty pages.
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