While more of a scifihorror mix than straight scifi, kings apocalyptic vision of mankind on the brink of selfdestruction is clearly one of the longest science fiction books of all time. A book s title is watch draws a person to read a book. Seeking an entry in the guinness book of world records, a college principal on monday released a book with the longest title of. Daniel radcliffe the story of the not so ordinary boy chosen from thousands of hopefuls to play the role of harry potter who faced the worlds media for the first time. Books with really long titles add your favorite books that have titles that have at least six words, not counting what comes after the colon. The longest valid name of a drink that can be inserted into the cash register ordering system and is reasonable without adding material for no reason what so ever is quad long shot grande in a venti cup half calf double cupped no sleeve salted ca. Whats the weirdest book title and the longest book title youve seen.
Marienbad my love, the worlds longest novel, that tops 17 million words and also sets new records for the worlds longest word, sentence and book title. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page. Top 10 most dangerous airports in the world 2019 duration. The title translates to remembrance of things past. Bonus points if you actually understood what you were reading. The 25 most challenging books you will ever read if youve made it all the way through any of these, give yourself a pat on the back.
The worlds longest book title is the history of the wars of newengland with the eastern indians, or a narrative of their continued perfidy and cruelty, from the 10th of august, 1703, to the peace renewed th of july, 17, and from the 25th of july, 1722, to their submission 15th december, 1725, which was ratified august 5th, 1726m. Of all the books ever published, which one has the longest. If your company employs an optical illuminator enhancer to clean the windows, or you have a director of first impressions working on reception, then it. 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 longest title of a book consists of 26,021 characters, and was achieved by vityala yethindra india in bishkek, kyrgyzstan, on 20 march. 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 man who broke the bank at monte carlo charles deville wells, gambler and fraudster extraordinaire is quite a long title i was wondering whether it qualified for a place in the record books, but found that, with 21 words and 102 characters, it was by no means the longest recognised book title. Hirohito blues which the longest song title in the guiness book of world records. What if the movie of the novel the movie had then been readapted into a series of books.
Yak holds a guinness book of world records title farmher. Books with really long titles 1409 books goodreads. Shimoneta to iu gainen ga sonzai shinai taikutsu na sekai a boring world where the concept of dirty jokes doesnt exist. This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the worlds largest book. 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. Moseley viking table manners thanks to philip leibfried how to be good by amy winehouse thanks to lisa kelly eason my successful presidency by george bush thanks to eric snyder.
Timilsina achieved this record on february 19, 2019. A selection of our most enjoyable videos from some amazing records and record holders. Andrew krivaks new novel the bear tells the story of a father and daughter living peacefully in an edenic world now uninhabited by humans. Dr subramonian, principal, dr r v arts and science college, karamadai, about 25 km from coimbatore, has written a book about daniel radcliffe, the. Cultural learnings of america for make benefit glorious nation of kazakhstan larry charles, 2006. Previously known as barnaby usansky, this man from edinburgh held the record for the second longest name of a living person in years 20112012, with his 197letterslong name.
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. Of course, in fantasy, there are long novels, but there are also really long book series. C by tom mccarthy, one of the novels shortlisted for this years booker prize, is not the first novel to be assigned a single letter from the alphabet as its title. I dont see a point in having a ridiculously long name, if it is not the longest name in the world. But, have you ever imagined a book s title that is long as the book itself. The neverending quest for artisanal olive oil, and other first world problems. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. This may be the longest official game title in the world. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes. The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation. Even amazon doesnt list the full title and its not recognized by guinness yet, anyway the guinness book of world records has a book title that is the longest in the world. The longest chapter literary fiction, poetry, first.
When we tested the system we experienced massive loading times when displaying a huge amount of individual visitor lines with their real text. Welcome to worlds longest website growing with every. Srijans book was inaugurated at kathmandu university nepal. Its hard to define exactly what constitutes a long novel, as some come in more than one volume, which is counted, but others are more of a series like the harry potter books, which arent allowed as the books were published separately and. Top 5 people with the longest names history rundown.
The title has been written by nepals srijan timilsina in kathmandu and contains 1809 words including 11284. The title has been written by nepals srijan timilsina in kathmandu and contains 1,809 words including 11,284 characters. In conclusion, fantasy and scifi novels are longer because of all the worldbuilding, we have to explain the world we made up to the reader so he can be fully immersed in it. By scrolling the replaced lines, the 333 real lines in this section will be loaded and. According to the guinness book of world records, the longest title of any oscar nominated flick is. Long strange trip, or the writer, the naked girl, and the guy with a hole in his head peter wick, 1999. Learn about this blessed beast on farmher friday at 9. The world s longest book title is the history of the wars of newengland with the eastern indians, or a narrative of their continued perfidy and cruelty, from the 10th of august, 1703, to the peace renewed th of july, 17, and from the 25th of july, 1722, to their submission 15th december, 1725, which was ratified august 5th, 1726m by samuel penhallow. It felt like every band in the 20052008 era had the longest song titles ever, including fall out boy. Meet the holder of the title for the tallest high top fade, the dog with the longest tongue, l. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Add your favorite books that have titles that have at least six words, not. He wasnt very bright, and he studied for six or seven years before passing his third division exam wh.
All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. He has also been granted the honor of knighthood from a long list of nations across the world, from greece and denmark knight of the order. Did grossman set out to write the worlds longest book. According to the guinness book of world records, the book with the longest title in the world contains 5,820 characters 1,022 words. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. The game is from d3 publisher, which has always been a little tongueincheek with its games. The longest title of a book consists of 11,284 characters, achieved by srijan timilsina nepal in lalitpure, nepal, on 19 february 2014. The weirdest and the longest book title mobileread forums.
From don quixote to american pastoral, take a look at the 100 greatest novels of all time the 100 greatest nonfiction books the 2015 version of the 100 best novels. Great dane guinness world records tallest great dane in. The coppell, texas, writer has been making a run at the record books with his stillgrowing story of a christhaunted filmmaker who believes he is called on. What remains of past civilization are a few books and, in the far beyond, buried walls.
Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the worlds longest novel. With news this week of the discovery of what could be the earliest known siddur, a jewish prayer book dated at around 840 ad we have put together a list of 10 of the oldest known surviving books in the world today writing and literature are thought to have been first developed between the. Weeds in a changing world british crop protection council. Thats rightin december, guinness declared 4yearold freddy the world s tallest dog. The stand is the classic endof world scenario and one of kings most popular books definitely his longest. Discover worlds largest book at kuthodaw pagoda in mandalay, myanmar burma. 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. 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. Jericho holds the guinness book of world records title for longest yak horns. Like, our onestop sourcing tool, sourcehub, is good, but im not sure its this good. These days, it seems like everybody and their housekeeper holds a guinness world record. I worked for the public service, and we had a guy on the staff who wanted to move up a level. Accompanying the books release, grossman plans for a series of performance. Dbz, because those title s are so long and there are so many of them.
The worlds largest book is not a book in the conventional sense, but a series of huge stone tablets surrounding the kuthodaw pagoda in. World s shortest books 1 how to look good by zach galifianakis thanks to purpleninja16 a pictorial appreciation of womens fashion shows in iran thanks to willie g. So if you are looking for which series has the longest title, it is. I would love to see the boolean string for each of these job titles. Those magnificent men in their flying machines or how i flew from london to paris in 25 hours 11 minutes, which was nominated for best screenplay in 1966. Freddy the great dane was the smallest of his litter, but has defied the odds to receive the guinness world record for the tallest dog in the world.