Even the english prose rendering of mahabharata by kamala subramaniam. If youre interested in the saga, i recommend reading rat king first. This fanfiction has 4,102,217 words, with more than 220 chapters. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. People regard this as something worthy of comment, and i get that.
Though i cant call myself as a voracious reader, i hope that im eligible to label me as a chotti small is the meaning. From don quixote to american pastoral, take a look at the 100 greatest novels of all time. First, we would combine first and second samuel, first and second kings, first and second chronicles, and ezra with nehemiah. 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. Once youre done reading about the worlds longest novel, check out some of our more recent articles or have a look at our notable posts, listed in the right sidebar. 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. Im going reading the list of the shortest to the longest books of the bible. The true number one answer is pretty clear, but lets go through some contenders first.
List of books in the bible from shortest to longest. Traditionally, artamene ou le grand cyrus, has been considered the longest novel, but has lately been surpassed by at least one novel, or two depending on the criterion used to determine length. The longest published word, acetylseryltyrosylseryliso. No, its not a recherche du temps perdu, the answer will take us to some dusty corners of the interwebs. The great english novelist, here at his most grownup, doesnt do lawyers any favors. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. The longest book of the new testament, and the twelfth longest book of the entire bible, is the gospel of luke with 19,482 greek words. It takes about three and a half hours to pronounce this technical name of the protein titin. Novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. A glorious mess in a career of glorious messes, pynchons longest. It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. This is going by word count in the original languages not any english translation of the bible.
Most resources claim that the book of psalms is the longest book in the. 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. The longest word in the english language contains 189,891 letters. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. While this word might not look as impressive as others on this list, its the longest word in the english language to be composed entirely of vowels. It is a great standalone book, and itll tell you if you would enjoy the rest of the saga or not. One of the longest novels in the english language, but unputdownable. That left me with 66 logos word lists, each giving me every originallanguage word in a given book of the bible. Goodkind has published four series in his fantasy world of the confessors. I built one logos word list like this for every single book of the bible. The fanfiction is called subspace emissary worlds conquest, based on the popular fighting game super smash bros brawl s. 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. You see, god not only called israel to be his people and gave them a wonderful land, but he gave them a blueprint for living. Longest we often make assumptions about the world we live in, only to find that the reality is quite different.
Traditionally, artamene ou le grand cyrus, has been considered the longest novel, but has lately been surpassed by at least one novel, or two depending on the. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in. Seths suitable boy is the longest conventional novel in english since clarissa, and allegedly, according to a wikipedia participant, though source is not properly cited, the longest novel. I wouldnt be surprised if it has a resurgence in popularity in the near future and another attempt at being made into a movie or tv series.
Words consisting of hundreds, or even thousands of characters have been coined. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Psalm 119 voice psalm 119 psalm 119 is the longest. The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime by mark haddon, the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society by ma. A rough way to count words in an english language text is to assume that a. Its the longest english word composed exclusively of vowels, and it has the most consecutive vowels of any word. Polgara the sorceress is the longest book i have read in english at 754 pages.
Seay, whose book clocks in at 592 pages, picks 10 other long books worth the investment. Special thanks go to logos bible software for making determining the longest book of the bible by hebrew or greek word count much easier. If you like what you see, subscribe to our rss feed. Top 10 longest novel books in the world world most. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact.
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. 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. Top 10 longest words in the english language and the most. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A simple and quick bite of information, just a snippet of your day. Psalm 119 psalm 119 is the longest psalm in the collection. The longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. I used word count, not number of pages, as the measure of length, and 3.
Nigel tomms abstract novel the blah story was begun to publish in the october 2007. And in his spare time, he writes the longest work of fan fiction ever composed. The longest palindromic english word, according to the guinness book of world records. Its also the word with the longest string of vowels. Let me summarize some facts about worlds longest book novel the blah story. What are the longest books youve read, and was it worth. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading atlantic nightmare.
I wouldnt say i regret reading them all, i really enjoyed them, though they take more effort than most books to finish. I included only books originally written in english, since it is easier to achieve a high word count in some languages than others, and english. Robert mccrum has reached a verdict on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in english. It was coined by writer nigel tomm in his book the blah story, volume 10. The longest word in any given language depends on the word formation rules of each specific language, and on the types of words allowed for consideration agglutinative languages allow for the creation of long words via compounding. In print, the wheel of time, while technically a ser. Ive noticed astrics on certain books, what does that mean. If youre up for it, you can read and try to pronounce the word here you wont hear this absurdly long word in a spelling bee or find it in a dictionary it would take up 12 full pages. It is considered the longest word in the english language, according to the 18th edition of the guinness book of world records. It is a hymn in praise of and appreciation for gods instructions to his people. 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. Sometimes it takes several english words to translate one hebrew or. Surely no other word can beat this 1,902character word for a type of protein, which contains amino acids found in the dna strand.
Sword of truth, richard and kahlan, the legend of magda searus, and sister of darkness. Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. Unlike most english palindromes, which usually have seven letters or fewer, this has 11. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The second longest word in english and in the world contains 2,087,214 letters and means something like a girl or a bitch. The truth is the longest piece of fiction in the world to dateis a fanfiction. The hebrew word for that is torah, sometimes translated law or teachings. If you are wondering about its meaning, its a musical term from medieval times. He studies computer science and computer maintenance. Personally, i think the longest i ever read was the animorphs series 54 plus 10 companion books. My french edition of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book i. The second edition of the current 20volume oxford english dictionary contains 171,476 words in current use. Dec 30, 2019 how many words exactly are in the english language. Twitter description english adventurer gets more adventures than he.
The longest military campaign in world war ii kindle edition by freeman, richard. Good thing it has a shortened form, connectin or titin. By the end of the 19th century, no book in english literary history had enjoyed more editions, spinoffs and. I love a long book that i can really get into, so i decided to compile a list of the longest novels ever written.
The word occupies 812 pages read more and download entire book for freeheres an excerpt of the word. In this video are longest novels written in english. Best examples of palindromes in the english language. So, what if we were looking for the longest book of the bible in its original format. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course of following the narrators life, from childhood to adulthood. The longest novel in a single volume that i have ever read is a suitable boy by vikram seth.
It was coined by writer, director, artist and linguistic provocateur nigel tomm in his book the blah story, volume 19. Meet the college junior behind the longest fan fiction ever. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. Find out how long your favourite books are and how they compare to their. Even nonagglutinative languages may allow word formation of theoretically limitless. People sometimes ask whether a dna string can be considered as the longest english word, given that they can run to many thousands of letters.
The guinness book of records bestowed the honor of longest english palindrome to detartrated, which is the preterit and past participle of detartrate, meaning to remove tartrates, or organic compounds. The subspace emissarys worlds conquest is currently over. The same is true of the formal names of chemical compounds. The above longest word has 1909 characters and is considered as the most difficult and longest in english language.
The catcher in the rye is the perfect size for teenage backpacks and. The fifth longest book of the bible is exodus with 25,957 hebrew words. The longest noun and word, in general in the english language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. 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. For a full list of record titles, please use our record.