This task ended up being much more complex than one would think a list of longest books. The top 10 longest plays shakespeare ever wrote from shakespeares shortest play the comedy of errors 1,787 lines to his longest. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes. Read this and have an exquisite spiritual experience. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. We take a look at ten of the longest plays he wrote and find out just how many lines each of them has. Currently writing a 300page book about how i found a moon rock that had been lost for 40 years. It is the longest japanese novel and also one of the longest ever written. The encouragement he got from peers led to one of the finest achievements when in 2017 ndlovu published ubuntu nqabanqo, an 18page epic ndebele that is cited as the longest published poem in ndebele. In 1976, a sociologist, daniel bell, wrote a book whose title encapsulated the conventional wisdom of the time. The worst books of all time what do you think are the worst books ever written. An enclyclopedia with 11,095 volumes and 22,877 chapters.
In the 1980s, european countries started to organise their economies on more american lines. Mar 08, 2015 this resulted in the creation of the epic which in persian is called shahnameh or translated the book of kings, the longest poem ever written in history. Published in 11 volumes and 1080 chapters 1040 chapters by cai dongfan, the last 40 chapters by xu jinfu, this historical novel includes 6 million chinese characters. The greatest book ever written, the old testament oursler. 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. Forster wrote his novel a passage to india after multiple trips to the country throughout his early life. 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.
Naturally, opinion is sometimes divided on how exactly to measure length pages, words, or even characters, so its an approximate guide however, if you ever manage to get all the way through even one of these, you have our eternal respect. What is the longest essaytext that you have ever written. The united states, so desperate for quality authors that theyre saying that something written by a russian, is in fact american. Jan 10, 2012 the worlds shortest book was a joke template popularized in late 1960s. Meet the college junior behind the longest fan fiction ever. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required.
There are fifteen volumes published, each of which is approximately 800,000 words long. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. His new book the blah story, volume 8 consists of one poem which contains 98,728 words. He decided that today was perhaps the longest day of his life. The life of me, and dont be mistaken, its going to be the best damn book youll ever read, tremendous, and youll never believe it but i wrote every word, im serious, you cant believe it, i cant make it up. The worlds shortest book was a joke template popularized in late 1960s. Apr 15, 2020 there have been some truly massive books written over the years. But what is the longest piece of fiction ever written in human history. The longest book every written was the yongle dadian, an encyclopedia with 11,095 volumes and 22,877 chapters. From the dark and dry to the witty and wry, from the fictive to the factual, from travel logs to comedic blogs, this extensive collection of humor both classic and new inclu. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. Over the years, there has been some controversy over what constitutes the worlds longest novel.
Oct 02, 2014 eddings wrote two 5 book series and two histories. Mar 07, 2015 this resulted in the creation of the epic which in persian is called shahnameh or translated the book of kings, the longest poem ever written in history. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Rowlings harry potter and the deathly hallows with 198,227 words. Not only had he been called an idiot to his face, but he could do nothing to counter that. I dont know if hes ever revealed who that lover was. This resulted in the creation of the epic which in persian is called shahnameh or translated the book of kings, the longest poem ever written in history. The count of monte cristo at 375,695 words and 1,276 pages in the penguin classics english translation is one of the longest books ive read. There have been some truly massive books written over the years. The template consists of a book title and an author, which when paired together would be nonsensical. It, however, isnt even close to being the longest book ever written. Watch more videos for more knowledge what was the longest book ever written.
You can learn who your family is in this recap of mankinds history. Let me summarize some facts about worlds longest booknovel the blah story. Oct 09, 2018 what is the longest book that one can read. I then wrote my first book, edited by one of my mentors pathisa nyathi, when i was in high school doing my alevels. The man who wrote the longest ndebele poem sunday news.
The book was published in 1924 and follows a muslim indian doctor named aziz and his relationships with an english professor, cyril fielding, and a visiting english schoolteacher named adela quested. We list below the ten longest, most epic novels ever created. Elton johns one was written for and about his lover at the time. Jul 27, 2019 what is the shortest novel ever written. The longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s. Sep 08, 2017 what was the longest book ever written.
The book is written by a python script which was in turn written by john fish. Aug 16, 2017 a suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous. King talked to time about his top 10 biggest books, reflecting on the circumstances under which they were written and the critical reception that they received. And i thought the stand was long its only 1168 pages.
Perhaps it is the harry potter series, the land of stories series, or any other 2inchormore book. For a full list of record titles, please use our record. Its a piece of lore that after mitchell wrote joe goulds secret he never wrote another story. Also, the longest novel fiction book ever written, according to the guinness book of world records, is in search of lost time by marcel proust, which has approximately 3,000,000 words in it. Jul 18, 2017 if you love to laugh then youre in luck, because weve gathered 50 of the funniest books of all time on this cantmiss list. The novels mentioned above are some of the longest books ever written, which allow the reader to stay immersed in the stories and live the characters for a great amount of time. If you love to laugh then youre in luck, because weve gathered 50 of the funniest books of all time on this cantmiss list. This old book by fulton oursler, the greatest book ever written will make your heart so glad that you feel like a new person. And in his spare time, he writes the longest work of fan fiction ever composed. 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. These books are rather long but never tedious, and will take the reader on unparalleled journeys which will likely be remembered for the rest of his or her lifetime. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact.
Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Nov 09, 2009 kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. According to a 1983 guinness book of records, this monster once qualified as literatures longest at 1,288 words, but that record has long been surpassed, in english at least, by jonathan coes the rotters club, which ends with a 33pagelong,955 word sentence. The book was published in 1924 and follows a muslim indian doctor named aziz and his relationships with an english professor, cyril fielding, and a visiting english. The subspace emissarys worlds conquest is currently over. Swiss comedians andreas storm and catherine stormer featured the book in their stage program and called it the worst book ever written in german tongue. Posted on july 27, 2019 by katherine luck if you set out to find the worlds shortest novel, as i recently did, youll run into a crazy pile of misinformation, unsourced quora and yahoo answers pages, ethnic slurs disguised as jokes, and general confusion about the difference between a novel, a. Ferdowsis great aim was to revive the ancient persian culture, mythology and language after the. The shortest novels written by 20 authors you shouldve read. 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. A suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous.
Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. The longlost story of the longest book ever written. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by kings office and refers to the american hardcover editions. He only intimated that he was an equal star celebrity. Spends 40 years in europe spends 5 years in the usa. The longest book ever written the longest book ever written is called yongle dadian. Jun 04, 2014 the longest novel ever published was written in the 1600s.
He studies computer science and computer maintenance. The longest poem in english literature now belongs to writer and artist nigel tomm. Hard times isnt a particularly short novel, as novels goits about the standard lengthbut its less than a third the length of many of his more famous novels 104,821 words to david copperfield s 357,489, bleak. Please respect everyones opinions, even if you think their opinion is downright stupid.
I love a long book that i can really get into, so i decided to compile a list of the longest novels ever written. Kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. Ferdowsis great aim was to revive the ancient persian culture, mythology and language after the invasion of the islamic caliphate of the arabs. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. I wrote a 111page thesis with endnotes on the history and development of orbital docking systems. Nigel tomms abstract novel the blah story was begun to publish in the october 2007.