In his own words, conditions were perfect, no wind, mild weather, clear visibility. 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. Personally, i think the longest i ever read was the animorphs series 54 plus 10 companion books. Far from seeming too long, it made the wait for the sixth book seem neverending. 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. Longest human poop ever recorded was an amazing 26 feet.
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. A particular difficulty is created when comparing word counts across different writing systems. 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. A glorious mess in a career of glorious messes, pynchons longest and loosest novel floats and. It was in fact larger but the publishers managed to convince him to shed a. The longest human poop ever recorded was an astounding 7. Nevertheless, here is a list of the worlds top 10 longest books in terms of. The book is written by a python script which was in turn written by john fish.
You see, i periodically read the longest text ever to check the constant downward spiral of my sanity. Whats the longest anyone has ever held a plank answers. We list below the ten longest, most epic novels ever created. Heres the ones i have in my personal collection, but im sure they can be beat on both ends. What were the longest and shortest running time nonclassical album releases of allnew material ever.
I recently sorted my read bookshelf by pages and was surprised to discover that the stand was the longest book ive ever read. We need little research to find supportive data related to the subject. Well, it depends on how many of these movies you indulge in, but if. There are fifteen volumes published, each of which is approximately 800,000 words long.
Hines, a university of michigan student at the time was self admitted guiness book of world record obsessed individual with a flare for the more, unsavory. Longest lego chain the longest lego chain was built by families from ventura county, california, usa in collaboration with conejo recreation and park district, rotary international and the company play well teknologies on 27 september 2014. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by kings office and refers to the american hardcover editions. King james version cover to cover at 1590 pages nor the norton anthology of american literature at 2459 pages and i dont consider the entire box set of harry potter 4100 pages as a single book.
The 8 longest sniper shots ever recorded on the battlefield. But even its stature couldnt save it from going under the knife, as the 222minute version released in. Harrison made his recordbreaking shots after his commander and some afghan soldiers took fire while patrolling in helmand province in november 2009. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. Classified the longest cinematic movies ever been made is as difficult as determining the longest novel ever been written. There are also plans to make the entire work available online through a virtual reading room.
But its not exactly straightforward to rank the longest books ever published. This enormously long car is even in the guinness book of world records now. A suitable boy by vikram seth which is an amazing piece of literary work and personally i consider his lifes masterpiece is simply magnanimous. The 9 strangest books of all time for readers unafraid of. At 1440 pages i have never actually read the holy bible. Created by the same man that founded the current body of religious beliefs known as. You can see a set of the photos from the poop here.
Meet the college junior behind the longest fan fiction ever. The longest filibusters in american political history can be measured in hours, not minutes. The longest book ever written the longest book ever written is called yongle dadian. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course of following the narrators life, from childhood.
Insane starbucks orders craziest starbucks orders ever. It was recently made available online in its original. Even the authors know they are bloated beasts, for example take tad williams, writer of. The title translates to remembrance of things past. Proust is no match for these two fanfics the daily dot. Longest definition of longest by the free dictionary. Theyre longer than the longest book youve ever read. One hundred and 32 years after sherlock holmes made his debut in an english detective novel, mystery entertainment is a bigger business than ever and does not appear to be slowing down soon. An enclyclopedia with 11,095 volumes and 22,877 chapters. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact. Most of the longest novels ive ever read were written by regular people in their. The longest limousine built ever in the world is a limousine 100ft long that was created by jay ohrberg of burbank, california.
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. Because of the long duration, some of longest movies ever made below are never been released. Lost time is longer than war and peace, but the same argument can be made. This is also the longest confirmed kill ever made by an american sniper. Endgame running time of approximately three hours is not the longest for a superhero movie ever. It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. The 9 strangest books of all time for readers unafraid of taking a risk. Kremers shot is the longest confirmed kill of operation iraqi freedom beating navy seal chris kyles famous shot by over 400 yards and the longest confirmed kill ever made with a barrett m82a1 sniper rifle known in the army as the m017. It had been a long battle for survival, but he managed to stop the imbeciles from defeating him for real. Thus begins the longest work of fiction ever written.
The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes. Its the reason the secret menu exists in the first place its all drinks that annoying people like us made up. The 30 longest video games ever from least to most hours these are the longest video games ever made, ranked by their length to finish. Yes, marvel studios next movie is long, but its not the longest comic book. Well, it depends on how many of these movies you indulge in, but if we. Its official at 4,032 pages, all resting on a spine over a foot thick, the worlds thickest book is the complete miss marple. The hoax claims that the record for longest human poop was set in 1995 by a woman thats right, a woman named michelle hines of ann arbor michigan, usa. A famous persian novel, this was published in 1984 and tells the story of a. It is the longest japanese novel and also one of the longest ever written. 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.
Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. I agree, if you dont like the fact the poorly written books are on a best books ever list than i think you care to much. This limousine rides on 26 tires spaced along the length of its body. While most cinematic films have a broad theatrical release in multiple locations through normal distribution channels, some of the longest films are experimental in nature or created for art gallery installations, having never been simultaneously released to multiple screens or intended for mainstream audiences. Bonus points if you actually understood what you were reading.
The book was unveiled by mshahed international group, in dubai, uae, on 27 february 2012. Richard scarrys best makeit book ever scarry, richard. Anyway, i just finished rereading my longest text ever. 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. He studies computer science and computer maintenance. Anyway, here are the longest books ever written by american authors. The longest literary works ever written mental itch. The 30 longest video games ever from least to most hours.
But savoring a book of, say, 800 pages or longer is a project. I can imagine some people reading this now saying, i have had bigger, well it wasnt documented, so it doesnt count. On march 10, 1552, mathematician john dee had a conversation with an angel. On the other hand its not bad to defend what you think is. Do you know much time you need to watch the longest hollywood films ever made. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. It had to be published in 10 volumes, totalling,095 pages and roughly 2. The longest hollywood films ever made insider monkey. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. The massive volume, a collection of the 12 novels and 20 short.