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. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Here are just a few books that took their authors years to complete, but in. A suitable boy is a novel by vikram seth, published in 1993. Publisher, year of publication, page number full example. Ever wondered which are the longest fantasy book series of all time. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records. This task ended up being much more complex than one would think a list of longest books ever should be. Its author, georges perec, was introduced to wrights book by a friend of his in oulipo, a multinational constrainedwriting group. Most published works by one author guinness world records.
Eric rutkow is an assistant professor of history at the university of central florida in orlando, and the author of the longest line on the map. What is the longest book series written by a single author. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. Armen shekoyan, an armenian writer committed to producing the worlds longest novel, says. Aug 05, 2018 robert jordan deserves a mention books all in excess of 450 pages each. Monte cook kickstarts longest rpg book by a single author. Brimming with brilliant fodder for the gaming table, it quickly sold out and became an item for the collectors.
The best longest audiobooks read by a single likely exhausted narrator at one million words and 61 hours, alan moores jerusalem tops the list of longest audiobooksbut dont let that dissuade you from listening to it. A single work includes works thought of as one novel by the author, but. The original series is 190 not a typo, one hundred ninetybooks long. I searched for a list of books in the bible from shortest to longest. Mar 12, 2020 monte cook kickstarts longest rpg book ever written by a single author ep. Sirona, texas by madison cooper 840,000 words, 1,731 pages. Meet the college junior behind the longest fan fiction ever. The longest day dday during world war 2 by ryan, cornelius and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. If you write a book according to the usual criteria, one person may like it, the other may dislike it, but when you write ten volumes, no one will say that the book is in eight. Chapter in a single author book chicago manual of style. This copy is for your personal, noncommercial use only. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. This is a real gemsigned by the author on volume 1.
The most books signed by one author in a single session is 6,904, achieved by vickrant mahajan india, in jammu, india, on 30 january 2016. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. What is the longest by number of books book series that is. Top 10 longest novels in the english language listverse. Trees, forests, and the making of a nation 2012, received the association of american publishers prose award for us history and was named one of the top books of the year by smithsonian magazine. Jun 04, 2014 in fact, the longest american novel only barely cracks the top 10 in terms of the longest in history. Women and men by joseph mcelroy 850,000 words, 1192 pages. Youngest author, longest book, final commonwealth booker. Chapter in a single author book chicago manual of style 14. New zealand author eleanor catton has become the youngest ever author to win the prestigious man booker prize for english literature. Otto longest human tunnel travelled through by a skateboarding. If youre new to the genre, these are the books you need to get started. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources.
Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. It may not be the longest, but its worth recognizing that mark gruenwald wrote captain america for ten years straight 19851995. The new york times best sellers september 22, 2019. The real aim of this prize is not to identify a single book of exceptional quality, but to display the variety of what fiction can be. The longest single note by peter crowther, paperback barnes. Yep, that is my summer reading, he replied, glancing down at the 1,088page behemoth of a novel.
It might not actually be the single longest, and probably wouldnt count as a saga, but the richard long arms series by gaius julius orlovsky, at 50 books the final book, emperor, is missing from the wikipedia list, appear to be the longest published science fiction book series with the same author and the same main character. The last 3 were written under his direction by brandon sanderson after his death with copious notes, frame work and major points. Author, chapter title, in title place of publication. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and. The longest line on the map book by eric rutkow official. Given the available resources of our planet, how long is the longest individual hardcover book we could. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course of following the narrators life, from childhood to adulthood. It contains 3,958 pages in four volumes and took 10 years to complete. Jul 05, 2014 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. 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.
It has been published in 9 volumes over a period of 40 years. Marienbad my love is the worlds longest novel, a multimillionword, multiplevolume work. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact of. Buy this book though perhaps best known as an editor. Top 10 authors who ignored the basic rules of punctuation. If youre a long term fantasygenrebuff, then i bet on this list you will find some of your mostcherished novels along with some newbies that are sure to make your mostcherished list next. There are an additional 127 hardy boys casefiles books. The book that was signed was vickrants yes thank you universe.
Vendetta in death the 49th book of the in death series. I used word count, not number of pages, as the measure of length, and 3. And thats okay, because holy shit, most people dont read pages of anything in the course of a year, much less sit down and write something that length thats publishable. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. The most books signed by one author in a single session is 6,786 by orrin woodward usa, who signed his book and.
It does not include books cowritten with other authors or any of the seven parts of kings dark tower series, which he typically considers one. And does one book mean one volume or do multiple volumes of a book. Top 10 longest novels in the english languagetop 10 longest novels in the english languagei love a long book that i can really get into, so i decided to compile a list of the longest novels ever written. King on king stephen king on his 10 longest novels. List of books in the bible from shortest to longest. Also would love if they would tell us if these books are all in english or if some of them are the same book in different languages, and thus a.
It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. Jun 27, 2017 if you are a big book reader or youre curious about the lengths some ya novels have gone in their physical manifestation then youll enjoy this look at the longest ya books around. Did you know about laurie, a download free short story written by the author. 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. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Psalms is the longest book of the bible see what the longest book actually is. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Monte cook kickstarts longest rpg book ever written by a. For one, she only started writing the book out of boredom while. Eve dallas looks into the misdeeds of a wealthy businessman while a vigilante named lady justice uses disguises to avenge women who were wronged. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Robert jordan deserves a mention books all in excess of 450 pages each. The 7 longest books in american history america fun fact.
The 28year old author won for just her second novel, the. From a world fantasy award finalist comes a careerspanning. Brimming with brilliant fodder for the gaming table, it quickly sold out and became an item for the collectors market. Best selling refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or cowritten by an. The book is entitled shree haricharitramrut sagar and is a. Brimming with brilliant fodder for the gaming table, it quickly sold. An example of an epistolary novel one written as a series of. The best longest audiobooks read by a single likely. Pet sematary, a new movie adaptation of one of kings most notorious works.
Whats the longest comic book run a single writer or artist. Probably the best very long novel of the last century, its a great american one, too, and a pure distillation of new york, from its homerun opening the shot heard round the world that won the giants the 1951 pennant to the glories and horrors of the thenpresent day, which is where that winning baseball ends up. Miss macintosh, my darling by marguerite young 750,000 words, 1198 pages. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page. The longest novel in a single volume that i have ever read is a suitable boy by vikram seth. Jan 02, 2014 the bestselling author of the between boyfriends book and an awardwinning writer for sex and the city and modern family takes a hilarious, heartbreaking look at marriage cindy chupack has spent much of her adult life writing about dating and relationships for several hit tv series and as a sex columnist for o, the oprah magazine.
Marienbad my love is the worlds longest novel, a multimillionword, multiple volume work. It was published in ten volumes but considered a single work and contains 2. I dont know for sure, but let me introduce the hardy boys. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts. This is a list of bestselling fiction authors to date, in any language. The list below has been compiled from a lot of research, and it includes only stand alone titles or the first book in a series. Oct 15, 20 new zealand author eleanor catton has become the youngest ever author to win the prestigious man booker prize for english literature. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon. This book in malayalam is known as the longest written in an indian language. This book s genre credentials have been disputed with the suggestion that varney is actually a madman rather than a real vampire, but there seems to be a general acceptance that the book is a genuine work of the fantastic, and the longest sff work ever published in one volume which it was in 1847.