In a major announcement today about their intent to print harry potter and the deathly hallows book on. Mar 03, 2016 has harry potter made the trend for longer childrens books fly. There are a total of 223 pages and 76,944 words in harry potter and the. Its when harry and dumbledore go into ogdens memory, in which ogden went to visit the gaunt family. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. We are also going to look at how harry potter is comparable to other young adult novels in regards to word count. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1. As an interesting side note, amazons text stats show that the average length of all books on amazon is about 64,000 words. The eight harry potter books have an impressive combined word count of over 1 million words. And the fellowship of the ring sits at 187,790 words. There are no hardandfast rules when it comes to what word count a novel in a particular genre should be. Below youll find the total word count numbers for each book in the. The number of pages also doesnt help much, as publishers use. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes.
Thats over three times the length of the shortest novel in the series, the philosophers stone. If youve arrived here by traveling any logical path, you need no introduction to robert jordans the wheel of time, a series that, across 14 doorstopping tomes, seized upon the imaginations of hundreds of thousands with its sprawling scope, mountainous stakes, and scrupulous detail. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series. The order of the harry potter book series from shortest to. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix book 5 rowling, j.
Harry potter uses the invisibility cloak in all of the harry potter books. The mortal instruments author cassandra clare is currently working on revisions for her fifth book of the series, city of lost souls, due on shelves may. The final hobbit film is an unprecedentedly gratuitous. Not counting the epilogue, the shortest chapter is book 3. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets 251 pages with 18 chapters. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter. So why should word count matter to you, the reader.
Jun 27, 2019 of course, there will be books that smash these rules. Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. These numbers are pulled from the original languages using logos bible softwareyou can see how i did it below. Click to enlarge image created by the company cartridge discount, this informative infographic catalogs the word counts of famous and popular. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. As the harry potter franchise draws to a close with the premier last night. My favorite chapter is house of gaunts in harry potter 6. By the way, if you want to know what i think of logos. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages.
When added all together, the harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writers beat. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of harry. Though its normally a bit of a cliche to close a chapter by getting the character to fall asleep, rowling does a clever twist on it by making this an occasion worth describing. And as you can see, it varies, depending on the story. Mar 20, 2007 in a major announcement today about their intent to print harry potter and the deathly hallows book on. Jan 21, 2016 the longest book in the harry potter series is harry potter and the order of the phoenix 257, 154 words. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76,944 words. The order of the phoenix, the longest harry potter novel, is 257,045 words in length. The sevenbook series has a word count of 1,083,594 us edition. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page count leading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. Depending on the variant that youre reading i believe that the page numbers differ between countries so im using the copies that i have to hand.
With that in mind, ive tried to put together the definitive post on word count for fiction novels, young adult, middle grade, childrens. Jun 27, 2017 the longest ya books you can read kelly jensen jun 27, 2017 perhaps we can thank harry potter for a trend over the last couple of decades in childrens and young adult literature. Cassandra clare shares city of lost souls word count. If you want to write a novel that could be submitted for awards such as the nebula or to a specific publishing house you need to find out any word count requirements first. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. 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. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. Jk rowlings longest novel is harry potter and the order of the phoenix, totaling 257,045 words.
Harry potter and the deathly hallows approximately 198,227, the scholastic count has yet to be announced. For movie length, i simply used the run time for the theatrical version of the movie as listed on imdb. The sword of shannara, the novel that gave birth of the modern fantasy genre, is a relatively modest 228,160 words. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages with 17 chapters. Towards the bottom, i also checked the ongoing epic fantasy series, a song of ice and fire and the original lord of the rings trilogy. Scholastic edition of deathly hallows to have 784 pages. You bet weve all experienced our fair share of screaming matches with this sort of. Nov 09, 2009 kings latest, under the dome, is his third longest novel ever. Word count for book series the first book in each series below was the authors first. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. The harry potter series is wellloved all round the world. Word count harry potter and the philosophers stone.
What are the harry potter books page numbers answers. I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information. For those who like to keep track of their reading word count or those who want to encourage their kids to read more the harry potter books series is an. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 257,045 words. In any case, to see how authors use this tactic to set their pacing, we also mapped out the word count of every chapter in four famous books. How many pages are each of the harry potter books answers. Has harry potter made the trend for longer childrens books. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster. Popular novel word count in novel word count harry potter word count stephen king word count. Nielsen bookscan, the worlds largest book tracking service, as they. Im curious to know what the longest chapter out of all this. Harry potter life quiz long and detailed very very long. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages harry potter and the chamber of secrets 251 pages harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 317 pages harry potter and the goblet of fire 636 pages harry potter and the.
The cloak is first used in harry potter and the philosophers stone, chapter 12. Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. There is a good selection of harry and hermione stories as well as with a few other cannon females. What motivates him is power and greed and he is willing to go to any lengths to. The word counts of some famous novels for comparison. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Rowling harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j.
This post on fantasy authors handbook does point out that many of the bestselling books of all time of which many are fantasy novels are not the 200,000 word epics many associate with the genre. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. Word count for novels and books is something i dont think about too often until i travel to a writers conference, and then someone asks a simple, innocent question. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. In the exposition of harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, j. Everything you need to know about novel word counts nathan. The longest chapter is book 5, chapter detention with dolores at 9,001 words. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words. Apr 23, 2018 few elements of the bookwriting process inspire such handwringing and teethgnashing as trying to constrain your novel within certain seemingly arbitrary bounds.
There are powerful harry, dark harry, manipulative dumbledore, time travel, and au stories here. Nov 25, 2008 progressive word count in harry potter series. After the introductory chapter, the book leaps forward to a time shortly before harry. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book.
Dec 27, 2007 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words. In the publishing industry, 250 words is considered a printed page of text. Click to enlarge image created by the company cartridge discount, this informative infographic catalogs the word counts of famous and. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the only book with officially 2 parts. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of time. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 317 pages. The list of books and their page counts was supplied by kings office and refers to the american hardcover editions. Feb 09, 2015 below are several different ya series, their word counts per book and total word counts for the entire series. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of. This is a collection of novel length, well written, harry potter stories. For book length, i chose to go with word count rather than page count, since theres so much variability when it comes to the number of words that get squeezed onto a single book page.
Jan 08, 2018 without extensive sales statistics its hard to say how the size of a book does or doesnt affect its popularity. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85,141 words. I used the lexham hebrew bible and the nestlealand novum testamentum graece for these word counts. List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. In this article, were going to look at how many words are in the harry potter series. It is the first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, first published in 1997 by bloomsbury. Martins longest novel in the a song of ice and fire series is a storm of swords, at 424,000 words. The most efficient film i pulled was the bourne ultimatum 2007, a 115minute movie based on a sprawling, 752page robert ludlum novel, leaving it about nine seconds of film per page. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about 77,500 words total. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. That means 75,000 words equals 300 pages, which is just about perfect for a first novel. Only word counts are below, not page counts, as some novels vary between editions. As you can see, established authors get much more flexibility when it comes to the length of their book. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets251 pages long.
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