Im curious to know what the longest chapter out of all. Find out how long your favourite books are and how they compare to their. The eight harry potter books have an impressive combined word count of over 1 million words. It was written by jack thorne, based on a story by j. The length of the book increases with the number of book in the series. Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Credit is given to its artists, franchisees, movie studios, publishers, actors, etc. This was described by garrick ollivander to be an unusual combination of wand core and wood. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter.
May 01, 2008 it had to happen sometime and, lo, an era has ended. It was revealed by garrick ollivander that tom riddles wand core also came from fawkes, making the two wands brothers. Sep 06, 2016 so how long did it take to write harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Harry potter and the deathly hallows may have been broken into two parts as a film. Now, with harry potter and the goblet of fire, the fourth book in her seven volume epic about the titular boy wizard, j. Harry potter and the deathly hallows must be the longest. The prequel is a short story that is 800 words long, written by j. Ten years later, harry potter vanishes from the bestseller. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version.
Does anyone know of any other book series that might be longer. Thickest books ever 851 books goodreads share book. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Here, he definitively answers the ageold question of how long the longest book in the world could be. The last book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, is 157.
Books just for fun harry potter life yule ball more report. In harry potter, how old will a wizard live to be on. By far the longest, it has more emotional scenes, more epic battles and more characters who each have their own story to tell. Then again, harry potter and the order of the phoenix is by far the longest volume at 255,000 words, about 20 percent longer than moby dick. So if anyone thinks that there is such a story that needs to be here then please tell. 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 story is set nineteen years after the ending of harry potter and the deathly hallows and follows harry potter. Do this, not that harry potter studio tour, london some of the below are affiliate links and ill earn a percentage of the sale if you purchase through them, at no extra cost to you. Rowlings harry potter books were a worldwide phenomenon, with the first four installments in the series selling millions of copies and helping reignite the market for young adult literature along the way but that was still no guarantee that filmgoers were going to turn out when the hogwarts gang showed up on the big screen. O the book that took me the shortest was harry potter and the sorcerersphilosophers stone. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the fifth book in the exciting harry potter series. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series.
Every harry potter book ranked according to goodreads. Lengthy, well written, compelling harry potter fanfiction. Many people read the books for book reports, learning how to read, or simply for pleasure. Home community books harry potter lengthy, well written, compelling harry potter. Rowling admitted that she could have edited some parts out of it. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. So how long did it take to write harry potter and the sorcerers stone.
An extremely long and extremely popular fic, based on the peerage system of the wizarding world. Say an author announces that his or her next book will be the longest book in the world. Ive been watching these movies solely for follicular reasons for a long time now but then it. Although this may take the longest to read, it becomes the most interactive to read. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of. Over 450 million books harry potter books have been sold across the world, making jk rowling the worlds first billionaire author. Ranking the 20 most important harry potter haircuts the. A compartment filled with rowdy firstyears taking turns hanging. In total, all seven harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. You arrive on the hogwarts express for the first time. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published 8 july 2000, simultaneously by bloomsbury and scholastic. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is a fantasy novel written by british author j.
But when she finally starts to prove herself by crawling from behind her brothers overbearing shadow during the triwizard tournament, she begins realizing that it may have been better to just stay hidden. Only 2 of the 7 harry potter books came in at under 100,000 words sorcerers stones and. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information. The play opened on 30 july 2016 at the palace theatre, london, england. But harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest in j.
Prior to harry potter, the accepted wisdom was that kids didnt have the attention span to read long books. Dec 27, 2019 how to read a whole harry potter book in a week. A hatstall was an archaic term for a student of hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry whose sorting took more than five minutes because the sorting hat found them to have a personality equally suited to different hogwarts houses. Because bloomsbury is afraid that young boys wont want to read a book by a woman, they suggest she use her initials. Compiling a list of longest novels yields different results depending on whether pages, words or characters are counted. From these numbers, we can establish some guidelines. Your harry potter life long results your engagement ring based on harry potter choices. The order of the harry potter book series from shortest to. A n an archaic hogwarts term for any new student whose sorting takes longer than five minutes.
Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, yet it is the second shortest film at 2 hours and 18 minutes. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix wikipedia. Find out more about her ragstoriches story, including how much she earned for the first book in the harry potter series. The longest chapter is book 5, chapter detention with dolores at 9,001 words. Today j and ben face off in a really rather long harry potter quiz to celebrate hitting 2 million subscribers and to find out who knows the most about the movies, books. Published in 2003, it was the fifth harry potter book. We are also going to look at how harry potter is comparable to other young adult novels in regards to word count. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series.
And anyway, the thinking went, kids werent buying their own books. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. That was the longest year of my life, waiting for book 5 i was a heavy mugglenet user that year. Ranking the 20 most important harry potter haircuts.
Rowling, bloomsbury and scholastic are all the rightful title owners of their content. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix harry potter, book. The best reading records of all time childrens books. How many words are in harry potter and the deathly hallows. I dont know if its a real trend or just some statistical clutter, says howard, but theres. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 simultaneously by bloomsbury and scholastic. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writer. The order of the harry potter book series from shortest to longest is. The harry potter book series is one of the most beloved book series of our time. You are a first year and you are excitedly awaiting your oncoming years at hogwarts. Rowling finds herself guardian of an international pop phenom and a. The story follows an adventure of sirius black and james potter as they encounter a muggle police officer. Whats more, rowling had six more books to write about harry, hermione, and ron before her series was complete.
List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. The longest harry potter book in the series is harry potter and the oder of the phoenix. On my phone it showed waay more pages than i thought there. This is an exceptionally long time for the sorting hat to deliberate, and occurs rarely, perhaps once every fifty years. To find out how long should a chapter be, we examined books from a wide variety of genres and eras. Yes, the book did get criticism for being long and even j. Audrey potter hates the technicalities that constantly drag her into trouble with her twin brother, harry. Plus, she probably didnt want to make the first book too long, or the publisher. Potter talk is a fan blog dedicate to the harry potter franchise. Of harry potter s contemporaries, hermione granger and neville longbottom came closest to.
List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series. In harry potter, how old will a wizard live to be on average. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets is 341 pages. Also, by 2020 petunia dursley, born before 1960, has died, at a relatively young age for a muggle woman. Harry potter and the cursed child is a twopart west end stage play. Books movies harry potter hogwarts long answers report. 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. If i listed my favorite harry potter books worst to best, it would go from shortest to longest. Rowlings first book established a strong market for harry potter, so noone told her to make her next ones short. The sorting hat sometimes took the students personal preference into consideration in order to break such a tie.
Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the only book with officially 2 parts. Soon after, umbridge is given a tipoff about dumbledores army by marietta edgecombe, a friend of harrys crush cho chang. The first book in the series harry potter and the philosophers stoneis published in the united kingdom. All this takes a long time to explain, but its more than worth it. Does it make any sense for the longest harry potter book to also be the shortest movie. The longest harry potter book is also the shortest movie. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, yet it is the second shortest. Are the wizard coins in the harry potter books international. So my question is, which book did you look forward to the most. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of harry.
Which is the longest book in the harry potter series. The story of the boy wizard started in books, and those novels have sold millions of copies as well, making it one of the best crossover hits in. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book from the series, yet the second shortest film at 2 hours and 18 minutes. Click to enlarge image created by the company cartridge discount, this informative infographic catalogs the word counts of famous and popular. Its when harry and dumbledore go into ogdens memory, in which ogden went to visit the gaunt family. Harry potter and the half blood prince and harry potter and the deathly hallows both have 607 pages putting them in 4th spot harry potter and the goblet of fire636 pages long and the longest book the order of the phoenix with 766 pages. The longest harry potter book is more than 850 pages, so spread out the number of pages throughout the 7 days. The feather was donated by fawkes, albus dumbledores phoenix. Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. My favorite chapter is house of gaunts in harry potter 6. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. The best longest books 70 books goodreads share book.
Write the report while reading the book so you dont forget to include any important details. Im curious to know what the longest chapter out of all this. In this article, were going to look at how many words are in the harry potter series. Harry potter s wand was 11 long, made of holly, and possessed a phoenix feather core. Ok so this is my first big quiz and this is the first question. This community basically has the longest and the most interesting according to me harry potter fanfics that i have read andor found. After that, my hp obsession waned a bit, but that year epitomized my love for the series. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. When the last book comes out next year it will be 14 books. After a 10year run, and less than a year after the seventh and final book in j. Warner bros entertainment, warner bros studios, pottermore, universal orlando resort, j. Thank you, i looked up how many pages the books were, since read the ebook. Not counting the epilogue, the shortest chapter is book 3. 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.
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