Books average 250 words per page, so the title alone equals four pages. Add your favorite books that have titles that have at least six words, not counting. Biomed central publishes over 290 open access scientific journals. The 1992 guinness book of world records calls floccinaucinihilipilification the longest real word in the oxford english dictionary, and refers to pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis as the longest madeup one. It is the worlds largest scholarly, multidisciplinary full text database. A silly, stupid title with the word clowns misspelled, but hell if that doesnt sound like a ridiculously fun movie. 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. In this video i read the longest english word to ever exist. I am anonymous robot and i gonna read you the longest book title, which belongs to writer and artist nigel tomm. Dr subramonian, principal, dr r v arts and science college, karamadai, about 25 km from coimbatore, has written a book about daniel radcliffe, the young actor, who gave life to j k rowlings character harry.
Ciliberti is an italian, which means the title is written in italian, which means i cant read it, so im not writing it out either. The search for the elements basic books 1962 49 words from the exodus houghton mifflin 1963. The book title consists of 3,999 characters with spaces or 670 words. Many authors will use quotations from literature as the title for their works. Recommended for book clubs by title, all with discussion guides. Bonus points if you actually understood what you were reading. The last man on earth 14 fawcett crest 1982 261 science fiction a to z. Ten of the worlds longest books for reading addicts.
List of words containing the letter z that can be used in any word game. Purists will be quick to say some of these titles on our list are subtitled by the words a novel but thousands of books are named this way and readers seem to. A complete guilty pleasure, killer klowns is a dumb film with a really dumb. Books with really long titles 1409 books goodreads. If your school has been closed due to the coronavirus, we are offering free temporary access to enchanted learning. List of book titles taken from literature wikipedia.
Seeking an entry in the guinness book of world records, a college principal on monday released a book with the longest title of 1022 words with 4805 characters and no space. At merriamwebster we know that words have the power to shape worlds both real and imagined. From a to z shows a picture and word for every letter of the alphabet in one book. The full book title contains 3777 words and reads as follows. The following is a partial list of book titles taken from literature. The third book is listed on as the longest book title though it has only a mere 290 words. Firstly, it is easy to count the number of pages or words in a digital manuscript today, but for older books, this number can only be estimated. The book, published in july 2007, is written by davide ciliberti. Home the a to z of the shortest book titles the a to z of the shortest book titles c by tom mccarthy, one of the novels shortlisted for this years booker prize, is not the first novel to be assigned a single letter from the alphabet as its title. Books with really long titles add your favorite books that have titles that have at least six words, not counting what comes after the colon. If that subtitle is key, a shorter main title may qualify. Asabe also publishes a series of books on agricultural equipment history. A vocabulary word list word bank filled with positive words. This may be done as a conscious allusion to the themes of the older work or simply because the phrase seems memorable.
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