Harry potter harry potter glossary harry potter books. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. Credit is given to its artists, franchisees, movie studios, publishers, actors, etc. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about 77,500 words total. Then in the fifth book harry potter and the order of the phoenix, dumbledore quickly makes a portkey to transport harry and the weasley children to number 12 grimauld place. Rowling relied on the real history of magic and alchemy to create her wizarding world in harry potter. Rowling, bloomsbury and scholastic are all the rightful title owners of their content. How does your book measure compare to whats succeeding in todays marketplace. The hunger games uses 3,700word chapters, dividing each chapter into three parts. Jul 15, 2016 while harry potter and the deathly hallows isnt the longest harry potter book in the franchise, there was a lot of ground to cover. For some perspective, harry potter and the sorcerers stone was around 78,000 words in its entirety. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. The first alone has sold more than 120 million copies, and the rest have sold at least 65 million each. Grammatical and structural analysis of harry potter and.
As you can see, established authors get much more flexibility when it comes to the length of their book. The three simple words stephen fry couldnt say while. Jun 26, 1997 harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Of course, you could have the new harry potter but that wont do you much good if no one is interested in looking at. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Jul 20, 2007 your potter stories in 100 words author jk rowling will end the series with the deathly hallows before the publication of the seventh and final harry potter book, we asked avid harry potter fans to tell the entire story of the six books so far in 100 words or fewer. How many words are in harry potter and the sorcerers stones. Apr 25, 2020 harry potter fans know the wizarding world inside and out, from the first word to the last. The next thing she wanted to do was learn how play some harry potter music on the piano. How long are each of the harry potter books answers. Harry potter is 7 books long, and 8 movies long the 7th film is going to be split into two so that they can fit it all in, and the book is rather long. Descriptive words in the harry potter books the harry. A vocabulary list featuring harry potter and the deathly hallows. The ultimate measure of a storys size is its wordcount, however, so the literary.
Harry potter and the chamber of secrets has 85,141 words. Wandless magic is, however, very difficult and requires much concentration and incredible skill. Below youll find the total word count numbers for each book in the harry potter series. Rowling, the seventh and final audiobook of the harry potter series and ended series which began in 1997 with the publication of harry potter and the philosophers stone audiobook. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of harry. How many words are there in the harry potter book series.
Rowling, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 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. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 257,000 words. Home lexicon blog canon discussion descriptive words in the harry potter books by rrishi raote october 14, 2001 most authors expend substantial effort on description, describing scenes, events or characters so that readers will be able to visualise them. Warner bros entertainment, warner bros studios, pottermore, universal orlando resort, j. I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information. As she read the books, we also listened to the soundtrack its one of my favorites.
Th e first book harry potter and the sorcerers stone has 76,944 words. And the fellowship of the ring sits at 187,790 words. If youre looking for word counts of your favorite books or series, then youve come. However, i understand that the length of twilight is unusually long for a debut novel. To find out how long should a chapter be, we examined books from a wide variety of genres and eras. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Not counting the epilogue, the shortest chapter is book 3, chapter 20 the dementors kiss at 2,018 words. Textbooks referred to here are the required textbooks each year, as they appeared in the books. For those who like to keep track of their reading word count. May 11, 2009 32 responses to word count and book length. Harry potter and the deathly hallows is a fantasy audiobook by british author j. It is a thicker book than the previous books, and it is a lot heavier for sure.
Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. Potterheads around the globe regularly use terminology from the bestselling book series of all time, which has been translated into more than 60 languages, in their daily lives. In memory of light, the longawaited chapter the last battle registered a staggering 81,200 words, whereas the xaxis on the above chart is cut at 20,000. Over three times the lenght of the book that made her bones for her.
The harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words order of the phoenix is 14 of the total, just a tad short of the first three books word counts combined. How many pages are each of the harry potter books answers. Harry potter and the goblet of fire has 190,637 words. It is the first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, first published in 1997 by bloomsbury. Since this was the first book, rowling had more time to edit the book and make the writing more concise.
The novel that im writing is at 53,000 words and i was trying to figure out how many words is average for a book of my genre. Words counts of bestselling novels better novel project. The longest chapter is book 5, chapter detention with dolores at 9,001 words. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76,944 words harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85,141 words harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words.
Learn the definitions of all of the wizarding words in the harry potter books with this glossary of common words. Harry potter and the deathly hallows audiobook free listen. Many fans would argue that the harry potter series is one of the best in childrens book history, without much to criticize. Grammatical and structural analysis of harry potter and the sorcerers stone 1st page posted on april 5, 2015 by mila jk rowling starts her childrens book with the name of two people, not ideas, as children are more cognizant of the people around them, and cant think about ideas nouns of ideas.
Armed with these word counts, i now have a range of lengths that have been proven popular. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85,141 words. Go to a bookstore and support your fellow authors by purchasing these books, or check them out of the library. The order of the harry potter book series from shortest to. Statistics on harry potter chapter length science fiction.
Bestselling books show us what the public likes, and of course, were hoping that our own novels will be liked by the public. Bbc news entertainment your potter stories in 100 words. I found an easy piano harry potter book and ordered it for her. Most spells are cast with the aid of wands, but spells can be cast without the use of wands. As harry potter producer david barron told the guardian when. It has fewer words than the other six books, making it the shortest book in the series. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. The third book harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban has 107,253 words.
Famous book series and novel word counts number of words. This is a collection of novel length, well written, harry potter stories. The list cannot be complete, as it varies every year and we only see harry s year and harry s chosen electives. It was published in the united states as harry potter and the sorcerers stone by scholastic corporation in 1998. The first book in each series below was the authors first. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. Jun 26, 2017 the results, a 37 per cent increase in page lengths between 1996 and 2006, and a 115 per cent increase between 2006 and 2016, led us to believe that harry potter with its own hefty page.
How many words are there in all harry potter books. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of time. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1. From these numbers, we can establish some guidelines.
Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. The harry potter series is wellloved all round the world. Which means, yes, that harry potter is three times the length of the narniad. The text is slightly different because us and uk interpretation of the. The journey is hard, filled with events both tragic and triumphant, the battlefield littered with the bodies of the dearest and despised, but the final chapter is as brilliant and blinding as a phoenixs flame, and fans and skeptics. 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.
List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series. However, paranormal and ya fantasy books appear to remain largely in the 80120,000 range, with books targeted at children or younger teenagers sometimes dipping to 5070,000. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix harry potter wiki. Looking at this, a hopeful author might believe that length plays no role in the likelihood of a book becoming a bestseller. This averages to about 22 to 23 chapters per novel, with the average chapter length around 4,280 words. Harry potter word count the sorcerers stone 77,741 the chamber of secrets 85,735 the prisoner of azkaban 108,888 the goblet of fire 191,836 the order of the phoenix 261,906 the half blood prince 173,106 the deathly hallows 200,302. You can see there is a lot of variation in word length, especially in epic high fantasy, where books can stretch beyond 200,000 words or sink as low as 50,000. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic.
Harry potter fans have read more than 1 million words, what about you. At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. Harry potter and the halfblood prince is book 6 in the harry potter book series by j. List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writer. What is the runtime of the unabridged audio books of harry. The total number of words for the harry potter series is over 1 million words. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone has an average of 4,560 words per chapter. The cloak is first used in harry potter and the philosophers stone, chapter 12. Does this mean that every chapter must end up somewhere in this range. Hi, i have just written a threehundred page novel and am going to be sending it away to several publishers but the one i most have the chance to get it with have told me it needs to be the pagesize of a harry potter book and i was wondering if anybody knew the pagesizemargins etc.
Harry potter and the deathly hallows vocabulary list. Harry potter number of words total letters first word letters. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Harry potter and the deathly hallows audiobook free about the audiobook. In any of these books, some chapters are longer than others. A new exhibition at the british library in london reveals how author j. There is a good selection of harry and hermione stories as well as with a few other cannon females. Biggest plot holes in harry potter business insider.
How many words are in harry potter and the deathly hallows. Harry potter and the halfblood prince 168,000 words. The order of the harry potter book series from shortest to longest is. How many words are in harry potter and the chamber of secrets. This chapter wordcount data becomes more interesting when we facet the information by book. The first book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, has 76,944 words. There are powerful harry, dark harry, manipulative dumbledore, time travel, and au stories here. The text is slightly different because us and uk interpretation of the book. The fifth book harry potter and the order of the phoenix has 257,045 words. Harry potter uses the invisibility cloak in all of the harry potter books. Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed.
I have rounded the averages down slightly, both to account for twilights outlier status and my own preference for brevity. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76944 harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85141 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107253 harry. Jk rowlings longest novel is harry potter and the order of the phoenix, totaling 257,045 words. When combined, the total harry potter word count is over a million words. The standard book of spells year 1 by miranda goshawk. Lets look at some chapter lengths, but remember that these are averages. Harry potter is a britishamerican film series based on the eponymous novels by author j.
Harry potter and the deathly hallows 198,000 words. Books with much shorter sections become bestsellers all the time. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76,944 words. In defense of its length, however, she challenged anyone to find the obvious place to cut. This is a sequel to my reading the harry potter books series that i did, where the marauders and lily are allowed to have one memory from that experience to try and changer their future. When added all together, the harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words.
A spectacular finish to a phenomenal series, harry potter and the deathly hallows is a bittersweet read for fans. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of. Draco malfoy harry potter 36602 sirius blackremus lupin 15997 harry potter severus snape 10975 hermione grangerron weasley 10448 james potter lily evans potter 8868 hermione grangerdraco malfoy 8776 harry potter ginny weasley 8235 hermione grangerseverus snape 3850 harry potter tom riddle 3616. Its great to know the length of such good books especially for budding writers. A wand is a quasisentient magical instrument through which a witch or wizard channels her or his magical powers to centralise the effects for more complex results. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter. Your guide to book word counts fiction and nonfiction. Mar 14, 2012 potter talk is a fan blog dedicate to the harry potter franchise. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. More to the point, any class requiring students to read the series before registering is setting a million word pointofentry.
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