The length of the book increases with the number of book in the series. It was written by jack thorne, based on a story by j. Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. His parents are dead and hes stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. When it gets closer to 1,000, editors and agents may shy away.
Im reading for the first time this book to my daughter 6 years old, but for me 37 years old its the third time i read harry potter and the philosophers stone. Everything you need to know about novel word counts nathan. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. The most popular harry potter book according to sales. Middle grade is from 20,000 55,000, depending on the subject matter and age range, and the word count of these books has been trending up in recent years. What other book might you compare harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, book 3 to, and why.
Visiting olivanders, harry was paired with a wand made of holly wood, eleven inches in length, with a phoenix feather core. Which means, yes, that harry potter is three times the length of the narniad. Famous book series and novel word counts number of words. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the harry potter series.
How many pages are each of the harry potter books answers. Others have made the apt comparison that compared to chamber or philosopher, azkaban definitely treats the characters and subject matter with much more gravitas and importance. Feb 09, 2015 the entire harry potter series tips the scale at over a 1 million words, perhaps one of the only mgya series to do so. This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the harry potter universe.
Until recently, the length of the prisoner of azkaban was pretty much industry standard 100k words is an economic sweetspot for printing and distribution. Word count for the book harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Harry potter word count the sorcerers stone 77741 the chamber of secrets 85735 the prisoner of azkaban 108888 the goblet of fire. 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. Only 2 of the 7 harry potter books came in at under 100,000 words sorcerers stones and chamber of secrets which happened to be the first two books in the series. Whereas the amazon kindle version of harry potter and the order of the phoenix is 412 pages in english, it is 896 pages in spanish and 1,030 pages in french. A quick check of the percy jackson series revealed the novels all staying around 89k per book, for a very rough total of 450,000 words.
Coming in at about 300,000 words, it is a retelling of the last three books of the series. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter. Depending on the language, the length and word count for each translation of the book will be different. That is the last word harry potter assortment for harry potter followers of all ages. Harry potter book 1 chapter 1 first 300 words quiz by. May 06, 2016 the seventh and final book in the harry potter series, harry potter and the deathly hallows was published in july 2007 and sold 11 million copies worldwide within 24 hours. Students raise their wands after albus dumbledore s death in 1997 this is a list of deaths in the harry potter series organised by source. Word counts of famous book series harry potter by jk rowling. There are no hardandfast rules when it comes to what word count a novel in. If readers were put off by the page length of harry potter and the goblet of fire, they were not likely to jump back on board when harry potter and the order of the phoenix was released. Only one book order of the phoenix topped 200,000 words, but there were two books that came close with more than 190,000 words goblet of fire and deathly hallows. The first book in each series below was the authors first. 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.
The cloak is first used in harry potter and the philosophers stone, chapter 12. The longest chapter is book 5, chapter detention with dolores at 9,001 words. Harry potter and the cursed child is a twopart west end stage play. So the weighted average chapter length across the whole series is 5542 words rounded to the nearest whole word. Even with two books to go order of the phoenix would hold the record for the highest page count of any harry potter book ever, at over 700 pages total. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1. Rowling started with two books of relatively conventional length before she had the latitude to start busting word count limits in the harry potter series. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets has 85,141 words. Find all the words and characters hidden in the grid relating to the famous. The sorcerers stone 77,325 words the chamber of secrets 84,799 words the prisoner of azkaban 106,821 words. Everyone should read this book, if only to realize why the phenomenon harry potter has spread. Download harry potter series full set books 17 pdf ebook.
However, i understand that the length of twilight is unusually long for a debut novel. Harry potter and the halfblood prince is book 6 in the harry potter book series by j. Apr 11, 2015 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. Well, in the context of harry potter, theres a whole lot of new vocabulary that you can pick up. Jan 16, 20 does anyone know what is the font size, font type, line spacing, paper size and margins of harry potter and the sorcerersphilosophers stone. At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. The order of the harry potter book series from shortest to. When combined, the total harry potter word count is over a million words. Harry potter and the halfblood prince is a fantasy novel written by british author j. As you can see, established authors get much more flexibility when it comes to the length of their book.
And most lately, the new york occasions referred to as harry potter and the deathly hallows the quickest promoting book in historical past. Notebooks and letters, originally posted on in 2007 and 2008, is the last of my three novellength harry potter fanfiction stories. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series. Harry potter and the goblet of fire, book 4 audiobook by j. Jun 26, 1997 english harry potter and the philosophers stone italiano. Set during harry potter s sixth year at hogwarts, the novel explores the past of harry s nemesis, lord voldemort, and harry s preparations for the final battle against voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor albus dumbledore. The third book harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban has 107,253 words. The world most famous wizard schoolboy gets some word search puzzle treatment. In the exposition of harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, j. Harry potter uses the invisibility cloak in all of the harry potter books. How to download harry potter series full set books 17 pdf. Below youll find the total word count numbers for each book in the. As many know, harrys wand core is shared with voldemort, whose tail feather came from the same phoenix. 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.
I remember reading some westerns in high school and, if i. If it depends on the edition, just please give the format from any editions of the book. The story is set nineteen years after the ending of harry potter and the deathly hallows and follows harry potter. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76944 harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85141 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107253 harry. Number of words of the harry potter series by book. Harry potters summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Rowlings increasingly unwieldy books down to feature length, warner bros. It has fewer words than the other six books, making it the shortest book in the series.
Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. The total word count for the entire series has a unique number for each language, too. Overlooks command line tool, or a digit with no er old squib arabella who lives near the dursleys around the world protaganist phileas. If the word count of twilight is disregarded, the average. Words counts of bestselling novels better novel project.
Looking at this, a hopeful author might believe that length plays no role in the likelihood of a book becoming a bestseller. Harry potter s summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car. David foster wallace was already a name before infinite jest. Nov 25, 2008 harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85,141 words harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words harry potter and the goblet of fire 190,637 words harry potter and the order of the phoenix 257,045 words harry potter and the halfblood prince 168,923 harry potter and the deathly hallows approximately 198,227. As many know, harry s wand core is shared with voldemort, whose tail feather came from the same phoenix.
Because the third harry potter book was the longest of the first three books and also contained the most complex plot thus far, the booktomovie differences became a bit more noticeable. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of harry. I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, book 3 audiobook.
If youve read our related article on how many words are in a novel youll recall that the typical word count for a novel according to is 80,000 to 109,000 words. While its important that every story find its natural length, it takes time to develop an instinct as. List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. All harry potter movies ranked worst to best by tomatometer. I suppose the best comparison would be one of the other potter books. Harry potter text analysis becoming a data analyst medium. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writers beat. How many words are there in all harry potter books. The play opened on 30 july 2016 at the palace theatre, london, england. Black gate articles harry potter and the tyranny of word. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook.
Rowling refamiliarizes us with harry potter, an unusual boy wizard who misses some school friends. Notebooks and letters, originally posted on in 2007 and 2008, is the last of my three novel length harry potter fanfiction stories. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about 77,500 words total. The first book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, has 76,944 words. Jun 23, 2016 thats a lot of words, and it illustrates the mountain an author contemplates when we sit down to write a book. There are plenty of books that purposefully play with the word counts of their chapters. When writing a longer book that is aimed at 12yearolds and could maybe be considered tween, using the term upper middle grade is advisable.
When added all together, the harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. It is a thicker book than the previous books, and it is a lot heavier for sure. A spectacular finish to a phenomenal series, harry potter and the deathly hallows is a bittersweet read for fans. Th e first book harry potter and the sorcerers stone has 76,944 words. Harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 2010 77% photo by jaap buitendijkwarner bros. Harry potter and the goblet of fire has 190,637 words.
Statistics on harry potter chapter length science fiction. Can you name the harry potter book 1 chapter 1 first 300 words. Deconstructing five spooky picture books with spoilers and word counts. How the harry potter characters looked in the books vs. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the only book with officially 2 parts. Not counting the epilogue, the shortest chapter is book 3, chapter 20 the dementors kiss at 2,018 words. The filmmakers strived to cram as much detail as they could into the twohour movie window, but ultimately had to gloss over some of the finer points. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Set during harry potters sixth year at hogwarts, the novel explores the past of harrys nemesis, lord voldemort, and harrys preparations for the final battle against voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor albus dumbledore.