The book title consists of 3,999 characters with spaces or 670 words. The longest one word title was written by this general. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published. Of all the books ever published, which one has the longest title. If that subtitle is key, a shorter main title may qualify. First of all, theres a very good chance that youll run into duplicate titles. It was coined by writer, director, artist and linguistic provocateur nigel tomm in his book the blah story, volume 19. List of titles of works taken from shakespeare wikipedia. One word titles 1781 books meet your next favorite book. Find longest one word song title ever tracks, artists, and albums. The longest word in any given language depends on the word formation rules of each specific language, and on the types of words allowed for consideration.
Guinness world records lists scraunched and strengthed. The word appears in the title of a madeup book that appears on the library. Have you noticed that see more ideas about books, my books and books to read. Seeking an entry in the guinness book of world records, a college principal on monday released a book with the longest title of. Sometimes the title is long and sometimes the title is short. Dec 10, 2014 the longest word in the english language leaving literature to one side for a moment is a staggering 189,819 letters long. Good thing it has a shortened form, connectin or titin. Top 5 people with the longest names history rundown. Rated the longest novel ever by the guinness book of world records, theres no doubt that prousts masterpiece could quite easily double up as a mightily effective doorstop, with volumes clocking up nearly 1. In any case, put the one word titles that are names on a separate list. However, there are some very good reasons to avoid one word titles.
According to book authorities, the longest title in the english language is by jonathan edwards, preacher and philosopher in the mid1700s his famous sermon is sinners in the hands of an angry god. Selected works of nigel tomm 20062007 shakespeares sonnets remixed 2006 shakespeares hamlet remixed 2007 shakespeares romeo and juliet remixed 2007 including previously unpublished elvis presleys love me tender remix 2007 nigel tomm is the. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. Find the latest in longest one word song title ever music at. It, jaws, shane, ulysses, labyrinth, rebecca, siddhartha, atonement, wicked, etc. The longest word in the english language leaving literature to one side for a. This novel sequence is said to be one of the longest pieces of literature ever published, and the longest novel in all of french literature. Bovenendvankeelafsnysleegte is a farm in south africa in the upper karoo of northern cape town. This hyper word references a beef labeling regulation and delegation of supervision law. Add your favorite books that have titles that have at least six words.
Words consisting of hundreds, or even thousands of characters have been coined. The problem is that once someone removes duplicates, it can change which edition is listed to the most popular edition, and which is often a shortened version of the title. The ranking is based on actual performance on the weekly billboard hot 100 chart. It refers to a law for regulating the labeling of beefall in one word, which is why it is so long. The longest english words to ever appear in literature huffpost. List of the longest english words with one syllable wikipedia. Word count is a direct way to measure the length of a novel in a manner unaffected by variations of format and page size. This is a list of candidates for the longest english word of one syllable, i. The word occupies 812 pages read more and download entire book for freeheres an excerpt of the word. The book has over 3,277,227 words which counted in pages are 7312. See more ideas about books, good books and new books. 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.
It is a guinness world record, therefore you can see the original title sorry for not including it here, but come on. Additionally, comparisons are complicated because place names may be considered words, technical terms. Mar 26, 2014 the number of charting songs with oneword titles continues to grow, with singlemonikered tracks now making up nearly a third of the billboard hot 100 each week. Dr subramonian, principal, dr r v arts and science college, karamadai, about 25 km from coimbatore, has written a book about. What nikkis going to read once nikki is done with her book challenges. Top 10 longest books in the world 2018 update articles. Hey wont you play another somebody done somebody wrong song by b. A list of 9,123 english monosyllables published in 1957 includes three tenletter words. The title translates to remembrance of things past. My own personal rule and preference was to exclude books with one word titles where the title is the name of a person or a place, i. It is considered the longest word in the english language, according to the 18th edition of the guinness book of world records. Selected works of nigel tomm 20062007 shakespeares sonnets remixed 2006 shakespeares hamlet remixed 2007 shakespeares romeo and juliet remixed 2007 including previously unpublished elvis presleys love me.
This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. Exodus, the title of which is derived from the word for exit, tells the story of the isrealites delivery from slavery in egypt and resulting freedom. But half the fun of reading is discovering things you might like to read despite that fact. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream. The longest word in the english language leaving literature to one side for a moment is a staggering 189,819 letters long. I am anonymous robot and i gonna read you the longest book title, which belongs to writer and artist nigel tomm. It is south africas secondlongest oneword place name, and at 27 letters, it is the worlds ninthlongest place name. The following is a partially complete list of titles of works taken from shakespearean phrases. What one word comes to your mind when you think of psalm 119. The weirdest and the longest book title mobileread forums. Upon close reading, it is clear that the title, a dreadfully long runon. The longest book title belongs to nigel tomm, whose book title consists of 3,999 characters with spaces or 670 words.
His first name was composed of 26 words, each beginning wih one letter of the english alphabet. If you write a book according to the usual criteria, one person may like it, the. Tag popularity top rated top rated popular want to watch release date recently wanted date added 1. Agglutinative languages allow for the creation of long words via compounding. Books with really long titles 1409 books goodreads. My own personal rule and preference was to exclude books with oneword titles where the title is the name of a person or a place, i. Jun 29, 2009 though the doctor does hold two guinness records, longest title isnt one of themyet. May 19, 2005 similar kind of thing longest words in titles. The longest novel is artamene ou le grand cyrus, originally published 164954 in ten parts, each part in three volumes. Ive included a brief description from the publisher with each title. Length of a book is typically associated with its sizespecifically page countleading many to assume the largest and thickest book equates to its length.
Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. This list has movies that have only one word, one single solitary word, in its title. 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. This was a 1999 german word of the year, and it also won a special award as the longest german word for that year. Jun 24, 2019 this hyper word references a beef labeling regulation and delegation of supervision law. The longest title of a book consists of 26,021 characters, and was achieved. This quirky independent film is far less known than cuckoos nest, but certainly made a splash at film festivals in 2005. Longest one word song title music discussion songfacts. The full book title contains 3777 words and reads as follows. It is a guinness world record, therefore you can see the original title sorry for not including it here, but come on 11k characters.
The chemical formula for the protein otherwise known as titin runs to 189,819 letters, but whether this constitutes a word is a moot point. 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. Mar, 2017 this quirky independent film is far less known than cuckoos nest, but certainly made a splash at film festivals in 2005. The unhyphenated award goes to the contours just a little misunderstanding 16 letter word. Regretting what i said to you when you called me 11. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at no.
Here is the list of some of the longest books ever. Legitimate hyphenation is seen in john williams theme from e. The longest word in english and in the world contains 3,609,750 letters and means the current day or date between real and imaginable today. Of all the books ever published, which one has the longest. Not only that, some words in the title had more than one syllable. The identity of the longest word in english depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the english language, as well as how length should be compared words may be derived naturally from the languages roots or formed by coinage and construction. I guess it should come as no surprise that nigel tomm, author of the million word the blah story, has also written a book with a long title. Jun 02, 2017 the longest word ever worst intros super funny s. The longest word in any given language depends on the word formation rules of each specific language, and on the types of words allowed for consideration agglutinative languages allow for the creation of long words via compounding. You are never going to read all the books you want to read.
Destroying my friends car and surprising him with a new one duration. It is said to be one of the most core books in the entire bible when it comes to the identity of israel, since past hardships are repeatedly mentioned in later books. Reading the longest english word 190,000 characters youtube. The number of charting songs with oneword titles continues to grow, with singlemonikered tracks now making up nearly a third of the billboard hot 100 each week. Dec 21, 2019 the title of this lengthy piece translates to artamene, or cyrus the great in english. Proust produced the first volume of his volume masterpiece in 1912 it was first published in 19. In fact, there are numerous examples that stretch from a by andy warhol to z.
Even nonagglutinative languages may allow word formation of. Movies tagged as one word title by the listal community sort by. Though the doctor does hold two guinness records, longest title isnt one of themyet. A computer study of over a million samples of normal english prose found that the longest word one is likely to encounter on an everyday basis is uncharacteristically, at 20 letters. This is actually a list of the weirdest book titles and one listing for the longest book title. That is because psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the bible. The chemical formula for the protein otherwise known as titin runs to 189,819 letters. It can be tempting to use a one word title to give your book a sense of grandness, or to make the title extremely easy to remember. Which is why these lists are so great, even if the criteria might seem very specific. Top 10 longest words in the english language and the most. Artamene also sources other classic pieces such as the works of great historians and philosophers herodotus.
Surely no other word can beat this 1,902character word for a type of protein, which contains amino acids found in the dna strand. List of the longest english words with one syllable. We hope you will get interested in some of them and actually read them of course if you have a lot of free time in your daily schedule. Longest one word song title music discussion songfacts forums.
It is supposedly the worlds longest published novel in english at 2. Well longest is the title of this book, not because this book is the longest book, but because it is a devotional book with psalm 119 included within its pages. 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. It has maintained its record title for ten years and is. Nov 30, 2017 which is why these lists are so great, even if the criteria might seem very specific. Nov 10, 2007 i am anonymous robot and i gonna read you the longest book title, which belongs to writer and artist nigel tomm. Proceedings of the second international workshop on nude mice university of tokyo press. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. It was an academic tome with a title so long that it required a small font to print it down the spine. So here are 100 books with oneword titles for your perusal. Are you as wellread as an alevel english literature student. Its theme of involuntary memory is repeated through the course of following the narrators life, from childhood.
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