Statistics on harry potter chapter length science fiction. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of time. From the very beginning, rowling taught us to never give up. Now, theres a new story, harry potter and the cursed child, that looks at the adventures of the wizarding world 19 years later.
How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. The books are also, in the words of stephen king, shrewd mystery tales. 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. Click for larger image a few interesting things of note. Now, thanks to hermione grangers new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by j.
The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal. What are some free harry potter games to play online. How to figure out how much harry potter book copies are worth. Apr 01, 2020 when we first finished the harry potter books, to say we were sad is an understatement. Lets look a little closer at the length of chapters. Jul 12, 2007 pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone.
For another, he really wanted to do his homework but. You can make a book cover to be different from all the others. The most popular harry potter book according to sales. The number of pages also doesnt help much, as publishers use. What is the order of shortest to the longest books of. In total, all seven harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. Jul 18, 2007 to the publishers of harry potter, there is no time or date more sacred than what they are calling midnight magic, 12. But chin up, youve actually started reading the stories at an exciting time.
More mindboggling is the fact that the series first novel is the shortest of any. In harry potter and the sorcerers stone, the book that started it all understatement of the century, harry potter discovers his true identity in the wee hours of his eleventh birthday. Buzzfeed staff the fact that this scene never made it into the movies is a crime. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages. Number of copies the final installment in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, sold on its first day of release in the u. But because time sometimes slows down or speeds up when were engrossed in a good story, its very hard to compare the length of different stories by reflecting on our. Give me harry potter, and i shall leave the school untouched.
The great demand for harry potter books motivated the new york times to. As he climbs into the sidecar of hagrids motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving privet drive for the last time, harry potter knows that lord voldemort and the death eaters are not far behind. Rowling chapter one owl post harry potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. Fans of the fantasy series may have noticed some significant plot holes in the movies due to forgotten moments, details, or characters from the books. List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. Not counting the epilogue, the shortest chapter is book 3, chapter 20 the dementors kiss at 2,018 words. The last book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, is 157. Once kids get engaged in hany potter, they are highly motivated to read other books. Harry potter and the philosophers stone released in the united states and india as harry potter and the sorcerers stone is a 2001 fantasy film directed by chris columbus and distributed by warner bros. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. I lived in those pages since the day i saw the trailer for the first movie.
New potter book may have made its way to web the new york times. Apr 02, 2019 ever since the first harry potter book was released in 1997, the wizarding world has become one of the biggest pop culture phenomenons of all time, spawning an enormous movie franchise, an award. What your favorite harry potter book says about you. Didspexels harry potter is an international phenomenon, but what do you do when youve read all th. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix tallies 766 pages and 12yearold me cranked it out in one. Harry potter new york times rowling and the goblet of fire.
For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other time of year. For some perspective, harry potter and the sorcerers stone was around 78,000 words in its entirety. Harry potter s birthday falls on the 31 st of july. The order of the harry potter book series from shortest to longest is. Mail delivering bird in harry potter books crossword clue. The harry potter series is one of the most special and impactful book series of all time. It concerns a range of subjects in cosmology including the big bang and black holes, as well as the works of galileo and newton and modern astrophysics. Harry potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by british author, j. Mar 03, 2016 as noted above, the current average length of a book intended for middle schoolers is 290 pages. The troll level offers easy harry potter trivia questions for more casual fans, while the j. Nov 23, 2015 the harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. A spinoff prequel series that will consist of five films started with fantastic beasts and where to.
Before the popularity of ereaders like the kindle that was quite the book to be carrying around. However, goblet of fire book 4 is a notable exception with the second most unique words. Once upon a time you used to wait in line for the next perfectly crafted harry potter book, dressed in robes bearing your house crest and maybe even wearing some hpinspired earrings. The longest harry potter book is more than 850 pages, so spread out the number of pages throughout the 7 days. Page 1 of 317 get free e books and video tutorials at. Jul 11, 2007 before harry potter, it was virtually unheard of for kids to queue up for a mere book. After the fatal events of the triwizard tournament. The final book in the harry potter series was harry potter and the deathly hallows, and it was split into two movies. 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.
Rowling level is the hard level for those who have read the books so many times the pages. A handy guide to reading the harry potter books for the first. That might be up for debate since there are so many other book series out there, but for those who read harry potter religiously, there is no other like it. To celebrate this year, a brand new boy wizard book will be released to the general public. This chapter wordcount data becomes more interesting when we facet the information by book. Dursley, of number four, privet drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. The universe assembled our favorite pieces of cover art for each.
Daniel radcliffe, emma watson, rupert grint, michael gambon. Rowling are among the most popular book series of all times among people of all ages. A handy guide to reading the harry potter books for the. Aug 07, 20 like the hobbit, it too has a single book that was split into more than one movie harry potter and the deathly hallows. A leadingedge research firm focused on digital transformation.
Harry potter and the order of the phoenix, 8 minutes. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. The average reader will spend 4 hours and 58 minutes reading this book at 250 wpm words per minute. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writer. As a new harry potter book is launched, lets admit that. 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. 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. The crossword solver found 20 answers to the mail delivering bird in harry potter books crossword clue. The one thing you missed while reading harry potter the first time. The harry potter books were never known for being short, but harry potter and the goblet of fire was the first of the massive books fans began to expect for the second half of the fantasy series. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix, 870 pages. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Five ways harry potter changed childrens literature.
They were the last people youd expect to be involved in anything. Total number of pages in the series of harry potter books, according to scholastic. What do you do once youve read all of the books in the harry potter series. The tales of beedle the bard, a wizarding classic, first came to muggle readers attention in the book known as harry potter and the deathly hallows. As noted above, the current average length of a book intended for middle schoolers is 290 pages. The longest chapter is book 5, chapter detention with dolores at 9,001 words.
Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. The crossword solver finds answers to americanstyle crosswords, britishstyle crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles. Enter the answer length or the answer pattern to get better results. Small and big differences between the harry potter books and movies insider. By comparison, the first harry potter book is 320 pages hardback. Children who had previously read short chapter books were suddenly plowing through more than 700 pages in a. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writers beat.
You would read the book in one night, and fall asleep. Rowling and harry potters birthday, heres a quiz for only the truest of fans. The last two books are slightly shorter but still longer than the first books in the series. 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. Jul 08, 2011 harry potter and the philosophers stone, released in 2001, still holds the record out of all the harry potter films for the highest grossing film at the uk box office at. The harry potter movies in chronological order by date of. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. The sevenvolume series has sold more than 500 million books worldwide in 80 languages since thats roughly one in every 15 people who own a copy of a harry potter book. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based on an original story by j. 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. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone you dont have to be a wizard or a kid to appreciate the spell cast by harry potter. Remember the days of waiting eagerly for the next harry potter book to be released.
Unfortunately, no matter how much you love the worlds favorite wizard and his cr. Page 1 of 226 get free e books and video tutorials at. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. Below is a high level analysis of the harry potter series. Welcome to the harry potter wiki, an encyclopaedic resource and community gathering spot for all things related to j. 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. Depending on the variant that youre reading i believe that the page numbers differ between countries so im using the copies that i have to hand.
The publish dates for the harry potter series of 7 books. All the harry potter trivia you need for your next party. Harry potter is a film series based on the eponymous novels by j. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books combined.
As the harry potter franchise draws to a close with the premier last night of. Buzzfeed staff look, i might be 21, but that doesnt mean my hogwarts letter wont ever come, right. Before the movies came out, before twitter and tumblr and heartbreaking harry potter quote tattoos, we actually didnt know how this story was going to. Harry potter the greatest phenomenon of all time home.
Harry potter and the order of the phoenix wikipedia. Can we guess how many times youve read the harry potter. The 7 best harry potter covers of all time the daily universe. Over three times the lenght of the book that made her bones for her. As harry potter begins his sixth year at hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as the property of the halfblood prince and begins to learn more about lord voldemorts dark past. Jul 31, 20 value, in dollars, of a bloomsbury firstedition of harry potter and the philosophers stone. The first of the films came out in 2010 and saw harry, hermoine, and ron on the run after the death of dumbledore. From the big bang to black holes is a book written by muggle stephen hawking and first published by the bantam dell publishing group in 1988.
Turn to 10 other fantasy books filled with magic and adventure. The 7 best harry potter covers of all time the daily. I always preordered them online, and id practically sit at the end of the driveway by my mailbox until the truck arrived with my book. Reading the harry potter series the first time around was a deeply stressful experience. At over 600 pages its possible its length alone might have put some more casual readers and fans off though the midnight book launch parties would. Aug 12, 2016 first editions of harry potter and the philosophers stone may be worth thousands thanks to a typo in 500 hardback copies of the novel.
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