Harry potter books word counts no one can disagree that jk rowlings harry potter books have become a phenomenon. Books 4 through 6 easily represent the heftiest segment of the series, and then theres a very clear pattern of gradual increase from path of daggers all the way through a memory of light. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76,944 words. For direct submissions we only consider complete and unpublished science fiction, fantasy and horror novels, written in english of between 95,000 150,000 words. Brandon sandersons book oathbringer has a higher word. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series.
Professor dumbledore has given them clues about what. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. 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. For the book hatchet, the actual word count is 41,672 and i give you. 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. The word count of the main 7 harry potter novels are shown below. Anyway, heres the figures and facts i have so far looks like big debut novels are anything but unusual in epic fantasy now. The book sheds light on the folklore rowling incorporated into her series without getting bogged.
Harry potter uses the invisibility cloak in all of the harry potter books. Ive been doing some research into epic fantasy word counts recently, especially to get an idea of debut novel figures over recent years. When combined, the total harry potter word count is over a million words. 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. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone has an average of 4,560 words per chapter.
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. You wont get exact, but youre wondering whether 35k is reasonable, so you dont need exact. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter. The hunger games has a word count of 99,750 and my utility calculates it at 98,916. The third book harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban has 107,253 words. His parents are dead and hes stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. One of the more interesting datapoints i found while analyzing this information was the length of the chapters through the wheel of time. Deconstructing five spooky picture books with spoilers and word counts.
How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. The cloak is first used in harry potter and the philosophers stone, chapter 12. The word count figures for the other six books, in order. It was written by jack thorne, based on a story by j.
I picked up harry potter and the sorcerers stone in summer 2001. Lets look at some chapter lengths, but remember that these are averages. How many words are there in a harry potter book word count in famous books. Order of the phoenix is 14 of the total, just a tad short of the first three books word counts. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of time.
The actual word count for harry potter and the sorcerers stone is 78,792 and my utility calculates 77,876. Famous book series and novel word counts number of words. Word counts of famous book series harry potter by jk rowling. The total word count for all seven books in the series is over 1 million words. Here are some word count guidelines major fantasy and science fiction publishers have given during open submission rounds. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets has 85,141 words. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words. However, i understand that the length of twilight is unusually long for a debut novel. Each book in the series has a different word count, ranging from 76,944 harry potter and the sorcerers stone to 257,045 harry potter and the order of the phoenix. It is feasible to count the number of words in a published chapter. The play opened on 30 july 2016 at the palace theatre, london, england. Brandon sandersons book oathbringer has a higher word count than the first 4 harry potter books combined.
But it still had good pacing and a very involving plot, imo. Harry potter and the cursed child is a twopart west end stage play. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. 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. The word count of a book is measured by the whole books word count, not individual chapters. 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. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about 77,500 words total. In the exposition of harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, j. In any of these books, some chapters are longer than others. Ok i admit it, i put the harry potter reference in the title as link bait. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85,141 words.
The story is set nineteen years after the ending of harry potter and the deathly hallows and follows harry potter. Can you pick the harry potter books by word count in order from fewest to most. Harry potter fans of all ages will enjoy the breezy nature of a journey through a history of magic. In order to create a playlist on sporcle, you need to verify the email address you used during registration. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. When added all together, the harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. A nicely graphed distribution would be nice, but ill accept an answer that has something equivalent to the average, standard deviation, and. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book.
My favorite books in the series were azkaban and goblet, the latter of which was quite long. Rowling refamiliarizes us with harry potter, an unusual boy wizard. The fifth book in the series is also by far its longest, more than three times as long as philosophers stone. How many words per chapter are in a harry potter novel. I was actually recommended a news article about this very subject not long ago. Chapter books will come in at the lower end of the spectrum, while middlegrade books meant for older readers may even slightly exceed 55,000 words.
Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. The first book in each series below was the authors first. Word counts of philip pullmans his dark materials series. So should i stay with this word count, or try to bring the word count down.
Whilst longer doesnt necessarily mean better, sometimes word count like the harry potter word count is important because theres just so much ground to cover. Word count for the book harry potter and the deathly hallows. Yes, the more successful your books, the longer they will get to be without anyone batting an eyelash see. Below youll find the total word count numbers for each book in the.
List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. Word count for the book harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Harry potter books philosophers stone 77,325 chamber of secrets 84,799 prisoner of azkaban 106,821 goblet of fire 190,858. Hunger games remained relatively flat around 100k, while the maze runner novels became shorter. Im not sure if im pushing the word count over, been trying cut back the word count. Enter your email address for reedsys word count cheatsheet. But no publisher will let you publish a debut novel that needs to be a lengthy series in order to make sense, or a. Bestselling books show us what the public likes, and of course, were hoping that our own novels will be liked by the public.
What isn\t often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 257,045 words. When it gets closer to 1,000, editors and agents may shy away. Realize it over the maximum word count for erotic, science fictionfantasy genre. And, in case youre wondering, here are the average word counts for other popular genres. Im looking for some statistics on typical harry potter chapter word count. If the word count of twilight is disregarded, the average. At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. Reading practice, literacy skills, vocabulary practice.
How many pages are each of the harry potter books answers. As you can see, established authors get much more flexibility when it comes to the length of their book. Take a look at the word counts for each of the harry potter books the philosophers stone 76,944. I wont mention the harry potter or inheritance series, because harry potter breaks the rules as its so popular and hence word count doesnt matter, and christopher paolini could shave off 200 or 300 pages off of any of his inheritance books and theyd still tell the same basic story. For more information on word counts for childrens book, check out this post. The sorcerers stone 77,325 words the chamber of secrets 84,799 words the prisoner of azkaban 106,821 words. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Its no longer safe for harry at hogwarts, so he and his best friends, ron and hermione, are on the run. But i think that has more to do with rushing them than total word count. Search for word count totals in books word counters. 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. 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. More to the point, any class requiring students to read the series before registering is setting a million word pointofentry. Do you remember the word count of the harry potter books.
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