Over three times the lenght of the book that made her bones for her. Apr 23, 2018 few elements of the bookwriting process inspire such handwringing and teethgnashing as trying to constrain your novel within certain seemingly arbitrary bounds. Search for word count totals in books word counters. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. The novel chronicles the events directly following harry potter and the halfblood prince.
The hunger games has a word count of 99,750 and my utility calculates it at 98,916. Though what my data shows is that the bigger books not only have more chapters but longer length ones, and they tend to be longest towards the middle of the book. However, this does not necessarily mean it is more difficult to read. Well, youll put the book down when you get to the end of this chapter, you reason. The ultimate battle between good and evil that closes out this final chapter of the epic series takes place where harrys wizarding life began. The eight harry potter books have an impressive combined word count of over 1 million words. Everything you need to know about novel word counts nathan. Harrys life at the end of his 5th year was in utter chaos and his life was not going to get any better any time soon. July 2, 1998, bloomsbury books first american printing.
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. Harry potter and its characters are property of jk rowling in association with warner brothers. The longest chapter is book 5, chapter detention with dolores at 9,001 words. Word counts of philip pullmans his dark materials series. Its not uncommon for chapters in ya to be short, especially if youre writing a thrillertype book. I then realized the pdf for the second book was missing some sentences so the data may not have been. Rowling and is the third in the harry potter series. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the harry potter series.
For the book hatchet, the actual word count is 41,672 and i give you. Harry was cranky as fuck for literally the entire book. And it was very hard, because i love them all so much. Harry potter and the philosophers stone the harry potter. Coming in at about 300,000 words, it is a retelling of the last three books of the series. Aug 05, 2019 for most publishers, a book is novellength when its between 50,000 and 110,000 words. Characters reading harry potter books works archive of. The premise is that hermione kept a series of journals documenting her years at hogwarts, and sold these to a book publisher, who then forwarded them to jkr. What isn\t often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes.
How many words per chapter are in a harry potter novel. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. The word counts of some famous novels for comparison. In any case, to see how authors use this tactic to set their pacing, we also mapped out the word count of every chapter in four famous books. Word count for harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Eye of the world was one of the more normally distributed book in terms of chapter wordcount, which essentially means it had a mostcommon chapter length and a comparable number of chapters that were longer or shorter the dragon reborn was rightskewed, which means there was a heavy distribution of. Harry potter 67340 draco malfoy 42363 hermione granger 40201 ron weasley 26256 severus snape 25684 sirius black 23651 remus lupin 23511 ginny weasley 16064 james potter 14245 lily evans potter 11574 include relationships draco malfoyharry potter 28844 sirius blackremus lupin 12738 harry potterseverus snape 8663. K download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A novel is, in short, a lengthy piece of literary work. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writer. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. I just finished reading harry potter with my daughter, and it was a beautiful journey. Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to.
Along with friends ronald weasley and hermione granger, harry investigates sirius black, an escaped prisoner from azkaban, the wizard prison. In this video i give you my ranking of the harry potter books by j. However, 1k words for an opening can sometimes indicate youre rushing especially since this is your first scene during which. Harry potter fanfic archive all story ratings are welcome.
Im not sure if im pushing the word count over, been trying cut back the word count. Harry potter and the cursed child harry potter wiki fandom. Novels are arguably the most wellknown of all four categories. I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information. Afterwards is a spoiler section with my take on the book. Discover the sweet spot for your chapters word count in this post featuring j. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself. Your guide to book word counts fiction and nonfiction. Harry potter and the deathly hallows is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Eye of the world was one of the more normally distributed book in terms of chapter wordcount, which essentially means it had a mostcommon chapter length and a comparable number of chapters that were longer or shorter.
Below youll find the total word count numbers for each book in the. This is an unofficial fan site and is not connected or endorsed by j. These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multiawardwinning series feature instantly pickupable new jackets by jonny duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring audio book cd harry potter and the goblet of fire. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. The unlikely misadventures of barnes and noble by thelawyerskeeper.
Word count for the book harry potter and the sorcerers stone. If the word count of twilight is disregarded, the average becomes around 88,625. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets the harry potter. Word count for the book harry potter and the deathly hallows. From the flames, a brotherhood thought dead will reemerge, a family will break, trust will be destroyed, an enemy will change their path, a father will finally be found, a love will bring hope, and a hero shall rise from the ashes to become the legend he was born to be. Lets look at some chapter lengths, but remember that these are averages. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone harry potter, book 1 kindle edition by rowling, j. It was released on 21 july 2007 in the united kingdom by bloomsbury publishing, in the united states by scholastic, and in canada by raincoast books.
For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. In any of these books, some chapters are longer than others. Word counts of popular ya books as i started drafting my new wip a ya scifi thriller i began wondering what word count i should aim for. At a writers conference i recently attended, publishing veteran jane friedman said 80,000 words is good for most fiction, below 60,000 isnt novel length territory, and above 120,000 is likely too much. There are seventeen chapters in the book and 223 pages uk edition. Twilight has 24 titled chapters, or 26 if you count the preface and epilogue, and about 4580 words per chapter. However, 1k words for an opening can sometimes indicate youre rushing especially since this is your first scene during which youre introducing both your main character and the world. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban wikipedia.
Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of harry potter and the order of the phoenix and what it means. Seriously harry, have a glass of butterbeer or something, because you need to chill your ass out. Harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two is the official script book for the play of the same name written by j. List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter wiki fandom. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. Rowlings recordbreaking series began with two titles on the high end of that spectrum and finished with five that left the guidelines in the dust. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone harry potter, book 1. The harry potter books are young adult titles, and ya publishers generally look for manuscripts in the 50,000 to 80,000word range.
In harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry, an orphan, lives with the dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, dudley. Writing towards a word count might not work for everybody, but having a rough goal in mind certainly helps me when im sketching out chapters and undertaking my first draft. We are also going to look at how harry potter is comparable to other young adult novels in regards to word count. So should i stay with this word count, or try to bring the word count down. 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. 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. The word count of a book is measured by the whole books word count, not individual chapters. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone has 17 chapters with titles, and about 4560 words per chapter. List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. Harry potter 67340 draco malfoy 42363 hermione granger 40201 ron weasley 26256 severus snape 25684 sirius black 23651 remus lupin 23511 ginny weasley 16064 james potter 14245 lily evans potter 11574 include relationships draco malfoy harry potter 28844 sirius blackremus lupin 12738 harry potter severus snape 8663. The world as we know it has changed and harry potter, his. The silmarillion and the lord of the rings both introduce many times more new concepts, characters and locations which makes them more complex.
Word count for the book harry potter and the sorcerers. Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. 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. How long are the chapters in books by famous authors. Statistics on harry potter chapter length science fiction. When added all together, the harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. Captain america movies, marvel cinematic universe, the avengers marvel movies teen and up audiences. And as you can see, it varies, depending on the story. The book follows harry potter, a young wizard, in his third year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. This is a lot of information at a glance, so ill distill a few salient observations. Rowling, john tiffany, and jack thorne it was marketed as the eighth story of harry potter, taking place after harry potter and the deathly hallows.
I have been reading aloud to my daughter, off and on, starting with philosophers stone, when she was 7. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone harry potter, book. Not counting the epilogue, the shortest chapter is book 3, chapter 20 the dementors kiss at 2,018 words. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writers beat. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone has an average of 4,560 words per chapter. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. The first book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, has 76,944 words. The average chapter word count of these novels falls within the 2,0005,000 range. Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Can you imagine reading the whole of harry potter without a single break. Harry potter and the philosophers sorcerers stone by j. How many words are in harry potter and the philosophers.
Harry potter and related characters are owned by jk rowling, various publishers including but not limited to bloomsbury books, scholastic books and raincoast books, and warner bros. Rowlings harry potter and the order of the phoenix. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. Realize it over the maximum word count for erotic, science fictionfantasy genre. Can you name the chapters from the harry potter books when nearly any word from the title is accepted. For most publishers, a book is novellength when its between 50,000 and 110,000 words. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. Hogwarts reads the first book along with some special guests part 1 of reading harry potter. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading harry potter and the sorcerers stone harry potter, book 1.
His parents are dead and hes stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. One day just before his eleventh birthday, an owl tries to deliver a mysterious letterthe first of a sequence of events that end in harry meeting a giant man named hagrid. It has fewer words than the other six books, making it the shortest book in the series. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book. Feb 09, 2015 word counts of popular ya books as i started drafting my new wip a ya scifi thriller i began wondering what word count i should aim for. 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 prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is a fantasy novel written by british author j.
The hobbit has more unique words and a higher unique word density than both the silmarillion and each volume in the lord of the rings. Today we finished the final two chapters of deathly hallows, and the 19 years later she is now 9. A beautiful boxed set containing all seven harry potter novels in paperback. Word count for the book the lightning thief word counters. I calculated the word count per chapter of the first book and most of the second book. The word count figures for the other six books, in order. The hunger games uses 3,700 word chapters, dividing each chapter into three parts. Characters reading harry potter books summary when a series of books are discovered detailing the first five years of harry potter s school career, dolores umbridge is excited, the teachers are worried, the students are curious, and harry potter is mortified.
In this article, were going to look at how many words are in the harry potter series. No money is being made and no or trademark infringement is intended. Words counts of bestselling novels better novel project. 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. Notebooks and letters, originally posted on in 2007 and 2008, is the last of my three novellength harry potter fanfiction stories. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. Harry potter and the deathly hallows approximately 198,227, the scholastic count has yet to be announced. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. His parents are dead and hes stuck with his heartless relatives, who force. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the second book in the series of harry potter novels by j. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter. Percy jackson is a good kid, but he cant seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 257,045 words.
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