A nicely graphed distribution would be nice, but ill accept an answer that has something equivalent to the average, standard deviation, and quartiles. Word count for the book harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Here are the number of words in the harry potter novels and comparisons with the word counts of other wellknown works. Reading practice, literacy skills, vocabulary practice. Everything you need to know about novel word counts nathan. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85,141 words. Word counts of the most popular books in the world. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 77,325 words harry potter and the chamber of secrets 84,799 words harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 106,821 words harry potter and the goblet of fire 190,858 words. 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. Speaking from the agenting end, we can usually tell a beginning novelist when their projects word count is outside conventional numbers.
Maybe bordering on high for a word count range for that age groupalthough, who are we kidding. His parents are dead and hes stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words. Wordcounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit. Jun 23, 2016 word count is what nanowrimo is about and its the subject of lots of books promising to boost your daily word count.
Since just comparing the number of unique words in a book does not take its length into account i decided to calculate the percentage of unique words of the whole text. Perfect prep for harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban quizzes and tests you might have in school. In this article, were going to look at how many words are in the harry potter series. Can you pick the harry potter books by word count in order from fewest to most. Yes, you should go through the novel revision checklist and take out anything extraneous no matter what. It is common for word counts to grow in length after the debut novel. As you can see, established authors get much more flexibility when it comes to the length of their book. This brings the total harry potter word count to a whooping 1,084,170 words. The word count figures for the other six books, in order. The length of the book increases with the number of book in the series. Generate data frame with sentiment derived from the bing dictionary. Yes, having a book that is overly short or overly long for its genre will incrementally decrease your odds of finding traditional publication.
Word count is what nanowrimo is about and its the subject of lots of books promising to boost your daily word count. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. What other book might you compare harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, book 3 to, and why. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of. I have read all the harry potter series and this book almost 10 times.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76,944 words. We are also going to look at how harry potter is comparable to other young adult novels in regards to word count. Oct 18, 2017 therefore, the word count of a novel is crucial if you want your book to be fit for publication. Number of words of the harry potter series by book. Harry potter text analysis becoming a data analyst medium. Yes, the more successful your books, the longer they will get to be without anyone batting an eyelash see. Martin and harper lee keep things more evenly paced in a game of thrones and to kill a mockingbird, respectively. Your guide to book word counts fiction and nonfiction. 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. Th e first book harry potter and the sorcerers stone has 76,944 words. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself.
Rowling asks that man in the back of the room, putting his palms up the air. That said, this figure differs from book to book and organization to. For example, if an author has to write a minimum or maximum amount of words for an article, essay, report, story, book, paper, you name it. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. This chapter wordcount data becomes more interesting when we facet the information by book.
I suppose the best comparison would be one of the other potter books. His writing speed is still not slow, only average or maybe slightly below average harry potter took 10 years, for example, which is understandable given the complexity of the books. And this is definitely my favorite book of 2016 so far. Shorter novels such as fahrenheit 451, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, the great gatsby, and slaughterhousefive are between 4050,000 words. Word count for the book harry potter and the sorcerers. Harry potter and the sorcerer s stone is about 77,500 words total. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets the harry potter. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writer. Over three times the lenght of the book that made her bones for her. 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. I have even seen books with chapters that were all the same length that had both problems. But the bigger part of the frustration seems to come from the last years, when he slowed down and overstimated his ability to finish the last books. The last book harry potter and the deathly hallows has 198,227 words. Orit means they have two or more books combined into one.
The last book harry potter and the deathly hallows has. 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. Jul 12, 2011 of course, as writers, we should pay attention to how many words the first book was. Quantity is not quality, of course, but dont make the mistake of neglecting that quantity is one quality and not an unimportant one. 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. There are 85,141 words in harry potter and the chamber of secrets.
Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban quiz that tests what you know. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long it will take you to read. While its important that every story find its natural length, it takes time to develop an instinct as. There are seventeen chapters in the book and 223 pages uk edition. However, word count does not really measure progress. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series.
The books are wellloved all over the world because of well, magic. Yes, yes, i know that i rated it four and a half stars. Word count for book series the first book in each series below was the authors first. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Some books have chapters that are too short, they dont expand the idea enough for you to understand. 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. 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. Students, teachers, parents, and librarians can search in english or spanish using criteria such as atos book level or a lexile measure, interest level, title, author, fictionnonfiction, subject, awardwinners, state lists, ccss. The third book harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban has 107,253 words. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here.
No spoilers i counted the words of each asoiaf book to. Of course, when youre writing the first draft of your story, you want to just get your words out on paper. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writers beat. Harry potter and the deathly hallows approximately 198,227, the scholastic count has yet to be announced. The eight harry potter books have an impressive combined word count of over 1 million words. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1.
The average chapter word count of these novels falls within the 2,0005,000 range. Rowling could release a book about harry picking his nose, and wed all line up to buy it. Dec 15, 2014 how many words are in a fantasy novel. Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the only book with officially 2 parts. Nov 25, 2008 progressive word count in harry potter series. 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.
List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. May 06, 2016 here are the titles of each harry potter book, the year it was released in the us, its size, and what i refer to it as. The word count of the main 7 harry potter novels are shown below. The first novel in the harry potter series, harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Harry potter and the philosophers sorcerers stone by j. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter. How many words per chapter are in a harry potter novel. Im looking for some statistics on typical harry potter chapter word count. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. The fifth book harry potter and the order of the phoenix has 257,045 words. Traditional publishers and agents advised using the industry formula for determining word count, which is assuming certain standards 12 pt. Almost always, high word count means that the writer simply did not edit their work down enough. As persuasion progresses, jane austen seems to elongate hers, building them up on a crescendo. Words counts of bestselling novels better novel project.
The entire harry potter series tips the scale at over a 1 million words, perhaps one of the only mgya series to do so. Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. There are 76,944 words in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark. The sorcerers stone 77,325 words the chamber of secrets 84,799 words the prisoner of azkaban 106,821 words. At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. Famous book series and novel word counts number of words. 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. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 257,045 words. Statistics on harry potter chapter length science fiction. This charts trend looks similar to the word count chart hp 5 has the. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, book 3 audiobook. The word count of a book is measured by the whole books word count, not individual chapters. 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.
The harry potter books are young adult titles, and ya publishers generally look for manuscripts in the 50,000 to 80,000word range. Black gate articles harry potter and the tyranny of word. Put simply, the sweet spot for a novels word count is generally said to be around 8090k. Harry potter and the goblet of fire has 190,637 words. May 15, 2011 yes, if you are hugely successful with your first book, your publisher will want lots more books from you. 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 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. How many words are in harry potter and the philosophers. More to the point, any class requiring students to read the series before registering is. 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. Rachel aarons 2,000 to 10,000 is perhaps best of these, and does contain useful advice about building momentum. I like to think the books matured and got longer as we aged with harry. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. But the word count of a chapter matters if you want your story to flow right. 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. 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. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. Feb 07, 2020 harry potter and the deathly hallows, the only book with officially 2 parts.
The maximum word count for new authors is lower than established novelists. Times new roman, doublespaced, leftside justified only, 1. For some perspective, harry potter and the sorcerers stone was around 78,000 words in its entirety. The total word count for all seven books in the series is over 1 million words. Word counts of famous book series harry potter by jk rowling. But at the end of the day, you have to write the novel you want to write. This will help determine what kind of length readers expect in popular novels, and also will give me a word count goal for writing the scenes and assignments. I was actually recommended a news article about this very subject not long ago. There are 107,253 words in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. Aug 22, 2016 in one word, this book was disappointing. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information.
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