I mean what was all that tosh about the Quidditch World Cup? If they were going to start with that, they needed to keep the Quidditch theme, and wrap it up with Quidditch. And I've seen that a lot with Harry Potter. For example, Atonement has a word count of 123,378 and my utility comes up with 110,765 words. Pretty impressive Are they all that accurate Many, yes, but there are exceptions due to the layout and font size of a particular book. I'm not one of these people that obsesses about plot holes and different scenarios (eg if they had time travel, why couldn't they do x/y/z or whatever) but much of it just didn't make easy sense.Īny novel that requires fans to write long impassioned defences and endless torturous paragraphs explaining why it's "correct" has serious flaws, in my view. Sharp Objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility calculates it at 80,137. I was always amazed by her claims that she had the whole thing worked out from the start, since it always seemed so fucking muddled, the backstory. Please check out the new Discord channel created by /u/thatsSomeNeatShit Just click this link to add to your Discord account Discord Thank you to Brodrost for our fantastic "Stop Redditing, Start Writing" Alien! If you have a subreddit you think would be great featured here, please send us a modmail message with a link and we will check it out and let you know if it is something we feel would be a good fit here. No kidding! It can be done, and is - every November. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a month where ordinary people write novels. If you need anything: have a look at the links in the sidebar, hit up the IRC room or Discord Channel (note: might not be active until November), and unleash your inner writer! See you all at the finish line! The infographic also includes epic novels such as Ulysses, Bleak House, War and Peace, Les Miserables, and Gone With the Wind.įor shorter reads, take a look at the works of George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Ray Bradbury, and Ernest Hemingway.Įven if you don’t give a darn about the word count of these famous books, this infographic can add new titles to your reading list.Please note that this community is not supported or affiliated with the official National Novel Writers Month organization in any way. On another note, have you ever thought about just how many words there are in your favorite books? I found an infographic showing the word count of famous books, and it’s interesting to see the comparison. How about you? How do you fare when it comes to word count? I think that’s experience doing the magic there. I have that word count in mind as a general rule, but I just write and for some reason, I’m lucky to end up in the range of the required number. To be honest, while I always take into consideration every client’s requirement for the number of words, I am not too bothered.
Famous books word count series#
Rowling is the best-selling book series in history. Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, 8 9 10 Harry Potter by J. Still, for some, word count doesn’t really matter. All books of a religious, ideological, philosophical or political nature have thus been excluded from the below lists of best-selling books for these reasons. For others, making sure that they don’t go over the word count can be a chore (especially if their editor is strict about not going over that number). In regards to the rest, it is all accurate. So I think we get away with this being on the list. Gardens of the Moon was his second novel and his first foray into fantasy. That often dreaded, while at the same time appreciated, element of freelance writing.įor some content writers or bloggers, hitting their word count is a pain. I couldnt find the word count, but the book is only 359 pages, so far smaller than his later books.