Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. It is a thicker book than the previous books, and it is a lot heavier for sure. But the wheel of timesized mystery book is pretty uncommon. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of harry potter and the halfblood prince. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Yes, if you are hugely successful with your first book, your publisher will want lots more books from you. 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. 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. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. It is not perfect in what it does, but does a sound job in dividing words into parts of speech, phrasal verbs etc. Purely for the record, his name occurs in the books quite a lot too. Combining this with my figures and existing word count, the adjusted count for homestuck is currently 58808 words.
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 more detail and discussion of the comparison method, please see the measuring homestuck thread, where notegbert explains. In the meantime, overwriting to the point that your draft exceeds typical word count ranges is a common issue and those widelyaccepted ranges arent completely arbitrary. The first, harry potter, is an orphan that lives with his aunt and uncle who are muggles. Middle grade is from 20,000 55,000, depending on the subject matter and age range, and the word count of these books has been trending up in recent years. For some perspective, harry potter and the sorcerers stone was around 78,000 words in its entirety. K rowling, is a fictional adventure story that takes place during the twentyfirst century in england. The movie gets a lot of credit for the artistic hand alfonso cuaron brought to directing, and the more laid back dress and style that the actors were allowed. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writers beat. In this article, were going to look at how many words are in the harry potter series.
A word crawl is a type of word sprint that collects a number of word wars, prompts, and sprints into one challenge. Jul 22, 2015 the main books in the series, each of which has a movie and game two of each for the last book, are. Jul 16, 2005 harry potter and the halfblood prince, the sixth book in the series. Brandon sandersons book oathbringer has a higher word count than the first 4 harry potter books combined.
Meet the count chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic fanfiction. Free selections from spoofs of the hobbit, game of thrones, harry potter, star trek and more. Everything you need to know about novel word counts nathan. Word counts of philip pullmans his dark materials series. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series. Here are 11 words that even ordinary muggles have adopted into. Here is everything writers need to know about novel word counts.
She considers books six and seven, harry potter and the. While its important that every story find its natural length, it takes time to develop an instinct as to what that length is. He wants to dream about cho chang, his crush and maybe do more than dream. Learn the definitions of all of the wizarding words in the harry potter books with this glossary of common words. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. Search for word count totals in books word counters. Rowlings harry potter books already know how the story comes out, of course for those whove forgotten. It has fewer words than the other six books, making it the shortest book in the series. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. Orit means they have two or more books combined into one. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book. 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. What other book might you compare harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, book 3 to, and why. Harry potter text analysis becoming a data analyst medium.
The burgeoning word count situation hasnt really hit the mystery field. I was so addicted to harry potter because it has fantasy, romance, and science fiction what really made me surprised is that harry potter married ginny but ron not my favorite character married hermione. If it does need to be this long, it is not a middle grade, or it should be divided into 20 books, not 6. Harry potter harry potter glossary harry potter books. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. Perfect prep for harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban quizzes and tests you might have in school. This brings the total harry potter word count to a whooping 1,084,170 words. To determine if there is any truth to this claim, we will compare two pieces of literature.
Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the third book in the harry potter series and often thought of as the best of the eight movies in the original wb franchise. The actual word count for harry potter and the sorcerers stone is 78,792 and my utility calculates 78,186. The harry potter books are young adult titles, and ya publishers generally look for manuscripts in the 50,000 to 80,000 word range. Apr 23, 2018 this post covers why word count matters for novels, the standard word count ranges for various genres, and the word counts of some famous novels. Your guide to book word counts fiction and nonfiction. 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.
List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. For much of harry potter and the halfblood prince, building romantic tensions, complete with petty jealousies, insecurities, matches made and broken, and plenty of snogging, are as demanding of the sixth years energies as whats happening beyond the gates, on the quidditch field, or in class. 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. D i hope you like it and that i didnt leave anything out. 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. On of the functions of this site is to devour a book and return a ranked list of words in order of frequency. 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. Wordcounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit. This is a list of deaths in the harry potter series organised by source. Notebooks and letters, originally posted on in 2007 and 2008, is the last of my three novellength harry potter fanfiction stories. Harry potter and the deathly hallows approximately 198,227, the scholastic count has yet to be announced.
For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. The most popular harry potter book according to sales. Please help the harry potter wiki by adding notes andor references to bring this article to a higher standard of quality. This charts trend looks similar to the word count chart hp 5 has the. Rowling shifted her writing toward revealing the answers to all the many mysteries she had built up over the earlier five books. The eight harry potter books have an impressive combined word count of over 1 million words. 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. And this is definitely my favorite book of 2016 so far. Take a look at the word counts for each of the harry potter books.
But the word count of a chapter matters if you want your story to flow right. The word counts of each hp book harrypotter reddit. From books, not movies in the 4th harry potter, who was the first to ask harry to the yule ball. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages harry potter and the chamber of secrets 251 pages harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 317 pages harry potter and the goblet of fire 636 pages harry potter. Generally themed, participants are encouraged to complete each portion of the challenge in order. Yes, the more successful your books, the longer they will get to be without anyone batting an eyelash see. Click to enlarge image created by the company cartridge discount, this informative infographic catalogs the word counts of famous and popular. Many of these challenges take the form of a choose your own adventurestyle story, giving participants minirewards in the form of the progression of the story or punishments for. In this video i give you my ranking of the harry potter books by j. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 257,045 words. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about 77,500 words total. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, book 3 audiobook. Title pages uk edition harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages harry potter and the chamber of secrets 251 pages harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 317 pages harry potter and the goblet of fire 636 pages harry potter and the.
Dec 15, 2014 how many words are in a fantasy novel. First and last lines of harry potter books popsugar. The hunger games has a word count of 99,750 and my utility calculates it at 99,060. How many times are the words harry andor harry potter spoken. Harry potter and the halfblood prince, the latest film in the harry potter series, hits theaters tonight at midnight. Teachingbooks harry potter and the halfblood prince. I have used to analyze the texts using official uk editions. I use the running time of the audiobook to come up with the word count total. Assuming the subtitles havent missed any instances, harry potters full name occurs.
Draco malfoy saying potter draco malfoy potter count. Pick 7 movies and well tell you what book you should read while youre social distancing mar 24, 2020. How many words are there in a harry potter book word count in famous books. 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. Spells and amendments are written in the margins of the book, and harry uses the princes notes to excel at potions. Word count for the book harry potter and the goblet of. Therefore, the word count of a novel is crucial if you want your book to be fit for publication. Brandon sandersons book oathbringer has a higher word count. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. How many pages are each of the harry potter books answers. Unfortunately, he is not normaleven by wizardry standards. 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 halfblood prince is the sixth book in the harry potter series.
Coming in at about 300,000 words, it is a retelling of the last three books of the series. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of. Books 4 through 6 easily represent the heftiest segment of the series. Word count is what nanowrimo is about and its the subject of lots of books. The book marked a turning point in the series for fans. Almost always, high word count means that the writer simply did not edit their work down enough. 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. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban quiz that tests what you know. 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. Black gate articles harry potter and the tyranny of word. Harry potter and the halfblood prince is book 6 in the harry potter book series by j. We are also going to look at how harry potter is comparable to other young adult novels in regards to word count.
I thought this progression of word counts for the rowling series was interesting. Not counting the epilogue, the shortest chapter is book 3, chapter 20 the dementors kiss at 2,018 words. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words. When writing a longer book that is aimed at 12yearolds and could maybe be considered tween, using the term upper middle grade is. Every harry potter movie but only the words harry and. And you can look at long running series like lawrence blocks matthew scudder and see that word count has gone up. Each death is listed under the material in which it is first mentioned. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious dursleys and go to the international quidditch cup with hermione, ron, and the weasleys. Many skeptics feel that there has been a dumbing down of americas youth of the past decades. Interest level, reading level, reading az, atos, word count.
Harry potter is midway through both his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. That isnt to say that some books are longer than others. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book. Of course, when youre writing the first draft of your story, you want to just get your words out on paper.
Word count for the book harry potter and the goblet of fire. The first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, it follows harry potter, a young wizard who discovers his magical heritage on his eleventh birthday, when he receives a letter of acceptance to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. The total word count for all seven books in the series is over 1 million words. The first book in the series, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was first published by bloomsbury in 1997, with an initial printrun of 500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries.
Harry potter and the halfblood prince the harry potter lexicon. Rowling could release a book about harry picking his nose, and wed all line up to buy it. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, written by j. Harry potter and the philosopher stone harry potter and the chamber of secrets harry potter. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Aug 22, 2016 in one word, this book was disappointing. I noticed no one made a draco malfoy potter count video, so i made one. Yes, yes, i know that i rated it four and a half stars. Rowling asks that man in the back of the room, putting his palms up the air.
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