Harry potter harry potter glossary harry potter books. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76944 harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85141 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107253 harry. There are 76,944 words in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. The third book harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban has 107,253 words. Vader, which stands for valence aware dictionary and sentiment reasoning, is a lexicon and rulebased tool that is specifically tuned to social media. There are no hardandfast rules when it comes to what word count a novel in. Harry potter and the philosophers stone, book 1 audiobook. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about 77,500 words total. It is a stateowned school funded by the ministry of magic the precise location of the school can never be uncovered because it was rendered unplottable. How many words on average are in each chapter of any harry. How the harry potter characters looked in the books vs. This chapter wordcount data becomes more interesting when we facet the information by book.
English harry potter and the philosophers stone italiano. Only 2 of the 7 harry potter books came in at under 100,000 words sorcerers stones and chamber of secrets which happened to be the first two books in the series. To muggles, the school looks like an old abandoned castle. When added all together, the harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. May 14, 2018 literary agent paula munier says a 90,000 word count is the sweet spot for debut fiction.
Bbc news entertainment your potter stories in 100 words. The main story arc concerns harrys struggle against lord voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the. What other book might you compare harry potter and the philosophers stone, book 1 to and why. Jul 20, 2007 your potter stories in 100 words author jk rowling will end the series with the deathly hallows before the publication of the seventh and final harry potter book, we asked avid harry potter fans to tell the entire story of the six books so far in 100 words or fewer. Given a string of text, it outputs a decimal between 0 and 1 for each of negativity, positivity, and neutrality for the text, as well as a compound score from 1 to. Harry potter text analysis becoming a data analyst medium. Everyone should read this book, if only to realize why the phenomenon harry potter has spread.
How many letters are in a harry potter book answers. Harry potter word count the sorcerers stone 77741 the chamber of secrets 85735 the prisoner of azkaban 108888 the goblet of fire. Dumbledore, hippogriff, and 11 more real words from harry. The longest chapter is book 5, chapter detention with dolores at 9,001 words. I like to think the books matured and got longer as we aged with harry. 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. Harry potter has ideas expressed in other books but this is something different. When combined, the total harry potter word count is over a million words. I always thought that the goblet of fire held the largest word count, its the thickest book. Martins longest novel in the a song of ice and fire series is a storm of swords, at 424,000 words. Here are 11 words that even ordinary muggles have adopted into. The world most famous wizard schoolboy gets some word search puzzle treatment. The first book in each series below was the authors first. 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.
Jk rowlings longest novel is harry potter and the order of the phoenix, totaling 257,045 words. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writer. Below youll find the total word count numbers for each book in the. Learn the definitions of all of the wizarding words in the harry potter books with this glossary of common words. Harry potter and the goblet of fire has 190,637 words. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. Since this was the first book, rowling had more time to edit the book and make the writing more concise. Click to enlarge image created by the company cartridge discount, this informative infographic catalogs the word counts of famous and popular. Note the us edition has more pages heres why according to one source this entry was posted on thursday, july 12th, 2007 at 1. Chapters are known to have an average length of 4580 words, with a standard deviation of 120 words. There are 107,253 words in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. There is a good selection of harry and hermione stories as well as with a few other cannon females. 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.
For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone has an average of 4,560 words per chapter. Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. If the word count of twilight is disregarded, the average. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter. A vocabulary list featuring harry potter and the deathly hallows. At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. Jun 26, 1997 english harry potter and the philosophers stone italiano. Notebooks and letters, originally posted on in 2007 and 2008, is the last of my three novellength harry potter fanfiction stories. This is a collection of novel length, well written, harry potter stories. He had been wondering the halls after practice, too restless to go back to the common room. The hunger games uses 3,700 word chapters, dividing each chapter into three parts. And the fellowship of the ring sits at 187,790 words.
Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, book 1 audiobook. Of course, there will be books that smash these rules. Jul 18, 2019 harry potter and the philosophers stone was published on june 26, 1997, by bloomsbury in the united kingdom. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long it will take you to. The harry potter lexicon from a to z, youll find the meanings of words that wizards use for spells, the names of strange creatures, places in the wizarding world and more.
There are 190,637 words in harry potter and the goblet. Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry harry potter. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. Number of words of the harry potter series by book. Nov 25, 2008 over three times the lenght of the book that made her bones for her. Literary agent paula munier says a 90,000 word count is the sweet spot for debut fiction. Your potter stories in 100 words author jk rowling will end the series with the deathly hallows before the publication of the seventh and final harry potter book, we asked avid harry potter fans to tell the entire story of the six books so far in 100 words or fewer. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the only book with officially 2 parts.
Here are 11 words that even ordinary muggles have adopted into common parlance. Only one book order of the phoenix topped 200,000 words, but there were two books that came close with more than 190,000 words goblet of fire and deathly hallows. The word counts of each hp book harrypotter reddit. Im reading for the first time this book to my daughter 6 years old, but for me 37 years old its the third time i read harry potter and the philosophers stone. Neither too long nor too short, this book length signals a novelists competency and knowledge of the publishing market to prospective agents and editors. Th e first book harry potter and the sorcerers stone has 76,944 words. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone has 309 pages. There are only 26 letters in the alphabet therefore there only 26 letters can be used but repeated hundreds of times. It has fewer words than the other six books, making it the shortest book in the series. Huttos vader package to extract the sentiment of each book.
The sorcerers stone 77,325 words the chamber of secrets 84,799 words the prisoner of azkaban 106,821 words. I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information. Dumbledore, hippogriff, and 11 more real words from. To muggles, the school looks like an old abandoned. Unlike its predecessors, the film adaptation of harry potter and the goblet of fire is very different from the book necessitated in part because the book is almost twice the length of prisoner of azkaban. Harry potters black book chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic. Harry potter and the goblet of fire reading length. If you think were a bunch of squibs, you get to rerank them. Harry potter s summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car. The cloak is first used in harry potter and the philosophers stone, chapter 12.
The first book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, has 76,944 words. Word counts of famous book series harry potter by jk rowling. But for most of the entire first half of the book, harry and hermione are on a. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone reading length. As you can see, established authors get much more flexibility when it comes to the length of their book. Suppose the length of a chapter of a harry potter book, in words, is approximately normally distributed. How many words are there in a harry potter book word count in famous books.
How many words are there in all harry potter books. Harry potter and the deathly hallows vocabulary list. The two title differences dont really sway readers and typically doesnt cause any type of confusion. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone, book 1 audiobook by. Harry potter and the philosophers stone was published on june 26, 1997, by bloomsbury in the united kingdom. 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 world is divided into the magical and the mundane, and j.
Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. What isn\t often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. On his eleventh birthday, orphan harry potter learns the shocking truth. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words.
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. 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. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. I can relate to this world in many ways an orphan not loved by his guardians not told anything about where he comes from hears it from a completed e stranger goes to a. Which means, yes, that harry potter is three times the length of the narniad. Notebooks and letters, originally posted on in 2007 and 2008, is the last of my three novel length harry potter fanfiction stories. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j. Statistics on harry potter chapter length science fiction. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix has 257,045 total words, so there is 38 chapters, so i calculated it on my computer and 6764.
Not counting the epilogue, the shortest chapter is book 3, chapter 20 the dementors kiss at 2,018 words. Sentiment analysis on the texts of harry potter towards. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series. It is a stateowned school funded by the ministry of magic. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Its a noun the dursleys are muggles and can be used attributively as in the muggle world, above. How many pages are each of the harry potter books answers.
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. The length of the book increases with the number of book in the series. Jk rowlings words have a curious habit of coming to life, and her characters are funny, and realistic. For example, the incantation accio firebolt would cause the required broomstick to fly into the hand of the person using the charm. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Over three times the lenght of the book that made her bones for her.
Ive always liked the film adaptation of harry potter and the goblet of fire, if largely for the sheer spectacle of the triwizard tournament. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. For example, the incantation accio firebolt would cause the required broomstick. One of the greatest things about harry potter, is that they improve with each book, and you can clearly glimpse the clever, intricate plot rowling has wove.
Progressive word count in harry potter series the writers beat. A vocabulary list featuring harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. Harry potter fandom lives on the first harry potter book may have been released 20 years ago, but the fandom is still going strong with conventions, theme parks, an international sporting. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of time. Find all the words and characters hidden in the grid relating to the famous books and movies. However, i understand that the length of twilight is unusually long for a debut novel. Famous book series and novel word counts number of words. Coming in at about 300,000 words, it is a retelling of the last three books of the series. For some perspective, harry potter and the sorcerers stone was around 78,000 words in its entirety. Harry potter glossary check the official uk book publisher for a complete identification of character names and what roles they play in the book along with, spells and incantations, animals and creatures, settings and places the harry potter lexicon from a to z, youll find the meanings of words that wizards use for spells, the names of strange creatures, places in the wizarding world.
Words counts of bestselling novels better novel project. Jun 27, 2019 jk rowlings longest novel is harry potter and the order of the phoenix, totaling 257,045 words. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Harry potter uses the invisibility cloak in all of the harry potter books. Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry is the british wizarding school, located in the scottish highlands. There are 85,141 words in harry potter and the chamber of secrets.
Harry potter and the chamber of secrets has 85,141 words. List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. It accepts magical students from great britain and ireland for enrollment. Harry heard as he was about to walk past the third floor charms classroom. In addition to wearing halfmoon glasses and giving off an impression of great energy, harry potter and the prisoner. How many letters are in the harry potter and the halfblood prince book.
Harry potters summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car. As always with rowlings books, i loved harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. May 05, 2009 harry potter and the order of the phoenix has 257,045 total words, so there is 38 chapters, so i calculated it on my computer and 6764. Rowling, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban though its normally a bit of a cliche to close a chapter by getting the character to fall asleep, rowling does a clever twist on it by making this an occasion worth describing. There are powerful harry, dark harry, manipulative dumbledore, time travel, and au stories here. The precise location of the school can never be uncovered because it was rendered unplottable.