May 06, 2016 the number of total words increases from hp 1 to hp 5 hp 5 being the largest book, drops at hp 6 and increases slightly for hp 7. It is not perfect in what it does, but does a sound job in dividing words into parts of speech, phrasal verbs etc. Number of words of the harry potter series by book. There are 76,944 words in harry potter and the sorcerers stone. If the word count of twilight is disregarded, the average. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone book club ideas. His parents are dead and hes stuck with his heartless relatives, who force.
Also, heres another list i may swipe and add in here. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 223 pages with 17 chapters. Harry potter and the deathly hallows, the only book with officially 2 parts. 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. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 2007 imdb. You wont get exact, but youre wondering whether 35k is reasonable, so you dont need exact. What does harry see each time before he find himself in danger. However, word count does not really measure progress. There are 190,637 words in harry potter and the goblet. Black gate articles harry potter and the tyranny of word. I was simultaneously disappointed and elated by this book. Harry potter and the halfblood prince was published on 16 july 2005. What birthday does harry celebrate in the fifth book.
Readers of all ages can find something to keep them bounded to the magical world of harry potter. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. The word count of the main 7 harry potter novels are shown below. He was the only child and son of james and lily potter nee evans, both members of the original order of the phoenix. 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. The harry potter film is based on the book series written by j. Apr 09, 2012 harry potter and the philosophers stone.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76,944 words. More to the point, any class requiring students to read the series before registering is setting a million word pointofentry. Harry potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has already survived the murderous attacks of the feared dark lord on more than one occasion. Interest level, reading level, reading az, atos, word count. Word count for the book arry potter and the prisoner of. Afterwards is a spoiler section with my take on the book. The word count gets progressively longer for books 1 to 5. How many pages are there in all the harry potter books. Harry potter text analysis becoming a data analyst medium. Harry potter and the halfblood prince, the latest film in the harry potter series, hits theaters tonight at midnight. How many words are there in all harry potter books. Word count harry potter and the philosophers stone.
Luna lovegood, hagrid, and harry can all see thestrals. But his hopes for a quiet term concentrating on quidditch are dashed when a maniacal massmurderer escapes from azkaban, pursued by the soulsucking dementors who guard the prison. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban book 3 by j. The word count figures for the other six books, in order. Word counts of the most popular books in the world foster grant uk. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. There are 85,141 words in harry potter and the chamber of secrets. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. Not counting the epilogue, the shortest chapter is book 3. Choose not to use archive warnings, graphic depictions of violence, rapenoncon, underage. Mar 27, 20 as a rough estimate when i look at word counts i use 4 pages to words, so a 42,000 word book comes to approx 168 pages. The dursleys keep up their usual nonsense wizards are freaks, harry is a wizard, therefore harry is a freak but harry seems to have changed. Dec 27, 2019 make a schedule if you are reading the book to write a report on it. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix 257,045 words.
Harry potter and the chamber of secrets 251 pages with 18 chapters. What wizard of the order was supposed to be following harry when the dementors showed up. I created this list because my wordpress statistics indicate that people do web searches for this information. In this article, were going to look at how many words are in the harry potter series. We start harry potter and the order of the phoenix back in little whinging, surrey, where harry is stuck for yet another summer with his awful relatives, the dursleys. Reading practice, literacy skills, vocabulary practice. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix book 5 audiobook unknown binding june 1, 2003 4. Rowlings harry potter books already know how the story comes out, of course for those whove forgotten.
The cloak is first used in harry potter and the philosophers stone, chapter 12. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets 85,141 words. Word counts of philip pullmans his dark materials series. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writers beat. Her credit score went from 588 to 781 with this 5 minute trick. But the word count of a chapter matters if you want your story to flow right. The total word count for all seven books in the series is over 1 million words. It has fewer words than the other six books, making it the shortest book in the series.
With their warning about lord voldemorts ralph fiennes return scoffed at, harry daniel radcliffe and dumbledore sir michael gambon are targeted by the wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at hogwarts. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. 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. On of the functions of this site is to devour a book and return a ranked list of words in order of frequency.
Write the report while reading the book so you dont forget to include any important details. 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 uses the invisibility cloak in all of the harry potter books. Here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed.
It is not perfect in what it does, but does a sound job. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix when it hit shelves. Apr 17, 2008 how many words are in the novel harry potter and the philosophers stone by j. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of time. 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. But it still had good pacing and a very involving plot, imo. And you can look at long running series like lawrence blocks matthew scudder and see that word count has gone up. Therefore, the word count of a novel is crucial if you want your book to be fit for publication.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter. The eight harry potter books have an impressive combined word count of over 1 million words. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone book club ideas hey readers. We are also going to look at how harry potter is comparable to other young adult novels in regards to word count.
Learn the definitions of all of the wizarding words in the harry potter books with this glossary of common words. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about 77,500 words total. The burgeoning word count situation hasnt really hit the mystery field. 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. Harry potter s appearance did not endear him to the. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix year five at hogwarts harry potter and the halfblood prince. Rowling and the fifth novel in the harry potter series. But i think that has more to do with rushing them than total word count. Before his fifth year at hogwarts, harry gets an official letter stating that he is expelled for performing magic outside the school. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is a fantasy novel written by british author j. The first book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, has 76,944 words. Vernon dursleyharry potter works archive of our own.
In memory of light, the longawaited chapter the last battle registered a staggering 81,200 words, whereas the xaxis on the above chart is cut at 20,000. 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. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book. Progressive word count in harry potter series the writer. There are three books in the hunger games series which, according to slate, have a very similar word count of 101,200 words, 101,900 words, and 102,700 words.
Harry potter books series harry potter book set barnes. Every single word in harry potter whiteness in usamerican. However, i understand that the length of twilight is unusually long for a debut novel. Of course, when youre writing the first draft of your story, you want to just get your words out on paper. The longest chapter is book 5, chapter detention with dolores at 9,001 words.
Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed blackandwhite suddenly come out in shades of gray. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words. Do you remember the word count of the harry potter books. Nov, 2015 the truth about word counts for childrens book is nothing is set in stone, so it can be a good idea to do as much research as possible on current expectations. Harry potter harry potter glossary harry potter books. Rowling, a british author who got this idea of magic related school story while travelling on a train back from work.
Via bloomsbury scholastic which book does this word count match. Dec 31, 2011 4 the renlearn database includes only as published word counts maybe the as written figures were very much higher, and the manuscripts got whittled way down or split into multibook series in the editing which would confirm the shortisgood theory. Why does professor lupin give harry chocolate on the hogwarts express train. Over three times the lenght of the book that made her bones for her.
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. I was actually recommended a news article about this very subject not long ago. But the wheel of timesized mystery book is pretty uncommon. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 76944 harry potter and the chamber of secrets. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. How many pages are each of the harry potter books answers. The number of unique words also increases with the series. Word count is what nanowrimo is about and its the subject of lots of books promising to boost your daily word count.
Jul 12, 2007 here are the number of pages in the harry potter books listed. Order of the phoenix is 14 of the total, just a tad short of the first three books word counts. What are the harry potter books page numbers answers. The film was distributed by warner bros and made into eight film series starting from the year 2001 to. For a huge harry potter book, try reading between 100150 pages a day. 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. Harry potter a brief summary on the books momscribe. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. But chapter word count is something that you want to keep in. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix summary shmoop. Students raise their wands after albus dumbledore s death in 1997 this is a list of deaths in the harry potter series organised by source. Mar 21, 2017 we watched some of the examples in class, and i was shocked at how 2 hour movies became five minute clips when all of the white characters were cut out.
Harry potter and the order of the phoenix wikipedia. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 317 pages. Bbc news entertainment your potter stories in 100 words. My favorite books in the series were azkaban and goblet, the latter of which was quite long. For example, the incantation accio firebolt would cause the required broomstick. Astute readers may have picked up on a missing data point in the above plot. Unfortunately, he is not normaleven by wizardry standards. The fifth book in the series is also by far its longest, more than three times as long as philosophers stone. Even consider contacting agents and publishers asking for guidelines before sending them a copy of a manuscript. Word count for the book harry potter and the sorcerers.
The longest harry potter book is more than 850 pages, so spread out the number of pages throughout the 7 days. Harrys birth was overshadowed by a prophecy, naming either himself or neville longbottom as the one with the power to vanquish lord voldemort. Rowlings writing style with the opening of the movie, harry potter and the deathy hallows, part 1, ive noticed a substantial increase in the number of people coming here to read a post i did last year about j. I have used to analyze the texts using official uk editions. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a comingofage story. It follows harry potter s struggles through his fifth year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist lord voldemort, o. What isn\t often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. Legions of harry potter fans waiting eagerly for the boy wizards fifth adventure will have to make do, for now, with revisiting earlier installments in print and on film. I like to think the books matured and got longer as we aged with harry.
List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the harry potter universe. With daniel radcliffe, emma watson, rupert grint, brendan gleeson. Wordcounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit.
That isnt to say that some books are longer than others. Harry potter and the philosophers stone english, paperback j. Oct 01, 2003 harry potter boxed set, books 1 5 book. It is feasible to count the number of words in a published chapter. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix quiz take this quiz.
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