How are numbers used in the harry potter book series. Harry potter and the philosophers stone and its characters are jk rowlings property. In total, all seven harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. What would be an even greater surprise, was the knowledge that when hermione granger fell apart, it carried the completely surprising possibility of becoming utterly catastrophic in proportion. Popular novel word count in novel word count harry potter word count stephen king word count.
However, word count does not really measure progress. If you are asking about harry potter only and not other related movies like fantastic beast and where to find them or the cursed child, then here goes the list. Once again, i do not or will ever own harry potter. On of the functions of this site is to devour a book and return a ranked list of words in order of frequency. Why your hero should eavesdrop and make a bad assumption in. First is albus potter, who has the burden of going to hogwarts being harry potter s son while at the same time being named after dumbledore. The word count of a book is measured by the whole books word count, not individual chapters. Harry potter harry potter and the philosophers stone introduction chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five chapter six chapter seven chapter eight chapter nine chapter ten chapter eleven chapter twelve chapter thirteen chapter fourteen chapter fifteen chapter sixteen chapter seventeen the film final thoughts and rewrite death count book 1, start of. Harry potter is owned by jk rowling and jk rowling only.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone and its characters is jk rowlings property. How many words are in harry potter and the chamber of secrets. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone book 1 harry potter and the chamber of secrets book 2 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban book 3 harry potter and the goblet of fire book 4 harry potter and the order of the phoenix book 5 harry potter and the halfblood prince book 6. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. Allen long enough to tell your story, but its nice to see what other books have done for comparison. This book is about jennifer who is nicknamed cam because of her photographic memory and her friend eric. When no one answers harry potters knock on the door of the staff room, he decides to enter anyway and try to find his book. List of chapter titles and respective inuniverse time of occurrence in the harry potter book series. List of chapters in the harry potter novels harry potter. How many words per chapter are in a harry potter novel.
Search for word count totals in books word counters. The total word count for all seven books in the series is over 1 million words. I have used to analyze the texts using official uk editions. 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. The creation of hilow books to help children with low reading levels and readers with additional learning difficulties develop their reading confidence.
In this article, were going to look at how many words are in the harry potter series. Word counts of the most popular books in the world. Bbc news entertainment your potter stories in 100 words. One day they were hanging outside and they saw people rushing into a jewelry store. From downstairs came the sound of dudley bawling at his mother i dont want him in there i need that room. It wasnt the first time someone had talked to harry about what had happened so many years ago, and it wouldnt be the first time a writer had called upon him to doublecheck a fact for a textbook. Nov 23, 2010 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. The actual word count for harry potter and the sorcerers stone is 78,792 and my utility calculates 77,876. Black gate articles harry potter and the tyranny of word. Harry potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has already survived the murderous attacks of. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. Exactly 9 34 years pass between harry leaving the wizarding world 31oct 1 nov 1981 and his returning to the wizarding world 31 july 1991 each year at hogwarts lasts 9 34 months 1 sept to the.
Harry potter and the when jk rowling first came to my husband eleven years ago with her idea, i was skeptical. Put in the letters that you have into the filter box. Hogwarts reads harry potter the journey from platform nine and threequarters filius started. Rachel aarons 2,000 to 10,000 is perhaps best of these, and does contain useful advice about building momentum. It is not perfect in what it does, but does a sound job in dividing words into parts of speech, phrasal verbs etc.
The f word chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic fanfiction. Harry potter and the philosophers stone 23 june, 199120 june, 1992 date at the start of chapter. Harry potter and the halfblood prince has 168,923 words. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about 77,500 words total. Apr 09, 2012 the more research i did, the more i realized one important thing. Nov 23, 2015 when added all together, the harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. For the book hatchet, the actual word count is 41,672 and i give you 41,212. Apr 17, 2008 how many words are in the novel harry potter and the philosophers stone by j. The heros eavesdropping begins innocently enough he just happens to be in a spot that he is not expected to be in. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban 107,253 words. We are also going to look at how harry potter is comparable to other young adult novels in regards to word count. Ive been avoiding reading this series for almost two decades because ive been disappointed by many critically acclaimed youngadult series in the past and have developed a bit of a stigma against the genre, but this was an absolute joy to read. Sep 03, 2014 harry potter thoughts and theories menu. I looked at the frequency of word pairs throughout every.
Jul 30, 2002 harry potter books have turned millions of children into readers and never fail to be exciting, sad, and funny. Although the reader encountered albus potter at the end of the last harry potter novel, it is fair to say that the audience doesnt know him that well. 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. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone book 1 harry potter. Contains harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets and harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban.
If youve read our related article on how many words are in a novel youll recall that the typical word count for a. Dec 31, 2011 because its a pretty good bet, i think, that if you like to read certain kinds of successful books by certain successful authors, and the length of a book youve written is about the same as those books, then whatever else youre freaking out about, you shouldnt be freaking out about your books word count. Wordcounter will help to make sure its word count reaches a specific requirement or stays within a certain limit. Harry potter is a milestone in every childs reading life and this gorgeous, collectable boxed set is the perfect introduction for new readers, wizard and muggle alike.
The fifth book harry potter and the order of the phoenix has 257,045 words. Do you remember the word count of the harry potter books. The hunger games has a word count of 99,750 and my utility calculates it at 98,916. Thats what agents and publishers ask for when you query them. 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 eight harry potter books have an impressive combined word count of over 1 million words. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. Harry potter and the goblet of fire has 190,637 words. Jul, 2011 the site will sell e book versions of the harry potter book for the first time and will offer interactive features like allowing readers to be sorted into houses and to. When added all together, the harry potter books contain 1,084,170 words. Harry potter word count archives word counter blog. Hermione granger was an gether sort of girl, so it would come as a great surprise to know that she could fall apart. 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 257,045 words. 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. Dec 15, 2014 how many words are in a fantasy novel. Not long after, two people one holding a baby and one hol.
I looked at the frequency of word pairs throughout every harry potter novel to reveal some mildly interesting information about the novels. Below youll find the total word count numbers for each book in the harry potter series. Notice the use of the word horror here, which emphasizes the heros surprise at what he sees. 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.
The last book harry potter and the deathly hallows has 198,227 words. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone well ill be damned. 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. Nov, 2015 much has changed in childrens fiction in the past twenty years. 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. Word count for arry potter and the prisoner of azkaban.