Sep 17, 2019 our word count tool site offers useful tools for your creative writing. Anyone know the approximate word count of yahoo answers. Word count estimates are not guaranteed to be accurate. It is a book about an immortal vampire, edward cullen, and a 17 year old girl named bella. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. At an average reading rate of 125 words per minute, thats about 145 hours of reading. Best known for her twilight series, stephenie meyers fourbook collection has sold over 100 million copies globally in over 50 countries, with translations in 37 different languages. Second, there was part of him and i didnt know how potent that part might be that thirsted for my blood. But the word count of a chapter matters if you want your story to flow right.
So, does anyone know how long the twilight books are and the host. Having read all of the main books of the twilight saga the only one i havent read is the bree tanner story i truly dont understand why so many people hate the series as much as they do, i am a 26 year old straight man, i do have a fairly broad range of interests when it comes to my entertainment needs, but i rarely read many novels, i still. You can find the word counter tool, character counter tool, scrabble word finder, pomodoro timer, and. I have found the website dogobooks to be the most useful place to check the word count of popular books for kids. If you are an author of a book or know of a book s accurate wordcount, contact me. The first book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone. Of course, when youre writing the first draft of your story, you want to just get your words out on paper.
When writing a longer book that is aimed at 12yearolds and could maybe be considered tween, using the term upper middle grade is. Word count for famous novels organized by hawthorn mineart, under books, writing. Word count for novels and books is something i dont think about too often until i travel to a writers conference, and then someone asks a simple, innocent question. 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. Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of this book, find out how long it will take you to read. Jun 26, 2018 while there are no hard and fast rules about word count for childrens books or any genre, it is helpful to know what is generally expected. If yours is too short, restructure it and add more tightly written stuff. When it comes to writing novels it is the word count that matters, not the page count. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is about 77,500 words total. First, well look at the number of words for each book in the series.
There are other series i would have liked to include but i was limited by available data. You can find the word counter tool, character counter tool, scrabble word finder, pomodoro timer, and mind map tool. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. The word count range for each age level is only a guideline. You are welcome to share 65 bestselling word counts with other writers. Twilight the twilight saga, book 1 word count and more. Never pad your manuscript just to meet a wordcount guideline.
It was the first dragonlance novel, and first in the chronicles trilogy, which, along with the dragonlance legends trilogy, are generally regarded as the core novels of the dragonlance world. Ive tried to find someone besides joseph smith who has produced a book of 273,725 words while in their midtwenties. Words counts of bestselling novels better novel project. Stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation. Unfortunately they dont have all books, but they do have the most popular ones.
Twilight has 24 titled chapters, or 26 if you count the preface and epilogue, and about 4580 words per chapter. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. The longest is the order of the phoenix with a word count of 257,000 words. In the first book of the twilight saga, internationally bestselling author stephenie meyer introduces bella swan and edward cullen, a pair of starcrossed lovers whose forbidden relationship ripens against the backdrop of smalltown suspicion and a mysterious coven of vampires. Yet the truth is there is a great flexibility regarding word count. Famous book series and novel word counts number of words. Word counts from the nyt best sellers list writers rumpus. And remember, keeping to word counts is important, but what makes or breaks your chances with a publisher is the quality of your manuscript. Stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation 195,011 doctor sleep.
The hunger games uses 3,700 word chapters, dividing each chapter into three parts. What isnt often considered is the sheer number of words a person who reads the entire series consumes. While there are no hard and fast rules about word count for childrens books or any genre, it is helpful to know what is generally expected. This might be because twilight had four books, rather than three, but in any case, its interesting to notice the relatively low word counts in lord. Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. 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. Oct 18, 2017 therefore, the word count of a novel is crucial if you want your book to be fit for publication. Splitting the word into two diffuses this unified notion. The harry potter books are popular, and once someone reads the first book in the series, they often end up reading the entire series. The stormlight archivestatistical analysis the coppermind. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. As bella gets to know edward, she is slowly swept into a world of danger. Ar bookfinder is a bit touchy on what it includes data for. Nov 25, 2011 all words and no play makes kaleb a crazy boy.
Jun 17, 2009 when it comes to writing novels it is the word count that matters, not the page count. Series word counts the twilight saga by stephanie meyer 4 books grand total word count. Apr 04, 2009 anyone know the approximate word count of twilight, and the rest of the saga or the uglies series books or the house of night series books or the vampire academy series books etc etc. Martins a song of ice and fire series, is the lengthiest of the five currently released books, with a word count of almost 415. Word counts of famous book series harry potter by jk rowling. This can usually add a plus 510k compared to microsoft word wordcount. Words counts of bestselling novels writing, writing a book, words. When combined, the total harry potter word count is over a million words. Search for word count totals in books word counters. But the thing is, that thick book that you see in a bookstore may actually contain fewer words than you think.
Sep 06, 2006 twilight is a romance book by stephanie meyer. Twilight stylized as twilight is a 2005 young adult vampireromance novel by author stephenie meyer. However, i understand that the length of twilight is unusually long for a debut novel. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. I wont mention the harry potter or inheritance series, because harry potter breaks the rules as its so popular and hence word count doesnt matter, and. Everything you need to know about novel word counts nathan. Reading length is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites. It is the first book in the twilight series, and introduces seventeenyearold isabella bella swan, who moves from phoenix, arizona to forks, washington. Traditional publishers have broken their own rules more times than not. It seems singular, but i wondered if anyone else had identified. For novels specifically in the young adult genre, the typical range is between 55,000 79,999 words. The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the twilight saga, breaking dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.
Tolkien revised to be in line with the rest the fellowship of the ring. Like a general fiction novel, a good target word count for a memoir is 80,000 words. Our word count tool site offers useful tools for your creative writing. 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. Since just comparing the number of unique words in a book does not take its length into account i decided to calculate the percentage of unique words of the whole text. Sharp objects has a word count of 80,565 and my utility calculates it at 80,7. And third, i was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. Just when the frayed strands of bellas life first discovered in twilight, then scattered and. Many, yes, but there are exceptions due to the layout and font size of a particular book.
For a summary per per book see the way of kingsstatistical analysis. Book series were chosen to match the original post and to include some other series that were mentioned in the comments. Once an essay is complete then the word count can be computed by most word processing document. We are also going to look at how harry potter is comparable to other young adult novels in regards to word count. This captivating first book of the series has 118,975 words. Never pad your manuscript just to meet a word count guideline.
Few elements of the bookwriting process inspire such handwringing and teethgnashing as trying to constrain your novel within certain seemingly arbitrary bounds. I suspect youre a student of life too, so perhaps you should choose the same. Your guide to book word counts fiction and nonfiction. Isabella swans move to forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in washington, could have been the. And finally, the word counts between books of the same series dont follow any observable pattern. In the first book of the twilight saga, internationally bestselling author stephenie meyer introduces bella swan and edward cullen, a pair of starcrossed lovers. Therefore, the word count of a novel is crucial if you want your book to be fit for publication. Best known for her twilight series, stephenie meyers four book collection has sold over 100 million copies globally in over 50 countries, with translations in 37 different languages. 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. The word count button in microsoft word is a button on the screen that can count the number of words, lines, sentences, paragraphs, etc. Word count for the book breaking dawn word counters. 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 hobbit has more unique words and a higher unique word density than both the silmarillion and each volume in the lord of the rings.
From this point, search for your book, click on the title within the list of results, and on the following page youll find the book s word count. Jun 16, 2017 yet the truth is there is a great flexibility regarding word count. I ask because i actually have the end in sight for one of my books and im. She is endangered after falling in love with edward cullen, a vampire. See which new books our editors chose as this months favorites for kids of all ages. 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. How many words are there in the harry potter book series. Breaking dawn the twilight saga, book 4 the twilight. Most young adult novels fall between 55,000 and 70,000 words. With 160 million copies of the twilight saga sold worldwide, this addictive love story between a teenage girl and a vampire redefined romance for a generation. Jan 12, 2009 an essay that is written on exact or any topic should have a high word count. Nicholas sparks word count popular novel word count.
Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. The reason for this is that when i refer to wordcount im referring to a single, distinct idea. Or anything else thats in the young adult fantasy series genre. This might be because twilight had four books, rather than three, but in any case, its interesting to notice the relatively low word counts in lord of the rings compared to modern ya novels.
Book of mormon word count hi guys, ive never posted here but im working on a proposal for an article and it deals with word count of the book of mormon. 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. Aug 25, 2011 the reason for this is that when i refer to wordcount im referring to a single, distinct idea. With that in mind, ive tried to put together the definitive post on word count for fiction novels, young adult, middle grade, childrens books and even memoir.
Reading length provides a calculation for the word count of. For example, atonement has a word count of 123,378 and my utility comes up with 110,765 words. The twilight series, with a whopping total of 587,246 words, has captured a lot of hearts all over the world. Young adult fantasy tends to range between 60k and 80k, but the twilight series and harry potter throw that word count range to the four winds. Apr 29, 20 the word counts of some popular ya novels we often go around thinking that fat, thick books with huge word counts are the best. Anyone know the approximate word count of twilight, and the rest of the saga or the uglies series books or the house of night series books or the vampire academy series books etc etc. Hi guys, ive never posted here but im working on a proposal for an article and it deals with word count of the book of mormon.
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