This page provides lists of the largest/thickest single-volume books to date both published and unpublished. This list does not include works that span over more than one volume, such as À la recherche du temps perdu, which is regarded as the longest novel ever written. [citation needed]Records indicate that Guinness World Records began taking in "thickest book" …

2018年6月6日 · We list below the ten longest, most epic novels ever created. Naturally, opinion is sometimes divided on how exactly to measure length - pages, words, or even characters, so it’s an approximate guide - however, if you ever manage to get all the way through even one of these, you have our eternal respect.

2024年1月29日 · “Marienbad My Love” is, without contest, the longest novel globally. Over thirty years, author Mark Leach calculatedly and randomly assembled this multi-million-word, multiple-volume masterpiece from fragments of pre-existing written and appropriated texts.

A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust contains an estimated 9,609,000 characters (each letter counts as one character. Spaces are also counted, as one character each). The title translates to "Remembrance of Things Past". Proust produced the first volume of his 13-volume masterpiece in 1912 (it was first published in 1913).

2022年11月23日 · Despite being split into multiple volumes, Marcel Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu is considered the longest novel ever published. Its title translates to Remembrance of Things Past (first translated into English as In Search of Lost Time) and contains nearly 1.3 million words with an estimated 9,609,000 characters.

2023年3月13日 · Clocking in at 1.3 million words and 9.6 million characters, Marcel Proust's novel 'In Search of Lost Time' is the world's longest book, according to Guinness World Records.

2022年5月19日 · Have you been wondering about the world’s longest book? Well, three of the books on this list contain over 10,000 pages, which could take weeks to read altogether. You will find something intriguing here, from scathing societal commentary to biographical memoirs.

Les Hommes de bonne volonté (transl. Men of Good Will) is an epic roman-fleuve by French writer Jules Romains, published in 27 volumes between 1932 and 1946. It has been classified both as a novel cycle and a novel and, at two million words and 7,892 pages, has been cited as one of the longest novels ever written.

2022年9月22日 · Artist Ilan Manouach bound together 21,450 pages of the popular Japanese comic “One Piece” to create a sculpture that comments on the commodification of comic books. And, in doing so, he...

2024年1月4日 · Proust’s masterpiece is one of the longest books ever written, holding the Guinness World Record for the longest novel with its 9,609,000 characters, and 4215 pages (all volumes). Key Takeaways A masterpiece of Western literature.