Book World Records
Book world records contain volumes of human achievement, from the high-minded and literary (Ulysses, anyone?) to the pure physical exertion of ripping phone books in half. Books are a versatile record-setting prop, able to be stacked in towers, balanced on heads and, last of all, read.
Book Challenges
77 Records
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Longest Fictional Novel Set At Burning Man
Donn’s Burning Man-centered novel, “The Man Burns Tonight”, is 353 pages long. About Burning Man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man
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William Walsh’s Questionstruck contains a world record 3,883 interrogatives.
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Fastest Time To Rip A Phone Book In Half
Michael Martin ripped a phone book in half in 0.37 seconds.
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Fastest Time To Rip Five Phone Books In Half
Michael Martin ripped five phone books in half in 11.47 seconds.
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Most Phone Books Placed On A Couch
Alexander Dnimreven placed 174 phone books on a couch.
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Most Dictionaries, Thesauruses And Encyclopedias Held At Once
Austin St. held 22 encyclopedias and two dictionaries for a total of 24 books.
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Largest Group Of Children To Read A Children's Book
371 children read the children’s book Mudgy and Milie aloud. The record was set as part of a moose-themed event in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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Sam Klarich, Abby, Brittani, and Emily each read the first four limericks of John Ciardi’s The Hopeful Trout And Other Limericks[] in a combined two minutes, 18.92 seconds.
The four limericks they read were The Elephant Boy, Goodbye Please, The Thingamajig and Keeping Busy Is Better Than Nothing.
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Cassandra Godin built a 76-volume tower of [manga][1] books. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga
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Most Phone Books Ripped In Half In Ten Minutes
Michael Martin ripped 67 phone books in ten minutes. He attempted to rip through 71 books but four of the tears were partial.
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Oldest Copyrighted Book In A Personal Library
Art Hoffman’s copy of A System Of Natural Philosophy was copyrighted in May of 1838. This is the oldest book in his private collection.
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Most Harry Potter Spells Named In 30 Seconds
Cole Harbeck named 62 spells from the Harry Potter books in 30 seconds.
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Lauren Moore recited the first 100 digits of Pi in 30.12 seconds while twisting a Rubik’s cube and balancing 15 books on her head.
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Tallest Book Tower Balanced On Chest
Joshua Mallik balanced a tower of 86 books on his chest while laying on the ground.
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Kyle Lybeck held 18 office catalogs at one time.
Donn Cortez 
William Walsh 
Michael Martin 
Alexander Dnimreven 
Austin St. George 
City of Couer d'Alene 
Sam Klarich 
Cassandra Godin 
Art Hoffman 
Cole Harbeck 
Lauren Moore 
Joshua Mallik 
Kyle Lybeck 
