Book World Records

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. tag:RecordSetterBook01

Michael Martin ripped a phone book in half in 0.75 second.

Michael Martin ripped five phone books in half in 11.47 seconds.

Peter Craig held up a tower of 64 books in his hand at once.

Michael Martin ripped 67 phone books in ten minutes. He attempted to rip through 71 books but four of the tears were partial. tag:RecordSetterBook01

Peter Craig held a stack of 53 books at once while on a rola bola.

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.

Cole Harbeck named 62 spells from the Harry Potter books in 30 seconds.

Avi H. held 40 dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias at once.

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.

Peter Durdik balanced 21 cancer-related books on his head.

Attendees of Nick Gray’s Crafterparty collectively assembled a penny bookmark 36 feet and 10 inches in length. The concept, inspired by an Amy Sedaris craft, was developed by Audrey Evans.

Lucy H. named 47 characters from the Harry Potter books in 45 seconds.

Glenn Alterman published 740 original monologues for actors. Learn more about Alterman here.

William Jewell College built a domino chain using 2,410 books and successfully made the entire chain topple.

James Giammatteo published 37 books in a span of one year.