Book World Records

Pete Moyer put one 500 Euro bill, seven 50 Euro bills, four 20 Euro bills and one 5 Euro bill on a RecordSetter Book Of World Records. The total dollar amount came to 935 Euros.

Chris Cowlin published five books about Tottenham Hotspur FC. The books are 101 Interesting Facts About Spurs, The Spurs Quiz Book, The 2012/2013 Spurs Quiz Book, The 2013/2014 Spurs Quiz Book, and The Ultimate Spurs Quiz Book.

Pavol Durdik bounced a golf ball on a paperback book 1,980 times.

Simon P. balanced 26 Goosebumps books on his hand.

J. Teed led 17 of his grade seven students in reading The Hunger Games.

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

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

Piyushdadriwala Goel created a needle book with 20,000,000,000 holes in it.

Jake G. flipped 48 iBook pages in 30 seconds.

This record was set as part of Toyota Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself. The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.

Jacob C. stacked 44 math books in one minute.

Carlo M. flipped 50 pages in 30 seconds.

Dr. Venkata Chary Chintapatla made an 80-page Line Script Art[] biography. The style of art, which Chintapatla claims to have invented himself, appears upon first glance to be nothing more than a picture made of random vertical lines. When the artworks are viewed from 45 degrees, however, specific words and letters from various languages become visible. Read more aboutChintapatla’s projecthere.

Heidi Beazley held 20 paperback romance novels in one hand at the Thomas Ford Memorial Library. [#TFML01][]

26 people from Class 5 of Catcliffe Primary School in Rotherham, England fit 15 marshmallows in their mouths while balancing five books on their heads and standing on chair.

A total of 33 people from the Book Cellar read aloud simultaneously during a stop on the RecordSetter Book tour.