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.

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00:59 Slovakia

Most Table Tennis Ball Bounces On Two Knives In 30 Seconds While Balancing A Book On Head

Pavol Durdik

Pavol Durdik bounced a table tennis ball alternately on two knives 126 times in 30 seconds while balancing a book on his head.

01:08 Slovakia

Most Table Tennis Ball Bounces On Two Knives In 30 Seconds While Balancing A Book On Head And Wearing Sunglasses

Pavol Durdik

Pavol Durdik bounced a table tennis ball alternately on two knives 125 times in 30 seconds while balancing a book on his head and wearing sunglasses.

01:43 United States

Most Taps Of A Pencil On A Flute Book

Noah Riffe

Noah RIffe tapped a pencil on a flute book 262 times.

01:08 The Internet

Most Times Saying "Moo" To A Picture Of A Cow In A Book In 30 Seconds

Alexa Dicken

Alexa D. said "moo" to a picture of a cow in a book 174 times in 30 seconds.

10:03 India

Most Verses In A Mirror Image Book In Hindi And English

Piyushdadriwala Goel

Piyushdadriwala Goel created 700 verses in a mirror image book, “Shreemadbhagvadgita”.[] The verses are in Hindi and English.

01:31 The Internet

Most Young Adult Authors Reading At Once

Josh Berk

Led by Josh Berk, a total of 35 young adult authors read Touched by Cyn Balog at once. The record was set during the 2012 YA Festival at the Easton Area Public Library in Easton, Pennsylvania.

00:46 The Internet

Smallest Flip Book

B V

BV Panduranga Rao, a cartoonist in Bangalore, India, created a flip book measuring 0.4 centimeter wide and 1.2 centimeters long. The book showed a stick figure playing cricket. It has a total of 44 pages and took Rao four days to complete.

02:39 The Internet

Smallest Readable Poetry Book

sathar_adhoor

Sathar Adhoor wrote a poetry book measuring one centimeter in length and width. The book weighs 300 mg and contains poems translated in 66 different languages.

01:39 United States

Tallest Book Tower Balanced On Right Hand While Listening To "Clarity" By Zedd

Michalia T

Michalia T. balanced a tower of 23 books on her right hand while listening to Clarity by Zedd.

01:45 Australia

Tallest Book Tower Held In Hand While Balanced On A Rola Bola

Peter Craig

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

03:33 Australia

Tallest Book Tower Held In One Hand

Peter Craig

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

07:13 United States

Tallest Book Tower Stacked In A Corner

Louisa

Louisa and Jameson stacked a tower of 205 books in a corner.

02:15 The Internet

Tallest Book Towers Stood On By Two People Making Clay Balls

Grace Hagy

Grace Hagy and Gina stacked two 12-book towers and each made a clay ball while standing on them.

00:15 United States

Tallest Hardcover Book Tower

Cadott Community

Members of Cadott Community built a tower of hardcover books 68 inches high.

United States

Tallest Juggling Ball Tower Stacked On A Goosebumps Book

Simon Perkins

Simon Perkins stacked three juggling balls on a Goosebumps book.

07:00 The Internet

Tallest Tower Of Open Hardcover Books

andrea watson

Andrea and her friend stacked 42 open hardcover books.

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