Book World Records

Chris balanced the top of an ottoman on his head for one minute, 15.92 seconds while holding a pencil on his upper lip and reading a book.

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.

Dave G. led three of his friends in date stamping 51 books in one minute at Beverley Library in Yorkshire, England. They set the record to celebrate National Libraries Day.

Doug McManaman balanced a replica of the Canadian Budget Book on top of a pole his chin for two minutes, 1.06 seconds while kneeling.

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.

Codie took 20 steps while balancing a book on her head. She is four years old.

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.

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

Bradley M. balanced a hardcover book on his head for 39.25 seconds while playing an accordion. The book is titled "Just Don't Fall" by Josh Sundquist.

Jared S. named all of the titles in the “[The 39 Clues][1]” series in 27.53 seconds during a stop on the [RecordSetter book][2] tour. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The39Clues [2]: http://recordsetter.com/book

Jake G. flipped 48 iBook pages in 30 seconds.

Darryl Learie performed a six-finger plank for 2.98 seconds atop two books he published in for same record. He used the RecordSetter Book of World Records and the Ripley's Believe It Or Not 9th Annual Book. Both books listed his name and mentioned his Most Consecutive One-Arm Push-Ups On A Raw Egg record.

Theresa Chadenga wrote a 5,791-word free-verse homophone love poem that she published as a one-poem book.

Pavol Durdik bounced a table tennis ball 350 times in one minute while balancing a book on his head.

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.

Eli Rollman and his family read Dr. Seuss’s "There’s A Wocket In My Pocket" in one minute, 44.89 seconds during a stop on the RecordSetter Book tour.