Literature World Records  

Art Hoffman recited a poem about lingerie 550 words long. He recited the work from memory.

A total of 173 people read a poem at a library at once. The record was part of the Summer Reading Program at CPH Library in Clifton Park, New York.

A total of 26,449 students participated in a writing contest in multiple languages. They set the record at ClinicPlus Gateway 2013 organized by ClinicPlus and Elite Circle at Codissia Trade Fair Complex in Tamil Nadu, India.

Nathan Dorrell created "The Story That Set The World On Fire," a children's storybook measuring six feet tall and 4.45 feet wide. The book is 2.25 inches thick and tells the story of Jesus' birth.

Jonathan G. wrote a 15,834-line rhyming fantasy poem in eight-syllable narrative verse. It is designed as a performance piece comprising three acts with 44 chapters. The poem is meant as a tribute to J. R. R. Tolkien's unfinished poem, The Lay of Leithian.

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

Poorvie Choudhary recited Hamlet's soliloquy "To Be or Not to Be" in 39.33 seconds.

Nicolas Saperstein wrote 200 poems that start with the letter C.