Reading World Records

Doron T. read the article of the RecordSetter Wikipedia aloud in two minutes, 5.57 seconds.

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.

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

Stephanie J. read rage comics nonstop for 14 minutes, 22.00 seconds.

Jake G. flipped 48 iBook pages in 30 seconds.

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.

A total of 1,322 people from East Tennessee PBS and Karns Elementary School gathered to attend a children's storybook reading. Read more about the event here.

Chris Cowlin published 119 quiz books. Read more about the feat here.

Stephanie Martoccio read the names of 50 buildings in 29.22 seconds. She set the record as part of the College of Lake County Social Action Club's World Record Day fundraiser for the Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center in Gurnee, Illinois. #WorldRecordDay2012

As part of the "Dream Big - Read" summer reading program, a total of 17 people from Kasson Public Library read Goodnight Moon at once.

As part of the "Dream Big - Read" summer reading program, members of Kasson Public Library gathered 15 people to simultaneously read "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle.

Indrajith Prabaswara recited his own published poem, The World I See. He is six years old.

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.