A must-read for all bookworms, admirers of the beauty of language, mathematics, statistics and other lovers of numbers: a genius infographic that shows bestselling books in numbers. So that the next time you know which book by your favorite author is the shortest, which is the longest, how many phrases were used by Shakespeare first in the world, how many kisses happen in Jane Austen's novels and which Harry Potter was Rowling's most eloquent.
If you like to read, then while reading a novel, you must check sometimes where your index left off and how fast you are progressing according to how much the author has wasted on words. And even though words are (logically) in the first place in literature, we can't help but think about this infographic that they are also the numbers behind book classics are extremely interesting.
A brilliant infographic that shows famous books in numbers, is on behalf of the company Cartridge Discount the work of a British team of designers Mediaworks. They designed it in eight chaptersh: in the first, the words of the most famous novels of all time are counted (Tolstoy's War and Peace has more than half a million!), and in another, the graph rises and falls based on the number of words in some of the most famous book series: A Song of Ice and Fire, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. The words were also counted in some the most famous novellas, short stories by well-known authors who you can read in less than five minutes, and some poems and haikus. The seventh chapter focuses on individual authors. Ernest Hemingway he made the most of the novel To Whom the Toll, Shakespeare in Hamlet, Jane Austen and in Emma. The infographic concludes with literary confections in the eighth chapter.
And because a picture is worth a thousand words, check out the bestselling book infographic below!
