Veda #8 : Read Till You Drop!

Day 08
Question by : Me - "What is the world's thickest book ever made?"

Agatha Christie - Queen of Crime

For you booklover, maybe you have read hundreds or even thousand of books, from thin to thick one. And of course, you must've known an author named Agatha Christie, queen of crime novel. Okay, now tell me, can you imagine all of the novels are bundled into 1 book?yes, one book, full of crime.

Agatha Christi has made many detective figures for her books. From Poirot to Miss Marple, from Tommy and Tuppence to Harley Quin. And now for the first time, for celebrating the first appearance of Miss Marple, all the Miss Marple stories (12 novels and 20 short stories) are collected and published in one volume, for fans and collectors only.

Geraldine McEwan starred as Miss Marple

The Complete Miss Marple runs to a staggering 4,032 pages. Its spine is 322 mm thick, weighing at around 8 kg. There are 68 crimes committed; 11 philandering lovers; 68 secrets and lies; 22 false accusations; 59 red-herrings and 21 romances. 43 murders are solved: 12 poisonings; six strangulations; two drownings; two stabbings; a burning; one blow to the head; one death by an arrow and two people pushed.

This is how the book looks like compared to it's reader...

The Thickest Book in The world

Though no one’s tried it yet, reading at a rate of 30 pages an hour, it would take around 134 hours to finish the book.

And here's the contender, i don't know if it was true or just a photoshop works, this book below actually thicker than Miss Marple's

WikiBook, how thick is that?

Offline Wikipedia...

This is the print version of Wikipedia (yes, consider this as an offline version of Wikipedia). Made by Rob Matthews, this book consists of 5000 pages, around 400 articles, and around 475mm in thick, and surprisingly, it only contain 0.01% of entire Wikipedia's site. Ever imagine how thick this book if the entire contents put in a book?