World's Largest Book Published, world record set in Houston, Texas

September 29, 2025

Houston, Texas, United States--The Book "I Am Texas", created by the iWRITE Literacy Organization, The Bryan Museum, and Ordinary People Change the World, a compilation of writings and artwork by over 1,000 Texas students measures 7 feet 2 inches (2.1 meters) tall, 11 feet 1 inch (3.3 meters) wide when opened, and weighs 496 pounds (224.9 kg), and sets the world record for the World's Largest Book Published, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"The largest published book is I Am Texas, a Guinness World Record holder, created by the iWRITE Literacy Organization, The Bryan Museum, and Ordinary People Change the World. This giant version of a compilation of writings and artwork by over 1,000 Texas students measures 7 feet 2 inches (2.1 meters) tall, 11 feet 1 inch (3.3 meters) wide when opened, and weighs 496 pounds (224.9 kg).. (AI Overview)

Key details:

Dimensions: 7 feet 2 inches tall and 11 feet 1 inch wide (when opened).
Weight: 496 pounds (224.9 kg).
Content: Contains 400 pages of writing and artwork by 1,000 Texas students from 3rd to 12th grade.

Creation: A collaboration between the iWRITE Literacy Organization, The Bryan Museum, and the publisher Ordinary People Change the World.

Sponsorship: Produced with the help of Phillips 66.

Purpose: To inspire children to write and become part of history, by making their work a part of something BIG

"The largest book published is 7.48 m² (80 ft² 74 in²), and was achieved by iWRITE Literacy Organization, The Bryan Museum, and Ordinary People Change the World (all USA) in Houston, Texas, USA, on 5 November 2022," the Guinness World Records says.

"Based on the bestselling series by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos, the book titled, "I Am Texas" is a compilation of Texas themed stories and artwork by one-thousand students. Organizers plan to tour the book across the state."

"I Am Texas is the “largest published book in the world,” according to representatives from the Guinness World Records™. Measuring seven feet tall and weighing 496 pounds, the book is an ode to Texas from the perspective of students in grades 3-12 from over 80 school districts," the Houston Public Library says.

"I Am Texas captures what the Lone Star State means to 1,000 young Texans through stories, poetry, and artwork.

"The giant book has traveled all over Texas since breaking the Guinness World Record™ in Houston in November 2022. Take your picture with I Am Texas and pick up a free copy of the book while supplies last (one per family)."

"The iWRITE Organization and The Bryan Museum along with The New York Times bestselling author and illustrator team, Brad Meltzer, and Christopher Eliopoulos, creators of the Ordinary People Change the World Series, published I Am Texas with the help of Phillips 66, the official sponsor of its production," the official website says.

"Own a piece of history before it goes out of print. 100% of the sale of the book goes back to help fund our literacy and history programs for kids.

"I Am Texas is a 7-foot-tall book that is set to break the Guinness World Record for the largest published book in the world. This book has 1,000 stories, poems and artwork written by kids in the 3rd-12th grade all about Texas. 72 school districts and thousands of students across the state of Texas and beyond participated in the contest to be published in this record breaking big-book and subsequent published books."

"What is the largest book ever published? Honors for creating that book belong to a group of schoolchildren from Texas, who, with some help from adults, created the largest published book ever," the Rare Book Hub says.

"Finding even an elephant folio too bulky to be of much practical use, I don't think anyone is going to be reading a book many times that size. Nevertheless, you have to give these kids a lot of credit for their accomplishment.

"The book is a staggering 7 feet 2 inches tall by 11 feet 1 inch wide (when opened). It contains 400 pages and weighs 496 pounds. It took six people just to move it. This is carrying the concept of coffee table book a bit too far."

"A Texas nonprofit, publishing house and a museum collaborated to break the Guinness World Record for largest published book, according to KHOU," the New York Post reports.

The record-breaking title measured in at 7 feet tall and 11 feet wide.

It’s a gigantic version of the tome “I Am Texas,” which contains writing and artwork from 1,000 Texan students ranging from third to 12th grade from more than 80 school districts, according to Paper City."

"The world’s largest published book, according to Guinness World Records, recently was donated to the Smithsonian Institution Libraries by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Janulis of New York," the Smithsonian Libraries says.

"Measuring a full 5 feet by 7 feet when open and weighing 133 pounds, “Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom,” by Michael Hawley, is a visually stunning photography book, capturing more than 100 images of the small Asian country’s rich landscape and culture."

"A Texas nonprofit and a museum teamed up to break the Guinness World Record for largest published book with a tome measuring 7 feet tall and 11 feet wide," the UPI says.

"Literacy nonprofit iWRITE and The Bryan Museum in Galveston teamed up to create a massive version of the book I Am Texas, which contains writing and artwork from 1,000 Texas students from third to 12th grades.

"The book, which has smaller versions available for purchase, measures 7 feet tall, 11 feet wide and weighs in at 496 pounds."