Longest line of books

According to Official Guinness Records,

The longest line of books is 4,249.4 m (2.64 miles), and was achieved by Stephen Hupp, Laura Pawlow, and Jeremy Jewell (all USA) at the bike trails of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in Edwardsville, Illinois, USA, on 8 September 2017.The final line included 21,048 books and occurred on September 8th, which is International Literacy Day. Stephen Hupp organised this event with the help of two of his colleagues to garner excitement about a book drive and to promote International Literacy Day.

For a complete list of 2017 records, please visit 2017 Guinness Records in United States.

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