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John Q. Benham of Avoca, Indiana, USA has a private collection of over 1.5 million books. As they have filled up his house, most of them must be kept in his six-car garage, two-storey building and piled under tarpaulin outdoors.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who died just last year, had 300,000 books, still just a drop in the bucket. However, there is one competitor, the man who is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the largest collection in the world. His name is John Q. Benham of Avoca, Indiana.
Dec 7, 2022 · John Q. Benham Has the Largest Book Collection in the World. Earlier on this list, we already mentioned two huge book collections from Thomas Jefferson and Karl Lagerfeld. Those will pale in comparison to John Q. Benham’s massive collection of 1.5 million books.
Jul 24, 2020 · If you thought your book collection was big, consider the personal library owned by John Q. Benham of Acova, Indiana. According to Guinness World Records, Benham's personal collection is the largest in the world with more than 1.5 million volumes.
Mar 1, 2023 · There is no need to compare it with those of the two individuals who have claimed the largest collections, John Q. Benham of Avoca, Indiana, and Anke Gowda of India. They both estimate (at this level you can only estimate) collections of 1.5 million books.
John Q. Benham of Avoca, Indiana, USA has a private collection of over 1.5 million books. As they have filled up his house, most of them must be kept in his six-car garage, two-storey building and piled under tarpaulin outdoors.
Aug 9, 2020 · John Q. Benham from Avoca, Indiana, might be one of them; according to the Guinness Book of Records, Benham owns the world's largest private book collection with more than 1.5 million...
