The record for reading the maximum number of English words from a story book was set by Atharva Kirti Sagar (born on September 28, 2021) of Bengaluru, Karnataka. He read 1,676 English words from the chapter ‘A Send-off Party’ from the English storybook ‘The Magic of the Lost Temple’ by Sudha Murty in 26 minutes, 49 seconds and 76 milliseconds, at the age of 4 years, 11 months and 10 days, as confirmed on September 7, 2026.

