List of longest novels

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Author
Edition/publisher
Page count
Page size
Word count
Language
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cells: Men of Good Will
Jules Romains
Calmann Lévy (Paris), 1932-46
7,892 pages,[5] 27 volumes in original edition
2,070,000
French
Twenty-seven volumes. Explicitly considered a "roman" (novel) by its author and not a "cycle".[6]
cells: Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus
ScuderyGeorges and/or[7] Madeleine de Scudéry
Augustin Courbé, 1649–53
13,095 pages, ten volumes[8]
1,954,300[9]
French
cells: Het Bureau
J. J. Voskuil
Van Oorschot, 1996-2000
5,058 pages, seven volumes
7.85 inches (19.9 cm) x 4.95 inches (12.6 cm)
1,590,000[10]
Dutch
cells: Venmurasu
Jeyamohan
Narrinai/Kizhakku
9,247 pages, Eleven volumes[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
8.25 inches (21.0 cm) x 5.85 inches (14.9 cm)
1,556,028 (as of August 9, 2016)
Tamil
Ongoing version of Mahabaratham in novel form - written so far 12 volumes and published as books.
cells: Gordana
Marija Jurić Zagorka
Školska knjiga, 2007
8,768 pages, twelve volumes[22][23][24]
1,400,000 (estimated)
Croatian
The longest Croatian novel.
cells: A La Recherche À la recherche du temps perdu
ProustMarcel Proust
Gallimard (Collection Folio edition, 1988–1990)
3,031 pages, seven volumes[25]
7 inches (17.8 cm) x 5 inches (12.7 cm)[26]
1,267,069[27]
French
Guinness World Record holder for longest novel. Uses estimated character count of 9,609,000 characters.[28]
cells: Zettels Traum
SchmidtArno Schmidt
Suhrkamp Verlag (2010 edition)
1,536 pages
14.1 inches (35.8 cm) x 10.8 inches (27.4 cm)[29]
1,100,000 (estimated)
German
6,800,000 characters;[30] longest novel published in one volume
cells: Min Kamp
Karl Ove Knausgård
Forlaget Oktober
3,600 pages, six volumes
1,000,000
Norwegian
cells: Ponniyin Selvan
Kalki Krishnamurthy
(1950 edition)
2,400 pages, five volumes
900,000
Tamil
Released in five volumes, this historical novel, originally written in Tamil, tells the story of Arulmozhivarman (Raja Raja Chola I), one of the kings of the Chola Dynasty
cells: Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
RichardsonSamuel Richardson
Penguin Classics (1986)
1,534 pages, seven volumes
9.2 inches (23.4 cm) x 5.8 inches (14.7 cm)[31]
943,000 and 984,870
English
Word count obtained through Project Guttenberg digitization and 1964 estimate by The New York Times[32]
cells: Kelidar
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
Farhang Moaaser
2,836 pages, ten volumes [33]
950,000 [33]
Persian
The longest Persian novel
cells: Poor Fellow My Country
HerbertXavier Herbert
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia)
1,466 pages, hardcover
8.1 inches (20.6 cm) x 5.6 inches (14.2 cm)[34]
852,000[35]
English
1975 winner of the Miles Franklin Award[36]
cells: Women and Men
McelroyJoseph McElroy
Knopf (1987)
1,192 pages, hardcover
9 inches (22.9 cm) x 6 inches (15.2 cm)[37]
850,000 (estimated[38]) 700,000 (estimated[39])
English
cells: Story Of The Stone紅樓夢 (The Story of the Stone)
Cao Xueqin
Penguin Classics
2,339
7.75 inches (19.7 cm) x 5 inches (13 cm)
845,000 (estimated)
Chinese to English translation
(see this page's "Talk" tab for the detailed calculation)
cells: Sironia, Texas
CooperMadison Cooper
Houghton Mifflin (1952)
1,731 pages, two volumes[40]
840,000 (estimated[41][42])
English
cells: Romancxe三國演義 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
GuanzhongLuo Guanzhong
Foreign Languages Press (1995)
2,340 pages, four volumes
7.2 inches (18.3 cm) x 4.5 inches (11.4 cm)[43]
800,000 (estimate[44])
Chinese to English translation
cells: Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
YoungMarguerite Young
Scribners (1965)
1,198 pages
750,000 (estimated[45]) 576,000 (estimated[46])
English
cells: Sir Charles Grandison
Samuel Richardson
Oxford World's Classics (1986)
1,647 pages
7.2 inches (18.3 cm) x 4.6 inches (11.7 cm)
750,000 (estimated)
English
cells: Les Misérables
HugoVictor Hugo
Gutenberg ebook edition
655,478[47]
French
cells: Varney the Vampire
RymerJames Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest
Edward Lloyd (1845–47)
866 pages
667,000[48]
English
Originally published anonymously, in serial "penny dreadful" pamphlets. Present-day opinions are divided regarding its authorship.
cells: Atlas Shrugged
RandAyn Rand
Signet Books (1996 edition)
1,088 pages, paperback
6.9 inches (17.5 cm) x 4.1 inches (10.4 cm)[49]
645,000 (estimate by the publisher and by The New York Times[50] and by the author herself quoting printer's word count[51])
English
cells: Jean-Christophe
RollandRomain Rolland
Henry Holt (1910,1911,1913)
1,666 pages, three volumes
610,000 (estimated)
French to English translation
Author received the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature.
cells: Jerusalem
Moore Alan Moore
Knockabout (2016)
1,266 pages
9.6 inches (24.4 cm) x 6.6 inches (16.8 cm)
600,000 (estimated[52])
English
cells: And ladies"...And Ladies of the Club"
SantmyerHelen Hooven Santmyer
Ohio State University Press (1982)
1,344 pages
600,000 (newspaper estimate)[53]
English
1984 surprise bestseller
cells: Suitable A Suitable Boy
SethVikram Seth
Penguin Books
1,368 pages, paperback
8 inches (20.3 cm) x 5.5 inches (14 cm)[54]
593,674[54]
English
Word count obtained from Amazon digitization (eBook) word count.
cells: F. L. Věk
JirasekAlois Jirásek
CeskoslovenskyČeskoslovenský spisovatel (last printed edition, 1976–1977)
1,870 pages (1972 ed.)
571,350
Czech
Word count obtained from 2011 eBook.[55]
cells: War And PeaceВойна и мир (War and Peace)
TolstoyLeo Tolstoy
Oxford World's Classics
1,440 pages, paperback
7.6 inches (19.3 cm) x 5.1 inches (13.0 cm)[56]
587,287 New American Library Version[57] and 561,093 Oxford World's Classics[58]
Russian to English translation
Edition and translation largely account for differences in word count.
cells: MulinoIl mulino del Po
BacchelliRiccardo Bacchelli
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
2,113 pages, paperback
8 inches (20.3 cm) x 5.4 inches (13.7 cm)[59]
559,830[citation needed]
Italian
cells: Infinite Jest
WallaceDavid Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books
1,104 pages, paperback
9.2 inches (23.4 cm) x 6 inches (15.2 cm)[60]
543,709
English
cells: Remembrance Rock
SandburgCarl Sandburg
Mariner Books
1,088 pages, paperback
9 inches (22.9 cm) x 6 inches (15.2 cm)[61]
532,030[61] and 673,000[62]
English
Word counts obtained from Amazon digitization (eBook) word count, and author's own count.
cells: To Green Angel Tower
WilliamsTad Williams
DAW Books
1,083 pages, hardcover
520,000[63]
English
Word counts obtained from Amazon digitization (eBook) word count.
cells: Horcynus Orca
DarrigoStefano D'Arrigo
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
1,257 pages, hardcover
8.2 inches (20.8 cm) x 5.6 inches (14.2 cm)[64]
508,751[65][citation needed]
Italian

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originalText: a la recherche du temps perdu word count
answer: answerTexts: 1,267,069