<P> What counts as a novel is another variable . For the purposes of the list, a "novel" is defined as a single work in print or electronic form that has been published through a mainstream publisher, one that has acquired publishing rights from authors . A "single work" includes works thought of as one novel by the author, but published in multiple volumes for reasons of convenience . </P> <P> Excluded are self - published, printed - on - demand, vanity works, unpublished novels like Henry Darger's, novel sequences like the Chronicles of Barsetshire, novel cycles such as those set in the James Bond universe, and record - grabbing stunts . Also not included are any Internet novel (mainly in China). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Book title </Th> <Th> Author </Th> <Th> Edition / publisher </Th> <Th> Page count </Th> <Th> Page size </Th> <Th> Word count </Th> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Notes <P> − </P> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus </Td> <Td> Georges and / or Madeleine de Scudéry </Td> <Td> Augustin Courbé, 1649--53 </Td> <Td> 7004130950000000000 ♠ 13,095 pages, ten volumes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7006195430000000000 ♠ 1,954,300 </Td> <Td> French </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Het Bureau </Td> <Td> J.J. Voskuil </Td> <Td> Van Oorschot, 1996 - 2000 </Td> <Td> 7003505800000000000 ♠ 5,058 pages, seven volumes </Td> <Td> 7.85 inches (19.9 cm) x 4.95 inches (12.6 cm) </Td> <Td> 7006159000000000000 ♠ 1,590,000 </Td> <Td> Dutch </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Venmurasu </Td> <Td> Jeyamohan </Td> <Td> Narrinai / Kizhakku </Td> <Td> 7004111590000000000 ♠ 11,159 pages, 13 volumes <P> </P> </Td> <Td> 8.25 inches (21.0 cm) x 5.85 inches (14.9 cm) </Td> <Td> 7006155602800000000 ♠ 1,556,028 (as of August 9, 2016) </Td> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> Ongoing novel based on Mahabaratham - written so far 15 volumes and 13 published as books . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gordana </Td> <Td> Marija Jurić Zagorka </Td> <Td> Školska knjiga, 2007 </Td> <Td> 7003876800000000000 ♠ 8,768 pages, twelve volumes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7006140000000000000 ♠ 1,400,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> Croatian </Td> <Td> The longest Croatian novel . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> À la recherche du temps perdu </Td> <Td> Marcel Proust </Td> <Td> Gallimard (Collection Folio edition, 1988--1990) </Td> <Td> 7003303100000000000 ♠ 3,031 pages, seven volumes </Td> <Td> 7 inches (17.8 cm) x 5 inches (12.7 cm) </Td> <Td> 7006126706900000000 ♠ 1,267,069 </Td> <Td> French </Td> <Td> Guinness World Record holder for longest novel . Uses estimated character count of 9,609,000 characters . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Zettels Traum </Td> <Td> Arno Schmidt </Td> <Td> Suhrkamp Verlag (2010 edition) </Td> <Td> 7003153600000000000 ♠ 1,536 pages </Td> <Td> 14.1 inches (35.8 cm) x 10.8 inches (27.4 cm) </Td> <Td> 7006110000000000000 ♠ 1,100,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> German </Td> <Td> 6,800,000 characters; longest novel published in one volume </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Dance to the Music of Time </Td> <Td> Anthony Powell </Td> <Td>? </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7006100000000000000 ♠ 1,000,000 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 12 volumes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kelidar </Td> <Td> Mahmoud Dowlatabadi </Td> <Td> Farhang Moaaser </Td> <Td> 7003283600000000000 ♠ 2,836 pages, ten volumes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005950000000000000 ♠ 950,000 </Td> <Td> Persian </Td> <Td> The longest Persian novel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady </Td> <Td> Samuel Richardson </Td> <Td> Penguin Classics (1986) </Td> <Td> 7003153400000000000 ♠ 1,534 pages, seven volumes </Td> <Td> 9.2 inches (23.4 cm) x 5.8 inches (14.7 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005943000000000000 ♠ 943,000 and 984,870 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Word count obtained through Project Guttenberg digitization and 1964 estimate by The New York Times </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ponniyin Selvan </Td> <Td> Kalki Krishnamurthy </Td> <Td> (1950 edition) </Td> <Td> 7003240000000000000 ♠ 2,400 pages, five volumes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005900000000000000 ♠ 900,000 </Td> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Poor Fellow My Country </Td> <Td> Xavier Herbert </Td> <Td> HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) </Td> <Td> 7003146600000000000 ♠ 1,466 pages, hardcover </Td> <Td> 8.1 inches (20.6 cm) x 5.6 inches (14.2 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005852000000000000 ♠ 852,000 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 1975 winner of the Miles Franklin Award </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Women and Men </Td> <Td> Joseph McElroy </Td> <Td> Knopf (1987) </Td> <Td> 7003119200000000000 ♠ 1,192 pages, hardcover </Td> <Td> 9 inches (22.9 cm) x 6 inches (15.2 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005850000000000000 ♠ 850,000 (estimated) <P> 700,000 (estimated) </P> </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 紅樓夢 (The Story of the Stone) </Td> <Td> Cao Xueqin </Td> <Td> Penguin Classics </Td> <Td> 7003233900000000000 ♠ 2,339 </Td> <Td> 7.75 inches (19.7 cm) x 5 inches (13 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005845000000000000 ♠ 845,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> Chinese to English translation </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sironia, Texas </Td> <Td> Madison Cooper </Td> <Td> Houghton Mifflin (1952) </Td> <Td> 7003173100000000000 ♠ 1,731 pages, two volumes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005840000000000000 ♠ 840,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Homestuck </Td> <Td> Andrew Hussie </Td> <Td> Viz Media </Td> <Td> 7003812600000000000 ♠ 8,126 pages </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005817929000000000 ♠ 817,929 </Td> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 三國 演義 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) </Td> <Td> Luo Guanzhong </Td> <Td> Foreign Languages Press (1995) </Td> <Td> 7003234000000000000 ♠ 2,340 pages, four volumes </Td> <Td> 7.2 inches (18.3 cm) x 4.5 inches (11.4 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005800000000000000 ♠ 800,000 (estimate) </Td> <Td> Chinese to English translation </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Miss MacIntosh, My Darling </Td> <Td> Marguerite Young </Td> <Td> Scribners (1965) </Td> <Td> 7003119800000000000 ♠ 1,198 pages </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005750000000000000 ♠ 750,000 (estimated) 576,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Charles Grandison </Td> <Td> Samuel Richardson </Td> <Td> Oxford World's Classics (1986) </Td> <Td> 7003164700000000000 ♠ 1,647 pages </Td> <Td> 7.2 inches (18.3 cm) x 4.6 inches (11.7 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005750000000000000 ♠ 750,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Varney the Vampire </Td> <Td> James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest </Td> <Td> Edward Lloyd (1845--47) </Td> <Td> 7002866000000000000 ♠ 866 pages </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005667000000000000 ♠ 667,000 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Originally published anonymously, in serial "penny dreadful" pamphlets . Present - day opinions are divided regarding its authorship . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Les Misérables </Td> <Td> Victor Hugo </Td> <Td> Gutenberg ebook edition </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005655478000000000 ♠ 655,478 </Td> <Td> French </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Atlas Shrugged </Td> <Td> Ayn Rand </Td> <Td> Signet Books (1996 edition) </Td> <Td> 7003108800000000000 ♠ 1,088 pages, paperback </Td> <Td> 6.9 inches (17.5 cm) x 4.1 inches (10.4 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005645000000000000 ♠ 645,000 (estimate by the publisher and by The New York Times and by the author herself quoting printer's word count) </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jean - Christophe </Td> <Td> Romain Rolland </Td> <Td> Henry Holt (1910, 1911, 1913) </Td> <Td> 7003166600000000000 ♠ 1,666 pages, three volumes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005610000000000000 ♠ 610,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> French to English translation </Td> <Td> Author received the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jerusalem </Td> <Td> Alan Moore </Td> <Td> Knockabout (2016) </Td> <Td> 7003126600000000000 ♠ 1,266 pages </Td> <Td> 9.6 inches (24.4 cm) x 6.6 inches (16.8 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005600000000000000 ♠ 600,000 (estimated) </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "...And Ladies of the Club" </Td> <Td> Helen Hooven Santmyer </Td> <Td> Ohio State University Press (1982) </Td> <Td> 7003134400000000000 ♠ 1,344 pages </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005600000000000000 ♠ 600,000 (newspaper estimate) </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> 1984 surprise bestseller </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A Suitable Boy </Td> <Td> Vikram Seth </Td> <Td> Penguin Books </Td> <Td> 7003136800000000000 ♠ 1,368 pages, paperback </Td> <Td> 8 inches (20.3 cm) x 5.5 inches (14 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005593674000000000 ♠ 593,674 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Word count obtained from Amazon digitization (eBook) word count . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Война и мир (War and Peace) </Td> <Td> Leo Tolstoy </Td> <Td> Oxford World's Classics </Td> <Td> 7003144000000000000 ♠ 1,440 pages, paperback </Td> <Td> 7.6 inches (19.3 cm) x 5.1 inches (13.0 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005587287000000000 ♠ 587,287 New American Library Version and 561,093 Oxford World's Classics </Td> <Td> Russian to English translation </Td> <Td> Edition and translation largely account for differences in word count . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> F.L. Věk </Td> <Td> Alois Jirásek </Td> <Td> Československý spisovatel (last printed edition, 1976--1977) </Td> <Td> 7003187000000000000 ♠ 1,870 pages (1972 ed .) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005571350000000000 ♠ 571,350 </Td> <Td> Czech </Td> <Td> Word count obtained from 2011 eBook . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Il mulino del Po </Td> <Td> Riccardo Bacchelli </Td> <Td> Arnoldo Mondadori Editore </Td> <Td> 7003211300000000000 ♠ 2,113 pages, paperback </Td> <Td> 8 inches (20.3 cm) x 5.4 inches (13.7 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005559830000000000 ♠ 559,830 </Td> <Td> Italian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Infinite Jest </Td> <Td> David Foster Wallace </Td> <Td> Back Bay Books </Td> <Td> 7003110400000000000 ♠ 1,104 pages, paperback </Td> <Td> 9.2 inches (23.4 cm) x 6 inches (15.2 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005543709000000000 ♠ 543,709 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Remembrance Rock </Td> <Td> Carl Sandburg </Td> <Td> Mariner Books </Td> <Td> 7003108800000000000 ♠ 1,088 pages, paperback </Td> <Td> 9 inches (22.9 cm) x 6 inches (15.2 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005532030000000000 ♠ 532,030 and 673,000 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Word counts obtained from Amazon digitization (eBook) word count, and author's own count . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> To Green Angel Tower </Td> <Td> Tad Williams </Td> <Td> DAW Books </Td> <Td> 7003108300000000000 ♠ 1,083 pages, hardcover </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7005520000000000000 ♠ 520,000 </Td> <Td> English </Td> <Td> Word counts obtained from Amazon digitization (eBook) word count . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Horcynus Orca </Td> <Td> Stefano D'Arrigo </Td> <Td> Arnoldo Mondadori Editore </Td> <Td> 7003125700000000000 ♠ 1,257 pages, hardcover </Td> <Td> 8.2 inches (20.8 cm) x 5.6 inches (14.2 cm) </Td> <Td> 7005508751000000000 ♠ 508,751 </Td> <Td> Italian </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Book title </Th> <Th> Author </Th> <Th> Edition / publisher </Th> <Th> Page count </Th> <Th> Page size </Th> <Th> Word count </Th> <Th> Language </Th> <Th> Notes <P> − </P> </Th> </Tr>

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