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Longest Books

Below is a list of the Longest books by number of words starting from the longest books.

Dream of the Red Chamber
by Cao Xueqin
Age: 16+
Year: 1791
Pages: 2,550
Word count: 845,000
Sales (millions): 100
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
Age: 16+
Year: 1862
Pages: 1,488
Word count: 655,478
Sales (millions): 10
A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth
Age: 18+
Year: 1993
Pages: 1,488
Word count: 591,554
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
Age: 14+
Year: 1869
Pages: 1,296
Word count: 591,554
Sales (millions): 36
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
Age: 0+
Year: 1957
Pages: 1,192
Word count: 561,996
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Age: 12+
Year: 1954
Pages: 1,178
Word count: 467,662
Sales (millions): 150
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)
by George R. R. Martin
Age: 17+
Year: 2000
Pages: 992
Word count: 425,511
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5)
by George R. R. Martin
Age: 17+
Year: 2011
Pages: 1,056
Word count: 422,000
Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
Age: 16+
Year: 1936
Pages: 960
Word count: 418,053
Sales (millions): 30
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Age: 10+
Year: 1615
Word count: 415,800
Sales (millions): 65
World Without End
by Ken Follett
Age: 16+
Year: 2007
Pages: 1,056
Word count: 401,905
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
Age: 13+
Year: 1989
Pages: 976
Word count: 401,905
Sales (millions): 15
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
Age: 18+
Year: 1985
Pages: 864
Word count: 365,712
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Age: 18+
Year: 1880
Pages: 824
Word count: 364,153
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Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Age: 16+
Year: 1877
Pages: 976
Word count: 349,736
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
by George R. R. Martin
Age: 17+
Year: 1996
Pages: 864
Word count: 298,000
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4)
by George R. R. Martin
Age: 17+
Year: 2005
Pages: 753
Word count: 295,000
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
Age: 17+
Year: 1320
Pages: 928
Word count: 286,546
Sales (millions): 12
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
by Grimm Brothers
Age: 6+
Year: 1982
Word count: 280,000
Unique word count: 7,400
Sales (millions): 135
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The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Age: 15+
Year: 1869
Pages: 720
Word count: 272,647
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See also:
Classic Children Books
Classic School Age Children Books
Classic Books for Teenagers
Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
What you need to know to learn a new language?
Why I forget what I learned?
Vocabulary Size
More...

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