Novel Word Counts

>200K

TitleAuthorWord Count
A Suitable BoyVikram Seth591,554
Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand561,996
War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy561,304
Les MiserablesVictor Hugo530,982
Infinite JestDavid Foster Wallace488,940
The Stand (uncut version)Stephen King471,485
ItStephen King445,134
A Storm of SwordsGeorge R. R. Martin424,000
A Dance with DragonsGeorge R. R. Martin422,000
Gone with the WindMargaret Mitchell418,053
The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas375,695
Lonesome DoveLarry McMurtry365,712
The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoyevsky364,153
Bleak HouseCharles Dickens360,947
David CopperfieldCharles Dickens358,000
Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy349,736
Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes344,665
A Clash of KingsGeorge R. R. Martin326,000
Gravity’s RainbowThomas Pynchon324,945
MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot316,059
The FountainheadAyn Rand311,596
Jonathan Strange and Mr NorrellSusanna Clarke308,931
OutlanderDiana Gabaldon305,000
A Feast for CrowsGeorge R. R. Martin300,000
A Game of ThronesGeorge R. R. Martin298,000
UlyssesJames Joyce265,222
CloudsplitterRussell Banks260,742
Harry Potter: Order of the PhoenixJ. K. Rowling257,154
A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn Irving236,061
East of EdenJohn Steinbeck225,395
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayMichael Chabon216,020
Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoyevsky211,591
Midnight’s ChildrenSalman Rushdie208,773
Moby DickHerman Melville206,052

150-200K

TitleAuthorWord Count
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsJ. K. Rowling198,227
The CorrectionsJonathan Franzen196,774
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ. K. Rowling190,858
The Fellowship of the RingJ. R. R. Tolkien187,790
DuneFrank Herbert187,240
Memoirs of a GeishaArthur Golden186,418
Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë183,858
Little Women (Books 1 and 2)Louisa May Alcott183,833
Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens183,349
American GodsNeil Gaiman183,222
The Poisonwood BibleBarbara Kingsolver177,679
Catch-22Joseph Heller174,269
For Whom the Bell TollsErnest Hemingway174,106
The Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck169,481
Harry Potter and the Half Blood PrinceJ. K. Rowling169,441
White TeethZadie Smith169,389
The Amber SpyglassPhilip Pullman168,640
Uncle Tom’s CabinHarriet Beecher Stowe166,622
The ShiningStephen King165,581
Cold MountainCharles Frazier161,511
DraculaBram Stoker160,363
The Kitchen God’s WifeAmy Tan159,276
Alias GraceMargaret Atwood157,665
EragonChristopher Paolini157,000
The Two TowersJ. R. R. Tolkien156,198
Watership DownRichard Adams156,154
Oliver TwistCharles Dickens155,960
EmmaJane Austen155,887
The Time Traveler’s WifeAudrey Niffenegger155,717
‘Salem’s LotStephen King152,204

100-150K

TitleAuthorWord Count
Gone GirlGillian Flynn145,719
The Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore Cooper145,469
A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty Smith145,092
One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel Garcia Marquez144,523
Pet SemataryStephen King142,664
20,000 Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne138,128
Snow Falling on CedarsDavid Guterson138,098
Moll FlandersDaniel Defoe138,087
The Return of the KingJ. R. R. Tolkien137,115
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens135,420
Schindler’s ListThomas Keneally134,710
The SilmarillionJ. R. R. Tolkien130,115
Tales from EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin128,960
Sense and SensibilityJane Austen126,194
AtonementIan McEwan123,378
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen120,697
My Sister’s KeeperJodi Picoult119,529
TwilightStephanie Meyer118,875
The Tenth CircleJodi Picoult114,779
WaldenHenry David Thoreau114,634
Throne of GlassSarah J. Maas113,665
The Golden CompassPhilip Pullman112,815
McTeagueFrank Norris112,737
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain109,571
The Subtle KnifePhilip Pullman109,120
Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë107,945
Gullivers TravelsJonathan Swift107,349
Harry Potter: Prisoner of AzkabanJ. K. Rowling106,821
DivergentVeronica Roth105,143
A Distant ShoreCaryl Phillips103,090
Ender’s GameOrson Scott Card100,609
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee100,388

50-100K

TitleAuthorWord Count
The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins99,750
Welcome to the Monkey HouseKurt Vonnegut99,560
All the Pretty HorsesCormac McCarthy99,277
TehanuUrsula K. Le Guin99,200
Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery97,364
The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins95,410
The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien95,356
The Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin94,240
Song of SolomonToni Morrison92,400
Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan91,419
WaitingHa Jin89,297
The Other WindUrsula K. Le Guin89,280
1984George Orwell88,942
PersuasionJane Austen87,978
Pere GoriotHonore de Balzac87,846
The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan Kundera85,199
GileadMarilynne Robinson84,845
Harry Potter: Chamber of SecretsJ. K. Rowling84,799
Cry, the Beloved CountryAlan Paton83,774
The English PatientMichael Ondaatje82,370
The Dark Is RisingSusan Cooper82,143
The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett80,398
Do Androids Dream of Electric SheepPhillip K. Dick79,360
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde78,462
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneJ. K. Rowling77,325
FrankensteinMary Shelley74,800
A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway74,240
The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger73,404
White FangJack London72,071
The Woman WarriorMaxine Hong Kingston70,957
The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain69,066
Drinking Coffee ElsewhereZZ Packer68,410
The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway67,707
A Clockwork OrangeAnthony Burgess67,280
The Fault in Our StarsJohn Green67,203
Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson66,950
The Color PurpleAlice Walker66,556
The Color of MagicTerry Pratchett65,113
The Martian ChroniclesRay Bradbury64,768
The Magician’s NephewC.S. Lewis64,480
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley63,766
The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne63,604
Mrs. DallowayVirginia Woolf63,422
All Quiet on the Western FrontErich Remarque61,922
CarrieStephen King61,343
The Farthest ShoreUrsula K. Le Guin60,591
Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding59,900
War of the WorldsH.G. Wells59,796
Black BeautyAnna Sewell59,645
The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame58,428
A Separate PeaceJohn Knowles56,787
As I Lay DyingWilliam Faulkner56,695
The Dark Tower: GunslingerStephen King56,583
A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin56,533
The HoursMichael Cunningham54,243
The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderC.S. Lewis53,960
The Silver ChairC.S. Lewis51,022

<50K

(More Novella Size Than Novel)

TitleAuthorWord Count
Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut49,459
The NotebookNicholas Sparks48,978
The OutsidersS.E. Hinton48,523
The Horse and His BoyC.S. Lewis48,029
The Red Badge of CourageStephen Crane47,180
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald47,094
Prince CaspainC.S. Lewis46,290
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury46,118
The Tombs of AtuanUrsula K. Le Guin45,939
The Last BattleC.S. Lewis43,333
The Lion, The Witch, and the WardrobeC.S. Lewis38,421
The StrangerAlbert Camus36,014
Old YellerFred Gipson35,978
The Time MachineH.G. Wells32,149
Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryRoald Dahl30,644
Double IndemnityJames M. Cain30,072
Animal FarmGeorge Orwell29,966
Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck29,160
The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway26,601
The Mouse and the MotorcycleBeverly Cleary22,416
The MetamorphosisFranz Kafka21,180