Top 10 Longest Novels Written in English

1. "Mission Earth" — L. Ron Hubbard: 1,200,000 words

2. "Sironia, Texas" — Madison Cooper: 1,100,000 words

3. "Clarissa" — Samuel Richardson: 969,000 words

4. "Poor Fellow My Country" — Xavier Herbert: 850,000 words

5. "Miss MacIntosh, My Darling" — Marguerite Young: 700,000 words

6. "A Suitable Boy" — Vikram Seth: 593,674 words

7. "Atlas Shrugged" — Ayn Rand: 565,223 words

8. "Remembrance Rock" — Carl Sandburg: 532,030 words

9. "Gai-Jin" — James Clavell: 487,700 words

10. "Infinite Jest" — David Foster Wallace: 484,000 words

[via Gregory Cowles writing in the New York Times]