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War and Peace has about 587,000 words. AWLL 2 - Book 10 - Bridget  alone has about 640,000 words. If you read all of what I have written,  it's about 16,500,000 words total, which is like reading War and Peace 27 times and still having words left to read Lord of the Rings, which is about 480,000 words.

For other comparisons, the Harry Potter series clocks in at just over a million words, and the Wheel of Time  series by Robert Jordan has about 4.4 million words, and is considered  one of the longest (if not the longest) published series.

Combining A Well-Lived Life, Good Medicine, and Climbing the Ladder, which are in the same universe and intertwine characters, I've beat the record listed on Wikipedia (about 11.2 million words) in the past, though the article has since been deleted.

A Well-Lived Life, without anything else is first on the list by over a million words.

Dead Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels

Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20220531224136/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels

Comments

Eric

You cited my favorite series, The Wheel of Time. I'm actually IN two of the books courtesy of Sanderson. And while I was heading to Iraq, one of my battle buddies wrote to RJ's widow telling her she was sorry about her loss and that she was bringing the books with her to Iraq to help pass the time and keep her calm. RJ's widow sent my battle RJ's Kbar he had in Vietnam and said to keep that with my buddy to make sure she comes home safe. When we got home, RJ's widow said to pass the knife to another troop who enjoys the series and is heading over so they come home safe as well.

Jim Lawson

The length and scope of A WELL LIVED LIFE is absolutely, positively astounding to me and has totally filled my days with wondering where the story is going and enjoying each development. Most of all in the telling is the characters seem to find a picture in my mind, I can just “see” them, I can imagine “feeling” in their presence. I’ve learned more about them than most of my real life friends. I’m a grown man and found myself in a flood of tears and laughing out loud. I’m awed at your ability to remember so many details of “your/Steve’s “ life. You’re guilty of reader addiction ‼️ I’m loving the “highs” in my days while reading your story. Anticipation...anticipation...