Books by word count

I give you the word count (=how many words were used to write the book) and hints, YOU give the book.
The top word count from wikipedia as it was not available in the other source.
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Last updated: February 12, 2019
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Word count
Book
Hints
~1,100,000
Bottom's Dream (also known as Zettel's Traum)
the longest novel published in one volume and the 2016 Eng translation weighs over 13 pounds/~6kg, written by Arno Schmidt, discussions and then some more discussions
415,715
The Stand
"Project Blue", Abagail Freemantle vs. Randall Flagg, King's L.O.T.R. project in an American setting (according to his own words)
~300k-400k depending on translation
Anna Karenina
a countess and a socialite has an affair, escaping to Italy with lover, Anna Arkadyevna
179,484
Xenocide
child in Battle school, OS Card, not quite genocide
136,048
Ready Player One
egg hunter "gunter" Wade Watts, games being played and hacks committed, as a film since 2018 by S.Spielberg et co.
135,293
The Firm
Mitchell Y. McDeere, legal thriller, the book that made Grisham's fame
~123k with variations depending on edition
Dracula
Gothic horror from late 1800s, Irish born writer, the noble man enjoys suckling your sangria
106,913
Twilight
a teen romance named for "the best children's book", 17-year-old falls for a 109-year-old, first of the series, in a popular joke the supernatural beings suck something else than blood
99,121
To Kill a Mockingbird
Pulitzer Prize, the writer only delivered two books: one in 1960 one in 2015, American race issue book
~97k in the not dramatized version
The Hobbit
original genre "juvenile fiction", since 1937 it's never been out of print yet, little creatures with hairy feet and way too many food related breaks
Word count
Book
Hints
96,374
Never Let Me Go
farmed organ donors, Nobel prize winning British novelist born in Japan, made into a movie starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley etc.
84,769
Starship Troopers
Terran Federation, accused of being militant and anti-militant, Rico blasts bugs in space
81,666
Shutter Island
Island setting, adapted into a Martin Scorsese film, confront the truth or face lobotomy?
73,434
Brave New World
Orwell accused the writer of lying yet asked for opinions of his similar novel later on, the World State, promiscuous Lenina Crowne
70,544
The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger's debut, angst and alienation, California 1951
69,902
I, Robot
short stories and essays compiled into a book, "robopsychology", by an American writer born in Soviet Russia
49,962
Fight Club
soap, violence, Chuck
36,481
Animal Farm
revolution, some are more equal than others, it's illegal to name a pig like this in France(?)
30,644
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
British children's novel, Charlie was originally written as a black boy, Golden Ticket
18,188
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Captain Cook the penguin, North Pole?, Jim Carrey acted in the movie of the same name
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