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