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L1. Total word count. Count

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BookGenreResult
Treasure IslandThriller and adventure1883, 68,669 words
The Thirty-Nine StepsThriller and adventure1915, 41,218 words
The Prisoner of ZendaThriller and adventure1894, 54,078 words
Around the World in Eighty DaysThriller and adventure1872, 63,208 words
King Solomon's MinesThriller and adventure1885, 81,974 words
The Hound of the BaskervillesCrime and mystery1902, 59,487 words
A Study in ScarletCrime and mystery1887, 43,595 words
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesCrime and mystery1892, 105,143 words
The MoonstoneCrime and mystery1868, 190,014 words
The Woman in WhiteCrime and mystery1859, 247,843 words
Pride and PrejudiceRomance1813, 122,720 words
PersuasionRomance1817, 83,588 words
EmmaRomance1815, 160,886 words
Jane EyreRomance1847, 187,566 words
DraculaGothic and horror1897, 161,966 words
FrankensteinGothic and horror1818, 75,165 words
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeGothic and horror1886, 25,685 words
The Picture of Dorian GrayGothic and horror1890, 79,299 words
Wuthering HeightsGothic and horror1847, 117,006 words
The Turn of the ScrewGothic and horror1898, 39,992 words
The Time MachineScience fiction1895, 32,679 words
The War of the WorldsScience fiction1898, 60,403 words
The Invisible ManScience fiction1897, 48,955 words
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFantasy and children's1865, 26,665 words
The Wonderful Wizard of OzFantasy and children's1900, 39,341 words
The Secret GardenFantasy and children's1911, 81,188 words
The Wind in the WillowsFantasy and children's1908, 59,596 words
Great ExpectationsLiterary1861, 186,445 words
A Christmas CarolLiterary1843, 28,711 words
The Great GatsbyLiterary1925, 48,617 words
Heart of DarknessLiterary1899, 38,761 words
KidnappedThriller and adventure1886, 80,410 words
The Count of Monte CristoThriller and adventure1844, 466,070 words
The Three MusketeersThriller and adventure1844, 229,771 words
The Riddle of the SandsThriller and adventure1903, 109,278 words
The Scarlet PimpernelThriller and adventure1905, 85,378 words
The Lost WorldThriller and adventure1912, 76,506 words
Captain BloodThriller and adventure1922, 113,999 words
Lady Audley's SecretCrime and mystery1862, 151,091 words
The Murders in the Rue MorgueCrime and mystery1841, 13,885 words
The Innocence of Father BrownCrime and mystery1911, 79,546 words
The Big Bow MysteryCrime and mystery1892, 42,638 words
The Leavenworth CaseCrime and mystery1878, 111,107 words
The Red Thumb MarkCrime and mystery1907, 70,853 words
The Amateur CracksmanCrime and mystery1899, 52,529 words
The Secret AgentCrime and mystery1907, 91,008 words
Sense and SensibilityRomance1811, 119,848 words
North and SouthRomance1855, 183,455 words
Far from the Madding CrowdRomance1874, 138,266 words
The Enchanted AprilRomance1922, 79,083 words
The SheikRomance1919, 88,318 words
Daddy Long LegsRomance1912, 37,670 words
CarmillaGothic and horror1872, 27,925 words
The Castle of OtrantoGothic and horror1764, 34,867 words
The Phantom of the OperaGothic and horror1910, 83,400 words
The Great God PanGothic and horror1894, 21,758 words
The Yellow WallpaperGothic and horror1892, 6,173 words
The Call of CthulhuGothic and horror1928, 12,021 words
The Island of Doctor MoreauScience fiction1896, 43,679 words
Journey to the Centre of the EarthScience fiction1864, 85,996 words
A Princess of MarsScience fiction1912, 66,098 words
HerlandScience fiction1915, 53,326 words
FlatlandScience fiction1884, 29,645 words
ErewhonScience fiction1872, 82,256 words
The Last ManScience fiction1826, 169,311 words
Through the Looking GlassFantasy and children's1871, 29,559 words
A Little PrincessFantasy and children's1905, 67,152 words
The Jungle BookFantasy and children's1894, 51,738 words
Five Children and ItFantasy and children's1902, 53,499 words
The Railway ChildrenFantasy and children's1906, 60,017 words
The Princess and the GoblinFantasy and children's1872, 51,219 words
Peter and WendyFantasy and children's1911, 47,331 words
The Worm OuroborosFantasy and children's1922, 170,881 words
Anne of Green GablesFantasy and children's1908, 103,002 words
Black BeautyFantasy and children's1877, 59,871 words
MiddlemarchLiterary1871, 320,023 words
Tess of the d'UrbervillesLiterary1891, 151,045 words
Mrs DallowayLiterary1925, 64,422 words
To the LighthouseLiterary1927, 69,611 words
Anna KareninaLiterary1878, 351,659 words
Crime and PunishmentLiterary1866, 204,405 words
Madame BovaryLiterary1857, 116,834 words
The Age of InnocenceLiterary1920, 102,960 words
Silas MarnerLiterary1861, 72,022 words
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLiterary1884, 112,677 words
HamletPlays1600, 31,738 words
MacbethPlays1606, 17,992 words
Romeo and JulietPlays1597, 25,710 words
OthelloPlays1604, 27,562 words
A Midsummer Night's DreamPlays1600, 17,150 words
Twelfth NightPlays1602, 21,125 words
Doctor FaustusPlays1604, 12,468 words
The Importance of Being EarnestPlays1895, 20,591 words
A Doll's HousePlays1879, 26,786 words
Hedda GablerPlays1890, 27,073 words
PygmalionPlays1913, 32,299 words
The School for ScandalPlays1777, 28,583 words
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