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If you are curious, here some samples. The numbers are approximate and should omit indexes, appendices and stuff not directly belonging to the text itself.

Discrepancies are often due to the fact that Microsoft Word consider “it’s” like one word, instead my data is measured considering it as “it is”, so two words. This can usually add a plus 5-10k compared to Microsoft Word wordcount.

Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien (revised to be in line with the rest)

The Fellowship of the Ring: 187k

The Two Towers: 155k

The Return of the King: 131k

Total: 473k

Wheel of Time – Robert Jordan

The Eye of the World: 305k

The Great Hunt: 267k

The Dragon Reborn: 251k

The Shadow Rising: 393k

The Fires of Heaven: 354k

Lord of Chaos: 389k

A Crown of Swords: 295k

The Path of Daggers: 226k

Winter’s Heart: 238k

Crossroads of Twilight: 271k

Knife of Dreams: 315k

Total: 3M 304k (official count)

Stormlight Archives – Brandon Sanderson

The Way of Kings: 387k (official count)

A Song of Ice And Fire – George R. R. Martin

A Game of Thrones: 298k

A Clash of kings: 326k

A Storm of Swords: 424k

A Feast for Crows: 300k

A Dance with Dragons: 422k

Total: 1M 770k

Malazan Book of the Fallen – Steven Erikson

Gardens of the Moon: 209k

Deadhouse Gates: 272k

Memories of Ice: 358k

House of Chains: 306k

Midnight Tides: 270k

The Bonehunters: 365k

Reaper’s Gale: 386k

Toll the Hounds: 392k

Dust of Dreams: 382k

The Crippled God: 385k

Total: 3M 325k

Forge of Darkness series/Trilogy:

Volume 1: 292k (very tentative)

Esslemont:

Night of Knives: 88k

Return of the Crimson Guard: 278k

Stonewielder: 237k

Prince of Nothing (and rest) – R. Scott Bakker

The Darkness that Comes Before: 175k

The Warrior-Prophet: 205k

The Thousandfold Thought: 139k

Total: 519k

The Judging Eye: 151k

The White-Luck Warrior: 200k~

A Land Fit for Heroes(?) – Richard Morgan

The Steel Remains: 146k

The Cool Commands: 171k

The Wars of Light and Shadow – Janny Wurts

Curse of the Mistwraith: 233k

Ships of Merior: 206k

Warhost of Vastmark: 156k

Fugitive Prince: 220k

Grand Conspiracy: 235k

Peril’s Gate: 300k

Traitor’s Knot: 220k

Stormed Fortress: 248k

Total: 1M 818k

The Night’s Dawn Trilogy – Peter F. Hamilton

The Reality Dysfunction: 385k

The Neutronium Alchemist: 393k

The Naked God: 469k (!)

Total: 1M 247k

Baroque+Crypto – Neal Stephenson

Cryptonomicon: 415k

Quicksilver: 390k

The Confusion: 348k

The System of the World: 387k

Total: 1M 540k

The Dark Tower – Stephen King

The Gunslinger: 55k

The Drawing of the Three: 128k

The Waste Lands: 178k

Wizard and Glass: 264k

Wolves of the Calla: 251k

Song of Susannah: 131k

The Dark Tower: 288k

Total: 1M 295k

Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace

– 575k

Updated: 27 Oct 2011