Novel

40 works

40 works of Novel in the Western literary canon — ranked by Gröblé, with difficulty, length, and influence at a glance.

Novel, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 2Moby-Dick or, The Whale1851Herman MelvilleEasy·Epic·836 pagesInfluence74Popularity87NovelEnglish
  2. 3Les Misérables1862Victor HugoEasy·Epic·2,263 pagesInfluence57Popularity92French 19th CenturyNovelFrench
  3. 4The Brothers Karamazov1880Fyodor DostoevskyEasy·Epic·1,401 pagesInfluence76Popularity90Russian 19th CenturyNovelRussian
  4. 7Anna Karenina1877Leo TolstoyEasy·Epic·1,400 pagesInfluence75Popularity91Russian 19th CenturyNovelRussian
  5. 9David Copperfield1850Charles DickensBreezy·Epic·1,432 pagesInfluence58Popularity64VictorianNovelEnglish
  6. 12The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling1749Henry FieldingEasy·Epic·1,386 pagesInfluence61Popularity27EnlightenmentNovelEnglish
  7. 19Tess of the D’Urbervilles1891Thomas HardyBreezy·Epic·600 pagesInfluence44Popularity63VictorianNovelEnglish
  8. 21The Red and the Black1830StendhalEasy·Epic·760 pagesInfluence55Popularity44French 19th CenturyNovelFrench
  9. 25Jane Eyre1847Charlotte BrontëBreezy·Epic·735 pagesInfluence60Popularity98VictorianNovelEnglish
  10. 29Fathers and Sons1862Ivan TurgenevEasy·Long·260 pagesInfluence53Popularity47Russian 19th CenturyNovelRussian
  11. 30The Idiot1869Fyodor DostoevskyEasy·Epic·967 pagesInfluence52Popularity49Russian 19th CenturyNovelRussian
  12. 32Pride and Prejudice1813Jane AustenBreezy·Long·489 pagesInfluence74Popularity99RomanticsNovelEnglish
  13. 34The Scarlet Letter1850Nathaniel HawthorneBreezy·Long·332 pagesInfluence50Popularity86TranscendentalistsNovelEnglish
  14. 39Little Women1868Louisa May AlcottBreezy·Epic·739 pagesInfluence5Popularity97TranscendentalistsNovelEnglish
  15. 42The Death of Ivan Ilych1886Leo TolstoyEasy·Medium·100 pagesInfluence51Popularity48Russian 19th CenturyNovelRussian
  16. 44Devils1872Fyodor DostoevskyEasy·Epic·1,018 pagesInfluence52Popularity48Russian 19th CenturyNovelRussian
  17. 54Middlemarch1872George EliotEasy·Epic·1,264 pagesInfluence59Popularity65VictorianNovelEnglish
  18. 61The Portrait of a Lady1881Henry JamesEasy·Epic·742 pagesInfluence44Popularity62Late 19th-Century AmericanNovelEnglish
  19. 65The Golden Ass~170ApuleiusEasy·Long·360 pagesInfluence37Popularity9Ancient RomeNovelLatin
  20. 73Notes from Underground1864Fyodor DostoevskyEasy·Medium·152 pagesInfluence51Popularity77Russian 19th CenturyNovelRussian
  21. 82Crime and Punishment1866Fyodor DostoevskyEasy·Epic·844 pagesInfluence76Popularity93Russian 19th CenturyNovelRussian
  22. 84Emma1815Jane AustenBreezy·Epic·644 pagesInfluence42Popularity85RomanticsNovelEnglish
  23. 85Madame Bovary1856Gustave FlaubertEasy·Long·464 pagesInfluence77Popularity80French 19th CenturyNovelFrench
  24. 91Celestina1499Fernando de RojasEasy·Long·264 pagesInfluence40Popularity14RenaissanceNovelSpanish
  25. 92The Tale of Genji~1010紫式部Moderate·Epic·1,600 pagesInfluence64Popularity70MedievalNovelJapanese
  26. 98The Hound of the Baskervilles1902Arthur Conan DoyleBreezy·Medium·238 pagesInfluence3Popularity85ModernNovelEnglish
  27. 105Don Quixote1605Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraModerate·Epic·1,477 pagesInfluence94Popularity88RenaissanceNovelSpanish
  28. 112The Jungle1906Upton SinclairBreezy·Epic·597 pagesInfluence2Popularity74ModernNovelEnglish
  29. 114Heart of Darkness1899Joseph ConradEasy·Medium·152 pagesInfluence47Popularity82VictorianNovelEnglish
  30. 120Eugene Onegin1833Alexander PushkinHard·Medium·160 pagesInfluence54Popularity47Russian 19th CenturyNovelRussian
  31. 130The Charterhouse of Parma1839StendhalEasy·Epic·752 pagesInfluence55Popularity44French 19th CenturyNovelFrench
  32. 135Wuthering Heights1847Emily BrontëBreezy·Long·432 pagesInfluence60Popularity95VictorianNovelEnglish
  33. 150Lord Jim1900Joseph ConradEasy·Long·521 pagesInfluence1Popularity43VictorianNovelEnglish
  34. 153Uncle Tom’s Cabin1852Harriet Beecher StoweBreezy·Epic·730 pagesInfluence61Popularity83NovelEnglish
  35. 156Persuasion1817Jane AustenBreezy·Long·343 pagesInfluence42Popularity80RomanticsNovelEnglish
  36. 160The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman1759Laurence SterneGrueling·Epic·752 pagesInfluence62Popularity46EnlightenmentNovelEnglish
  37. 166Bleak House1853Charles DickensBreezy·Epic·1,444 pagesInfluence59Popularity64VictorianNovelEnglish
  38. 167The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion1915Ford Madox FordEasy·Long·268 pagesInfluence2Popularity26ModernNovelEnglish
  39. 186A Sentimental Education1869Gustave FlaubertEasy·Epic·688 pagesInfluence54Popularity26French 19th CenturyNovelFrench
  40. 187The Woman in White1859Wilkie CollinsBreezy·Epic·671 pagesInfluence5Popularity39VictorianNovelEnglish