Novel

45 works

45 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 MelvilleGrueling·Epic·654 pagesInfluence75Popularity88The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  2. 3Les Misérables1862Victor HugoEasy·Epic·1,231 pagesInfluence58Popularity92The Age of the NovelNovelFrench
  3. 4The Brothers Karamazov1880Fyodor DostoevskyHard·Epic·912 pagesInfluence76Popularity90The Age of the NovelNovelRussian
  4. 7Anna Karenina1877Leo TolstoyEasy·Epic·831 pagesInfluence76Popularity92The Age of the NovelNovelRussian
  5. 9David Copperfield1850Charles DickensEasy·Epic·1,024 pagesInfluence60Popularity65The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  6. 12The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling1749Henry FieldingModerate·Epic·1,024 pagesInfluence62Popularity26EnlightenmentNovelEnglish
  7. 19Tess of the D’Urbervilles1891Thomas HardyEasy·Long·517 pagesInfluence44Popularity64The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  8. 21The Red and the Black1830StendhalEasy·Long·560 pagesInfluence56Popularity44RomanticismNovelFrench
  9. 25Jane Eyre1847Charlotte BrontëEasy·Epic·578 pagesInfluence62Popularity98The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  10. 27Fathers and Sons1862Ivan TurgenevEasy·Short·228 pagesInfluence54Popularity48The Age of the NovelNovelRussian
  11. 28The Idiot1869Fyodor DostoevskyHard·Epic·732 pagesInfluence54Popularity49The Age of the NovelNovelRussian
  12. 30Buddenbrooks1901Thomas MannModerate·Epic·731 pagesInfluence46Popularity44ModernNovelGerman
  13. 32Pride and Prejudice1813Jane AustenEasy·Long·435 pagesInfluence74Popularity99RomanticismNovelEnglish
  14. 34The Scarlet Letter1850Nathaniel HawthorneModerate·Short·238 pagesInfluence51Popularity86The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  15. 39Little Women1868Louisa May AlcottBreezy·Long·504 pagesInfluence5Popularity98The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  16. 40Oblomov1859Ivan GoncharovModerate·Long·540 pagesInfluence52Popularity42The Age of the NovelNovelRussian
  17. 44The Death of Ivan Ilych1886Leo TolstoyEasy·Short·224 pagesInfluence52Popularity48The Age of the NovelNovelRussian
  18. 46Howards End1910E.M. ForsterEasy·Medium·302 pagesInfluence43Popularity62ModernNovelEnglish
  19. 47Devils1872Fyodor DostoevskyHard·Epic·704 pagesInfluence53Popularity48The Age of the NovelNovelRussian
  20. 57Middlemarch1872George EliotHard·Epic·810 pagesInfluence60Popularity66The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  21. 64The Portrait of a Lady1881Henry JamesHard·Long·560 pagesInfluence44Popularity62The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  22. 67The Golden Ass~170ApuleiusModerate·Short·272 pagesInfluence36Popularity8Ancient RomeNovelLatin
  23. 76Notes from Underground1864Fyodor DostoevskyHard·Quick·136 pagesInfluence52Popularity78The Age of the NovelNovelRussian
  24. 84My Ántonia1918Willa CatherBreezy·Short·290 pagesInfluence42Popularity55ModernNovelEnglish
  25. 85Crime and Punishment1866Fyodor DostoevskyHard·Long·560 pagesInfluence77Popularity94The Age of the NovelNovelRussian
  26. 88Emma1815Jane AustenEasy·Long·512 pagesInfluence41Popularity86RomanticismNovelEnglish
  27. 89Madame Bovary1856Gustave FlaubertEasy·Long·384 pagesInfluence78Popularity80The Age of the NovelNovelFrench
  28. 95Celestina1499Fernando de RojasEasy·Short·240 pagesInfluence39Popularity14RenaissanceNovelSpanish
  29. 96The Tale of Genji~1010紫式部 (Lady Murasaki)Hard·Epic·1,184 pagesInfluence65Popularity70MedievalNovelJapanese
  30. 102The Hound of the Baskervilles1902Arthur Conan DoyleBreezy·Quick·196 pagesInfluence2Popularity85ModernNovelEnglish
  31. 109Don Quixote1605Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraHard·Epic·940 pagesInfluence94Popularity88RenaissanceNovelSpanish
  32. 116The Jungle1906Upton SinclairBreezy·Long·464 pagesInfluence2Popularity74ModernNovelEnglish
  33. 118Heart of Darkness1899Joseph ConradGrueling·Quick·192 pagesInfluence48Popularity83The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  34. 124Eugene Onegin1833Alexander PushkinModerate·Short·240 pagesInfluence55Popularity46RomanticismNovelRussian
  35. 134The Charterhouse of Parma1839StendhalEasy·Long·532 pagesInfluence56Popularity43RomanticismNovelFrench
  36. 139Wuthering Heights1847Emily BrontëEasy·Medium·353 pagesInfluence61Popularity95The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  37. 155Lord Jim1900Joseph ConradGrueling·Long·400 pagesInfluence1Popularity42The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  38. 158Uncle Tom’s Cabin1852Harriet Beecher StoweBreezy·Epic·629 pagesInfluence62Popularity84The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  39. 161Persuasion1817Jane AustenEasy·Short·250 pagesInfluence40Popularity80RomanticismNovelEnglish
  40. 165The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman1759Laurence SterneGrueling·Epic·735 pagesInfluence63Popularity46EnlightenmentNovelEnglish
  41. 171Bleak House1853Charles DickensEasy·Epic·945 pagesInfluence60Popularity64The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish
  42. 172The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion1915Ford Madox FordHard·Short·256 pagesInfluence2Popularity26ModernNovelEnglish
  43. 177Sons and Lovers1913D.H. LawrenceEasy·Long·544 pagesInfluence46Popularity47ModernNovelEnglish
  44. 192A Sentimental Education1869Gustave FlaubertEasy·Long·479 pagesInfluence56Popularity25The Age of the NovelNovelFrench
  45. 193The Woman in White1859Wilkie CollinsEasy·Epic·671 pagesInfluence4Popularity38The Age of the NovelNovelEnglish