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The ballad of songbirds and snakes a hunger games novel suzanne collins. This is a list of the novels over 500,000 words published through a mainstream publisher. Having sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, 6 7 8 harry potter by j. This is a mustread for anyone who has ever loved a dog. Winner of the 2016 pulitzer prize for fiction, this debut novel could fit into half a dozen genres of vietnam war books from war narrative to immigrant story, from mystery to political, from metafiction to historical and even dark comedy. The top 10 bestselling fiction books on amazon this year. Some of 2018s best and biggest books are now available in paperback, and make for the perfect spring read. Traditionally, artamene ou le grand cyrus, has been considered the longest novel, but has lately been surpassed by at least one novel, or two depending on the criterion used to determine length.
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