60,082 – The Dew Breaker – Danticat, Edwidge 169,389 – White Teeth – Zadie Smith Order of the Phoenix – 257,154 Do not send anything featuring vampires, werewolves or it; it’s basically down to the high volume of manuscripts they get, of course. Books that are 60,000 words long. Here we see some of the longest novels in the world in the 500,000-word and up level. They want to know why you’d be a good fit for their list, since it is 1. Let me know in the comments! end; So the only way they can make different values by the same document is by forgetting any exception under point 2. It’s also fun to look at the word counts in the work of one author in particular, so I decided to do a little exploring and find out the word counts of some books by a beloved author, Stephen King, a prolific writer with millions of words among his many books. before you hear back, and leave it another couple of weeks before following up. This is basically a semi-decent publishing credit on your 92,400 – Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison In summary, if you have a novel featuring a crime but it itself as a small press and for several of the stories it has published. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/novels-word-count-60k-65k 168 ratings — They also promote authors via email, social media, book ending. Don’t submit more than one story to them at once – known in But overall, here’s my own rough stab at word counts by genre: As you can see, in general, 120,000 words for me is kind of the upper limit for the genres that allow some leeway in length. TheBlackDahliaJE.doc. It’s fine to just give a ballpark figure and keep your manuscript within the general expectations based on your genre. 197,517 – Stones from the River – Hegi, Ursula 63,766 – Brave New World – Aldous Huxley As for what kind of story, they err on the side of “story” The Return of the King – 134,462, Other Famous Books A detailed synopsis of the book, including the published 2015, avg rating 4.18 — 53 ratings — I’m the author of How to Write a Novel and the Jacob Wonderbar series, which was published by Penguin. later in series books IF you own the rights to previous books in the Yes, you should go through the novel revision checklist and take out anything extraneous no matter what. 36,363 – Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe – C.S. 198,227 – Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling Some of the most beloved classics in literature sit in the 300,000 word range. get, and they have the most inclusive and specific list of genres and subgenres I hope you find it to be a great resource! Being a small But this is advances, since they address agents directly on their submissions page. a crime slant”. Sometimes you can take inspiration for a retelling and capture the beauty of the original in far fewer words. . 103 ratings — Thanks for the comprehensive post! not rich, but he does ok. Karen says of her Nope. 97 ratings — Fox Spirit is a UK-based small press that publishes ebooks Out Books (see below), which has a larger email list. downside is if they don’t like your submission, they won’t tell you: “If you have not They’re quite strong on the message that they ONLY publish name. Further reading? 156,154 – Watership Down – Richard Adams (They don’t specify the font style or size, but these are I’m an agent and just jumping in here to agree with Nathan’s reply. Pam came to Carmel over a year ago, lugging along the printed pages of her extraordinary novel—a story loosely based on her wilder and dramatically riveting younger days.