Longest novel
The current longest novel record is 9.6 million characters, held by Marcel Proust, for À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time). Last checked October 14, 2026.
9.6
million characters
Marcel Proust, for À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time)
- Holder
- Marcel Proust, for À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time)
- Record
- 9.6 million characters
- Exact figure
- 9,609,000 characters
- Recognized by
- Guinness World Records
- Last checked
- October 14, 2026
Sources
- guinnessworldrecords.com Read the source
- en.wikipedia-on-ipfs.org List of longest novels
- britannica.com Massive Tomes of the Worlds Longest Novels
- bbc.co.uk Read the source
- latimes.com La xpm dec bk nehamas14 story
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