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* Creator/VCAndrews isn't too bad if you go by the books that she actually wrote in her lifetime (the first four books in the ''Literature/DollangangerSeries'', ''Literature/MySweetAudrina'', the first two ''Literature/TheCasteelSeries'' books, and the posthumously-published ''Gods of Green Mountain'', equaling just seven books), but good luck getting through the ghostwritten books. At last count, there are ''93'' stories under the Andrews name, and they've been steadily published since 1987 with at least one book a year, with no signs of stopping.
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* Creator/VCAndrews isn't too bad if you go by the books that she actually wrote in her lifetime (the first four 4 books in the ''Literature/DollangangerSeries'', ''Literature/MySweetAudrina'', ''Literature/DollangangerSeries''
+ ''Literature/MySweetAudrina'' + the firsttwo ''Literature/TheCasteelSeries'' books, and 2 ''Literature/CasteelSeries'' books + the posthumously-published ''Gods of Green Mountain'', equaling just seven books), but Mountain'' = 8 books). But good luck getting through the ghostwritten books. At last count, there are ''93'' stories under the Andrews name, and they've been steadily published since 1987 with at least one book a year, with no signs of stopping. But it's widely agreed OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight so no one's suggesting you read the ghostwritten books anyways.
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* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': There's ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' in the main series (fifteen books), ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' and ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' in the same universe (six books), multiple supplementary books, two films, a video game, a musical, and an upcoming TV series. With the way it's going, it wouldn't be surprising for Creator/RickRiordan to cover every single mythology out there.
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* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': There's ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' (six books, with two more on the way), ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' (five books), and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' (five books) in the main series (fifteen books), series, ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' (three books) and ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' (three books) in the same universe (six books), universe, multiple supplementary books, two films, a video game, a musical, and an upcoming TV series. With the way it's going, it wouldn't be surprising for Creator/RickRiordan to cover every single mythology out there.
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* Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles currently consists of sixteen full-length books with five more on the way, three anthology books, and one companion book, all of them {{Doorstopper}}s (aside from the last one, no book is less than 300 pages).
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* Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles currently consists of sixteen seventeen full-length books with five four more on the way, three anthology books, and one companion book, all of them {{Doorstopper}}s (aside from the last one, no book is less than 300 pages).
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* Don't forget ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries''! There's ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' in the main series (fifteen books), ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' and ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' in the same universe (six books), multiple supplementary books, two films, a video game, a musical, and an upcoming TV series. With the way it's going, it wouldn't be surprising for Creator/RickRiordan to cover every single mythology out there.
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* Don't forget ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries''! ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': There's ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' in the main series (fifteen books), ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' and ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' in the same universe (six books), multiple supplementary books, two films, a video game, a musical, and an upcoming TV series. With the way it's going, it wouldn't be surprising for Creator/RickRiordan to cover every single mythology out there.
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* Literature / The Baby-Sitters Club is no slouch. It has 131 main books, 15 super specials, 122 spin off series (12 books that spun off from that series), 36 mystery books (4 super mysteries), and yet another spin off series with 15 books. That’s about 300 books of reading material.
* Literature / The Boxcar Children started in 1924 and is still printing new books! There’s 162 main books and 7 spin off series of their own.
* Literature / The Boxcar Children started in 1924 and is still printing new books! There’s 162 main books and 7 spin off series of their own.
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* Literature / The Baby-Sitters Club ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' is no slouch. It has 131 main books, 15 super specials, 122 spin off series (12 books that spun off from that series), 36 mystery books (4 super mysteries), and yet another spin off series with 15 books. That’s about 300 books of reading material.
*Literature / The Boxcar Children ''Literature/TheBoxcarChildren'' started in 1924 and is still printing new books! There’s 162 main books and 7 spin off series of their own.
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* The ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series consists of 44 books (as of early 2021) with more forthcoming. Pretty much all of which are between 300 and 400 pages. And between ''Xanth'' and his other works, Creator/PiersAnthony has written over 140 books since 1956. And he's STILL GOING STRONG.
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* The ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series consists of 44 books (as of early 2021) with more forthcoming. Pretty much all All of which are between 300 and 400 pages. And between ''Xanth'' and his other works, Creator/PiersAnthony has written over 140 books since 1956. And he's STILL GOING STRONG.
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* Let's not forget about Rex Stout's Literature/NeroWolfe mysteries. He published 46 titles during his lifetime; most of those were novels, while the rest were compilations of short stories and novellas that originally appeared in various magazines. Ten years after his death, the executors of his estate found some of his old manuscripts and published them as one more short story collection. Add in the two seasons of the A&E series based on Stout's works and the TV movie that kicked it off (30 one-hour broadcasts altogether), and you have quite a pile on your hands.
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* Let's not forget about Rex Stout's Literature/NeroWolfe ''Literature/NeroWolfe'' mysteries. He published 46 titles during his lifetime; most of those were novels, while the rest were compilations of short stories and novellas that originally appeared in various magazines. Ten years after his death, the executors of his estate found some of his old manuscripts and published them as one more short story collection. Add in the two seasons of the A&E series based on Stout's works and the TV movie that kicked it off (30 one-hour broadcasts altogether), and you have quite a pile on your hands.
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* ''Literature/WitchWorld'' spans 31 novels and dozens of short stories which have been collected in at least nine different anthology collections over the years. The novels cover three different cycles in the Witch World, the shortest being the High Hallack cycle, which spans seven novels.
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* ''Literature/WitchWorld'' spans 31 novels and dozens of short stories which have been collected in at least nine different anthology collections over the years. The novels cover three different cycles in the Witch World, the shortest being the High Hallack cycle, which spans seven novels.novels.
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* Don't forget ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries''! There's ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' in the main series (fifteen books), ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' and ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' in the same universe (six books), multiple supplementary books, two films, a videogame, and a musical. With the way it's going, it wouldn't be surprising for every mythology type to be covered by Rick Riordan.
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* Don't forget ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries''! There's ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' in the main series (fifteen books), ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' and ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' in the same universe (six books), multiple supplementary books, two films, a videogame, video game, a musical, and a musical. an upcoming TV series. With the way it's going, it wouldn't be surprising for Creator/RickRiordan to cover every single mythology type to be covered by Rick Riordan.out there.
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* Literature / The Baby-Sitters Club is no slouch. It has 131 main books, 15 super specials, 122 spin off series (12 books that spun off from that series), 36 mystery books (4 super mysteries), and yet another spin off series with 15 books. That’s about 300 books of reading material.
*Literature / The Boxcar Children started in 1924 and is still printing new books! There’s 162 main books and 7 spin off series of their own.
*Literature / The Boxcar Children started in 1924 and is still printing new books! There’s 162 main books and 7 spin off series of their own.
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* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' currently has ''75 books'' in the main series, as well as 11 special editions (2 Anniversary specials and 9 regular specials) and 6 mini mysteries. Not enough for you? There's also 7 books in the ''Journey Through Time'' spinoff series, 31 Thea Stilton books (and 8 specials), 12 in the ''Kingdom of Fantasy'' series, 9 in the ''Creepella von Cacklefur'' series, 15 in the ''Cavemice'' series, 12 in the ''Spacemice'' series, 11 ''Heromice'' books, 7 ''Micekings'' books, 19 ''Thea Stilton, Mouseford Academy'' books, and 30 graphic novels (22 Geronimo Stilton graphic novels and 18 Thea Stilton graphic novels). As of August 2019, this adds to '''''277 books in all''''', for those of you keeping score. Best part? It only started in ''2000'', meaning that there were almost 14 books every ''year''.
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* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' currently has ''75 ''82 books'' in the main series, as well as 11 9 special editions (2 Anniversary specials and 9 7 regular specials) and 6 mini mysteries. Not enough for you? There's also 7 35 books Thea Sisters spinoff series (plus 12 specials), 20 books in the ''Journey Through Time'' spinoff series, 31 Thea Stilton books (and 8 specials), 12 spin-off to ''that'', ''Mouseford Academy'', 16 in the ''Kingdom of Fantasy'' series, series (plus 2 specials), 9 in the ''Creepella von Cacklefur'' series, 15 in the ''Cavemice'' series, 12 in the ''Spacemice'' series, 11 in the ''Heromice'' books, 7 series, 8 ''Micekings'' books, 19 ''Thea Stilton, Mouseford Academy'' books, 8 in the ''Journey Through Time'' series, 14 ''Classic Tales'' books adapting classic literature, and 30 43 graphic novels (22 Geronimo Stilton graphic novels and 18 novels, 8 Thea Stilton Sisters graphic novels). novels, 11 Reporter graphic novels adapting episodes of the animated series, and 4 in a series by Tom Angleberger). As of August 2019, May 2023, this adds to '''''277 '''''302 books in all''''', for those of you keeping score. Best part? It only started in ''2000'', meaning that there were almost 14 Those are just the books every ''year''. published in English; [[NoExportForYou some books still haven’t left Italy.]]
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books. There also its adaptations: Creator/{{Ralph Bakshi}}'s AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and Creator/{{Peter Jackson}}'s live action adaptations of the [[Film/LordOfTheRings same]] as well as ''Film/TheHobbit'', cinematic trilogies which run for a total of 17 hours in the extended version, and the [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower TV adaptation]] of the ''The Lord of The Rings'''s appendices.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books...''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium''... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books. There also its adaptations: Creator/{{Ralph Bakshi}}'s Creator/RalphBakshi's AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and Creator/{{Peter Jackson}}'s live action Creator/PeterJackson's live-action adaptations of the [[Film/LordOfTheRings [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings same]] as well as ''Film/TheHobbit'', cinematic trilogies which run for a total of 17 hours in the extended version, and the [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower TV adaptation]] of the ''The Lord of The Rings'''s appendices.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books. There also its adaptations: Creator/{{Ralph Bakshi}}'s AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', Creator/{{Peter Jackson}}'s live action adaptations of the [[Film/LordOfTheRings same]] as well as ''Film/TheHobbit'', cinematic trilogies which run for a total of 17 hours in the extended version, and the [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower TV adaptation]] of the ''The Lord of The Rings'''s appendices.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books. There also its adaptations: Creator/{{Ralph Bakshi}}'s AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', and Creator/{{Peter Jackson}}'s live action adaptations of the [[Film/LordOfTheRings same]] as well as ''Film/TheHobbit'', cinematic trilogies which run for a total of 17 hours in the extended version, and the [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower TV adaptation]] of the ''The Lord of The Rings'''s appendices.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books. There also its adaptations, ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/TheHobbit'' cinematic trilogies which run for a total of 17 hours in the extended version, and the [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower TV adaptation]] of the ''The Lord of The Rings'''s appendices.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books. There also its adaptations, adaptations: Creator/{{Ralph Bakshi}}'s AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/TheHobbit'' Creator/{{Peter Jackson}}'s live action adaptations of the [[Film/LordOfTheRings same]] as well as ''Film/TheHobbit'', cinematic trilogies which run for a total of 17 hours in the extended version, and the [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower TV adaptation]] of the ''The Lord of The Rings'''s appendices.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books. There also its adaptations, ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', Film/TheLordOfTheRings and ''Film/TheHobbit'' cinematic trilogies which run for a total of 17 hours in the extended version, and the [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower TV adaptation]] of the ''The Lord of The Rings'''s appendices.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books. There also its adaptations, ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', Film/TheLordOfTheRings ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/TheHobbit'' cinematic trilogies which run for a total of 17 hours in the extended version, and the [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower TV adaptation]] of the ''The Lord of The Rings'''s appendices.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books.
* Not as bad as some, but ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is getting there; as of 2021, there are 17 books, the longest of few getting into the lower end of doorstopper range ([[Literature/ColdDays one]] clocks in at over 500 pages and 175k words). While the exact number is subject to change, according to Jim Butcher there will be 25 books total (counting an apocalyptic trilogy to cap it off). Plus there's a whole load of short stories, comics and other various pieces of short fictions that aren't strictly necessary for the main story. Of course they do still clear up many CallBack[=s=] in the novels that otherwise sound like {{Noodle Incident}}s, as well as adding in a lot of depth to various secondary or even minor characters such as Thomas, Molly, Justine and Marcone.
* Not as bad as some, but ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is getting there; as of 2021, there are 17 books, the longest of few getting into the lower end of doorstopper range ([[Literature/ColdDays one]] clocks in at over 500 pages and 175k words). While the exact number is subject to change, according to Jim Butcher there will be 25 books total (counting an apocalyptic trilogy to cap it off). Plus there's a whole load of short stories, comics and other various pieces of short fictions that aren't strictly necessary for the main story. Of course they do still clear up many CallBack[=s=] in the novels that otherwise sound like {{Noodle Incident}}s, as well as adding in a lot of depth to various secondary or even minor characters such as Thomas, Molly, Justine and Marcone.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books.
books. There also its adaptations, ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', Film/TheLordOfTheRings and ''Film/TheHobbit'' cinematic trilogies which run for a total of 17 hours in the extended version, and the [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower TV adaptation]] of the ''The Lord of The Rings'''s appendices.
* Not as bad as some, but ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is getting there; as of 2021, there are 17 books, the longest of few getting into the lower end of doorstopper range ([[Literature/ColdDays one]] clocks in at over 500 pages and 175k words). While the exact number is subject to change, according to Jim Butcher there will be 25 books total (counting an apocalyptic trilogy to cap it off). Plus there's a whole load of short stories, comics and other various pieces of short fictions that aren't strictly necessary for the main story. Of course they do still clear up many CallBack[=s=] in the novels that otherwise sound like {{Noodle Incident}}s, as well as adding in a lot of depth to various secondary or even minor characters such as Thomas, Molly, Justine and Marcone.
* Not as bad as some, but ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is getting there; as of 2021, there are 17 books, the longest of few getting into the lower end of doorstopper range ([[Literature/ColdDays one]] clocks in at over 500 pages and 175k words). While the exact number is subject to change, according to Jim Butcher there will be 25 books total (counting an apocalyptic trilogy to cap it off). Plus there's a whole load of short stories, comics and other various pieces of short fictions that aren't strictly necessary for the main story. Of course they do still clear up many CallBack[=s=] in the novels that otherwise sound like {{Noodle Incident}}s, as well as adding in a lot of depth to various secondary or even minor characters such as Thomas, Molly, Justine and Marcone.
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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' consists of five (of a promised seven, possibly '''eight''') {{Doorstopper}}s, the ''shortest'' of which is about 800 pages long. There are also [[Literature/ArchmaesterGyldaynsHistories five]] [[Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg short stories]] and [[Literature/TheWorldOfIceAndFire two]] [[Literature/FireAndBlood companion books]], one of which is 700+ pages long. Just as with ''The Wheel of Time'', there is an entire galaxy of named characters swirling around the world and driving the plot forward, but for the sake of the reader's sanity we're only given detailed looks into a few (read: ~20) of their lives. There is also a 73-episode [[Series/GameOfThrones TV adaptation]], which OvertookTheManga after its fifth season and went on its own direction, so if you consider yourself a completionist you must watch them as well.
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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' consists of five (of a promised seven, possibly '''eight''') {{Doorstopper}}s, the ''shortest'' of which is about 800 pages long. There are also [[Literature/ArchmaesterGyldaynsHistories five]] [[Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg short stories]] and [[Literature/TheWorldOfIceAndFire two]] [[Literature/FireAndBlood companion books]], one of which is 700+ pages long. Just as with ''The Wheel of Time'', there is an entire galaxy of named characters swirling around the world and driving the plot forward, but for the sake of the reader's sanity we're only given detailed looks into a few (read: ~20) of their lives. There is also a [[Series/HouseOfTheDragon its prequel]] and the 73-episode [[Series/GameOfThrones main TV adaptation]], which OvertookTheManga after its fifth season and went on its own direction, so if you consider yourself a completionist you must watch them as well.
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* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' consists of fifteen books (fourteen plus a prequel), and on average, books in the main series are 800 pages long. Wiki/TheOtherWiki estimates the series page-count to be around eleven ''thousand'' total--while the total running time of the unabridged audiobooks is 17.5 ''days''. And EVERY SINGLE named character plays a part in the story. The whole thing can get really confusing when trying to remember which Aiel, Aes Sedai, woman with a dress, darkfriend or lord did what to whom in what way, and then realize it wasn't even essential to the plot. Or even worse, [[FourLinesAllWaiting knowing that the character is relevant to the plot]], but you can't remember ''which one''.
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* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' consists of fifteen books (fourteen plus a prequel), and on average, books in the main series are 800 pages long. Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki estimates the series page-count to be around eleven ''thousand'' total--while the total running time of the unabridged audiobooks is 17.5 ''days''. And EVERY SINGLE named character plays a part in the story. The whole thing can get really confusing when trying to remember which Aiel, Aes Sedai, woman with a dress, darkfriend or lord did what to whom in what way, and then realize it wasn't even essential to the plot. Or even worse, [[FourLinesAllWaiting knowing that the character is relevant to the plot]], but you can't remember ''which one''.
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* Relatedly, ''Literature/OneThousandAndOneVideoGamesYouMustPlayBeforeYouDie''. It hasn't been updated nearly as often as the aforementioned book (it only has two editions, in 2010 and 2013), but it also requires a ''much'' deeper cash well in order to secure all of the console and PC platforms necessary to tackle the list... assuming you don't utilize [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil emulation]].
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* All the audio books listed [[https://gladreaders.com/longest-books-on-audible/ here]], the longest of which is ''154 hours''!
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* All the audio books audiobooks listed [[https://gladreaders.com/longest-books-on-audible/ here]], the longest of which is ''154 hours''!hours''!
** Still, all of those audiobooks COMBINDED pale in comparison to [[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-audio-book longest audiobook EVER]], which lasts longer than 101 and a half DAYS. Not hours, DAYS.
** Still, all of those audiobooks COMBINDED pale in comparison to [[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-audio-book longest audiobook EVER]], which lasts longer than 101 and a half DAYS. Not hours, DAYS.
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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' consists of five (of a promised seven, possibly '''eight''') {{Doorstopper}}s, the ''shortest'' of which is about 800 pages long. Just as with ''The Wheel of Time'', there is an entire galaxy of named characters swirling around the world and driving the plot forward, but for the sake of the reader's sanity we're only given detailed looks into a few (read: ~20) of their lives.
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* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' consists of five (of a promised seven, possibly '''eight''') {{Doorstopper}}s, the ''shortest'' of which is about 800 pages long. There are also [[Literature/ArchmaesterGyldaynsHistories five]] [[Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg short stories]] and [[Literature/TheWorldOfIceAndFire two]] [[Literature/FireAndBlood companion books]], one of which is 700+ pages long. Just as with ''The Wheel of Time'', there is an entire galaxy of named characters swirling around the world and driving the plot forward, but for the sake of the reader's sanity we're only given detailed looks into a few (read: ~20) of their lives. There is also a 73-episode [[Series/GameOfThrones TV adaptation]], which OvertookTheManga after its fifth season and went on its own direction, so if you consider yourself a completionist you must watch them as well.
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* ''Literature/OneThousandAndOneMoviesYouMustSeeBeforeYouDie'' contains a list of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 1001 movies the author considers must-see movies]]. What's more, it's been updated annually since 2003 with new entries added and old entries removed, with the total number of movies that have ever been on the list being 1222 as of the 2019 edition.
* The ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' series currently consists of 23 novels, with 6 more already announced, as well as 12 short story anthologies, comprised of original short stories and stories from the Grantville Gazette, which currently sits at 81 issues. Then The Ring of Fire Press has published 23 more novels by that are exclusively stories originally appearing in the Grantville Gazette or are direct sequels to stories from the Gazette.
* The ''Literature/AllianceUnion'' universe by Creator/CJCherryh. It currently spans over 30 novels, with more still being written to this day. On the plus side, the novels can be read in any order (with only a couple of exceptions for direct sequels) as the novels span large periods of time and space.
* The ''Literature/ArabianNights''. It consists of at ''least'' a few hundred stories, and a whopping 1001 at most. And to make things more confusing, there are more than 30 different versions of the book.
* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books.
* Not as bad as some, but ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is getting there; as of 2021, there are 17 books, the longest of few getting into the lower end of doorstopper range ([[Literature/ColdDays one]] clocks in at over 500 pages and 175k words). While the exact number is subject to change, according to Jim Butcher there will be 25 books total (counting an apocalyptic trilogy to cap it off). Plus there's a whole load of short stories, comics and other various pieces of short fictions that aren't strictly necessary for the main story. Of course they do still clear up many CallBack[=s=] in the novels that otherwise sound like {{Noodle Incident}}s, as well as adding in a lot of depth to various secondary or even minor characters such as Thomas, Molly, Justine and Marcone.
* Literary/scriptural example: The Archive Trawl with the greatest number of faithful participants is arguably the ''Daf Yomi'' ("Daily Folio") in which, by studying an entire densely-packed Talmud folio (both sides of a page) with commentaries an hour each day, one completes the entire Talmud (over sixty tractates, or three million words) in seven and a half years. Then there's a big party with worldwide satellite hookups. No foolin'.
* The total ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' universe contains over 190 novels, and that doesn't include ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign guides, short stories and other official material.
* Interested in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''? Good for you! Here's a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_books list of all the books chronologically]]. We'll break the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_video_games games]] and the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_comics comics]] to you later. Fortunately for some readers, [[FanonDiscontinuity many of those books aren't very good.]]
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has 40 novels in its entirety, five of which are Young Adult novels. Fortunately unlike many other series listed here, order is much less important which helps with approachability. CastHerd specific stories tend to work better in sequence, but even that is flexible. And then there's the book on the mythology, which has two rewrites, then the book on the best quotes, then all the extraneous material... there could easily be over fifty or sixty books ''all total'' related to Discworld.
* ''Literature/PerryRhodan'' (well, the German original at least) has, as of mid-2009, ''one hundred and six'' 400+ pages books of the main plot (covering the first 911 of ''over 2500'' 60+ page booklets, with around 20% already left out), fifty-something books of half-independent story arcs, 34 books of the Atlan-spinoff and 415 independent pocket books. Not to mention the tons of anniversary re-prints, story collections, fact books, star atlases and so on. You can fill a ''library'' just with Perry Rhodan stuff.
* Raymond E. Feist's ''Literature/TheRiftwarCycle'' has been running since 1982 and is composed of 32 books in a series of trilogies (a couple have 2 or 4 books). The in-story running time is also fairly lengthy: well over a hundred years pass between the first book and the current one, and only the most durable and long-lived characters have managed to survive the entire run.
* Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's ''La Comédie Humaine'' is a novel sequence of 88 books, and represents the most fiction ever written by anyone.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' consists of fifteen books (fourteen plus a prequel), and on average, books in the main series are 800 pages long. Wiki/TheOtherWiki estimates the series page-count to be around eleven ''thousand'' total--while the total running time of the unabridged audiobooks is 17.5 ''days''. And EVERY SINGLE named character plays a part in the story. The whole thing can get really confusing when trying to remember which Aiel, Aes Sedai, woman with a dress, darkfriend or lord did what to whom in what way, and then realize it wasn't even essential to the plot. Or even worse, [[FourLinesAllWaiting knowing that the character is relevant to the plot]], but you can't remember ''which one''.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' consists of five (of a promised seven, possibly '''eight''') {{Doorstopper}}s, the ''shortest'' of which is about 800 pages long. Just as with ''The Wheel of Time'', there is an entire galaxy of named characters swirling around the world and driving the plot forward, but for the sake of the reader's sanity we're only given detailed looks into a few (read: ~20) of their lives.
* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' has 22 books in the series, all of which are ''no less than'' 300 pages long. And that's not even including other Redwall material such as ''A Redwall Winter's Tale'' or ''Redwall: The Graphic Novel''. On the upside, a majority of the novels aren't chronologically written in order, and almost none of them have the same cast as the previous one, so they can be read completely out of order without the reader getting too confused.
* The ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' core series consists of 54 books, with 8 more (canon) companion books and two (non-canon) {{Gamebook}} spin-offs. Even considering that most of them are quite short, it's not a series designed for the average bookshelf length.
* The ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series consists of 44 books (as of early 2021) with more forthcoming. Pretty much all of which are between 300 and 400 pages. And between ''Xanth'' and his other works, Creator/PiersAnthony has written over 140 books since 1956. And he's STILL GOING STRONG.
* Terry Brooks' ''Literature/{{Shannara}}'' Series. Fourteen books with three more on the way. Made even longer with the connected Word & Void and Genesis of Shannara series.
* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold is up to 14 books in the Literature/VorkosiganSaga, 2 more not quite in series but set in universe, and at least 3 series novellas which may or may not be included in some versions of the series books. Her list of awards for said books might also induce the trope name.
* The Literature/LiadenUniverse. It's difficult to count high enough to figure out how many books and short stories are in there.
* There are more than six hundred [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Bolan Mack Bolan]] "men's adventure" books... and twelve more are published every year. They've been ghostwritten since 1980, but they started in 1969. This doesn't count the spinoffs and crossovers.
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' will have at least 36 books in the main series, 9 super editions, 13 manga, 5 guidebooks, and 12 novellas. And counting.
* [[Literature/HonorHarrington The Honorverse]] officially qualifies. As of late 2014, the series consists of fourteen so-called "main line" novels, most of which are {{doorstopper}}s in their own right, plus five "sub-series" novels (all of which are critical to the ongoing story arc, and just as door-stoppery as the others) and six short story anthologies (virtually all of which have at least one story which is also critical to the ongoing story arc). Then there's the YoungAdult prequel spinoff series, ''[[Literature/StephanieHarrington Star Kingdom]]'', and the first of another prequel spinoff series entitled ''Manticore Ascendant''. All told, the universe consists of twenty-nine books, many of which clock in over 500 pages. And Weber's not done yet. Good luck!!
* Let's not forget about Rex Stout's Literature/NeroWolfe mysteries. He published 46 titles during his lifetime; most of those were novels, while the rest were compilations of short stories and novellas that originally appeared in various magazines. Ten years after his death, the executors of his estate found some of his old manuscripts and published them as one more short story collection. Add in the two seasons of the A&E series based on Stout's works and the TV movie that kicked it off (30 one-hour broadcasts altogether), and you have quite a pile on your hands.
* The Patrick O'Brian's Literature/AubreyMaturin series (aka ''Master and Commander'') covers 20 completed novels (and one unfinished), each about 300-400 pages.
* The ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series was kept going long after L. Frank Baum's death due to its immense popularity. There are forty "canon" books, plus several other sequels. Amazon offers a collection of Baum's works (the fourteen main books he wrote, ''The Woggle-Bug Book'', ''Little Wizard Stories of Oz'', and ''The Royal Book of Oz'', which was ghostwritten by Ruth Thompson), the audiobook of which runs for ''91 hours'' (Or just a little under 4 days).
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': 62 books in the first series, 25 in ''Goosebumps 2000'', and 8 anthology books. Since the books are an anthology series, only a certain few have to be read as a series (''Night of the Living Dummy'', ''The Haunted Mask'', ''Monster Blood'')... and then came the ''Goosebumps [=HorrorLand=]'' series, which tied the major series together in a 19 book CrisisCrossover, followed by 6 ''Hall of Horrors'' books. Then came ''Most Wanted'' and Slappyworld. Add in 50 {{Gamebook|s}} ''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps'' books, and you'll be busy for awhile.
* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' currently has ''75 books'' in the main series, as well as 11 special editions (2 Anniversary specials and 9 regular specials) and 6 mini mysteries. Not enough for you? There's also 7 books in the ''Journey Through Time'' spinoff series, 31 Thea Stilton books (and 8 specials), 12 in the ''Kingdom of Fantasy'' series, 9 in the ''Creepella von Cacklefur'' series, 15 in the ''Cavemice'' series, 12 in the ''Spacemice'' series, 11 ''Heromice'' books, 7 ''Micekings'' books, 19 ''Thea Stilton, Mouseford Academy'' books, and 30 graphic novels (22 Geronimo Stilton graphic novels and 18 Thea Stilton graphic novels). As of August 2019, this adds to '''''277 books in all''''', for those of you keeping score. Best part? It only started in ''2000'', meaning that there were almost 14 books every ''year''.
* ''Literature/TheMagicTreehouse'' contains 61 books in the main series, and 41 non-fiction companion books, with more on the way. The books were meant for elementary readers, though, so they're fairly short and can be read out of order without issue.
* Good lord, ''Literature/NancyDrew''... The main series, which lasted from 1930 to 2003 (''77 years'') consists of ''one hundred-seventy five books''. There is also 12 books in the ''Nancy Drew Diaries'' series, with 7 graphic novels, 4 in the ''Nancy Drew Clue Book'' series, 69 in the ''Nancy Drew Notebooks'' series, 51 ''Nancy Drew: Girl Detective'' books (47 regular ones, 4 "Super Mysteries"), with 21 graphic novels, 2 ''Nancy Drew New Case Files'' books, 40 ''Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew'' books, ''124'' in the ''Nancy Drew Files'' series, 25 in the ''Nancy Drew On Campus'' series, and 8 specials. '''''538 books in all''''', as of May 2016. Even if you read one book a day, it would take over a year to finish. Good luck trying to get through them all...
* Its male counterpart, ''Literature/TheHardyBoys'', is no slouch, either. The main series consists of a whopping 190 books, 17 books in the ''Clues Brothers'' series, 39 in the ''Undercover Brothers'' series, as well as three "Super Mysteries", and 20 graphic novels, 2 in the ''New Case Files'' series, 19 in the ''Secret Files'' series, 11 ''Hardy Boys Adventures'', 2 in the ''Clue Book'' series, 130 in the ''Hardy Boys Casefiles'' series, 2 crossovers with Tom Swift, and 2 specials. 437 in all. Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys also have many crossovers together, which further add to the book count.
* The ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' series consists of ten main volumes (each of which is a {{Doorstopper}} in its own right), a separate series of six novels by co-creator Ian Cameron Esslemont, a [[{{Prequel}} prequel]] trilogy two-thirds published as of 2016, another prequel trilogy by Ian Cameron Esslemont, and six novellas. All in all, that's 25 books, with more on the way. That, and the fact that there are two authors writing in the verse, is enough to trigger CommitmentAnxiety in the casual reader.
* ''Literature/WayOfChoices'' is an online serial Chinese novel, with 1250+ and counting chapters, none of them terribly short. The English translation lags quite a bit behind, at this time having not broken three hundred chapters yet, but is already on the the third translator, the previous ones having given up at the sheer immensity of the task.
* Don't forget ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries''! There's ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' in the main series (fifteen books), ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' and ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' in the same universe (six books), multiple supplementary books, two films, a videogame, and a musical. With the way it's going, it wouldn't be surprising for every mythology type to be covered by Rick Riordan.
* ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'': Almost 200 books were published in the main series alone (a {{Long Runner|s}} that ran from 1983 to 2003); over 600 were published including the spinoff series. There's also a TV series and much merchandise.
* Literature/TheCosmere is designed to play this trope straight or avert it depending on the reader's choice. The series is, effectively, [[JigsawPuzzlePlot several dozen stories that combine together to form one larger one]]; most of the stories (excluding direct sequels) can act as standalone works, so if you're not interested in a huge (and we do mean ''[[DoorStopper huge]]'') story that's over twenty books long, you can just read one and ignore all the others. Creator/BrandonSanderson has explicitly referenced this trope when discussing this, noting that it means you don't have to buy a ridiculous amount of books unless you're really committed to following the whole thing. The only exception to this rule is ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', since that series is basically the CrisisCrossover all the other stories lead into.
* Creator/VCAndrews isn't too bad if you go by the books that she actually wrote in her lifetime (the first four books in the ''Literature/DollangangerSeries'', ''Literature/MySweetAudrina'', the first two ''Literature/TheCasteelSeries'' books, and the posthumously-published ''Gods of Green Mountain'', equaling just seven books), but good luck getting through the ghostwritten books. At last count, there are ''93'' stories under the Andrews name, and they've been steadily published since 1987 with at least one book a year, with no signs of stopping.
* The Literature/{{Gerfaut|War}} war novels. There are over six hundred of them.
* ''Literature/InTheRealmsOfTheUnreal'', written by Henry Darger is a rare single book example (albeit in volumes). It's generally considered to be the [[{{Doorstopper}} longest story ever written]] at an unbearable ''9 million words'' or 15,000 pages. If that wasn't bad enough, he made a ''sequel'', about 6 million words.
* All the audio books listed [[https://gladreaders.com/longest-books-on-audible/ here]], the longest of which is ''154 hours''!
* Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles currently consists of fifteen full-length books with six more on the way, three anthology books, and one companion book, all of them {{Doorstopper}}s (aside from the last one, no book is less than 300 pages).
* ''Literature/WitchWorld'' spans 31 novels and dozens of short stories which have been collected in at least nine different anthology collections over the years. The novels cover three different cycles in the Witch World, the shortest being the High Hallack cycle, which spans seven novels.
* The ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' series currently consists of 23 novels, with 6 more already announced, as well as 12 short story anthologies, comprised of original short stories and stories from the Grantville Gazette, which currently sits at 81 issues. Then The Ring of Fire Press has published 23 more novels by that are exclusively stories originally appearing in the Grantville Gazette or are direct sequels to stories from the Gazette.
* The ''Literature/AllianceUnion'' universe by Creator/CJCherryh. It currently spans over 30 novels, with more still being written to this day. On the plus side, the novels can be read in any order (with only a couple of exceptions for direct sequels) as the novels span large periods of time and space.
* The ''Literature/ArabianNights''. It consists of at ''least'' a few hundred stories, and a whopping 1001 at most. And to make things more confusing, there are more than 30 different versions of the book.
* Creator/JRRTolkien's "Middle-Earth" books... so far at least fifteen books (counting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' as a single book rather than the three volumes it's usually published as). Fortunately, you don't need to read the entire thing; you can get the overall story from just ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Literature/TheHobbit'', and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; most everything published after that is either bits and pieces of unfinished work that was left out of, or alternative versions of the stories in, those three books.
* Not as bad as some, but ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is getting there; as of 2021, there are 17 books, the longest of few getting into the lower end of doorstopper range ([[Literature/ColdDays one]] clocks in at over 500 pages and 175k words). While the exact number is subject to change, according to Jim Butcher there will be 25 books total (counting an apocalyptic trilogy to cap it off). Plus there's a whole load of short stories, comics and other various pieces of short fictions that aren't strictly necessary for the main story. Of course they do still clear up many CallBack[=s=] in the novels that otherwise sound like {{Noodle Incident}}s, as well as adding in a lot of depth to various secondary or even minor characters such as Thomas, Molly, Justine and Marcone.
* Literary/scriptural example: The Archive Trawl with the greatest number of faithful participants is arguably the ''Daf Yomi'' ("Daily Folio") in which, by studying an entire densely-packed Talmud folio (both sides of a page) with commentaries an hour each day, one completes the entire Talmud (over sixty tractates, or three million words) in seven and a half years. Then there's a big party with worldwide satellite hookups. No foolin'.
* The total ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' universe contains over 190 novels, and that doesn't include ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign guides, short stories and other official material.
* Interested in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''? Good for you! Here's a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_books list of all the books chronologically]]. We'll break the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_video_games games]] and the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_comics comics]] to you later. Fortunately for some readers, [[FanonDiscontinuity many of those books aren't very good.]]
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has 40 novels in its entirety, five of which are Young Adult novels. Fortunately unlike many other series listed here, order is much less important which helps with approachability. CastHerd specific stories tend to work better in sequence, but even that is flexible. And then there's the book on the mythology, which has two rewrites, then the book on the best quotes, then all the extraneous material... there could easily be over fifty or sixty books ''all total'' related to Discworld.
* ''Literature/PerryRhodan'' (well, the German original at least) has, as of mid-2009, ''one hundred and six'' 400+ pages books of the main plot (covering the first 911 of ''over 2500'' 60+ page booklets, with around 20% already left out), fifty-something books of half-independent story arcs, 34 books of the Atlan-spinoff and 415 independent pocket books. Not to mention the tons of anniversary re-prints, story collections, fact books, star atlases and so on. You can fill a ''library'' just with Perry Rhodan stuff.
* Raymond E. Feist's ''Literature/TheRiftwarCycle'' has been running since 1982 and is composed of 32 books in a series of trilogies (a couple have 2 or 4 books). The in-story running time is also fairly lengthy: well over a hundred years pass between the first book and the current one, and only the most durable and long-lived characters have managed to survive the entire run.
* Creator/HonoreDeBalzac's ''La Comédie Humaine'' is a novel sequence of 88 books, and represents the most fiction ever written by anyone.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' consists of fifteen books (fourteen plus a prequel), and on average, books in the main series are 800 pages long. Wiki/TheOtherWiki estimates the series page-count to be around eleven ''thousand'' total--while the total running time of the unabridged audiobooks is 17.5 ''days''. And EVERY SINGLE named character plays a part in the story. The whole thing can get really confusing when trying to remember which Aiel, Aes Sedai, woman with a dress, darkfriend or lord did what to whom in what way, and then realize it wasn't even essential to the plot. Or even worse, [[FourLinesAllWaiting knowing that the character is relevant to the plot]], but you can't remember ''which one''.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' consists of five (of a promised seven, possibly '''eight''') {{Doorstopper}}s, the ''shortest'' of which is about 800 pages long. Just as with ''The Wheel of Time'', there is an entire galaxy of named characters swirling around the world and driving the plot forward, but for the sake of the reader's sanity we're only given detailed looks into a few (read: ~20) of their lives.
* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' has 22 books in the series, all of which are ''no less than'' 300 pages long. And that's not even including other Redwall material such as ''A Redwall Winter's Tale'' or ''Redwall: The Graphic Novel''. On the upside, a majority of the novels aren't chronologically written in order, and almost none of them have the same cast as the previous one, so they can be read completely out of order without the reader getting too confused.
* The ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' core series consists of 54 books, with 8 more (canon) companion books and two (non-canon) {{Gamebook}} spin-offs. Even considering that most of them are quite short, it's not a series designed for the average bookshelf length.
* The ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series consists of 44 books (as of early 2021) with more forthcoming. Pretty much all of which are between 300 and 400 pages. And between ''Xanth'' and his other works, Creator/PiersAnthony has written over 140 books since 1956. And he's STILL GOING STRONG.
* Terry Brooks' ''Literature/{{Shannara}}'' Series. Fourteen books with three more on the way. Made even longer with the connected Word & Void and Genesis of Shannara series.
* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold is up to 14 books in the Literature/VorkosiganSaga, 2 more not quite in series but set in universe, and at least 3 series novellas which may or may not be included in some versions of the series books. Her list of awards for said books might also induce the trope name.
* The Literature/LiadenUniverse. It's difficult to count high enough to figure out how many books and short stories are in there.
* There are more than six hundred [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Bolan Mack Bolan]] "men's adventure" books... and twelve more are published every year. They've been ghostwritten since 1980, but they started in 1969. This doesn't count the spinoffs and crossovers.
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' will have at least 36 books in the main series, 9 super editions, 13 manga, 5 guidebooks, and 12 novellas. And counting.
* [[Literature/HonorHarrington The Honorverse]] officially qualifies. As of late 2014, the series consists of fourteen so-called "main line" novels, most of which are {{doorstopper}}s in their own right, plus five "sub-series" novels (all of which are critical to the ongoing story arc, and just as door-stoppery as the others) and six short story anthologies (virtually all of which have at least one story which is also critical to the ongoing story arc). Then there's the YoungAdult prequel spinoff series, ''[[Literature/StephanieHarrington Star Kingdom]]'', and the first of another prequel spinoff series entitled ''Manticore Ascendant''. All told, the universe consists of twenty-nine books, many of which clock in over 500 pages. And Weber's not done yet. Good luck!!
* Let's not forget about Rex Stout's Literature/NeroWolfe mysteries. He published 46 titles during his lifetime; most of those were novels, while the rest were compilations of short stories and novellas that originally appeared in various magazines. Ten years after his death, the executors of his estate found some of his old manuscripts and published them as one more short story collection. Add in the two seasons of the A&E series based on Stout's works and the TV movie that kicked it off (30 one-hour broadcasts altogether), and you have quite a pile on your hands.
* The Patrick O'Brian's Literature/AubreyMaturin series (aka ''Master and Commander'') covers 20 completed novels (and one unfinished), each about 300-400 pages.
* The ''Literature/LandOfOz'' series was kept going long after L. Frank Baum's death due to its immense popularity. There are forty "canon" books, plus several other sequels. Amazon offers a collection of Baum's works (the fourteen main books he wrote, ''The Woggle-Bug Book'', ''Little Wizard Stories of Oz'', and ''The Royal Book of Oz'', which was ghostwritten by Ruth Thompson), the audiobook of which runs for ''91 hours'' (Or just a little under 4 days).
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': 62 books in the first series, 25 in ''Goosebumps 2000'', and 8 anthology books. Since the books are an anthology series, only a certain few have to be read as a series (''Night of the Living Dummy'', ''The Haunted Mask'', ''Monster Blood'')... and then came the ''Goosebumps [=HorrorLand=]'' series, which tied the major series together in a 19 book CrisisCrossover, followed by 6 ''Hall of Horrors'' books. Then came ''Most Wanted'' and Slappyworld. Add in 50 {{Gamebook|s}} ''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps'' books, and you'll be busy for awhile.
* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' currently has ''75 books'' in the main series, as well as 11 special editions (2 Anniversary specials and 9 regular specials) and 6 mini mysteries. Not enough for you? There's also 7 books in the ''Journey Through Time'' spinoff series, 31 Thea Stilton books (and 8 specials), 12 in the ''Kingdom of Fantasy'' series, 9 in the ''Creepella von Cacklefur'' series, 15 in the ''Cavemice'' series, 12 in the ''Spacemice'' series, 11 ''Heromice'' books, 7 ''Micekings'' books, 19 ''Thea Stilton, Mouseford Academy'' books, and 30 graphic novels (22 Geronimo Stilton graphic novels and 18 Thea Stilton graphic novels). As of August 2019, this adds to '''''277 books in all''''', for those of you keeping score. Best part? It only started in ''2000'', meaning that there were almost 14 books every ''year''.
* ''Literature/TheMagicTreehouse'' contains 61 books in the main series, and 41 non-fiction companion books, with more on the way. The books were meant for elementary readers, though, so they're fairly short and can be read out of order without issue.
* Good lord, ''Literature/NancyDrew''... The main series, which lasted from 1930 to 2003 (''77 years'') consists of ''one hundred-seventy five books''. There is also 12 books in the ''Nancy Drew Diaries'' series, with 7 graphic novels, 4 in the ''Nancy Drew Clue Book'' series, 69 in the ''Nancy Drew Notebooks'' series, 51 ''Nancy Drew: Girl Detective'' books (47 regular ones, 4 "Super Mysteries"), with 21 graphic novels, 2 ''Nancy Drew New Case Files'' books, 40 ''Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew'' books, ''124'' in the ''Nancy Drew Files'' series, 25 in the ''Nancy Drew On Campus'' series, and 8 specials. '''''538 books in all''''', as of May 2016. Even if you read one book a day, it would take over a year to finish. Good luck trying to get through them all...
* Its male counterpart, ''Literature/TheHardyBoys'', is no slouch, either. The main series consists of a whopping 190 books, 17 books in the ''Clues Brothers'' series, 39 in the ''Undercover Brothers'' series, as well as three "Super Mysteries", and 20 graphic novels, 2 in the ''New Case Files'' series, 19 in the ''Secret Files'' series, 11 ''Hardy Boys Adventures'', 2 in the ''Clue Book'' series, 130 in the ''Hardy Boys Casefiles'' series, 2 crossovers with Tom Swift, and 2 specials. 437 in all. Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys also have many crossovers together, which further add to the book count.
* The ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' series consists of ten main volumes (each of which is a {{Doorstopper}} in its own right), a separate series of six novels by co-creator Ian Cameron Esslemont, a [[{{Prequel}} prequel]] trilogy two-thirds published as of 2016, another prequel trilogy by Ian Cameron Esslemont, and six novellas. All in all, that's 25 books, with more on the way. That, and the fact that there are two authors writing in the verse, is enough to trigger CommitmentAnxiety in the casual reader.
* ''Literature/WayOfChoices'' is an online serial Chinese novel, with 1250+ and counting chapters, none of them terribly short. The English translation lags quite a bit behind, at this time having not broken three hundred chapters yet, but is already on the the third translator, the previous ones having given up at the sheer immensity of the task.
* Don't forget ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries''! There's ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' in the main series (fifteen books), ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' and ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' in the same universe (six books), multiple supplementary books, two films, a videogame, and a musical. With the way it's going, it wouldn't be surprising for every mythology type to be covered by Rick Riordan.
* ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'': Almost 200 books were published in the main series alone (a {{Long Runner|s}} that ran from 1983 to 2003); over 600 were published including the spinoff series. There's also a TV series and much merchandise.
* Literature/TheCosmere is designed to play this trope straight or avert it depending on the reader's choice. The series is, effectively, [[JigsawPuzzlePlot several dozen stories that combine together to form one larger one]]; most of the stories (excluding direct sequels) can act as standalone works, so if you're not interested in a huge (and we do mean ''[[DoorStopper huge]]'') story that's over twenty books long, you can just read one and ignore all the others. Creator/BrandonSanderson has explicitly referenced this trope when discussing this, noting that it means you don't have to buy a ridiculous amount of books unless you're really committed to following the whole thing. The only exception to this rule is ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', since that series is basically the CrisisCrossover all the other stories lead into.
* Creator/VCAndrews isn't too bad if you go by the books that she actually wrote in her lifetime (the first four books in the ''Literature/DollangangerSeries'', ''Literature/MySweetAudrina'', the first two ''Literature/TheCasteelSeries'' books, and the posthumously-published ''Gods of Green Mountain'', equaling just seven books), but good luck getting through the ghostwritten books. At last count, there are ''93'' stories under the Andrews name, and they've been steadily published since 1987 with at least one book a year, with no signs of stopping.
* The Literature/{{Gerfaut|War}} war novels. There are over six hundred of them.
* ''Literature/InTheRealmsOfTheUnreal'', written by Henry Darger is a rare single book example (albeit in volumes). It's generally considered to be the [[{{Doorstopper}} longest story ever written]] at an unbearable ''9 million words'' or 15,000 pages. If that wasn't bad enough, he made a ''sequel'', about 6 million words.
* All the audio books listed [[https://gladreaders.com/longest-books-on-audible/ here]], the longest of which is ''154 hours''!
* Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles currently consists of fifteen full-length books with six more on the way, three anthology books, and one companion book, all of them {{Doorstopper}}s (aside from the last one, no book is less than 300 pages).
* ''Literature/WitchWorld'' spans 31 novels and dozens of short stories which have been collected in at least nine different anthology collections over the years. The novels cover three different cycles in the Witch World, the shortest being the High Hallack cycle, which spans seven novels.
