Basic English is sufficient for writing a novel.. Don't be afraid of the vast English vocabulary.. :) Its not about the words you use .. read more
The longest is The Order of the Phoenix with a word count of 257,000 words. Most young adult novels fall between 55,000 and 70,000 words. Memoir Word Count. Ideal word count: 80,000 words. Like a general fiction novel, a good target word count for a memoir is 80,000 words. 70,000 words is probably too short and 100,000 words or more is too long. read more
In other words, anything up to 120,000 words, no problem. Up to 150,000 is fine, but check you’re not waffling. Up to 180,000 words, you really, really need to justify that word count. And lower limits are quite a lot lower. A good, short literary novel might be 60,000 words. A very good, very short one might be as little as 45 or 50,000. read more