Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Worklist

This is the project's main work list as we move towards Wikipedia 1.0. The articles are being evaluated according to the following criteria:

Assessment grades

Need: The article's importance, regardless of its quality

Top	Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopaedia
High	Subject contributes a depth of knowledge
Mid	Subject fills in more minor details
Low	Subject is peripheral knowledge, possibly trivial

WikiProject content quality grading scheme

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured article criteria: A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate.	Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	Cleopatra (as of June 2018)
FL	The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured list criteria: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements are sourced where they appear, and they provide inline citations if they contain any of the four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists; does not violate the content-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. (c) Accessibility. It uses proper formating to be accessible to all readers. Bulleted and unbulleted lists and tables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize alternative (alt) text. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
A	The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria The article meets the A-Class criteria: Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history).	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting.	Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help.	Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014)
GA	The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria A good article is: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Verifiable with no original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication.	Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.	Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019)
B	The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	Psychology (as of January 2024)
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems.	Wing (as of June 2018)
Start	An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more.	Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use.	Ball (as of September 2014)
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant.	Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014)
List	Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.	There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.	Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of literary movements

General novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Brothers Karamazov	Fyodor Dostoevsky	Top	B	However needs slight restyling for Novels and addition of infobox.
Oroonoko	Aphra Behn	High	B	However needs slight restyling for Novels and addition of infobox.
The Old Man and the Sea	Ernest Hemingway	High	B	Needs some additional infobox data.
Not Without Laughter	Langston Hughes	Low	Stub	Still needs considerable input, infobox completion and more restyling
Bracebridge Hall	Washington Irving	Low	Stub	Still needs considerable input, infobox comletion and more restyling
The Birds on the Trees	Nina Bawden	Low	Stub
The Pickwick Papers	Charles Dickens	Top	B	infobox needs to be expanded and restyling needed
Oliver Twist	Charles Dickens	Top	B	infobox and restyling needed
Nicholas Nickleby	Charles Dickens	Top	Start	restyling needed
The Old Curiosity Shop	Charles Dickens	High	Start	infobox and restyling needed
Barnaby Rudge	Charles Dickens	High	Start	infobox and restyling needed
A Christmas Carol	Charles Dickens	High	B	infobox and restyling needed
The Chimes	Charles Dickens	Low	Stub	Needs considerable input, infobox and restyling needed
The Cricket on the Hearth	Charles Dickens	Mid	Start	Needs considerable input, infobox and restyling needed
The Battle of Life	Charles Dickens	Low	Start	Needs considerable input, infobox and restyling needed
Martin Chuzzlewit	Charles Dickens	High	Start	infobox and restyling needed
Dombey and Son	Charles Dickens	High	Start	infobox and restyling needed
David Copperfield	Charles Dickens	Top	B	infobox and restyling needed
Bleak House	Charles Dickens	High	C	restyling and expansion needed
Hard Times	Charles Dickens	High	C	infobox completion and restyling needed, very full article.
Little Dorrit	Charles Dickens	Mid	Start	more description, infobox and restyling needed
A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	High	C	extra infobox info and more restyling needed
Great Expectations	Charles Dickens	Top	C	infobox and restyling needed
Our Mutual Friend	Charles Dickens	Mid	B	infobox and restyling needed
The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Charles Dickens	Mid	C	infobox and restyling needed - and much more needed
Silverlock	John Myers Myers	Mid	Start	Lots of content needed and infobox.
Ella Minnow Pea	Mark Dunn	Low	C	Content needed
Gadsby (novel)	Ernest Vincent Wright	Low	C	infobox still incomplete and content on actual plot need. Really still a stub.
The Fox (novella)	D. H. Lawrence	Low	Stub	Everything needed I am not sure about the genre
Tar Baby (novel)	Toni Morrison	Low	Stub	Has infobox, content is only one short graf
The End of the Affair	Graham Greene	Mid	Stub	Needs huge editorial input, i.e. for a major novel and two films there is great need for content, leading to an eventual split to three articles.
Charlotte's Web	E. B. White	High	B	Novel infobox needed

Novels by Genre

Alternate history novel

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Eaters of the Dead		Mid	Stub	Needs plot summary
Hannibal's Children		Mid	Start	Needs addition information and plot summary
Ice		Low	C	Main thing is copyediting and critical information
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court	Mark Twain	High	C	more infobox detail needed and literary input

Adventure novel

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Robinson Crusoe		Top	C
The Count of Monte Cristo		Top	B
The Last Dog on Earth		Low	GA	more reception notes, more references, general clean-up, needs a picture
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain	Top	B
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Mark Twain	Top	C
Treasure Island	Robert Louis Stevenson	Top	C	continue to FA-Class
Around the World in Eighty Days	Jules Verne	High	B	Lit significance info and more allusions needed
Full Tilt	Neal Shusterman	Low	Start	Major revamp, better plot summary, references, picture, and updated info. box.

Autobiographical novel

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Roots		Mid	C	Fairly good start to the novel, still more to do
A Rose Beyond the Thames		Low	Stub	Very basic start made. User: James Kemp to provide an image of the cover - done

Comedy novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Inside Mr. Enderby	Anthony Burgess	Low	Start
Love Monkey		Low	Start

Crime novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Sicilian	Mario Puzo	Low	Start
The Hound of the Baskervilles	Arthur Conan Doyle	High	Start

Dystopian novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Handmaid's Tale	Margaret Atwood	Mid	B
Nineteen Eighty-Five	Anthony Burgess	Mid	Stub	Needs lots of work
Animal Farm	George Orwell	High	B
Nineteen Eighty-Four	George Orwell	Top	B

Erotic novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty	Anne Rice	Low	Stub
Lady Chatterley's Lover	D. H. Lawrence	High	Start	Infobox needed

Fantasy novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Lord of the Rings	J. R. R. Tolkien	Top	B	Nearly there still needs infobox and few tweeks
Black Sun Rising		Low	Stub	Needs considerable input and restyling
When True Night Falls		Low	Stub	Needs considerable input, restyling and infobox image
Crown of Shadows		Low	Stub	Needs considerable input, restyling and infobox image
Kushiel's Dart	Jacqueline Carey	Low	Stub	Needs input and more restyling (some done), also need critical references etc.
Kushiel's Chosen	Jacqueline Carey	Low	Stub	Needs input and restyling
Kushiel's Avatar	Jacqueline Carey	Low	Stub	Needs input and restyling
Ratha's Creature	Clare Bell	Low	Stub	infobox additional infobox info, divided section, updated plot, media section, picture, etc.
Ratha and Thistle-chaser	Clare Bell	none	none	infobox, divided section, updated plot, media section, picture, etc.
Red Shift (novel)		Low	Start	Needs more critical content and release details etc.
The Runes of the Earth	Stephen Donaldson	Mid	Start	Needs more plot and thematic input
The Silver Wolf		Low	Stub	Infobox needed and more info
The Neverending Story	Michael Ende	High	Start	Infobox needed
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	C. S. Lewis	High	B
Borrible Trilogy	Michael de Larrabeiti	Mid	B
Furies of Calderon	Jim Butcher	Low	Stub	Needs input
Wolf Brother	Michelle Paver	Low	Start	need more information
Gert Fram	Orson Scott Card	Mid	Stub	actually Card's first short story
The Other Lands	David Anthony Durham			Needs plot input
The Black Prism	Brent Weeks	Mid	Start	Needs plot input, some setting info

Gothic novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Castle of Otranto		High	Stub	No plot info at all
Northanger Abbey	Jane Austen	High	Start
Vathek		Mid	Stub	Plot summary and background
Frankenstein	Mary Shelley	Top	GA	First edition images needed
Dracula	Bram Stoker	Top	B	Infobox details etc.
The Monk		Mid	Stub

Historical novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Master and Commander	Patrick O'Brian	Mid	Start	Needs more plot and critical input
The Mauritius Command			B	Recently submitted to "Peer Review" (concluded)
The Name of the Rose	Umberto Eco	High	Start
Sharpe's Gold	Bernard Cornwell	Mid	Start
Prince of Foxes		Low	B	"Characters" ought to be fleshed out; "Editions" needs more
The English Patient	Michael Ondaatje	Mid	Start	as of 6 Jun looks quite well plot-wise; more criticism could be used, tho'
Ivanhoe	Walter Scott	High	B	Infobox details and general critical information needed
Rob Roy		Mid	Start	Infobox and content needed
Out of This Furnace	Thomas Bell	Low	Start
Imperium	Robert Harris	Mid	Start	Re-styling, real-world context & critical input

Horror novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Bones of the Moon		Low	Stub	Needs quite some filling
World War Z	Max Brooks	Low	Start	Too in-universe and little or no references.

Mystery novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Body in the Library		Mid	C
The Da Vinci Code	Dan Brown	High	B	Failed FAC
Special Topics in Calamity Physics		Low	Stub	Needs serious work.

Occult novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Moonchild	Aleister Crowley	Mid	Stub	Plot summary incomplete.

Philosophical novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Age of Reason		High	Stub	still in need of much expansion and infobox
The Reprieve		High	Stub	barely started and in need of infobox
Troubled Sleep		High	Stub	barely started and in need of infobox
Journal of a Sad Hermaphrodite		Mid	Start	infobox done and article started well, but needs work
The Fall		Top	Stub	Infobox, extended intro material, and complete synopsis; no analysis yet

Romance novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Clarissa	Samuel Richardson	High	Stub	poorly written article
Mansfield Park (novel)	Jane Austen	High	B	infobox needed
Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austen	Top	B	need additional sources, section on criticism, 1st ed. cover
Middle Age: A Romance	Joyce Carol Oates	Mid	Stub	needs more real world content, references and improved Lead section.

Science fiction novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Starship Troopers	Robert A. Heinlein	Top	FA	Needs maintenance and oversight - our first FA.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy		High	FA	Needs maintenance and oversight - our second FA.
The Giver	Lois Lowry	High	FA	nearly there.
The Master of the World		Mid	Stub	In need of an expansion and Infobox additions
The Demolished Man		Mid	Start	Infobox incomplete.
Shade's Children	Garth Nix	Mid	B	wikification and prose work, main themes
A Clockwork Orange	Anthony Burgess	High	Start	In need of an expansion
Raft		Low	Stub	Infobox incomplete and in need of expansion
Timelike Infinity		Low	Start	Infobox incomplete and in need of expansion
Flux		Low	Stub	Infobox incomplete and in need of expansion
Ring		Low	Stub	Infobox incomplete and in need of expansion
Manifold: Time		Low	Start	In need of expansion
Manifold: Space		Low	Stub	In need of expansion
Manifold: Origin		Low	Stub	In need of expansion
Phase Space		Low	Stub	In need of expansion
Voyage	Stephen Baxter	Low	Stub	Infobox incomplete and in need of expansion
Titan	Stephen Baxter	Low	Start	Infobox incomplete and in need of expansion
Moonseed	Stephen Baxter	Low	Stub	Infobox incomplete and in need of expansion
Traces		Low	Stub	Infobox incomplete and in need of expansion
Evolution	Stephen Baxter	Low	Stub	Infobox incomplete and in need of expansion
Dune	Frank Herbert	High	B	Infobox needed
The War of the Worlds	H. G. Wells	High	B	Infobox needed
Flowers for Algernon		Mid	Start	Infobox needs more (incl 1st ed. cover)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea	Jules Verne	Top	B	More content on Characters needed
Contact (novel)	Carl Sagan	Mid	Start
Infernal Devices	Philip Reeve	Mid	Start	Needs better plot summary
Songmaster	Orson Scott Card	Mid	Start	Needs infobox, and much expansion
Moon of Mutiny	Lester del Rey	Low	Start	Needs more in infobox, and much expansion, esp in re Jim Stanley series
Uglies	Scott Westerfeld	Low	Stub	Needs better plot summary and expansion.

Speculative fiction novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
City of Golden Shadow	Tad Williams	Mid	Start	First in a short series of SF novels by Tad Williams needs more sections as ArticleTemplate
The Fifth Man		Low	Start	needs more description
Who? (novel)		Low	Start	Very little info

Spy novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Kim (novel)	Rudyard Kipling	Mid	Start	Still needs infobox and content

Techno-thriller novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Hunt for Red October	Tom Clancy	Mid	Start
Arc Light	Eric L. Harry	Mid	Start

Thriller novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Brighton Rock	Graham Greene	Mid	Stub	more analysis needed / add infobox and review material, reception, background etc.
Ministry of Fear	Graham Greene	Mid	Stub	Article probably needs splitting between novel and film
Thunderball	Ian Fleming	Mid	B	Featured when part of joint article with Film, still good but need further effort to improve
Windmills of the Gods	Sidney Sheldon	Low	Stub	Article probably needs splitting between novel and film

Utopian novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Lost Horizon		Mid	Stub

War novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Eagle Has Landed	Jack Higgins	Mid	B
War and Peace	Leo Tolstoy	Top	B	Important literature (also Wikipedia:BOOKS are interested in this)

Western novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Shane		Mid	Stub	Did some cleaning up Legally Sher (talk) 00:56, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Fictional characters

Article	Import	Status	Remarks
Erast Fandorin	Top	GA	continue work to improve to FA
Derfel Cadarn	Low	Stub	needs infobox? and restyling

Project Pages

Article	Import	Status	Remarks
Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Worklist	Mid	B
Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/ArticlesNeeded	Low	B
Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/InfoboxNeeded	Low	Start
Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/InfoboxIncomplete	Low	Start

Other

Article	Import	Status	Remarks

Cleanup etc

• A Farewell to Arms: original research done
• A Scanner Darkly: original research
• Animal Farm: original research
• Animorphs: original research
• Anna Karenina: original research done
• Atlas Shrugged: original research
• Bohemianism: expert
• Brave New World: original research · cleanup
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: cleanup
• David Copperfield (novel): original research · cleanup
• Discworld: original research cleanup
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: original research
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (novel): original research
• For Whom the Bell Tolls: original research · cleanup

• GoldenEye: copyedit
• Great Expectations: copyedit
• John Watson (Sherlock Holmes): original research
• Le Morte d'Arthur: cleanup
• Nausea (novel): cleanup
• Neuromancer: original research · cleanup
• Novel: NPOV · cleanup
• Redwall: cleanup
• Stranger in a Strange Land: original research
• The Adventures of Pinocchio: clarify
• The Da Vinci Code: NPOV · cleanup
• The Giver: original research · cleanup
• The Good Soldier Švejk: original research

• The Grapes of Wrath: original research
• The Great Gatsby: original research gone
• The Last of the Mohicans: cleanup
• The Left Hand of Darkness: original research
• The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: original research
• The Lord of the Rings: clarify
• The Magician's Nephew: original research
• The Master and Margarita: original research
• The Metamorphosis: original research
• The Old Man and the Sea: original research
• The Stranger (Camus novel): original research
• The Tale of Genji: copyedit
• The Trial: original research
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: original research

Other Work or Hitlists

• List of literary works with eponymous heroes
• List of literary works with eponymous heroines

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