5 Really Long Books That Aren’t As Long As Dodd-Frank

A new analysis out this week concluded that all the rules and regulations of the Dodd-Frank law could fill at least 28 copies of Leo Tolstoy’s epic, 1,440-page 1869 novel War and Peace.

That’s because so far Dodd-Frank, the Democrats’ gargantuan financial regulatory bill, has generated 13,789 pages of rules.

That’s more than 15 million words. And the regulators are just getting started.

It got us literature fans thinking of other really lengthy books that, while super-long, can’t hold a candle to Dodd-Frank.

5. Moby Dick

The famous adventure novel written in 1851 by Herman Melville concludes after 635 pages – a far cry from the thousands of pages of Dodd-Frank.

4. Ulysses

This 1922 novel by James Joyce following Leopold Bloom through a single day of his life reaches nearly 1,000 pages and 260,000 words. Dodd-Frank is much, much longer.

3. Gone With The Wind

Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 romance novel hits 1,024 pages, and over 423,000 words. It doesn’t have anything on Dodd-Frank.

2. Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand’s 1957 dystopian novel – her last – finishes at 1,088 pages and 645,000 words, but Dodd-Frank’s rules and regulations are far ahead.

1. Les Misérables

This 1862 classic French novel exploring the French Revolution by Victor Hugo clocks in at impressive 1,488 pages and more than 530,000 words, but Dodd-Frank has it beat.