No. J.R.R. Tolkien did not publish the longest classical epic fantasy novel in English literature with his The Lord of the Rings. No, T.S. Eliott did not qualify with his The Chronicles of Narnia. Not even J.K. Rowling and her Harry Potter series.

The title of longest classical English fantasy epic novel belongs to James Oliver Rigney Jr., under the pen name Robert Jordan, with his epic fantasy novel, The Wheel of Time. This English classical fantasy epic novel is huge: there is a total of 528 chapters with a total of 9,213 pages! There are 15 books to this fantasy epic novel. Robert Jordan wrote the first 12 books. The Wheel of Time, in its entirety, was published between 1990 and 2010. The last 3 books he left unfinished due to his poor health with cardiac amyloidosis, which he succumbed to in 2007. This project took 20 years to complete! Truly, James Oliver Rigney Jr’s magnum opus!

The Wheel of Time

Book 1: New Spring (26 chapters, 332 pages)

Book 2: The Eye of the World (53 chapters, 688 pages)

Book 3: The Great Hunt (50 chapters, 600 pages)

Book 4: The Dragon Reborn (56 chapters, 624 pages)

Book 5: The Shadow Rising (58 chapters, 704 pages)

Book 6: The Fires of Heaven (56 chapters, 704 pages)

Book 7: Lord of Chaos (55 chapters, 720 pages)

Book 8: A Crown of Swords (41 chapters, 896 pages)

Book 9: The Path of Daggers (31 chapters, 704 pages)

Book 10: Winter’s Heart (35 chapters, 800 pages)

Book 11: Crossroads of Twilight (30 chapters, 864 pages)

Book 12: Knife of Dreams (37 chapters, 793 pages)

Book 13: The Gathering Storm (to be released in october 2009) by Branden Sanderson

Book 14: Towers of Midnight (to be released 2010 by Branden Sanderson)

Book 15: A Memory of Light (to be released 2010 by Branden Sanderson)

James Oliver Rigney Jr of South Carolina, United States was truly the king of fantasy in English literature!

 The Great James Oliver Rigney Jr (a.k.a., Robert Jordan)

 I cannot wait until a film version series will be released!

All hail to The Wheel of Time!