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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:

Contents 1 Assessment grades 2 General novels 3 Novels by Genre 3.1 Alternate history novel 3.2 Adventure novel 3.3 Autobiographical novel 3.4 Comedy novels 3.5 Crime novels 3.6 Dystopian novels 3.7 Erotic novels 3.8 Fantasy novels 3.9 Gothic novels 3.10 Historical novels 3.11 Horror novels 3.12 Mystery novels 3.13 Occult novels 3.14 Philosophical novels 3.15 Romance novels 3.16 Science fiction novels 3.17 Speculative fiction novels 3.18 Spy novels 3.19 Techno-thriller novels 3.20 Thriller novels 3.21 Utopian novels 3.22 War novels 3.23 Western novels 4 Fictional characters 5 Project Pages 6 Other 7 Other Work or Hitlists 8 Page changes

[edit] Assessment grades

Article progress grading scheme [  v • d • e  ]

Label	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editor's experience	Example
FA {{FA-Class}}	Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured article" status, and meet the current criteria for featured articles.	Definitive. Outstanding, thorough article; a great source for encyclopedic information.	No further editing is necessary unless new published information has come to light; but further improvements to the text are often possible.	Supernova (as of February 2007)
A {{A-Class}}	Provides a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic, as described in How to write a great article. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, with a well-written introduction and an appropriate series of headings to break up the content. It should have sufficient external literature references, preferably from "hard" (peer-reviewed where appropriate) literature rather than websites. Should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. At the stage where it could at least be considered for featured article status, corresponds to the "Wikipedia 1.0" standard.	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject matter would typically find nothing wanting. May miss a few relevant points.	Minor edits and adjustments would improve the article, particularly if brought to bear by a subject-matter expert. In particular, issues of breadth, completeness, and balance may need work. Peer-review would be helpful at this stage.	Durian (as of March 2007)
GA {{GA-Class}}	The article has passed through the Good article nomination process and been granted GA status, meeting the good article standards. This should be used for articles that still need some work to reach featured article standards, but that are otherwise good. Good articles that may succeed in FAC should be considered A-Class articles, but having completed the Good article designation process is not a requirement for A-Class.	Useful to nearly all readers. A good treatment of the subject. No obvious problems, gaps, excessive information. Adequate for most purposes, but other encyclopedias could do a better job.	Some editing will clearly be helpful, but not necessary for a good reader experience. If the article is not already fully wikified, now is the time.	International Space Station (as of February 2007)
B {{B-Class}}	Has several of the elements described in "start", usually a majority of the material needed for a completed article. Nonetheless, it has significant gaps or missing elements or references, needs substantial editing for English language usage and/or clarity, balance of content, or contains other policy problems such as copyright, Neutral Point Of View (NPOV) or No Original Research (NOR). With NPOV a well written B-class may correspond to the "Wikipedia 0.5" or "usable" standard. Articles that are close to GA status but don't meet the Good article criteria should be B- or Start-class articles.	Useful to many, but not all, readers. A casual reader flipping through articles would feel that they generally understood the topic, but a serious student or researcher trying to use the material would have trouble doing so, or would risk error in derivative work.	Considerable editing is still needed, including filling in some important gaps or correcting significant policy errors. Articles for which cleanup is needed will typically have this designation to start with.	Munich air disaster (as of May 2006) has a lot of helpful material but contains too many lists, and needs more prose content & references.
Start {{Start-Class}}	The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas, and may lack a key element. For example an article on Africa might cover the geography well, but be weak on history and culture. Has at least one serious element of gathered materials, including any one of the following: a particularly 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	Useful to some, provides a moderate amount of information, but many readers will need to find additional sources of information. The article clearly needs to be expanded.	Substantial/major editing is needed, most material for a complete article needs to be added. This article still needs to be completed, so an article cleanup tag is inappropriate at this stage.	Real analysis (as of November 2006)
Stub {{Stub-Class}}	The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to bring it to A-Class level. It is usually very short, but can be of any length if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible.	Possibly useful to someone who has no idea what the term meant. May be useless to a reader only passingly familiar with the term. At best a brief, informed dictionary definition.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful.	Coffee table book (as of July 2005)

[edit] General novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Brothers Karamazov	Fyodor Dostoevsky	Top	FA	However needs slight restyling for Novels and addition of infobox.
Oroonoko	Aphra Behn	High	FA	However needs slight restyling for Novels and addition of infobox.
The Old Man and the Sea	Ernest Hemingway	High	FA	Needs some adidtional infobox data.
8539 (novel)	Alfred Bulai	Low	Start	Needs to be reworded badly and organized by someone that has read the novel; needs infobox and other info.
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 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	Stub	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	Start	infobox and restyling needed
Bleak House	Charles Dickens	High	Start	restyling and expansion needed
Hard Times	Charles Dickens	High	B	infobox completion and restyling needed, very full article, almost an A-Class needs care.
Little Dorrit	Charles Dickens	Mid	Start	more description, infobox and restyling needed
A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	High	B	extra infobox info and more restyling needed
Great Expectations	Charles Dickens	High	Start	infobox and restyling needed
Our Mutual Friend	Charles Dickens	Mid	Start	infobox and restyling needed
The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Charles Dickens	Mid	Stub	infobox and restyling needed - and much more needed
Silverlock	John Myers Myers	Mid	Stub	Lots of content needed and infobox.
Ella Minnow Pea	Mark Dunn	Low	Stub	Content needed, infobox completed.
Gadsby (novel)	Ernest Vincent Wright	Mid	Stub	infobox still incomplete and content on actual plot need. Really still a stub.
The Fox (novel)	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.
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee	High	Start	Novel infobox needed.
Charlotte's Web	E. B. White	Mid	Start	Novel infobox needed.

[edit] Novels by Genre

[edit] Alternate history novel

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

[edit] Adventure novel

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Robinson Crusoe		High	Start
The Count of Monte Cristo		High	Start
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain	High	Start
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Mark Twain	High	Stub
Treasure Island		High	GA	continue to FA-Class
Around the World in Eighty Days	Jules Verne	High	B	Lit significance info and more allusions needed

[edit] Autobiographical novel

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Roots: The Saga of an American Family		Mid	Start	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

[edit] Comedy novels

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

[edit] Crime novels

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

[edit] Dystopian novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Nineteen Eighty-Five	Anthony Burgess	Mid	Stub	Needs lots of work
Animal Farm	George Orwell	High	B
Nineteen Eighty-Four	George Orwell	Top	B

[edit] 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

[edit] Fantasy novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Lord of the Rings	J. R. R. Tolkein	Top	FA	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		Low	Stub	Needs input and more restyling (some done), also need critical references etc.
Kushiel's Chosen		Low	Stub	Needs input and restyling
Kushiel's Avatar		Low	Stub	Needs input and restyling
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 informaiton

[edit] Gothic novels

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

[edit] Historical novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Master and Commander	Patrick O'Brian	Mid	Start	Needs more plot and critical input
The Mauritius Command	Patrick O'Brian	Mid	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		Low	Start
Ivanhoe	Walter Scott	High	B	Infobox details and general critical information needed
Rob Roy	Walter Scott	Mid	Stub	Infobox and content needed
Out of This Furnace	Thomas Bell	Low	Start

[edit] 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.

[edit] Mystery novels

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

[edit] Occult novels

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Romance novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Clarissa	Samuel Richardson	High	Stub	poorly written article
Mansfield Park (novel)	Jane Austin	High	B	infobox needed
Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austin	Top	B

[edit] Science fiction novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Starship Troopers		Top	FA	Needs maintenance and oversight - our first FA.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy		High	FA	Needs maintenance and oversight - our second FA.
The Giver		High	FA	nearly there.
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		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

[edit] 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

[edit] Spy novels

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

[edit] Techno-thriller novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
The Hunt for Red October	Tom Clancy	Mid	Start

[edit] Thriller novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Brighton Rock	Graham Greene	Mid	Stub	Article probably needs splitting between novel and film
Ministry of Fear		Mid	Stub	Article probably needs splitting between novel and film
Thunderball	Ian Fleming	Mid	FA	Article probably needs splitting between novel and film
Windmills of the Gods	Sidney Sheldon	Low	Stub	Article probably needs splitting between novel and film

[edit] Utopian novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Lost Horizon		Mid	Stub

[edit] 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 WP:BOOKS are interested in this)

[edit] Western novels

Article	Author	Import	Status	Remarks
Shane		Mid	Stub

[edit] Fictional characters

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Other

Article	Import	Status	Remarks
First article		FA	Its FAC
Second article		B	Failed FAC

[edit] Other Work or Hitlists

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

[edit] Page changes

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