The following list lists the largest Hungarian-language books, taking into account the following criteria:
the given work reaches 1000 printed pages (regardless of the volume number, the physical size of the pages), but there may be minor differences in the number of pages in different databases; original and translated works published in Hungarian in Hungary;Since the 16th century, several books have been published in Hungarian, but the official state language of Hungary was Latin until 1844, and a significant portion of scientific and ecclesiastical works were written in Latin. works published in print, in book circulation (i.e. excluding manuscript works).
The list includes several million books published from the medieval beginnings of Hungarian literature to the present day, and due to possible problems with the availability of their data, it cannot be considered complete. The list does not include book series, which can be found on the page entitled List of Hungarian book series.
17.000+ page Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source Notes 17880 Johann Baptist Weiss World History 22 volumes Self-published Temesvár 1896–1905 The most extensive Hungarian-language world history ever published, and probably the most extensive Hungarian-language book. 17486 Mór János Révai, Elemér Varjú (editors) Révai Great Encyclopedia 19+2 volumes Révai Testvérek Budapest 1911–1935 Probably the most extensive book written by Hungarian authors. 17475 multiple authors Hungarian Grand Encyclopedia 19 volumes Akadémiai Kiadó Budapest 2004 17324 István Kollega Tarsoly (editor) Révai New Encyclopedia 19 volumes Babits Kiadó Szekszárd 2008
16.000+ page
Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source, note 16744 multiple authors Pallas Great Encyclopedia 16+2 volumes Pallas Irodalmi és Nyomdai Rt. Budapest 1893–1900 16685 István Diós, János Viczián (editors) Hungarian Catholic Encyclopedia 17 volumes Szent István Társulat Budapest 1993–2014
15.000+ page
Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source, note 31,124 columns, 15771 pages Pál Gulyás Lives and Works of Hungarian Writers – New Series 31 volumes Hungarian Association of Librarians and Archivists, later from the 1990s Argumentum Kiadó Budapest 1939–2025 Columns numbered; half corresponds to page count. About 1/3 still in manuscript. Likely the largest single Hungarian-language book by a single Hungarian author.In Latin, István Katona and György Fejér's collections (:hu:Historia critica regum Hungariae vol. 42, 1779–1817, :hu:Codex diplomaticus Hungariae ecclesiasticus ac civilis, vol. 42, 1829–1844) may be larger. 15742 István Király, István Szerdahelyi (chief editors) World Literature Encyclopedia 19 volumes Akadémiai Kiadó Budapest 1970–1996 15318 multiple authors Britannica Hungarica World Encyclopedia 20 volumes Lexikon Kiadó Budapest 2009
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12.000+ page Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source, note 12943 Caesar Cantu World History 15 + 2 volumes Szent István Társulat Eger 1856–1876 12570 multiple authors The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Text and Image 21 volumes Hungarian Royal State Printing House Budapest 1887–1901
11.000+ page Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source, note 11701 editor Samu Borovszky Counties and Cities of Hungary 25 volumes Országos Monografia Társaság Budapest 1896–1914 Data for 5 volumes unknown. 11381 editors Erzsébet Andics – Lajos Elekes – Zsigmond Pál Pach – György Székely History of Hungary 8 volumesEach volume actually consists of 2 parts; the 2nd volume was not published. Akadémiai Kiadó Budapest 1976–1985 11122 editor Pongrác Sörös History of the Pannonhalma Order of Saint Benedict 12 volumes Stephaneum Budapest 1902–1912 https://www.arcanum.hu/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Petrik-magyar-konyveszet-17121920-2/19011910ii-2395C/szent-benedek-rend-a-pannonhalmi-tortenete-a-magyar-keresztenyseg-kiralysag-es-bences-rend-fonnallasanak-kilencszazados-emlekere-kiadja-a-pannonha-27DBE/?list=eyJmaWx0ZXJzIjogeyJNVSI6IFsiTkZPX0tPTllfUGV0cmlrXzIiXX0sICJxdWVyeSI6ICJBIFBhbm5vbmhhbG1pIFN6ZW50LUJlbmVkZWstUmVuZCB0XHUwMGY2cnRcdTAwZTluZXRlIn0https://www.arcanum.hu/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Petrik-magyar-konyveszet-17121920-2/19111920ii-2FB2A/pannonhalmi-szent-benedek-rend-tortenete-a-a-magyar-keresztenyseg-kiralysag-es-a-bences-rend-fonnallasanak-kilencszazados-emlekere-kiadja-a-panno-319C5/?list=eyJmaWx0ZXJzIjogeyJNVSI6IFsiTkZPX0tPTllfUGV0cmlrXzIiXX0sICJxdWVyeSI6ICJBIFBhbm5vbmhhbG1pIFN6ZW50LUJlbmVkZWstUmVuZCB0XHUwMGY2cnRcdTAwZTluZXRlIn0
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9000+ page Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source, note 9494 editor Ede Somogyi Hungarian Lexicon 16 volumes Rautmann Frigyes, Wilckens és Waidl, Gerő Lajos, then Pallas Irodalmi és Nyomdai Rt. Budapest 1879–1885 https://www.arcanum.hu/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Petrik-magyar-konyveszet-17121920-2/18761885-13040/lexikon-magyar-az-osszes-tudomanyok-encziklopediaja-elso-koteteket-szerk-somogyi-ede-16-kotet-160-fuzet-160-kepes-melleklettel-8-iv-576-14DE0/?list=eyJmaWx0ZXJzIjogeyJNVSI6IFsiTkZPX0tPTllfUGV0cmlrXzIiXX0sICJxdWVyeSI6ICJsZXhpa29uIG1hZ3lhciJ9
8000+ page Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source, note 8231 multiple authors Knowledge base 10 volumes Heckenast Gusztáv Pest 1858–1864 https://www.arcanum.hu/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Petrik-magyar-konyveszet-17121920-2/18601875-1053F/ismerettar-nelkulozhetetlen-segedkonyv-a-tortenelem-termeszet-s-egyeb-tudomanyok-korebol-10-kot-xvi-es-991-xviii-es-859-xviii-es-763-xvi-es-73-11489/?list=eyJmaWx0ZXJzIjogeyJNVSI6IFsiTkZPX0tPTllfUGV0cmlrXzIiXX0sICJxdWVyeSI6ICJpc21lcmV0dFx1MDBlMXIifQ 8013 multiple authors Teachers' Portrait Gallery 24 volumes (until 2025) Karácsony Sándor Pedagógiai Egyesület Debrecen 2002–present
7000+ page Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source, note 7955 ed. J. P. Francev World History 10 volumes Kossuth Könyvkiadó Budapest 1962–1966 7802 ed. Henrik Marczali Large Illustrated World History 12 volumes Franklin-Társulat Magyar Irod. Intézet & Révai Testvérek Irodalmi Intézet Budapest 1898–1905 7756 ed. László Markó New Hungarian Biographical Lexicon 6 volumes Helikon Kiadó Budapest 2001–2007 7722 https://www.arcanum.hu/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Petrik-magyar-konyveszet-17121920-2/17121860i-34B1B/esmeretek-tara-kozhasznu-a-conversations-lexikon-szerent-magyarorszagra-alkalmaztatva-12-kot-n-8-r-pesten-1831-34-wigand-otto-24-i-kot-286D/?list=eyJmaWx0ZXJzIjogeyJNVSI6IFsiTkZPX0tPTllfUGV0cmlrXzIiXX0sICJxdWVyeSI6ICJLXHUwMGY2emhhc3puXHUwMGZhIEVzbWVyZXRlayBUXHUwMGUxcmEifQ multiple authors Public Knowledge Repository 12 volumes Wigand Ottó Pest 1831–1834 7560 ed. Dr. Bernát Kocsis & László Bedő The History of World War II 1939–1945 12 volumes Zrínyi Military Publishing Budapest 1976–1984 7436 multiple authors Bibliography of Hungarian Literary History 10 volumes Akadémiai Kiadó–Argumentum Kiadó Budapest 1972–2013 7280 Alfred Brehm The Animal World 10 volumes Légrády Testvérek Budapest 1901–1907 7243 Hungarian Ethnography (“Eight-volume Hungarian Ethnography”) 8 volumes Akadémiai Kiadó Zrt. Budapest 1988–2011 7232 ed. Sándor Matlekovits Economic and Cultural State of Hungary at the Millennium and the Results of the 1896 Millennium Exhibition 9 volumes Pesti Könyvnyomda Rt. Budapest 1897–1898 7108 Jenő Pintér History of Hungarian Literature: Scientific Classification 8 volumes n. a. Budapest 1930–1941
6000+ page Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source, note 6891 Béla Máriássy History of Hungarian Legislation and Hungary 18 volumes self-published Budapest–Győr 1884–1893 6888 Antal Pezenhoffer History of the Hungarian Nation (from the Battle of Mohács to Present Day): The Historical Role of the Catholic Church and the House of Habsburg; Historical Apologetics 13 volumes Peace and Justice Pilisszentlélek Model Foundation, Út-Igazság-Élet Publisher Pilisszentlélek 1993–2006 6818 Iván Nagy Families of Hungary with Coats of Arms and Genealogical Tables 12 volumes Published by Mór Ráth Pest 1857–1868 6744 ed. Antal Süle Illustrated Chronicle of the World War 9 volumes Révai Publishing Budapest 1916 6711 ed. Ferenc Ribáry, Antal Molnár, Henrik Marczali World History 8+1 volumes Published by Vilmos Mehner Budapest 1879–1892 6611 ed. Sándor Szilágyi History of the Hungarian Nation 10 volumes Athenaeum Literary and Printing Company Budapest 1894–1898 6508 ed. Árpád Bókay, Károly Kétli, Frigyes Korányi Handbook of Internal Medicine 6 volumes Hungarian Medical Publishing Association, Eggenberger Bookstore (Rényi Károly) Budapest 1894–1899 Published in the series Library of the Hungarian Medical Publishing Association. 6492 multiple authors The World War 1914–1918, with Special Regard to Hungary and the Role of Hungarian Troops 10 volumes Hungarian Royal Military Archives Budapest 1928–1942 6400 ed. Nándor Koch Tolnai’s World History new edition 20 volumes Hungarian Commercial Gazette and Book Publishing Co. Budapest 1926–1931A completely revised, 20-volume new edition of the 10-volume edition of 1908–1912. 6359 multiple authors Tolnai's New World Encyclopedia 18+2 volumes Tolnai Printing Institute and Publishing Company Budapest 1926–1933 6256 multiple authors Encyclopedia of New Times 24 volumes Singer & Wolfner Literary Institute Budapest 1936–1942 6115 chief editor: Tibor Erdey-Grúz Scientific Encyclopedia 7 volumes Akadémiai Kiadó Budapest 1964–1976
5000+ page Extent(pages) Author Title Volume number Publisher Place of publication Publication time Source, note 5867 Gusztáv Wenzel New Charters of the Árpád Era 12 volumes Hungarian Academy of Sciences Pest? 1860–1874 5656 ed. Dezső Márkus Hungarian Legal Encyclopedia 6 volumes Pallas Literary and Printing Company Budapest 1898–1907 5607 F. J. Holzwarth World History 9 volumes Published by Ferenc Szabó Temesvár 1887–1892 5563 Archduke József of Habsburg–Lorraine The World War as I Saw It 7 volumes Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest 1934 5444 Béla Kempelen Hungarian Noble Families 11 volumes Károly Grill Publishing Company Budapest 1911–1932 5279 multiple authors Tolnai World Encyclopedia 8 volumes Tolnai Printing Institute and Publishing Company Budapest 1912–1919 Incomplete. 5238 József Szinnyei Lives and Works of Hungarian Writers 14 volumes Viktor Hornyánszky Academic Bookstore Budapest 1891–1914 The work has column numbering; page numbers are halved accordingly. 5136 multiple authors Hungarian Bibliography 1921–1944 7+1 volumes National Széchényi Library Budapest 1980–1992 Volume 3 has a supplementary “3/A” volume. 5019 https://www.arcanum.hu/hu/online-kiadvanyok/Petrik-magyar-konyveszet-17121920-2/18601875-1053F/encyclopaedia-egyetemes-magyar-kiadja-a-szt-istvan-tars-13-kot-4r-pes-186076-szt-istvan-t-21-i-kot-2-kiad-xviii-l-1061-h-es-ix-l-10D31/?list=eyJmaWx0ZXJzIjogeyJNVSI6IFsiTkZPX0tPTllfUGV0cmlrXzIiXX0sICJxdWVyeSI6ICJlZ3lldGVtZXMgbWFneWFyIn0 multiple authors Universal Hungarian Encyclopaedia 12 volumes Saint Stephen Society Budapest 1859–1876 Uses column numbering.
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