More recent direct democracy proposals tend to focus on voting schemes (usually high tech) that would allow widespread, virtually continual voting by millions of citizens on whatever proposals surfaced.
Only one book (Order of the Phoenix) topped 200,000 words, but there were two books that came close with more than 190,000 words (Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows). When added all together, the Harry Potter books contain 1,084,170 words.
There are 7 books in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. 1  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (aka, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the U.S) 2  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 3  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of 1  Fire. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.