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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/9820
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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The following English language novels have no dialogue:

- _[Journey to the End of the Millennium](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0156011166)_ by Abraham B. Yehoshua
- _[The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Diary_of_Adrian_Mole,_Aged_13%C2%BE)_ by Sue Townsend (turned into a [tv series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Diary_of_Adrian_Mole_%28TV_series%29))
- _[The Making of Americans](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Making_of_Americans)_ by Gertrude Stein

The following German novels have no dialogue:

- _[Exerzierplatz](http://www.amazon.de/Exerzierplatz-Roman-Siegfried-Lenz/dp/3423109947)_ ([The Training Ground](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0805009434)) by Sigfried Lenz
- _[Das Treffen in Telgte](http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Treffen_in_Telgte)_ ([The Meeting at Telgte](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meeting_at_Telgte)) by Günter Grass
- _[Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens](http://www.amazon.de/Die-Herrlichkeit-Lebens-Michael-Kumpfm%C3%BCller/dp/3462043269)_ by Michael Kumpfmüller
- _[Der Vorleser](http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Vorleser)_ ([The Reader](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reader)) by Bernhard Schlink (turned into a [movie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reader_%282008_film%29))
- _[Gut gegen Nordwind](http://www.amazon.de/Gut-gegen-Nordwind-Daniel-Glattauer/dp/3442465869)_ by Daniel Glattauer (This novel consists of the email conversations of a woman with a man who erroneously received her first email, the cancellation of a magazine subscription, due to a typo in the email address. The novel sells well, ranking 642 in books on amazon.de.)

The following French novels have no dialogue:

- _[À rebours](http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80_rebours)_ ([Against Nature / Against the Grain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80_rebours)) by Joris-Karl Huysmans (a classic)
- _[La petite robe de Paul](http://www.amazon.fr/La-Petite-Robe-Paul-Grimbert/dp/2253068195/)_ (Paul's Little Dress) by Philippe Grimbert
- _[Les Derniers Jours de Stefan Zweig](http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Derniers_Jours_de_Stefan_Zweig)_ by Laurent Seksik
- _[Lame de fond](http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_de_fond_%28roman_de_L%C3%AA%29)_ by Linda Lê
- _[La nuit zoologique](http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Nuit_zoologique)_ by Claude Durand

I'm sure there are more.

Original score: 2