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Thickest Books Ever

1
War and Peace
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy, Henry Gifford (editor) 223 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
2
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo, Lee Fahnestock (Translator) 176 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
3
The Stand
The Stand
by Stephen King, Bernie Wrightson (Illustrator) 156 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
4
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 123 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
5
Gone With The Wind
Gone With The Wind
by Margaret Mitchell 121 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
6
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 97 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
7
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy, David Magarshack (Translator) 97 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
8
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss (Translator) 95 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
9
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke 76 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
10
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett 73 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
11
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, John Rutherford (Translator, Introduction) 64 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
12
Holy Bible: King James Version
Holy Bible: King James Version
by Anonymous 61 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
13
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling 61 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
14
A Suitable Boy: A Novel
A Suitable Boy: A Novel
by Vikram Seth 50 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
15
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear (Translator) 50 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
16
Shogun
Shogun
by James Clavell 49 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
17
It
It
by Stephen King 46 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
18
Infinite Jest: A Novel
Infinite Jest: A Novel
by David Foster Wallace 45 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
19
The Mists of Avalon
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley 39 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien 39 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
21
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray, John Carey (Editor) 37 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
22
Moby Dick
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville 36 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
23
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling 34 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
24
Middlemarch
Middlemarch
by George Eliot 32 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
25
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) 32 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
26
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True
by Wally Lamb 27 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
27
Ulysses
Ulysses
by James Joyce 24 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
28
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alex Jennings (Narrator) 23 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
29
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji
by Murasaki Shikibu 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
30
East of Eden
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
31
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
32
Bleak House
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
by M.M. Kaye 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
35
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
36
Remembrance of Things Past: Volume I - Swann's Way & Within a Budding Grove
Remembrance of Things Past: Volume I - Swann's ...
by Marcel Proust 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White
by Michel Faber 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
40
Shantaram
Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
Eldest
Eldest
by Christopher Paolini 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
42
Middlesex
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
43
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkien 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
44
Quicksilver
Quicksilver
by Neal Stephenson 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
45
Roots
Roots
by Alex Haley 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
47
A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones
by George R.R. Martin 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
48
And Ladies of the Club
And Ladies of the Club
by Helen Hooven Santmyer 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
49
The Riverside Shakespeare
The Riverside Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
50
Gravity's Rainbow
Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
51
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
52
Insomnia
Insomnia
by Stephen King 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
53
The Name of the Rose: Including Postscript
The Name of the Rose: Including Postscript
by Umberto Eco, William Weaver (Translator) 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
54
World Without End
World Without End
by Ken Follett 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
55
Grapes of Wrath
Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
56
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments in the King James Version Translated Out of the Original Tongues
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testa...
by Anonymous 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
57
The Fiery Cross
The Fiery Cross
by Diana Gabaldon 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
58
Sacajawea
Sacajawea
by Anna Lee Waldo 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
59
Battlefield Earth
Battlefield Earth
by L. Ron Hubbard 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
60
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
61
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
62
She's Come Undone
She's Come Undone
by Wally Lamb 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
63
Needful Things
Needful Things
by Stephen King 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
64
The Idiot
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Black Garnett (Translator) 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
65
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann, John E. Woods (Translator) 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
66
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
67
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song
by Norman Mailer 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
68
Wizard's First Rule
Wizard's First Rule
by Terry Goodkind 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
69
A Storm of Swords
A Storm of Swords
by George R.R. Martin 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
69
Twilight
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
71
The Once and Future King
The Once and Future King
by T.H. White 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
72
Hawaii: A Novel
Hawaii: A Novel
by James A. Michener 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
73
Musashi
Musashi
by Eiji Yoshikawa 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
74
Sarum: The Novel of England
Sarum: The Novel of England
by Edward Rutherfurd 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
75
Underworld
Underworld
by Don DeLillo 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
77
The Valley of Horses
The Valley of Horses
by Jean M. Auel 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
78
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter
by Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally (Translator) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
79
Swan Song
Swan Song
by Robert R. McCammon 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
80
Anathem
Anathem
by Neal Stephenson 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
Tai-Pan
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
81
The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone
The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan, Gormenghas...
by Mervyn Peake, Quentin Crisp (Introducer) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
83
The Eye of the World
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
83
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads author) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
85
Alaska: A Novel
Alaska: A Novel
by James A. Michener 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
86
Noble House
Noble House
by James Clavell 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
87
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
88
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
89
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
by Thomas Mann, John E. Woods (Translator) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
90
Sacred Games: A Novel
Sacred Games: A Novel
by Vikram Chandra 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
91
North and South
North and South
by John Jakes 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
92
The Mammoth Hunters
The Mammoth Hunters
by Jean M. Auel 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
93
War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance
by Herman Wouk 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
94
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
95
Journey to the West
Journey to the West
by Cheng'en Wu 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
96
Centennial
Centennial
by James A. Michener 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
97
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
98
Love and War
Love and War
by John Jakes 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
99
The Shelters of Stone
The Shelters of Stone
by Jean M. Auel 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
100
Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
by John Jakes 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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message 1: by Linda (new)

1367242 This is sort of silly to vote on because it's not a matter of opinion (like best or worst). Check the number of pages: I have a feeling the Bible probably is the longest in reality, but I could be wrong!


message 2: by Michelle (new)

84077 exactly! this one has a numeric measurement and everything. maybe we're each just using the list to count our individual mental badges of courage, that these are the brickyest tomes we've each slogged through?


message 3: by Suzanne (new)

Nophoto-f-25x33 I'm going by "brickyest" and most difficult, either by attention or pure length. But also, I'm going by digestion required. I loved Ayn Rand's books, but they are deep, as well as long.

There are loads of long books I loved reading, such as Neil Stephenson's Baroque Cycle and Chryptonomicon. I don't want to lump them in with hard and unpleasant books like War and Peace and The Third Reich, though. So, I'm not voting for them, much as I enjoyed them.


message 4: by deleted member (new)

War and Peace is not hard and unpleasant...


message 5: by Mofo (new)

1426188 House of Leaves should be in the top 10


message 6: by Galen (new)

941203 I agree with an early comment. I'm voting for long and difficult books. And, by that standard, The Satanic Verses should be on the list simply due to the mental effort and coffee required to finish it. I bought it to fight censorship back during the fatwa and finally finished it long after the fatwa had been rescinded.




message 7: by Stuart (new)

Nophoto-u-25x33 It may be a matter of numeric measurement, but 'thickest' doesn't necessarially mean hardest, or even longest. A 500 page penguin classic may be the same length as a 1000 page popular fiction book as the printing is so small, and the pages are so thin. Also, length is no measure of the difficulty in reading a book.


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