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32 Long Books for Readers to Savor
There's something to be said about luxuriating in the world of a long book. To help add to your list of readerly accomplishments this year, we took a look at some of the most popular heavyweights that are beloved by your fellow Goodreads members.
With genres from nonfiction to fantasy, this roundup covers favorites more than 600 pages long. This includes recent releases such as Priory of the Orange Tree and The Alice Network as well as classics including War and Peace and Gone with the Wind.
Which long books would you recommend? Share them with us in the comments!
Which long books would you recommend? Tell us in the comments!
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The Sparrow, City on Fire, The Overstory, Barkskins
IT by Stephen King! Can't wait til 'Chapter 2' comes out in theaters!
Definitely Julie Orringer's novels, The Invisible Bridge and The Flight Portfolio.
April wrote: "Lonesome Dove is on my list for this year."I read Lonesome Dove last winter and I really enjoyed. I highly recommend it.
The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch and Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie!!!!
Meena Rehana wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...The Labyrinth Of The Spirits is a good one...sometimes I'm a slow reader but I devoured this in less than 3 weeks!...it's ..."
Was just thinking I would suggest this one. Thanks.
Shantaram is one of my all time favorites!I also love Ken Follett and all of his books are long!
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (almost 600 pages!)
Allison wrote: "The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye - 955 pages, but so good!"Oh yes! I still have the paperback version which I read at least 40 years ago. Could not put it down.
Allison wrote: "What about Outlander?"All eight of them would certainly be on my list!
Some history books:The Course of Empire Devoto
The Last Lion: Churchill Manchester
France and England in North America Parkman
The Civil War: A Narrative Foote
World War II Liberation Trilogy Atkinson
Fiction:
East of Eden Steinbeck
With Fire and Sword Sienkiewicz
Tales of Genji Murasaki
Count of Monte Cristo Dumas
Anna Karenina Tolstoy
Middlemarch Eliot
Kristin Lavransdatter Undset
Kristenlile wrote: "Thorn Birds?"one of my favorites!!
Steph wrote: "IT by Stephen KingI really need to read more long books..."
I'm a slow reader, so it takes me a looong time to get through 500+ pages. But a long Stephen King book feels like 300 to 400 pages.
If you like SK, I highly recommend Needful Things.
Donikatniss wrote: "IT by Stephen King! Can't wait til 'Chapter 2' comes out in theaters!"Looking forward to part 2 as well!
Here are some books that are (about) 500+ pages, that I really enjoyed:Needful Things by Stephen King (as well as numerous other SK books)
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Roots by ALex Haley
Shantaram by Gregory Roberts
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
George wrote: "Two beautiful books:Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye"
I loved Angle of Repose. Unlike any other. It could have been written about my great-grandparents, who tried to homestead in Montana in the early 20th century.
Jim wrote: "No James Michener? No David McCullough?"I'll add a David McCollough: The Great Bridge was really absorbing, and a subject most people don't know anything about , which is fun.
A Fine Balance, Rohinton MistyPillars of the Earth, Ken Follet
I recommend Time's Betrayal by David Adams Cleveland
Clan of the Cave Bear by Auel. I don't know if it is more than 600 pages, but it's gotta be close.
Swan Song by Robert McCammon, much better than The Stand. He is a great author most people aren’t familiar with.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtrySophie's Choice by William Styron
The Nix by Nathan Hill
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Loved The Stand and The Count of Monte Cristo.Kristin Lavransdatter
. . .And Ladies of the Club
Midnight's Children
Sarum
London
The Captains and the Kings
11/22/63
RootsThe Nix
Lonesome Dove
The Hearts Invisible Furies 582 pages. Almost made it.
Laurie wrote: "The Amazing Adventures of Kabbalist and Klay by Michael Chabon,"Did you mean The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay?
Gone With The Wind is such a treat! Once you start reading it, you can't stop. My first page-turner, and still in my top 10 (25 years later).
I loved Dorothy Dunnett's two historical fiction series, The Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo. All books in these series go well beyond the minimum to classify as "long."
The Power Broker by Robert Caro.I’ve read it three times now. Fascinating, illuminating and wonderfully written.
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Greenlanders by Jane..."
Ain't that the truth.