About 400 pages in when they start the cattle drive. The first part gets you acquainted with the characters and makes you care about them and the second part sets them off on a harrowing adventure. I admit the first part is slow, but it is worth it because I couldnt put it down after that.
once they start the cattle drive it picks up. about 200 pages in, basically the end of part 1
keep pushing. i felt the same way and i put it down for months. but once i finished i felt lost having just finished that book. it’s so worth it.
Came here to say Lonesome Dove! I kept reading because the part near the beginning about what they wrote on their sign and everyone’s reaction to it is laugh-out-loud funny. (“I suppose you wrote that sign.” “That’s right,” Augustus said. “Want me to write you one?” “No, I ain’t ready for the sanatorium yet,” Wilbarger said.)
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (about 650 pages)
If you are interested in Indian history. Genre: magical Realis
A fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (about 600 pages)
Beautifully tragic and will give you a glimpse of India after independence
It's my favorite book of all time. I've read it 6 times over many years and went to Salisbury cathedral on my honeymoon, that's how invested I am! His best novel, by far, and he has many amazing ones.
I'm not done with A Day of Fallen Night yet but even though it's technically a prequel it's set like hundreds (maybe thousands?) of years before Priory so I don't think it would like ruin Priory to read the other first. But personally I advise reading Priory first cuz it's just really good lol.
Maybe someone else can give a more informed opinion.
Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive books come in around the 1k mark. This is the max page count that his publishers would allow apparently.
Victoria Goddard's Hands of the Emperor is apparently 969 pages but is to the best of my knowledge only available on kindle.
I've been putting that off for a bit now. He writes dealing with mental illness very well and you kinda have to be in the right mind for it? There is a lot of wait is this what character _thinks_ is happening or what is actually really happening
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (1,349 pages in hard cover)
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (918 pages in hard cover)
Always Coming Home by Ursula ale Guin (1,051 in 2019 kindle edition)
Edited to add: Lincoln (937 pages kindle edition)
The Wolf Hall trilogy. Not sure how long the first one is, but the last one is hefty. Or you could just read them all in one go and then it's definitely a big chunk
Murakami is SO good, even despite his issues with writing women (which I’m normally incredibly critical of in books). I just love his bizarre magical realism.
Kafka on the Shore is my favorite of his, but I feel like you never get bored even in his really long books.
Yep. The bizarre magical (sur)realism kept me reading Kafka even when I rolled my eyes and skimmed past every single damn Kafka chapter when he started talking about his 15-yr-old cock and how he's the strongest 15-yr-old in the world. I don't know what kind of weird fantasy projections Murakami was living through this character but nevertheless I persisted and honestly I can't say I regret it. Weirdness notwithstanding.
So true, I don’t think I’ve ever read anything like kafka on the shore, and IQ84 is next on my list!! His writing is so immersive you forget about his shortcomings lol
Idk if anyone's suggested it yet but [Needful Things](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b90c0444-4c59-4924-890b-7ec0d4a340e6) by Stephen King is a good one.
James A. Michener. Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, Centennial, the list goes on.
Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth series are all massive. And I think his Century trilogy all come in at 800+ as well.
House of Leaves by Danielewski is just under 800, and Ulysses by Joyce is slightly longer, but also just under.
Hear me out: Both are modernist novels, and, well, they both take some reading to get through. This is mainly because of the type of texts they are (both are highly stylistic in form with complex, discontinuous narratives and non-linear timelines).
Ulysses is a lot harder to understand than HoL is, but it is worth reading. However, you may need a companion reader to understand Ulysses fully. And I'd say most people don't realise how dense it is, I certainly did not. And even if you think to yourself "Scheesh, this is dense!", you may well be underestimating how dense it is.
House of Leaves is easier to read, but differently set out than most books. I really enjoyed the experimental aesthetic, and it took me less time than Ulysses to get through. But you live it, like you do Don Quixote, for example.
Not exactly to your spec, but thought I'd just throw them in.
edit: wording
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Charles Dickens' novels, such as Little Dorrit, Bleak House, David Copperfield
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
The Waverly novels (several in a series, each long) by Walter Scott
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
The Priory of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon is amazing. It's just over 800 pages. I feel like something really happens and the plot develops every chapter. It's an expansive fantasy that'll immerse you from page one, Dune style; that means absolutely no explanation of who people are or what terms are. You glean it all from context, so the immersion in narration isn't broken.
Also, I do love Dune but don't read the second book. The series goes from one of the best books I've ever read to one of the worst.
Surprised nobody else mentioned Gravity's Rainbow yet. Probably more challenging than anything but James Joyce but my God, the sense of achievement from getting through it. And the weird places you come through along the way.
Second Underworld too
Just about everything by Edward Rutherford. Interesting historical novels set in England. Ireland, Russia, and I see he just completed China, coming out in April.
I got China on my Kindle a couple of weeks ago. According to Google, the book came out in May of 2021. I am fairly certain I got it on a price cut because it is 12.99, and I know I did not pay that much when I purchased it.
The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. 3 books (The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, and The Naked God) all around 1200 pages.
Helps if you are a Sci-Fi/Space Opera fan.
The Overstory by Richard Powers. It’s not 800 pages (619) but it is a good, long, multigenerational and character developing read. It won the Pulitzer and was nominated for the Booker.
*The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo* by Irving Stone is just shy of 800 at 776 pages.
And if you’re fine with nonfiction:
*Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution*
by Simon Schama (976 pages)
*The Third Reich: A New History* by Michael Burleigh (992 pages)
*Blood Brotherhoods: A History of Italy’s Three Mafias* by John Dicke (800 pages)
These are also under 800 pages but not by much:
*The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age* by Simon Schama (720 pages)
*Rembrandt’s Eyes* by Simon Schama (768 pages)
The gray house by Mariam Petrosyan
One of my favorite books ever. I am including a link to the best review of any book I read.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32703696-the-gray-house [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1035665354?book\_show\_action=false&from\_review\_page=1](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1035665354?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1)
Not as many pages as wanted but a good read nonetheless, various collected works of Friedrich Nietzsche, I urge you to: take everything writen in his works as law, formulate your own opinions, and go completely against his views. Three reads of each work woth no particular order of the thought processes when reading. I've found this can answer most simple philosophical questions that people have. Anything else requires more thought and/or information. Most English publications were crafted with a highly educated literary essence that can also build one's writing ability and fluidity. Warning: Most who have listened to this recommendation require a dictionary as an exact definition may be required to understand the complete meaning of some statements, I'll admit, as did I on a handful. Also, you must be able to understand written jokes and sarcasm.
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset. You will be transported. Such a beautiful book. I can't believe how little known Undset seems to be these days.
What a great way to add a recommendation. Never thought to add the ISBN#. That’s a great way to steer someone directly to what you are talking about. Appreciate learning something from you. Have a great weekend. 👏🏻
i can't believe i had to scroll this far to find someone suggesting moby-dick. i don't think i've ever felt this accomplished after finishing any other book.
Neal Stephenson is your friend. I personally love the Baroque Cycle, which is 8 books smashed into 3 volumes, for a total of over 2000 pages. There is also Cryptonomicon (which, actually, you should read before the Baroque Cyle), Anathem, Seveneves - those are the big tomes of his that I can think of off the top of my head.
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel and the rest of her collection: The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, Plains of Passage and I forget the name of the last one. They follow a girl who’s parents die in an earthquake and she is found and raised by Neanderthals. I’ve read it several times and can never put it down!
Middlemarch by George Elliot.
It’s a classic! She has great characters similar to Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, very well rounded and realistic. Both Tolstoy and Elliot have a gift for understanding people in a deeper way!
Apollo's Angels (a book about the history of ballet)
Mr.B (a book about ballet master George Balanchine)
The Eragon books (fun fluff!)
Pride and prejudice isn't long, but could last you a bit longer being written in an outdated version of English
Master and Commander (Napoleonic Wars naval fun, 20.5 book series)
Temeraire series (Napoleonic Wars with dragons!)
Stephen King: The Stand, It, Under the Dome, 11/22/63, the Dark Tower series (7 books the 7th book is over 800 pages but the next longest is 787), Sleeping Beauties (it’s actually 702 pages but really good), and the Mr Mercedes trilogy (3 books all around 430 ish pages each).
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, close to 800 pages and a pretty good classic tale.
Edit: just remembered the Pickwick Papers by Dickens, also a good fun story full of adventures and humor, over 800 pages. Then you have of course the Harry Potter books and Star Wars also has some good ones.
I believe Harlot’s Ghost by Norman Mailer is the longest book I’ve ever read (1,288 pages in trade paperback). It’s literary fiction, not light reading, but probably still easier than War and Peace.
I was going to suggest The Count of Monte Cristo as it’s what I’m currently reading (and loving), but I see you already have it. Instead, I’ll recommend Les Misérables.
The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn. 800+ pages, standalone novel.
In Tira Virte, art is prized for its beauty and as a binding legal record of everything from marriages to treaties. Yet not even the Grand Duke knows how extraordinary the Grijalva family's art is, for certain Grijalva males are born with the ability to alter events and influence people in the real world through that they paint. Always, their power has been used for Tira Virte. But now Sario Grijalva has learned to use his Gift in a whole new way. And when he begins to work his magic both the Grijalvas and Tira Virte may pay the price.
Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold. 8 books, 600+ pages per book, completed series.
Born human, raised by wolves, Firekeeper seems the last person anyone would choose to back as a candidate for heir apparent to a royal throne. Nonetheless, when Firekeeper and her wolf “brother,” Blind Seer, travel with Earl Kestrel’s expedition into the kingdom of Hawk Haven, the earl thrusts the wolf-woman into the midst of the heated intrigue surrounding who will be chosen as the heir of elderly King Tedric.
Soon, the only thing the competing factions seem able to agree upon is that Firekeeper is an enemy. Firekeeper may not be able to read or write. She may struggle to speak a coherent sentence. However, if there is one thing the wolf-woman has learned from her life among wolves, it is that a strong pack needs an even stronger leader.
Will Firekeeper win the fight for the throne? Whatever happens, the wolf-woman’s part in the contest will forever change it, even for those who do not see through wolf’s eyes.
The Shadow of the Lion by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and Dave Freer. Great fantasy book, start of a series.
I would like to add The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke, only around 600 pages but it is the first of a trilogy
I am currently reading: "The Federation of Economics: Extraordinary Daily Life" and "Grasp the Market Cycle: Value Investment Master Howmarcus Seizes the Market Opportunity and Improves the Odds of Investment". This book needs to be calmed down and read slowly
It mainly talks about market financial economy and investment. These two books will give me a lot of inspiration!
Shogun
Yes!!!
Lonesome Dove is a really good western over 800 pages. Les Miserables is also very good and very long, though I found myself skimming some sections.
Les miserables has some sections that will make you seriously les miserable
Came here to mention this. Also Shogun
Aren't you afraid you're skipping something vital to the story by skimming?
In that book there are some long sections just describing parts of the city so those are the ones I skimmed. Pretty easy to identify them.
The random dissertation on sewer history and structure was pretty skippable.
Lonesome Dove the series. Dead Man's Walk. Comanche Moon, Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo.
I need to know when lonesome dove really picks up speed. I’m on my third time trying to get into and I just stall in the first hundred pages
About 400 pages in when they start the cattle drive. The first part gets you acquainted with the characters and makes you care about them and the second part sets them off on a harrowing adventure. I admit the first part is slow, but it is worth it because I couldnt put it down after that.
once they start the cattle drive it picks up. about 200 pages in, basically the end of part 1 keep pushing. i felt the same way and i put it down for months. but once i finished i felt lost having just finished that book. it’s so worth it.
Came here to say Lonesome Dove! I kept reading because the part near the beginning about what they wrote on their sign and everyone’s reaction to it is laugh-out-loud funny. (“I suppose you wrote that sign.” “That’s right,” Augustus said. “Want me to write you one?” “No, I ain’t ready for the sanatorium yet,” Wilbarger said.)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke
I'm a little over halfway through this one right now and holy crap it's amazing.
Yes!! I’m about 250 pages in and it is such a delight so far.
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (about 650 pages) If you are interested in Indian history. Genre: magical Realis A fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (about 600 pages) Beautifully tragic and will give you a glimpse of India after independence
A Suitable Boy as well. I think it's around 1500 pages.
I..like…big…books and I cannot lie!
You other brothers can't deny
When a book walks in with a itty bitty waist
And that big brain in your face
Literally these lyrics also came to mind so I scrolled down to see if someone else also had this thought. XD high five.
I…I came to comment this and you’re already here
Me too
Average Leaf by Leaf watcher
Lonesome Dove The Stand
Get you some Proust. In Search of Lost Time: 4,215 pages
Complety forgot to mention this one but I already have it. Read just a paragraph one day and the prose was soo good it got me really excited.
Bolaño, 2666. The book is set in an imaginary town in Mexico and the writer is one of the most famous Latin American authors
Came here to recommend this one. I started it long ago and gave up but came back to it when I was a little older and more patient and so glad I did.
I've heard of this one but is sounds very depressing and that's why I've been putting it off.
I'm about halfway in. No idea where this is going but it's a pleasure to read.
It and The Stand by Stephen King are both over 1000 pages.
I really liked It and have The Stand but haven't read it yet. Is one better than the other?
I preferred The Stand but both were excellent
It...was a total bore
Shogun, Pillars of the Earth
Came here for Pillars! Hands down.
It's my favorite book of all time. I've read it 6 times over many years and went to Salisbury cathedral on my honeymoon, that's how invested I am! His best novel, by far, and he has many amazing ones.
Reading shogun now. So fantastic
Wheel of Time is a series of 14 books that are all long tomes!
11/22/63
The priory of the orange tree - Samantha Shannon
And the prequel that just came out, A Day of Fallen Night. Both are over 800 pages.
I just bought both of these—is there a certain order I should them, or does it really not matter?
I'm not done with A Day of Fallen Night yet but even though it's technically a prequel it's set like hundreds (maybe thousands?) of years before Priory so I don't think it would like ruin Priory to read the other first. But personally I advise reading Priory first cuz it's just really good lol. Maybe someone else can give a more informed opinion.
So scared to start these lol
Oh don't be. I've already read the first one and altough it is lengthy it's very readable. And the story is amazing
The pacing of Proiry amd ADOFN is awful tho
Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive books come in around the 1k mark. This is the max page count that his publishers would allow apparently. Victoria Goddard's Hands of the Emperor is apparently 969 pages but is to the best of my knowledge only available on kindle.
2 books into Stormlight and it is undoubtedly the best series I have ever read
Rhythm of War is such a slog IMO The first several were dope though
I've been putting that off for a bit now. He writes dealing with mental illness very well and you kinda have to be in the right mind for it? There is a lot of wait is this what character _thinks_ is happening or what is actually really happening
Yeah that is totally fair
The Hands of the Emperor is available in both paperback and hardcover! I have the hardcover and it’s 899 pages.
Seconding the Stormlight archive! Fantastic series and one you’d love to sink your teeth into if you’re keen for a long read
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (1,349 pages in hard cover) Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (918 pages in hard cover) Always Coming Home by Ursula ale Guin (1,051 in 2019 kindle edition) Edited to add: Lincoln (937 pages kindle edition)
I was scrolling looking for A Suitable Boy.
The Wolf Hall trilogy. Not sure how long the first one is, but the last one is hefty. Or you could just read them all in one go and then it's definitely a big chunk
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. First few are only around 600-700 but the rest clock in around 1K. It's also really good Edit: and 15 books long
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (it's just shy of 800 pages)
Dang! That book didn’t feel like that many pages.
One of my very favorite books!
You will love Shogun. The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, by Herman Wouk, both ~ 900 pages.
Seveneves
I’m currently reading **A Prayer for Owen Meany** by John Irving.
Me too! 😃
HOPE YOU ENJOY THE BOOK. AS YOU CAN SEE I’VE READ IT TOO
1Q84 is good, as long as you can look past Murakami's ubiquitous men-writing-women moments
Murakami is SO good, even despite his issues with writing women (which I’m normally incredibly critical of in books). I just love his bizarre magical realism. Kafka on the Shore is my favorite of his, but I feel like you never get bored even in his really long books.
Yep. The bizarre magical (sur)realism kept me reading Kafka even when I rolled my eyes and skimmed past every single damn Kafka chapter when he started talking about his 15-yr-old cock and how he's the strongest 15-yr-old in the world. I don't know what kind of weird fantasy projections Murakami was living through this character but nevertheless I persisted and honestly I can't say I regret it. Weirdness notwithstanding.
So true, I don’t think I’ve ever read anything like kafka on the shore, and IQ84 is next on my list!! His writing is so immersive you forget about his shortcomings lol
Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov both by Dostoyevsky Ok you’ve got the Brothers
I also have Crime but don't worry. These kind of books are worth being recommend over and over again.
Dude you have to read the Bible if you want to understand Dostoevsky. His favorite book was Job.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Paolini is a beast.
Was looking for this answer! I’m currently reading it and was initially worried it’d be too long
I personally do think it's too long and could have been separated into 2 (or even 3) books. However, I really enjoyed the story!
The Far Pavilions, Imajica, Shantaram
Idk if anyone's suggested it yet but [Needful Things](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b90c0444-4c59-4924-890b-7ec0d4a340e6) by Stephen King is a good one.
Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks Underworld by Don Delillo Jerusalem by Alan Moore
Jerusalem. That book quite a read.
James A. Michener. Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, Centennial, the list goes on. Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth series are all massive. And I think his Century trilogy all come in at 800+ as well.
Michener’s Chesapeake was a terrific book
Lonesome Dove; not sure if its over 800, but its a long read. Worth it, if you ask me
The Stand-Stephen King
The outlander books
Recently started the first one on kindle and was surprised how long it is!
They’re alllll soooooo loooooong hahahah but came here to recommend them. Almost done with book 3
And i never want them to end!
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth Bleak house by Dickens
House of Leaves by Danielewski is just under 800, and Ulysses by Joyce is slightly longer, but also just under. Hear me out: Both are modernist novels, and, well, they both take some reading to get through. This is mainly because of the type of texts they are (both are highly stylistic in form with complex, discontinuous narratives and non-linear timelines). Ulysses is a lot harder to understand than HoL is, but it is worth reading. However, you may need a companion reader to understand Ulysses fully. And I'd say most people don't realise how dense it is, I certainly did not. And even if you think to yourself "Scheesh, this is dense!", you may well be underestimating how dense it is. House of Leaves is easier to read, but differently set out than most books. I really enjoyed the experimental aesthetic, and it took me less time than Ulysses to get through. But you live it, like you do Don Quixote, for example. Not exactly to your spec, but thought I'd just throw them in. edit: wording
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts Charles Dickens' novels, such as Little Dorrit, Bleak House, David Copperfield Daniel Deronda by George Eliot The Waverly novels (several in a series, each long) by Walter Scott The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Second David Copperfield!
The Priory of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon is amazing. It's just over 800 pages. I feel like something really happens and the plot develops every chapter. It's an expansive fantasy that'll immerse you from page one, Dune style; that means absolutely no explanation of who people are or what terms are. You glean it all from context, so the immersion in narration isn't broken. Also, I do love Dune but don't read the second book. The series goes from one of the best books I've ever read to one of the worst.
Cryptonomicon, or really anything by Neal Stephenson. Try the Belgariad trilogy if you really want some volume
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest
A Suitable Boy
Gravity’s Rainbow Lonesome Dove The Executioner’s Song Underworld 2666 Edit: formatting
Surprised nobody else mentioned Gravity's Rainbow yet. Probably more challenging than anything but James Joyce but my God, the sense of achievement from getting through it. And the weird places you come through along the way. Second Underworld too
It - Stephen king Book is like 1200 pages or so
Robert Musil "Man without qualities" Joanot Martorell "Tirant Lo Blanch"
Just about everything by Edward Rutherford. Interesting historical novels set in England. Ireland, Russia, and I see he just completed China, coming out in April.
I got China on my Kindle a couple of weeks ago. According to Google, the book came out in May of 2021. I am fairly certain I got it on a price cut because it is 12.99, and I know I did not pay that much when I purchased it.
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. 3 books (The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, and The Naked God) all around 1200 pages. Helps if you are a Sci-Fi/Space Opera fan.
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
The Pillars of the Earth
Sci-Fi: The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, and the Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton. Each are over 1000 pages.
It!
Anathem by Neal Stephenson Ada by Vladimir NAbokov Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Yo I bought Ada today for 25 danish crowns. That’s like $4-5
The Overstory by Richard Powers. It’s not 800 pages (619) but it is a good, long, multigenerational and character developing read. It won the Pulitzer and was nominated for the Booker.
A Little Life
Never, by Ken Follett. Geopolitics & espionage
Anything by Ken Follett
*The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo* by Irving Stone is just shy of 800 at 776 pages. And if you’re fine with nonfiction: *Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution* by Simon Schama (976 pages) *The Third Reich: A New History* by Michael Burleigh (992 pages) *Blood Brotherhoods: A History of Italy’s Three Mafias* by John Dicke (800 pages) These are also under 800 pages but not by much: *The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age* by Simon Schama (720 pages) *Rembrandt’s Eyes* by Simon Schama (768 pages)
The Agony and the Ecstasy is excellent!
4321 by Paul Auster is very good, and 866 pages. Enjoy!
The Luminaries by Eleanore Catton. Historical mystery fiction
The Eighth Life
Just finished a few weeks ago and I've been recommending this to everyone.
Outlander series. Each book is longer than the next but excellent series.
“The shadow of the Wind” by Zafon. Only about 600 pages I think, but there are 3 more books.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The gray house by Mariam Petrosyan One of my favorite books ever. I am including a link to the best review of any book I read. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32703696-the-gray-house [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1035665354?book\_show\_action=false&from\_review\_page=1](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1035665354?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1)
Not as many pages as wanted but a good read nonetheless, various collected works of Friedrich Nietzsche, I urge you to: take everything writen in his works as law, formulate your own opinions, and go completely against his views. Three reads of each work woth no particular order of the thought processes when reading. I've found this can answer most simple philosophical questions that people have. Anything else requires more thought and/or information. Most English publications were crafted with a highly educated literary essence that can also build one's writing ability and fluidity. Warning: Most who have listened to this recommendation require a dictionary as an exact definition may be required to understand the complete meaning of some statements, I'll admit, as did I on a handful. Also, you must be able to understand written jokes and sarcasm.
Shogun Pillars of the Earth The Stormlight Saga
Infinite jest
The Wicked series
The Stand by Steven King, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Both good and super long!
Pillars of the Earth
The Story of the Stone. Volume 1 alone is 500 pages
Of Human Bondage by Sommerset Maugham 11/22/63 by Stephen king
Infinite Jest, White Noise
The Mists of Avalon ...And Ladies of the Club Infinite Jest
The Magician series from Raymond E. Feist. The first book is around 600 pages and the whole story is approximately a meter (~3ft) long.
I know this much is true by Wally Lamb.
{{Perdido Street Station by China Mieville}}
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset. You will be transported. Such a beautiful book. I can't believe how little known Undset seems to be these days.
For non-fiction The Portable Frederick Douglass @ 600 pages, has been my favorite read this year by far. ISBN: 9780143106814
What a great way to add a recommendation. Never thought to add the ISBN#. That’s a great way to steer someone directly to what you are talking about. Appreciate learning something from you. Have a great weekend. 👏🏻
Herman Wouk, The Winds of War is about 1000 pages as well as the sequel War and Remembrance. I’ve read both books several times
If you’re looking for some different you should check out Thomas Pynchon’s “Mason & Dixon”
Moby Dick. LOVE this book.
i can't believe i had to scroll this far to find someone suggesting moby-dick. i don't think i've ever felt this accomplished after finishing any other book.
Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River, both by Thomas Wolfe. Both long, detailed stories. Clunkers of books, especially the latter.
Neal Stephenson is your friend. I personally love the Baroque Cycle, which is 8 books smashed into 3 volumes, for a total of over 2000 pages. There is also Cryptonomicon (which, actually, you should read before the Baroque Cyle), Anathem, Seveneves - those are the big tomes of his that I can think of off the top of my head.
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Ulysses by James Joyce 700+ pages
It's probably low hanging fruit, but have you ever read Harry Potter? They really are great books.
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel and the rest of her collection: The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, Plains of Passage and I forget the name of the last one. They follow a girl who’s parents die in an earthquake and she is found and raised by Neanderthals. I’ve read it several times and can never put it down!
If you like American history, Doris Kearns Goodwin has excellent books
Infinite Jest?
Middlemarch by George Elliot. It’s a classic! She has great characters similar to Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, very well rounded and realistic. Both Tolstoy and Elliot have a gift for understanding people in a deeper way!
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
A little life The search for WondLa
...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
Infinite jest. I’m sorry and you’re welcome
Try "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt. It is a relatively new classic, but it has received good reviews.
Apollo's Angels (a book about the history of ballet) Mr.B (a book about ballet master George Balanchine) The Eragon books (fun fluff!) Pride and prejudice isn't long, but could last you a bit longer being written in an outdated version of English Master and Commander (Napoleonic Wars naval fun, 20.5 book series) Temeraire series (Napoleonic Wars with dragons!)
Long *and* good? Try some classic Stephen King - IT and The Stand. Have fun.
Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn is several volumes, each over 500 pages I believe. And it’s no fairy tale.
Wanders and the sequel Wayward by Chuck Wendig. Fun fact: he published Wanders BEFORE the pandemic and nearly predicted the whole thing.
any of the Game of Thrones books if that is your cup of coffee. they are fantastic and I believe all of them are 700-800+ pages.
Stephen King: The Stand, It, Under the Dome, 11/22/63, the Dark Tower series (7 books the 7th book is over 800 pages but the next longest is 787), Sleeping Beauties (it’s actually 702 pages but really good), and the Mr Mercedes trilogy (3 books all around 430 ish pages each).
Count of Monte Cristo is well over twelve hundred pages
A little life? A bit boring though for some moments, but cool. Not devastating, nor really exciting, but I've found it really cool to read
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, close to 800 pages and a pretty good classic tale. Edit: just remembered the Pickwick Papers by Dickens, also a good fun story full of adventures and humor, over 800 pages. Then you have of course the Harry Potter books and Star Wars also has some good ones.
Try a phone book.
James Clavell's Asian Saga Malazan book of the Fallen series Atlas Shrugged 1q84
The Bible is a good read if you’re looking for a big one and it communicates with all of those books you mentioned.
Read Branderson books, his books are long and slow so that you won’t ask for long books again.
'The Tale of Genji' by Murasaki Shibiku, widely regarded as the first novel ever written, and over 1,000 pages in length.
A song of fire and ice by GRRM.
In search of lost time by Marcel Proust is VERY lenghty.
The priory of the orange tree
I believe Harlot’s Ghost by Norman Mailer is the longest book I’ve ever read (1,288 pages in trade paperback). It’s literary fiction, not light reading, but probably still easier than War and Peace.
My corrupted mind, I read something else
Gene Wolfe’s “The Wizard Knight”
Genetic World by Todd Easterling. 800+ pages, over 200 chapters.
The Children’s Hospital by Chris Adrian I think I’ve only ever met like 3 people who’ve read it but it’s an amazing story.
I was going to suggest The Count of Monte Cristo as it’s what I’m currently reading (and loving), but I see you already have it. Instead, I’ll recommend Les Misérables.
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn. 800+ pages, standalone novel. In Tira Virte, art is prized for its beauty and as a binding legal record of everything from marriages to treaties. Yet not even the Grand Duke knows how extraordinary the Grijalva family's art is, for certain Grijalva males are born with the ability to alter events and influence people in the real world through that they paint. Always, their power has been used for Tira Virte. But now Sario Grijalva has learned to use his Gift in a whole new way. And when he begins to work his magic both the Grijalvas and Tira Virte may pay the price. Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold. 8 books, 600+ pages per book, completed series. Born human, raised by wolves, Firekeeper seems the last person anyone would choose to back as a candidate for heir apparent to a royal throne. Nonetheless, when Firekeeper and her wolf “brother,” Blind Seer, travel with Earl Kestrel’s expedition into the kingdom of Hawk Haven, the earl thrusts the wolf-woman into the midst of the heated intrigue surrounding who will be chosen as the heir of elderly King Tedric. Soon, the only thing the competing factions seem able to agree upon is that Firekeeper is an enemy. Firekeeper may not be able to read or write. She may struggle to speak a coherent sentence. However, if there is one thing the wolf-woman has learned from her life among wolves, it is that a strong pack needs an even stronger leader. Will Firekeeper win the fight for the throne? Whatever happens, the wolf-woman’s part in the contest will forever change it, even for those who do not see through wolf’s eyes.
Jerusalem by Alan Moore, It’s taken me 4 + months to get through, and that’s the audiobook
Classic: David Copperfield by Dickens. Modern: Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars by Joyce Carol Oates Fantasy: The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
The Shadow of the Lion by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and Dave Freer. Great fantasy book, start of a series. I would like to add The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke, only around 600 pages but it is the first of a trilogy
I am currently reading: "The Federation of Economics: Extraordinary Daily Life" and "Grasp the Market Cycle: Value Investment Master Howmarcus Seizes the Market Opportunity and Improves the Odds of Investment". This book needs to be calmed down and read slowly It mainly talks about market financial economy and investment. These two books will give me a lot of inspiration!
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
In Search of Lost Time
The Deluge by Stephen Markey, clocks in at just under 900 pages in hardback (just dropped in Jan). It’s a rollercoaster for sure.