Curious little bookworm here: Thickest book you’ve ever read?
Curious little bookworm here: Thickest book you’ve ever read?
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Curious little bookworm here: Thickest book you’ve ever read?
Duma Key by Stephen King
@Carissa of course Stephen King. ?
The Way of Kings by B. Sanderson
@Brad Brandon Sanderson? I love his The Reckoners series.
Will def check that one out.
The next two are even longer! ? such a great series!
The dictionary, I was an adventurous child lol
@Melissa why not? lol
Same! I have a picture of me from when I was about 4 lying on a chair reading a very beat up dictionary ❤️
Anna Karenina (it was small print too ??)
Great book!
“The Stand” by Stephen King was 1,400 pages. “World Without End” by Ken Follett was 1,000.
@Ryan Stephen King of course ? will definitely check Follet’s novel.
@Lloyd That Follett book is part of a trilogy. “Pillars of the Earth” is first, then “World Without End,” and finally “Column of Fire.” Should keep you busy for a month or so.
@Ryan looking forward to it!! Been awhile reading thick books.
War and Peace
a little life by hanya yanagihara i think 814 pages
@Amy Did you like that one? I stopped around page 250.
I found it very depressing but I read all the way through. I liked it but some aspects were a bit unrealistic to me. Not bad though
Mahabharat by Kashiram Das was 1206 pages
Count of me the cristo or 3 musketeers I think..
Outlander..800+
On the 4th book now!
Love this series! I have one left to read until the next one comes out ?
So far, A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin. 1,056 pages!
Les Miserables… 1200ish’
The stand (still love it)
Cleopatra…that book went on for days!!
Wise Man’s fear. Almost 1000
It
A Little Life
Bible. Took me five years, but I made it through every word. Worth it, too.
I wasn’t thinking about the Bible to answer the question. I read through three different versions including the eth Cepher by Cepher Publishing that has all the apocrypha and several extra-biblical books including Enoch, Jasher and Jubilees and a few other smaller ones. I’m retired and had plenty of time to read so from Jan 1, 2016 to May something 2018 I read the Bible through three times. The one with all the extra canonical books has to be one of the biggest books I’ve ever read with over 1400 pages. Thank you for reminding me to include the Bible in the books I’ve read. Blessings.
I’m not a Christian but that’s quite impressive.
I grew up Catholic so I have read some of it, but never met anyone that’s actually read the whole thing.
It is worth reading the whole thing. History, adventure, love, failure, redemption… everything you could want in a book is contained in the Bible.
Yes it’s a wonderful little fantasy novel??
Shogun about 1200 pages
War and peace for real
George R.R. Martin’s A Dance With Dragons.
The Stand(unexpurgated version) by Stephen King – 1200 pages
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson 1248 pgs but I’m currently reading The Stand by Stephen King 1348 ?
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@Rebecca was that good? I keep eyeing it in the bookstore.
I really loved it but it might not appeal to everyone. It’s part crime/thriller, part romance and part magic realism. Its weird and wonderful haha
Nice! I like weird. ?
War and Peace. Yes, I actually made myself get through the whole thing. Not worth the effort.
Offhand unsure. Read more than a couple that exceeded 1,500 pages… however… ?♀️?♀️?♀️ who cares? Read for the sake of reading, not for the sake of “reading a bigger book” or boosting your “total count”.
@Angelina uhh no one cares, just a curious little one here
@Lloyd hence why I answered but still threw my view along WITH ?♀️
@Lloyd I get the curiosity aspect, I just feel the joy of reading itself should be the goal. Not the book size. ??
@Angelina I know right.. ?
Shantaram was pretty thick. And It.
well, War & Peace for single book. Left Behind probably for a series of them.
It
IT by Stephen King or Don Quixote. Love both of them
Stephen King of course.. ?
Gone with the wind
A Game of Thrones.
@Kathleen yes!!
Reading that now!
I really can’t remember but I have read some pretty long books in my time.
The Far Pavillions
House of Leaves
War and Peace
War and Peace… I believe.
IT
And
Harry Potter
It
Duma key. But I did buy it and I will be reading it ?
It, House of Leaves and The Stand
Lord of the rings! Did not finished it tho.
@Caroline why not?
@Lloyd my native language is Portuguese and I bought the all in one IN English. So was reading and translating at the same time. It was really hard! Ha. Bit it’s definitely in my list to one day… be finished. Did you read it?
@Caroline reading and translating… wow! That’s a lot of work. Well, yes I have read it long time ago and it was sooooo awesome!! From LOTR to The Hobbit series. Love them. You should finish them someday.. it’s all worth it. ?
@Lloyd thanks. Will definitely do it, now that I don’t need simultaneous translation! ?
You’re welcome, enjoy reading..
It and the stand
400 some odd pages but I have infinite Jest at its over 1,000 pages I have on my 2019 TBR list.
Les Miserables
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables” – though I only got half-way through
After We Fell by Anna Todd..I think it was about 840 pages
The Stand (uncut), It, and Under the Dome by Stephen King. Other than that, probably Lord of the Rings.
Stand
A Storm of Swords
The Stand-I think Gone With The Wind was a close 2nd.
Twilight
It
The Sword of Angels (The Bronze Knight, Book III), 980 pages in a little over six weeks
It and The Stand unabridged version
11/22/63 Stephen King
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy. He had nothing else to do in that era in Russia ???
War and peace
the host
Me too
The Outlander series…..each one is long….but GREAT. 🙂
Les Miserables
What did you think of the Waterloo section?
Rain of gold…..
pillars of the earth
“I Know This Much Is True” – Wally Lamb – excellent book.
“Gone With The Wind” – Margaret Mitchell – my favorite book.
Most thick was the the war and peace
The Stand. Les Miserables.
Soon to be atlas shrugged… I’m just starting
This one is over 500 pages..(I think) It’s by a local author where I’m from. The entire series is very good. I read this in a day. I’ve only done that twice. So, for me it was good.
Clash of Kings. 991 pages.
But once I’ve read Kingdom of Ash, that’s 992 pages x
BS Raman’s book on Accountancy
The 1500 page sleeping pill called the bible.
Les Misérables, Victor @Hugo.
War adn peace
Gaunt’s Ghosts
The Count of Monte Cristo
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
War and peace
Game of thrones or the century series by Ken follett
Breaking Dawn or IT
Wilbur Smith Monsoon
840 some pgs
The Count of Monte Cristo
Recent memory it’s Rise and Fall of the Third Reich – 1545 pages.
It
The psalm killer a x
weave world.
American Gods
Mine was the uncut version of the stand –1500ish pages
Les Miserables
The Stand
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Dance of Dragons by George R. R. Martin
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon!
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon!
It and The Stand
It, hands down
Currently reading IT
Pillars of the Earth – Ken Folliet
The game of thrones
Pillars of the Earth
Longest may be a better descriptor of sorts (rather than thick, which can vary depending on the size of the paper and font). Semantics! That typed, possibly the unabridged version of The Stand.
War and peace or the count of monte cristo
Idk which is thicker. They are both big.
The Stand (unabridged)
War and Peace. ‘‘Twas an epic read.
War and Peace
Shogun by James Clavell
Not only thick but wonderful. War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk.
Wow! None of our books mentioned come close close to the longest.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/18661/quick-10-10-longest-novels-ever
Gone with the wind
Breaking dawn I think
War & Peace, MiddleMarch, Bleak House
Sarah j Maas’ queen of shadows book and name of the wind by Patrick rothfuss
2666
Probably It or The Stand, at about 1000 pages
Under the Dome
Sacagawea and i don’t remember finishing it
Les Miserables
Did you like Les Mis? It’s in my tbr pile. I’m a bit intimidated by it.
i enjoyed it. Okay, I was 13 when I first read it, but I’ve read it since then. It’s over due a reread
The Discovery of Witches
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi & Curt Gentry
I don’t know for sure..never care or pay attention to the length of the book. The Bible..The Stand..probably the longest ones.
Toss up between Outlander and North and South
Tower of Dawn
A Woman Loved by Andreï Makine
A Suitable Boy. 1500+ pages.
800 pgs
Solzhenitsyn…Gulag Archipelago..came in two volumes..each over 1200 pages…
London
The Shogun.
The Thorn Birds.
Origin by Dan Brown haha