Kelly DiMatteo It’s a lot, but reading it was really an experience. It’s a book I still think about often. So much attention to detail, and it’s funnier than you think!
Clarissa; a truly dreadful book. It was reportedly the longest fictional book ever written in the English language. And it’s epistolary. Finishing it became a challenge. I did it. But at the end I did wonder why!? :-/
I don’t belong to any groups but have been to Scotland twice and go to lots of Scottish Festivals as we’re Scottish and my granddaughter is a Highland Dancer.
It’s a toss up between It or Under the Dome (both by Stephen King). Both were 1000+ pages. I’m sure there were/are others – just not remembering right now.
I believe one around 1,050 pages or so many years ago. I won’t usually read books under 400 pages because I get invested and want to dive in and be submerged for a long enough period of time. ?
A very long book. Once your realize you’re reading the original translation from French, you finally get the hang of the naration. I enjoyed the book very much. No wonder it is a classic.
The bible, which I read more than once. It has well over 700k words. The largest of George’s book is 400k and something; it is the largest I have read if the Bible does not counts as a single book.
The first book of my fantasy series would be bigger than George’s, but a little smaller than the Bible, but to fit things better I diveded the first book into ‘book 1’ and ‘offbook 1’, two works, before the one titled ‘book 2’. One of the sequels might get bigger than the Bible even if I have already divided the events into more books than the original plan. Getting published then is another issue and I, very likely, will have to divide each work into volumes before being able to publish the entire huge thing on their entirety.
If you have goodreads you can go onto your read books and sort them by number of pages, an easy way to know what the longest and shortest books you’ve read are.
At the moment im reading a book called homeland its about 1100 pages, but I generally read lar ge novels so I cant really come up with the absolute longest one… the books that felt the longest were the lord of the rings trilogy, bogged down for a month on each one so much detail and side story, worth every hour lol
one called the emperor’s assassin’s by Santiago Posterguillo. Very interesting, historical novel. Almost 3000 pages, maybe a little more. I almost died when I heard it was a trilogy
Seriously ?? I think that’s impossible ? Are you sure it’s 3,000 pages? Most 1,000 page books are huge and even difficult to carry around. I’ve heard authors say that publishers can’t/won’t publish books more than a little over 1,000 pages for a variety of reasons.
@Kathryn actually now that I think about it. It by Stephen King is the most at 1138 with Under the done at 1074. That’s quite a bit for me. Never read Gone with the wind or Shogun. Would you recommend?
I really liked Shogun. It’s a good book. It’s is historical fiction about how the Portuguese Jesuits were the first Europeans to be allowed into the Japanese Islands and you learn all about the Shogun in medieval Japanese Society.
I’ve read a lot of really big books, and really don’t mind them at all, actually I like them because the story last longer since I’m reading a book all the time anyway.
Oh lord I’m not sure! ? I really don’t remember.
Stephen King’s The Stand
Me too
Loved it!!
Me three! ?
1) Gone with the wind
2) Shantaram
3) Currently reading – A suitable boy by Vikram Seth – 1474 pages
The Count of Monte Cristo..and loved every single page of it.
Gone with the Wind
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Probably the largest of the Harry Potter’s since I’ve read the series.
I still haven’t read those lol
The Stand, 1500+ pages. Worth every letter of it ??
La Biblia de Barro!
Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (thought it would never finish), followed by War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy) and Les Misérables (Victor Hugo).
Stephen King’s 11/22/63
I think this was bigger than The Stand…
@Joan by probably 20 pages. Still both are long… especially since I read mine in the small paperback. I ended up buying reading glasses for it. Lol
Not sure but maybe Inheritance? That was close to 900
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix I guess
Not sure maybe American God’s, or Donna Tarts The Goldfinch ,I am Pilgrim I just finished is pretty long. 🙂
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel probably?
I have this on my TBR list, I’m procrastinating because I’m intimidated by the number of pages. ?
Kelly DiMatteo It’s a lot, but reading it was really an experience. It’s a book I still think about often. So much attention to detail, and it’s funnier than you think!
@Kelly I procrastinate with long books too lol
Les Misérables
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 1037 pages and IT by Stephen King 1116 pages.
The Gormenghast Trilogy (a whopping 900+ pages). I have it as one big book – absolutely brilliant by the way!
Stephen King- the stand and IT
Books from game of thrones series
I read Gone with the Wind and The Stand, but I’ve read other books over 1,000 pages. I just can’t think of them off hand.
Anna Karenina by L. Tolstoy
The Crimson Petal and the White
Stephen King “IT”
Gone with the Wind
The Fountainhead
I’ve read Fountainhead too.
Clarissa; a truly dreadful book. It was reportedly the longest fictional book ever written in the English language. And it’s epistolary. Finishing it became a challenge. I did it. But at the end I did wonder why!? :-/
Gone with the wind
War and Peace
Maybe pillars of the earth
The Edge of Eternity – Ken Follett – 1159 pages
Sacajawea – 1424 pages. Also one of the best books I have ever read.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (outlander series) – 1157
Me 2
I’ve read all of the Outlander books.
Me 2…do you belong to any Outlander groups?
@Kathryn a couple
I don’t belong to any groups but have been to Scotland twice and go to lots of Scottish Festivals as we’re Scottish and my granddaughter is a Highland Dancer.
It’s a toss up between It or Under the Dome (both by Stephen King). Both were 1000+ pages. I’m sure there were/are others – just not remembering right now.
The Book Thief
Gone with the Wind immediately comes to mind.
I believe one around 1,050 pages or so many years ago. I won’t usually read books under 400 pages because I get invested and want to dive in and be submerged for a long enough period of time. ?
My minimum is 300 pages and I am not happy about that. I prefer 400 or more.
Anne Rice the Witching hour
1,243 pages.
Holy cow that is a big book
Whoa! Weren’t books written by hand back then!
@Pamela Yeah! I didn’t even think of that!
No clue that book was a doorstop!
Under the Dome by Steven King over a 1,000 pages.
The Stand by Stephen King – 1200 pages; The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro – 1100 pages
Stephen King’s IT 1473 pages long
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Advise and Consent
A very long book. Once your realize you’re reading the original translation from French, you finally get the hang of the naration. I enjoyed the book very much. No wonder it is a classic.
Stephen Kings IT
Shantaram!
Great book – I think it was around 1000 pages.
Clarissa by Samuel Richardson – 1534 pages. Every page a delight to read. 🙂
What is it about?
a young naive lady and a wicked young man. The whole book is written in letters between several people. I loved it and would highly recommend ?
@Kay I will add it to my tbr. Thank you ?
@Kay is it this one?
@Nay yes it is.
@Kay thank you
Probably It by Stephen King.
BIBLE
That is a long book lol
Yes, for sure- but one is never really done reading it
@Gwenn I have read it several times in my 63 years!
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
The Outlander books. I’m in the middle of the fourth one now. It’s taking me a long time to get through them.
Love the whole series
Les Miserables
I read the abridged version which is shorter
It was painful at times but worth reading it all. 1500 pages I don’t regret
Under the dome? A Dance with Dragons? Both over 1000 pages
Anna Karenina
1,349 pages – a suitable boy by Vikram Seth
Currently reading it. Sacajawea, 1389 pages.
Moby Dick
Don Quixote?
War and Peace, over 1,200 pages. Even Stephen King’s IT was thinner.
The Bible
War and Peace or It
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Crime and punishment
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalled Husseini
Do you have it as a pdf ?
Nah! I have a paper copy ?
You are lucky then not to hurt ur eyes… good luck
Yeah ??
I will.google it down… is it worth reading ?
It’s heaven
The bio of Albert Einstein. Interesting read, it dang was it L O N G!
Pillars of the Earth I think and it was fabulous
Loved that series!
Do you want the longest, or the one that FELT like the longest?
Either or both! ?
I think my longest was Gone With the Wind. The one that FELT the longest- interminable, really- was Wuthering Heights. Gah.
Gone with the Wind
The book thief, I think
Lord of The Rings! Was good tho?
Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson.
A storm of swords by George R.R. Martin, I believe. I haven’t read the rest of the series yet.
Weave world.
I don’t remember who wrote it
Clive Barker
It
The bible, which I read more than once. It has well over 700k words.
The largest of George’s book is 400k and something; it is the largest I have read if the Bible does not counts as a single book.
The first book of my fantasy series would be bigger than George’s, but a little smaller than the Bible, but to fit things better I diveded the first book into ‘book 1’ and ‘offbook 1’, two works, before the one titled ‘book 2’.
One of the sequels might get bigger than the Bible even if I have already divided the events into more books than the original plan.
Getting published then is another issue and I, very likely, will have to divide each work into volumes before being able to publish the entire huge thing on their entirety.
Probably Stephen King’s ‘under the dome’ would rec! pretty good read
Don Quixote!!! The Finch!!!!
War and Peace.
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
Stephen King’s The Stand
1963 by Stephen King
War and Peace by Tolstoy
HP Order of the Phoenix but I’m about to read The Way of Kings tomorrow
Atlas Shrugged.
I didn’t like any of her books but I read them.
I don’t mind them but whew this one was dense! I really loved Anthem!!! ??
The Stand
Any of The Outlander series.
The Stand
Anna Karenina. Or maybe Atlas Shrugged, not sure which is longer.
A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
Aztec, Sacajawea
a book about Stonewall Jackson
If you have goodreads you can go onto your read books and sort them by number of pages, an easy way to know what the longest and shortest books you’ve read are.
War And Peace but James Michener’s Hawaii took forever?
Under the Dome
It by Stephen King (1,116 pages)
It
Anna Karenina, in middle school. I was miserable lol.
Les Miserables.
Catherine the Great
Gone with the wind. I was 40 days pretty ill in bed, so was a perfect time. I was 15 and internet wasn’t still available
Les Miserables
Probably The Stand unless you count the Bible as one book instead of 66.
At the moment im reading a book called homeland its about 1100 pages, but I generally read lar ge novels so I cant really come up with the absolute longest one… the books that felt the longest were the lord of the rings trilogy, bogged down for a month on each one so much detail and side story, worth every hour lol
Ana Karina
It is so far the largest for me, I usually don’t read books longer than much over 500 pages but it is far longer than 500 pages
Not sure of the page count…. The Stand and/or Gone With The Wind. Love them both. They are two of my top five books of all time ❤️
so far, anna karenina
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Or. Breaking dawn (the last Twilight book).
War and Peace
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb. Paperback is around 1100 I think.
One of my all time favs!??
one called the emperor’s assassin’s by Santiago Posterguillo. Very interesting, historical novel. Almost 3000 pages, maybe a little more. I almost died when I heard it was a trilogy
Jeez! 3000 pages ?
Seriously ?? I think that’s impossible ?
Are you sure it’s 3,000 pages? Most 1,000 page books are huge and even difficult to carry around. I’ve heard authors say that publishers can’t/won’t publish books more than a little over 1,000 pages for a variety of reasons.
I just looked the book up and the description of it on Amazon says it’s 1,232 pages.
Sorry I was going to write 2000. I can’t remember exactly how much.
GWThe Wind and The Goldfinch
Truman by David McCullough
The Goldfinch was amongst one of the longest and most intense
Long walk to freedom by Nelson Mandela
Harry Potter.
The stand
James Michener’s “Centennial” at 909 pages. Excellent book!
Longest book, shortest title: IT.
Either It or Gone With the Wind or Under the Dome. Or maybe Les Miserables. I know that one was at least 1400 pages
War and Peace.
It
It
Working on The Stand now.
gone with the wind
Les Miserables. I’ve read it 5 times and made it the topic of a thesis paper in college. It never gets old ?
That’s so cool lol
I never made it through- yet. But my favorite quote so far is from Mlle. Baptistine: “The devil may visit us, but God lives here.”
I read it in French for my college course. That was a true struggle. I’ve read it several times in English and it’s one of my favorite novels.
de kronieken van narnie xD 1184 pages xD
Gone with the wind ?
Both Shogun and Thornbirds were pretty long too.
Shogun was 1152 pages.
Oh, I read that. Forgot.
I’ve read all of James Clavell’s books. I liked them. They did a mini series about Shogun back in the ‘70’s.
It, i think.
The stand
The Stand is only 823 pages. Gone With the Wind is 1,037 pages. Shogun at 1152 is longer than both.
@Kathryn actually now that I think about it. It by Stephen King is the most at 1138 with Under the done at 1074. That’s quite a bit for me. Never read Gone with the wind or Shogun. Would you recommend?
I really liked Shogun. It’s a good book. It’s is historical fiction about how the Portuguese Jesuits were the first Europeans to be allowed into the Japanese Islands and you learn all about the Shogun in medieval Japanese Society.
@Kathryn sounds good. I’ll have to put on my to-read list
Stephen King has several 1000 pagers, but they seem to go pretty fast
Gone With the Wind
Probably War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.
War and Peace
War and Peace is 1225 pages.
1225 pages is a lot.
I’ve read a lot of really big books, and really don’t mind them at all, actually I like them because the story last longer since I’m reading a book all the time anyway.