Your longest book?

I read this several years ago and enjoyed it, but it was definitely LONG! I'm usually an avid re-reader, but the idea of re-reading this book gives me pause.

I've probably read longer books in the past...hmm, I wonder how Les Miserables compares in length.

Regards,
Kareni

Never read it, but I can say I saw the movie!!  

~Linda~

Probably 1q84 by Murakama, that has around 1330 pages, but some of Follett's historical epics came close.

I'm not sure if it is the longest, but when I was 11 years old I read War and Peace, and it's about 1200 pages. I think some of the books in the Wheel of Time might be longer, my favourite "Lord of Chaos', was 1007 wonderful pages.

I loved this book! Still have my hardback copy. Other books that I've read that were quite long but very enjoyable were the Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon - Voyager (Outlander, Book 3) by Diana Gabaldon (Kindle Edition). This one is stated as being 1072 pages. Speaking of James Michener I loved Hawaii Hawaii by James A. Michener, Steve Berry which is 937 pages. Mariana Zapata's The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata, which I loved, is 672. For me there is nothing better than an excellent looooong book! If it's really good the longer the better!

I'd read any of the RLS books again...count me in.

~Linda~

I did read Lord of the Rings in pbk, altho not this edition. In pbk this runs almost 1200 pgs, so probably about the same. Looking at some of your responses, I did read the Stand, oh so many decades ago, same with Gone With the Wind. I even reread that one! Tried the Russians & just couldn't get into them, did read Hawaii & Centennial. I remember reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens in the 7th grade; required reading, and the only way I finished it was by telling myself I couldn't read anything else until then! But looking at Wikipedia, the first ed. was only 544 ppg. Sure seemed a lot longer at the time!! Probably others in the distant past, but they're not coming to mind. But Lord of the Rings, it came to mind! And yep, I read the 3 books straight thru. Did get a bit challenging keeping the names straight some days!


I almost forgot:  I couldn't get into Atlas Shrugged, but I remember reading Fountainhead and enjoying it.   This ed. is only 752 pp; probably about right.  What I really loved of Ayn Rand?  Anthem   Very short, but a dystopian future where utterance of the word "I" is punishable by death.  I read this in my late teens, so of course, it appealed!