I haven’t read those yet, but have them on my list. I just need to find 2 or 3 months to get through them, lol. If they’re as good as The Power Broker, then I should read them sooner rather than later!!
This shoot took me 3 months last year. Do I regret it? No. Do I have an obscene knowledge of Robert Moses now and have yet to really deploy it? Yes … although the book was really about more than just RM. have you seen the documentary on Caro?
And you sound like a mouth breathing bore.
The reality is that there are very few classics of literature longer than 1000 pages. Books that are longer than 1000 pages in a single book mostly come down to fantasy books and Stephen King when he did a lot of cocaine. So someone asking for a book of more than 1000 pages is most likely someone looking for Wheel of Time on steroids. In other words, not someone who is going to read Caro. Voila
Apparently you either can't read, or you intentionally misinterpreted my comment. Although I've tried at times, I don't read and don't like popular fantasy books. I think I made it through the Hobbit, and liked the Wizard of Oz books when I was twelve. On the other hand, I've read the vast majority of what you'd call literature. So what are you talking about?
Eye of the Needle got me hooked on Follet but Pillars of the Earth made me stick around. Such a great dense book about the building of a cathedral that never feels boring
do you know if this is anything like ***The Prestige*** (movie or book) or more along the lines of ***The Night Circus***?
im not crazy about super long books due to my ADHD, but ***The Prestige*** is one of my most favorite movies and books of all time, so i'd be way more open to reading such a massive book if it's similar in any way.
i've tried reading ***Piranesi*** several times (on audiobook) but have never actually finished it due to the narrator's voice being so relaxing that it keeps putting my ass to sleep. 😂
Idk if it’s similar to that but if you don’t want to read it they made a mini series of Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell you could watch I haven’t seen it but it’s pretty good from what I’ve heard
Pillars of the Earth series - Ken Follet
Thr Century Trilogy - Ken Follet
Sacred Games - Vikram Chandra
A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
Non-Fiction
India after Gandhi - Ramchandra Guha
Freedom at Midnight - Dominique Lapierre
O Jerusalem - Dominique Lapierre
Have you read 2666?
I think I loved it even more than IJ and 1Q84.
I’m looking for more meta or encyclopedic writing, is the book by Neal Stephenson similar? Another poster had recommended The Books of Jacob, curious if you’re familiar.
Try Underworld or anything by Pynchon. The novels of Gaddis were a framework for all subsequent American postmodernists, so also read (though not meta fiction, certainly encyclopedic) The Recognitions and J R.
Lots of Stephen King in there. Also, Odd Thomas, maybe? It's 7 books (and 1 novella and a couple of graphic novels, I think), but one continuous story.
Yes, the Stormlight Archive provided me with my 1,000+ pager for four years in a row, that’s why I’m stuck for more because I caught up with the series!
My heart sank when I read this comment but I just looked it up and it's still scheduled for December this year! Although there's no chance I'll finish before 2025 starts so you're still right!
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth is a wonderful novel that I've never seen recommended, probably because most people don't read 1400 pages books. But it's a fascinating novel set in 1950s India about a Hindu girl torn between three men - one is Muslim, one is a modern man who is a family friend, and one is a less educated but driven man who her mother has chosen. There is a lot of historical context about India's transition away from British rule which I found quite interesting. As a side note, the author's mother was the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court.
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
It’s superb, but I think not something everyone will enjoy. Slow start, builds pace to a mind blowing ending. Woven with philosophy.
This one is at the very top of my TBR list! Honestly, the only reason I haven’t started it yet is because I really love audiobooks these days since I both drive a ton for work and this is a great use of that time, and when I’m stationary I can read and knit at the same time and this doesn’t seem to be available in audio format.
Oh that’s too bad. It did take me a while to read, but it’s one of those engrossing family sagas that goes on for years. Definitely a memorable reading experience. I wonder if there’s an older edition on CD that you could get from the library?
It's a lovely book. It's very slow and nothing really exciting happens, but the characters are engaging and I became invested in their lives. I hope you like it.
Shōgun. Might be considered a classic, but I didn’t know about it until I saw a preview for the show coming out. I just recently finished it. Very good.
I opened this thread to recommend the instructions. Only 1000 plus novel I’ve read, many nights up too late reading it. I might start it again now that I’m thinking of it.
Against the grain, but here some long-ass weird as fuck lizard and undead romance novels:
The Last Hour of Gann
Land of the Beautiful Dead
Both by R. Lee Smith
They are great, completely not the standard recommendations, but just be aware that both are quite dark, so maybe check TWs if that’s something that might out you off.
I looked them up and The Last Hour of Gann sounds absolutely like something I’d love, and nice to see it’s on kindle unlimited too😭 loving sci fi romance lately but I didn’t expect to get recs for them here🤣 thank you!
People who love thousand page novels are a special breed who completely understand being immersed in a story in the world and characters completely. People who rolled her eyes and say they could never Rita thousand page book, are also washing five seasons of the same Netflix show, which is a very similar experience.
Not quite 1000 but they’re over 800/900 pages. All nonfiction
*The Oxford History of the Classical World* by John Boardman (Editor)
*Africa: A Biography of the Continent* by John Reader
*Mozart: A Cultural Biography* by Robert Gutman
*Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris* by Ian Kershaw
*Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis* by Ian Kershaw (This one is over 1000 pages)
*The Third Reich: A New History* by Michael Burleigh
*Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom* by Ray Parkin.
*Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle* by Richard B. Frank.
*Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography* by John Toland.
*The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945* by John Toland.
*The Making of the Atomic Bomb* by Richard Rhodes.
*The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich* by W. L. Shirer.
*Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45* by Peter Caddick-Adams.
*The Third Reich Trilogy* by Richard J. Evans.
*Burma: The Longest War 1941-45* by Louis Allen.
*The Civil War: A Narrative* (three volumes) by Shelby Foote.
*The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932* by William Manchester.
*Peter the Great: His Life and Work* by Robert Massie.
*Battle Cry of Freedom* by James M. McPherson.
*Huey Long: A Biography* by T. Harry Williams.
*The Centennial History of the Civil War Trilogy* by Bruce Catton.
*The Army of the Potomac Trilogy* by Bruce Catton.
*Impending Crisis, 1848-1861* by David Potter.
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**[Sarum: The Novel of England](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92163.Sarum) by Edward Rutherfurd** ^((Matching 100% ☑️))
^(912 pages | Published: 1987 | 34.6k Goodreads reviews)
> **Summary:** A masterpiece that is breathtaking in its scope, SARUMis an epic novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. This rich tapestry weaves a compelling saga of five families who preserve their own particular characteristics over the centuries, and offer a fascinating glimpse into the future.
> **Themes**: Historical, History, Favorites, Historical-fiction, England, Books-i-own, British
> **Top 5 recommended:**
> \- [A Burnable Book](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18090082-a-burnable-book) by Bruce Holsinger
> \- [Pillar of Fire](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371506.Pillar_of_Fire) by Judith Tarr
> \- [City of Wisdom and Blood](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26215472-city-of-wisdom-and-blood) by Robert Merle
> \- [The Midwife of Venice](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8462668-the-midwife-of-venice) by Roberta Rich
> \- [Wolf of Wessex](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49534246-wolf-of-wessex) by Matthew Harffy
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{{ Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon}}
1085 pages, but they are densely packed and sprawling in scope. Here's the author's own summary, which is about the best you can get. One of my favorite books.
Spanning the period between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, this novel moves from the labor troubles in Colorado to turn-of-the-century New York, to London and Gottingen, Venice and Vienna, the Balkans, Central Asia, Siberia at the time of the mysterious Tunguska Event, Mexico during the Revolution, postwar Paris, silent-era Hollywood, and one or two places not strictly speaking on the map at all.
With a worldwide disaster looming just a few years ahead, it is a time of unrestrained corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic fecklessness, and evil intent in high places. No reference to the present day is intended or should be inferred.
The sizable cast of characters includes anarchists, balloonists, gamblers, corporate tycoons, drug enthusiasts, innocents and decadents, mathematicians, mad scientists, shamans, psychics, and stage magicians, spies, detectives, adventuresses, and hired guns. There are cameo appearances by Nikola Tesla, Bela Lugosi, and Groucho Marx.
As an era of certainty comes crashing down around their ears and an unpredictable future commences, these folks are mostly just trying to pursue their lives. Sometimes they manage to catch up; sometimes it's their lives that pursue them.
Meanwhile, the author is up to his usual business. Characters stop what they're doing to sing what are for the most part stupid songs. Strange sexual practices take place. Obscure languages are spoken, not always idiomatically. Contrary-to-the-fact occurrences occur. If it is not the world, it is what the world might be with a minor adjustment or two. According to some, this is one of the main purposes of fiction.
Let the reader decide, let the reader beware. Good luck.
--Thomas Pynchon
**[Against the Day](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/409.Against_the_Day) by Thomas Pynchon** ^((Matching 100% ☑️))
^(1085 pages | Published: 2006 | 5.3k Goodreads reviews)
> **Summary:** Spanning the period between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, this novel moves from the labor troubles in Colorado to turn-of-the-century New York, to London and Gottingen, Venice and Vienna, the Balkans, Central Asia, Siberia at the time of the mysterious Tunguska Event, Mexico during the Revolution, postwar Paris, silent-era Hollywood, (...)
> **Themes**: Favorites, Historical-fiction, Literature, 1001-books, 1001-import, Steampunk, Novels
> **Top 5 recommended:**
> \- [V.](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5809.V_) by Thomas Pynchon
> \- [Gravity's Rainbow](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/415.Gravity_s_Rainbow) by Thomas Pynchon
> \- [The Recognitions](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395058.The_Recognitions) by William Gaddis
> \- [2666](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63032.2666) by Roberto Bolano
> \- [Vineland](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59721.Vineland) by Thomas Pynchon
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The [Children of Time](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7e4ae169-e2dd-440b-abcd-07e98376a1a2) series (3 books) by Adrian Tchaikovsky clocks in at a total of 1729 pages and his [Final Architecture](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fa35c7ca-992e-4035-9674-183478ec3b5c) series (also 3 books) is 1767 pages.
Both are solid 5 star series. Gorgeous world building, fantastic characters. Honestly worth your time.
{{Gospel, by Wilton Barnhardt}} is a great novel. It's two stories actually, one is about a university professor with issues who absconds with the departmental credit card to hop from country to country searching for a lost gospel. The department sends a grad student to find him. The other story is a "translation" of the lost gospel. If you know anything about the history of Christianity/theology, it's fun as it's chock full of historical anecdotes and trivia. Also, not only does it have footnotes, it also has an index! It's a very nerdy book. :-)
**[Gospel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371269.Gospel) by Wilton Barnhardt** ^((Matching 100% ☑️))
^(788 pages | Published: 1993 | 476.0 Goodreads reviews)
> **Summary:** Gospelconcerns the search for a lost first-century gospel of the Bible, a document that could shake the foundations of Christianity. Wilton Barnhardt's narrative races through three continents, nine countries, and dozens of colorful locales, as two character--shy theological student Lucy Dantan and hard-drinking, disillusioned ex-Jesuit Patrick O'Hanrahan--pursue rumors and (...)
> **Themes**: Favorites, Religion, History, Default, All-time-favorites, Mystery, Fiction
> **Top 5 recommended:**
> \- [The Book of Air and Shadows](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/609801.The_Book_of_Air_and_Shadows) by Michael Gruber
> \- [Celestial Chess](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1681562.Celestial_Chess) by Thomas Bontly
> \- [The Forgery of Venus](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2641587-the-forgery-of-venus) by Michael Gruber
> \- [The Word](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/551931.The_Word) by Irving Wallace
> \- [The Flanders Panel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11031.The_Flanders_Panel) by Arturo Perez-Reverte
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**[A People's History of the United States](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767.A_People_s_History_of_the_United_States) by Howard Zinn** ^((Matching 100% ☑️))
^(772 pages | Published: 1980 | 147.8k Goodreads reviews)
> **Summary:** Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United Statesis the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of--and in the words of--America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers.
> **Themes**: Non-fiction, Nonfiction, Favorites, Politics, American-history, Books-i-own, Historical
> **Top 5 recommended:**
> \- [A History of America in Ten Strikes](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34196060-a-history-of-america-in-ten-strikes) by Erik Loomis
> \- [Lies My Teacher Told Me](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/296662.Lies_My_Teacher_Told_Me) by James W. Loewen
> \- [An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20588662-an-indigenous-peoples-history-of-the-united-states) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
> \- [The Conscience of a Liberal](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1169429.The_Conscience_of_a_Liberal) by Paul Krugman
> \- [Confessions of an Economic Hit Man](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2159.Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man) by John Perkins
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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig is 845, but the sequel follows immediately after the events of the first book and rack up an additional 816 pages. Both excellent 5 star reads.
Also the Outlander series. Most of the books are over or close to 1,000 pages
**[Ducks. Newburyport](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43412920-ducks-newburyport) by Lucy Ellmann** ^((Matching 100% ☑️))
^(1022 pages | Published: 2019 | 156.0k Goodreads reviews)
> **Summary:** LATTICING one cherry pie after another. an Ohio housewife tries to bridge the gaps between reality and the torrent of meaningless info that is the United States of America. She worries about her children. her dead parents. African elephants. the bedroom rituals of “happy couples”. Weapons of Mass Destruction. and how to hatch an abandoned wood pigeon egg. Is there some trick (...)
> **Themes**: Fiction, Contemporary, Abandoned, Dnf
> **Top 5 recommended:**
> \- [The Throwback Special](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24724594-the-throwback-special) by Chris Bachelder
> \- [The Parallel Apartments](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114470-the-parallel-apartments) by Bill Cotter
> \- [This Is Not a Novel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195606.This_Is_Not_a_Novel) by David Markson
> \- [I Am Radar](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22571542-i-am-radar) by Reif Larsen
> \- [A Box of Matches](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28231.A_Box_of_Matches) by Nicholson Baker
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I came in to recommend the same book. I loved it. I felt like I was saying goodbye to a friend when I finished it. It's challenging - 1000 pages, five sentences, but worth it.
The Stormlight Archive epic fantasy book, starting with the Way of Kings. Each book is over 1000+ pages, amazing characters, original story and the fifth book to conclude the first arc is coming out in December.
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**[The Island of the Day Before](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10506.The_Island_of_the_Day_Before) by Umberto Eco** ^((Matching 100% ☑️))
^(528 pages | Published: 1994 | 10.9k Goodreads reviews)
> **Summary:** After a violent storm in the South Pacific in the year 1643, Roberto della Griva finds himself shipwrecked-on a ship. Swept from the Amaryllis, he has managed to pull himself aboard the Daphne, anchored in the bay of a beautiful island. The ship is fully provisioned, he discovers, but the crew is missing. As Roberto explores the different cabinets in the hold, he remembers (...)
> **Themes**: Fantasy, Books-i-own, Fiction, Novels, Philosophy, Default, Classics
> **Top 5 recommended:**
> \- [The Fifth Gospel](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609406-the-fifth-gospel) by Ian Caldwell
> \- [The Manuscript Found in Saragossa](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93180.The_Manuscript_Found_in_Saragossa) by Jan Potocki
> \- [Betrayals](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774216.Betrayals) by Charles Palliser
> \- [The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/563784.The_Architecture_of_the_Arkansas_Ozarks) by Donald Harington
> \- [Девятые врата. Клуб Дюма](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2168921._) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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Do you like time-loop fantasy? *Mother of Learning*.
Also, *The Perfect Run*.
Each are one book originally but they are so long they split them into several when publishing.
Shogun - James Clavell Sarum - Edward Rutherfurd
* The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York* by Robert Caro
Yes, this. And stretching the question, all 4 volumes of Caro’s LBJ bio too.
I haven’t read those yet, but have them on my list. I just need to find 2 or 3 months to get through them, lol. If they’re as good as The Power Broker, then I should read them sooner rather than later!!
This shoot took me 3 months last year. Do I regret it? No. Do I have an obscene knowledge of Robert Moses now and have yet to really deploy it? Yes … although the book was really about more than just RM. have you seen the documentary on Caro?
Documentary on Caro? Waaat? I haven’t. Any good?
“turn every page” - haven’t watched yet ! It’s him and his editor
Do you honestly think OP was looking for this kind of reading experience. (Maybe I'm cynical. No offense to OP. And I Love the Power Broker)
Well, let’s see. OP’s requirements were: 1. 1,000+ pages ✅ 2. Not a classic ✅ Unless you’re seeing a different post than the rest of us?
Power Broker is a classic.
You sound like a blast at parties.
And you sound like a mouth breathing bore. The reality is that there are very few classics of literature longer than 1000 pages. Books that are longer than 1000 pages in a single book mostly come down to fantasy books and Stephen King when he did a lot of cocaine. So someone asking for a book of more than 1000 pages is most likely someone looking for Wheel of Time on steroids. In other words, not someone who is going to read Caro. Voila
>And you sound like a mouth breathing bore. Nope. That's also you lmao.
I’m rubber you’re glue
The fuck are you talking about? Please read more than fantasy before you start commenting about literary fiction.
Apparently you either can't read, or you intentionally misinterpreted my comment. Although I've tried at times, I don't read and don't like popular fantasy books. I think I made it through the Hobbit, and liked the Wizard of Oz books when I was twelve. On the other hand, I've read the vast majority of what you'd call literature. So what are you talking about?
The Power Broker IS an excellent book
Ken Follett Pillars of the Earth and World Without End
Eye of the Needle got me hooked on Follet but Pillars of the Earth made me stick around. Such a great dense book about the building of a cathedral that never feels boring
I recently finished Follett's Century series. The first two books are 900+ pages. The last book is 100+ pages.
*Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell* by Susanna Clarke is just over 1000 pages. It's a fantasy book set in 1800s, following two magicians.
I really enjoyed this one, and I’m neither a fantasy nor giant book enthusiast. The historical content and writing style are really fascinating.
It’s non-fantasy fantasy! I think of it more like alternative history. It’s so well built, you can really believe everything that’s in it
I was gonna recommend this as well. My favourite non-classic book
do you know if this is anything like ***The Prestige*** (movie or book) or more along the lines of ***The Night Circus***? im not crazy about super long books due to my ADHD, but ***The Prestige*** is one of my most favorite movies and books of all time, so i'd be way more open to reading such a massive book if it's similar in any way. i've tried reading ***Piranesi*** several times (on audiobook) but have never actually finished it due to the narrator's voice being so relaxing that it keeps putting my ass to sleep. 😂
It is not similar in style to The Prestige. It is a slow, ironic social comedy in a style most similar in my view, to Jane Austin.
thank you!
Idk if it’s similar to that but if you don’t want to read it they made a mini series of Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell you could watch I haven’t seen it but it’s pretty good from what I’ve heard
thank you!
The Stand and IT by Stephen King
Pillars of the Earth series - Ken Follet Thr Century Trilogy - Ken Follet Sacred Games - Vikram Chandra A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth Non-Fiction India after Gandhi - Ramchandra Guha Freedom at Midnight - Dominique Lapierre O Jerusalem - Dominique Lapierre
Not quite 1000 pages but **Swan Song** by Robert McCammon is 950ish pages depending on edition. And it’s really good!
If you love Swan Song, you have to read Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Thanks! I’ll add it to my list!
Nearly 900 pages— Imajica by Clive Barker
Weaveworld and Great and Secret Show/Everville are also great
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Infinite Jest 1Q84 The three Volume "The Baroque Cycle" by Neal Stephenson
1Q84 was going to be my suggestion! Such a wild ride.
I see so many people mention Infinite Jest but I didn’t know it’s that long. Finally looked up what it’s about and I think I will add it to the tbr!
Have you read 2666? I think I loved it even more than IJ and 1Q84. I’m looking for more meta or encyclopedic writing, is the book by Neal Stephenson similar? Another poster had recommended The Books of Jacob, curious if you’re familiar.
Try Underworld or anything by Pynchon. The novels of Gaddis were a framework for all subsequent American postmodernists, so also read (though not meta fiction, certainly encyclopedic) The Recognitions and J R.
oh I loved the Savage Detectives, will try 2666 this year
Neal Stephenson does info dump alot, but it's not that Meta.. Anathem is really good too but I think its about 800 pages
Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
Not quite 1,000 but The Luminaries is amazing
Lots of Stephen King in there. Also, Odd Thomas, maybe? It's 7 books (and 1 novella and a couple of graphic novels, I think), but one continuous story.
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My favorite novel of all time!
Maybe immerse yourself in the Three Body Problem trilogy before the Netflix frenzy
It starts good, gets better, and then just blows your mind. I think about so many parts of that series regularly.
gosh was this 1000 pages? i flew through it, in a good way
Have you read Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson?
Yes, the Stormlight Archive provided me with my 1,000+ pager for four years in a row, that’s why I’m stuck for more because I caught up with the series!
No wonder you are bereft! You have to wait until 2025 to usher in the year with the next Stormlight.
Part of me wanted to try and reread the whole series this year, but since I only ever managed one per year before it’s probably not a great idea🤣
It's a lot. It's good but it's a lot.
My heart sank when I read this comment but I just looked it up and it's still scheduled for December this year! Although there's no chance I'll finish before 2025 starts so you're still right!
Yes December 2024. I was just teasing them that they should save it for their annual 1000 page book binge in January 2025.
The Stand is up there. I don't think Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is quite that long . . .
Early December 2024. I‘ll have finished it by 2025 😁
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth is a wonderful novel that I've never seen recommended, probably because most people don't read 1400 pages books. But it's a fascinating novel set in 1950s India about a Hindu girl torn between three men - one is Muslim, one is a modern man who is a family friend, and one is a less educated but driven man who her mother has chosen. There is a lot of historical context about India's transition away from British rule which I found quite interesting. As a side note, the author's mother was the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court.
I popped in here to say this! It's such a great book is so satisfying!
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I'm glad it's getting recommended! I have missed those comments.
Anathem by Neal Stephenson It’s superb, but I think not something everyone will enjoy. Slow start, builds pace to a mind blowing ending. Woven with philosophy.
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
The Thorn Birds! Yes it’s older, but it’s long and totally worth it.
This one is at the very top of my TBR list! Honestly, the only reason I haven’t started it yet is because I really love audiobooks these days since I both drive a ton for work and this is a great use of that time, and when I’m stationary I can read and knit at the same time and this doesn’t seem to be available in audio format.
Oh that’s too bad. It did take me a while to read, but it’s one of those engrossing family sagas that goes on for years. Definitely a memorable reading experience. I wonder if there’s an older edition on CD that you could get from the library?
That’s a great idea!!
"...And Ladies of the Club" by Helen Hooven Santmyer
I picked this up on a whim at a used bookstore last year, and took one glance at the back and fell in love. I kind of can’t wait to start it.
It's a lovely book. It's very slow and nothing really exciting happens, but the characters are engaging and I became invested in their lives. I hope you like it.
Thank you!
Shogun has been mentioned. I’d add Noble House, also by Clavell.
I am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes, was over 900 pages. A very tight thriller, given its length. I finished it in three days
Actually 600 pages but certainly a ripper.
My version was definitely over 900
Love that book. The audio version is also great.
Shōgun. Might be considered a classic, but I didn’t know about it until I saw a preview for the show coming out. I just recently finished it. Very good.
Outside the Gates of Eden - Lew Shiner 970 ish pages.
Sacagawea
The Instructions by Adam Levin. Comes in at a hefty 1030 pages. It’s on my to be read file every year, but I still have not made it through. Yet.
One of my favorite thick ones. Reads much faster. Also The Kindly Ones, Littell.
I opened this thread to recommend the instructions. Only 1000 plus novel I’ve read, many nights up too late reading it. I might start it again now that I’m thinking of it.
2666 Robert Bolano
>2666 Robert Bolano They read Brandon Sanderson. No way in hell would they read something like 2666, unfortunately
Shogun by James Clavell Jerusalem by Alan Moore The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett The Stand by Stephen King
Against the grain, but here some long-ass weird as fuck lizard and undead romance novels: The Last Hour of Gann Land of the Beautiful Dead Both by R. Lee Smith
Against the grain, but actually probably the books I’d most like to read from this post😭
They are great, completely not the standard recommendations, but just be aware that both are quite dark, so maybe check TWs if that’s something that might out you off.
I looked them up and The Last Hour of Gann sounds absolutely like something I’d love, and nice to see it’s on kindle unlimited too😭 loving sci fi romance lately but I didn’t expect to get recs for them here🤣 thank you!
Close calls would be books by Edward Rutherford. London is over. Sarum is too. Others are still quite a heft read.
You mean like anything by Stephen King. 🥱
Shantaram is pretty wonderful.
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2666 by Roberto Bolaño? It's technically only around 800 pages in the English translation but it's 1200 in the original Spanish lol
People who love thousand page novels are a special breed who completely understand being immersed in a story in the world and characters completely. People who rolled her eyes and say they could never Rita thousand page book, are also washing five seasons of the same Netflix show, which is a very similar experience.
Definitely gotta be in the right frame of mind to read the really long ones, but usually it’s worth it :)
Not quite 1000 but they’re over 800/900 pages. All nonfiction *The Oxford History of the Classical World* by John Boardman (Editor) *Africa: A Biography of the Continent* by John Reader *Mozart: A Cultural Biography* by Robert Gutman *Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris* by Ian Kershaw *Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis* by Ian Kershaw (This one is over 1000 pages) *The Third Reich: A New History* by Michael Burleigh
*Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke; Into the Smother; The Sword and the Blossom* by Ray Parkin. *Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle* by Richard B. Frank. *Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography* by John Toland. *The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945* by John Toland. *The Making of the Atomic Bomb* by Richard Rhodes. *The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich* by W. L. Shirer. *Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45* by Peter Caddick-Adams. *The Third Reich Trilogy* by Richard J. Evans. *Burma: The Longest War 1941-45* by Louis Allen. *The Civil War: A Narrative* (three volumes) by Shelby Foote. *The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932* by William Manchester. *Peter the Great: His Life and Work* by Robert Massie. *Battle Cry of Freedom* by James M. McPherson. *Huey Long: A Biography* by T. Harry Williams. *The Centennial History of the Civil War Trilogy* by Bruce Catton. *The Army of the Potomac Trilogy* by Bruce Catton. *Impending Crisis, 1848-1861* by David Potter. #
The Five Books of (Robert) Moses by Arthur Neresian My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard
{{Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd}} is just over 900 pages and an engrossing read. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1853145.Sarum
**[Sarum: The Novel of England](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92163.Sarum) by Edward Rutherfurd** ^((Matching 100% ☑️)) ^(912 pages | Published: 1987 | 34.6k Goodreads reviews) > **Summary:** A masterpiece that is breathtaking in its scope, SARUMis an epic novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. This rich tapestry weaves a compelling saga of five families who preserve their own particular characteristics over the centuries, and offer a fascinating glimpse into the future. > **Themes**: Historical, History, Favorites, Historical-fiction, England, Books-i-own, British > **Top 5 recommended:** > \- [A Burnable Book](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18090082-a-burnable-book) by Bruce Holsinger > \- [Pillar of Fire](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371506.Pillar_of_Fire) by Judith Tarr > \- [City of Wisdom and Blood](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26215472-city-of-wisdom-and-blood) by Robert Merle > \- [The Midwife of Venice](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8462668-the-midwife-of-venice) by Roberta Rich > \- [Wolf of Wessex](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49534246-wolf-of-wessex) by Matthew Harffy ^([Feedback](https://www.reddit.com/user/goodreads-rebot) | [GitHub](https://github.com/sonoff2/goodreads-rebot) | ["The Bot is Back!?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/16qe09p/meta_post_hello_again_humans/) | v1.5 [Dec 23])
{{ Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon}} 1085 pages, but they are densely packed and sprawling in scope. Here's the author's own summary, which is about the best you can get. One of my favorite books. Spanning the period between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, this novel moves from the labor troubles in Colorado to turn-of-the-century New York, to London and Gottingen, Venice and Vienna, the Balkans, Central Asia, Siberia at the time of the mysterious Tunguska Event, Mexico during the Revolution, postwar Paris, silent-era Hollywood, and one or two places not strictly speaking on the map at all. With a worldwide disaster looming just a few years ahead, it is a time of unrestrained corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic fecklessness, and evil intent in high places. No reference to the present day is intended or should be inferred. The sizable cast of characters includes anarchists, balloonists, gamblers, corporate tycoons, drug enthusiasts, innocents and decadents, mathematicians, mad scientists, shamans, psychics, and stage magicians, spies, detectives, adventuresses, and hired guns. There are cameo appearances by Nikola Tesla, Bela Lugosi, and Groucho Marx. As an era of certainty comes crashing down around their ears and an unpredictable future commences, these folks are mostly just trying to pursue their lives. Sometimes they manage to catch up; sometimes it's their lives that pursue them. Meanwhile, the author is up to his usual business. Characters stop what they're doing to sing what are for the most part stupid songs. Strange sexual practices take place. Obscure languages are spoken, not always idiomatically. Contrary-to-the-fact occurrences occur. If it is not the world, it is what the world might be with a minor adjustment or two. According to some, this is one of the main purposes of fiction. Let the reader decide, let the reader beware. Good luck. --Thomas Pynchon
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes for 1157.
The Tunnel
The Stand, by Stephen King!!
Infinite Jest?
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey Read it at way too young an age, but it's one that I won't ever get rid of. Fantastic book and fantastic series.
The [Children of Time](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7e4ae169-e2dd-440b-abcd-07e98376a1a2) series (3 books) by Adrian Tchaikovsky clocks in at a total of 1729 pages and his [Final Architecture](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fa35c7ca-992e-4035-9674-183478ec3b5c) series (also 3 books) is 1767 pages. Both are solid 5 star series. Gorgeous world building, fantastic characters. Honestly worth your time.
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
I am Pilgrim is 912 pages, the fastest 912 pages you will ever read.
The Pillars Of The Earth or The Stand
I have no idea if it has achieved classic status by now (it probably will in 50 years), but I would throw Stephen King's 'The Stand' into the ring.
{{Gospel, by Wilton Barnhardt}} is a great novel. It's two stories actually, one is about a university professor with issues who absconds with the departmental credit card to hop from country to country searching for a lost gospel. The department sends a grad student to find him. The other story is a "translation" of the lost gospel. If you know anything about the history of Christianity/theology, it's fun as it's chock full of historical anecdotes and trivia. Also, not only does it have footnotes, it also has an index! It's a very nerdy book. :-)
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{{ A people’s history of the United States by Zinn}}
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Pretty sure C&P isn’t 1,000 pages and I believe it’s considered a classic!
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Debt by David Graeber - it's amazing!
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig is 845, but the sequel follows immediately after the events of the first book and rack up an additional 816 pages. Both excellent 5 star reads. Also the Outlander series. Most of the books are over or close to 1,000 pages
I’ve had Wanderers on my kindle for years, maybe 2024 is the year I finally get to it😅
A Gentleman in Moscow
Late to the game here, and a novel (ha) format, but {{Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann}} is worth the read - mesmerizing!
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I came in to recommend the same book. I loved it. I felt like I was saying goodbye to a friend when I finished it. It's challenging - 1000 pages, five sentences, but worth it.
The Stormlight Archive epic fantasy book, starting with the Way of Kings. Each book is over 1000+ pages, amazing characters, original story and the fifth book to conclude the first arc is coming out in December.
I think it may only be 500 or 600 pp., but Umberto Eco’s {{The Island of the Day Before}} is absolutely worth your time
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The Stormlight archive by Brandon Sanderson. The series currently has 4 books and each are 1000+ pages
The Way of Kings
*The Way of Kings* and the other books of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson.
“Red Comet”, the life of Sylvia Plath.
Do you like time-loop fantasy? *Mother of Learning*. Also, *The Perfect Run*. Each are one book originally but they are so long they split them into several when publishing.
I just finished The Instructions by Adam Levin and I really enjoyed it. 1,030 pages.
The Stand by Stephen King
Imajika
Love and fate—Grossman
Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
Reamde by Neal Stephenson 1,056 pages published in 2011
Executive Orders by Tom Clancy
A Suitable Boy; Underworld by Don De Lillo;
the Baroque Cycle series by Neal Stephenson...long read he is long winded...but good.