mlfchelle Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 For all of you fantasy novel readers - try Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. There are (I think) 11 books out with the final coming out next year. As good as George R.R. Martin - just as detailed with multiple story lines and numerous characters, but a little easier to get into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiritinthesky Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 At school, (many years ago) we had to read Lord Of The Rings. That was a big book. Never finished it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbear Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Jordan's books tend toward the large page count categories. George RR MArtins books do as well. With the good books I don't care. I want the book to just go on and on. I want to lose myself in the story, and I don't want it to end. The book that felt the longest for me to read was The Fountainhead. I was fascinated by the book. I was determined to read something portraying the working of a mind so opposite how I think. I hated all of the characters in the book. It was like being forced to spend time with people to whom I was wishing bad things would happen. It was like watching Seinfeld with less humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I don't get all the love for The Stand by Stephen King. I've read it and frankly found it boring. I will second Predicto's recommendation of The Amulet of Samarkand. I'm currently reading the third book in the series to my son. Not as good as the first two, but still OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 The Stand- Expanded Edition - 1421 Pages ; Yes the extra pages were worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbol Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Don't remember the exact amount of thousands of pages, but in school we had to read "War and Peace." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec138 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I really don't know, probably something from the Ender's Game series (Great series) or the Redwall series (also very good). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 The Stand- Expanded Edition - 1421 Pages ; Yes the extra pages were worth it. Well check out that bump!! haha God I am such a slow reader. I've been reading this same 350 page book since about January :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Shoot, I don't know.. if the Stand is 1400 pages, that one will rank up there.. trilogies take up a lot. I just finished a nice 850 page novel called "The Terror" about an ill-fated arctic expedition in the 1840s searching for the Northwest Passage. Interesting book.. very historically accurate, the Erebus and Terror were two ships lost on an expedition, all the crew died, and resorted to cannibalism when the survivors tried to leave the Arctic on foot. That much was historically accurate,, but then the author (Dan Simmons) threw in a giant angry Eskimo Bear-God thing on the ice killing and eating everyone... and it was a pretty nifty book. I enjoyed it. I'm typically a slow reader, too Ren, so don't feel bad. I usually only have time for a page or two per day anymore. Takes me forever to get through a book it seems. I went through "The Terror" in about 3 weeks, though. That one was pretty good. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoCommiesGo Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 War & Peace by Tolstoy 1200+ pages. I read it when I was 15, I understood about 10% of the book but I did get through the entire book. I don't think I could ever read that book again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Sci Fan fan that I was,I bought Battlefield Earth,(before I knew about the author and such). Paperback version so it was needless to say,n 0ver 1000 page book. Same for Executive orders. Little over 1300 pages on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Has to be the daily babe, easily. Oh wait...that isnt a book...hmm...well it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. 1168 pages. I think that's one of the longest I've read too, though I've read it 7 times since 2003. The Bible is another, and I've read just about every popular fantasy and alternate history novels that exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 For all of you fantasy novel readers - try Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. There are (I think) 11 books out with the final coming out next year. As good as George R.R. Martin - just as detailed with multiple story lines and numerous characters, but a little easier to get into. Both excellent series. I wish Jordan hadnt passed away befoore the series was complete though. I just started an intersting series, Eric Flint's 1632. The books arent long by themsleves, but there are many in the series. premise: a 2001 WV mining town suddenly get dumped smack into 1632 germany in the middle of the thirty years war, with most of their town's modern items (guns, machine shops, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Judges Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Team of Rivals by Dorris Kearns Godwin. I think it was around 750 pages. By far the best nonfiction book I've ever read, and I've read some good ones. Also Read A conspiracy so Immense, the World of Joe McCarthy by David Oshinski. I forget how many pages, but it was a slow read. Currently reading Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black. Not sure how many pages, probably around 900. Black's writing style is dull, almost dictionary like. But if you ever want to know when FDR's college rommate's cousin got his first pube, it's probably in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas...This one took awhile to read, but was good. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens. When I was younger, I really wanted to read all the "great works" so I read this one in 7th grade. I didn't understand a damn word but I was determined to finish it. I read it again in 12th grade...made much more sense. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is pretty hefty too I suppose, I've read that 4-5 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtyquinn Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Battlefield Earth - L. Ron Hubbard - over 1000 Harry Potter 5, 6 & 7 - 700+ pages each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Well check out that bump!! haha Yeah I was checking out your old threads. BTW, you have more food threads you need to start. I can't believe you haven't started an official ice cream thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Yeah I was checking out your old threads. BTW, you have more food threads you need to start. I can't believe you haven't started an official ice cream thread. :doh: Don't encourage her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 :doh:Don't encourage her. I know, :doh1: what the hell was I thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 all the Harry Potter books.... all the Twilight books.... Native Son Jurassic Park I have to think some more about this question. I read a LOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I've read most of the Michner and Clancey books which are usually pretty long but I think the Bibles got them beat. The words are soooo tiny yet so BIG! Yes, I read it for fun or at least not because I had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buenosdiaz Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 took a lot longer than expected but def worth the effort ^^^ check it out no typoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 check it out no typoes oh, the irony. it's typos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buenosdiaz Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 oh, the irony.it's typos. that was my joke sucka! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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