Does any one know any good long books?

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i am a fast reader and most book only last me a couple days does any one know any long good books. thanks

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"A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth. Loooooong, great!

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Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time cycle might keep you busy.

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Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

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Tolstoy's War and Peace oughtta last ya a few days, and so should Gibbons' Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire

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Hawaii-Michener
How Green Was My Valley-Llewellyn
War and Peace-Tolstoy

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Adding to the Dostoëvsky's, 'The Possessed,' sometimes known as Demons, is his longest but most gripping work.

'The Journals of Sylvia Plath,' and 'Anna Karenina' make for interesting reading, too.

And if you like Shakespeare, try diving into his 'Collected works.'

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The Grapes of Wrath-Steinbeck

I never went wrong with Steinbeck.

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Here are two . . .
Here are two "fairly long" books. Best of all, they are well-written, and a great read:

"The Origin" by Irving Stone

"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck[/color]

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sozobe wrote:

"A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth. Loooooong, great!

sozobe

I was about to suggest the very same book ... but you beat me to it! A wonderful & engrossing read, Sirius!

Another one, a series of 4 or so, actually ..... The Raj Quartet, by Paul Scott. FANTASTIC! Long? Absolutely .... & rivetting, too!

Oddly enough, both books I've suggested are about India ... Two very different periods ... both fantastic reads!

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"Contact"--Carl Sagan

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Infinite Jest

This much I know is true.

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I know what it's like to get through books too fast, that's why I like it when they come in a series. Try Isaac Asimov's Foundation saga.

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'My Life and Loves' -Frank Harris

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Try "The Source" by James Michener - over 1,000 pages. If such is your cup of tea (whatever that means), it's about a relatively contemporary archaeological dig in Israel. Every time an artifact is unearthed, the story flashes back to the time it existed and was used and explains how it got there. Overall, the book traces the roots of religion.

(I read the book many years ago, so you might want a newer summary [Amazon lists reviews, etc]. My mind is not what it used to be.)

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If you like SF, there are two British authors, Peter Hamilton and Alastair Reynolds who have each penned some dandy long books.

I just finished Colleen McCoulloughs (sp?) series on the fall of the Roman Republic. There are six or seven volumes (starting with "The First Man in Rome") that ought to keep anyone busy.

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Don't read garbage like INFINITE JEST when you could be reading one of the great 19th century novels...among the best long ones are anything by Dostoevsky, ANNA KARENINA, MIDDLEMARCH by George Eliot (the greatest English novel of all time), SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION by Flaubert, THE RED AND THE BLACK by Stendhal, or if you want something comic, try DEAD SOULS by Gogol. Read the classics, not trendy contemporary junk!

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Do you have something against contemporary authors, larry? Confused

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Anything by John Grisham is a well worth read.

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Bill Clinton just wrote his memoirs, around 900+ pages. I just bought it and can't wait to get into it.

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Does any one know any good long books?

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