Favorite Long Books

44,424 members

495 reviews

4.2

12 Members: eromsted, dhm, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, bkshs, FranzK72, PureChaos

7

Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

35,623 members

545 reviews

3.8

13 Members: jain, dhm, Cecrow, roby72, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, si, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos,JillMac111

8

The Brothers Karamazov

29,661 members

331 reviews

½ 4.4

12 Members: eromsted, dhm, Cecrow, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, Bretzky1, rplinke, bkshs, FranzK72

9

David Copperfield

21,139 members

282 reviews

4.1

11 Members: dhm, roby72, thecoroner, katie4098, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, bkshs, PureChaos

10

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

19,600 members

314 reviews

4.2

12 Members: jain, KimarieBee, Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Eowyn1, Dilara86, alex68, rplinke, bkshs, FranzK72,ahef1963

11

The Magic Mountain

9,655 members

176 reviews

4.2

9 Members: eromsted, dhm, roby72, cindyst2000, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, rplinke, FranzK72,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : Too slow for me

12

The Tin Drum

by Günter Grass

7,622 members

93 reviews

4

9 Members: eromsted, roby72, FAMeulstee, thecoroner, javiermarias, Dilara86, alex68, rplinke, FranzK72

13

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,480 members

478 reviews

4.1

9 Members: aulsmith, chgstrom, Cecrow, roby72, FAMeulstee, Bretzky1, cej1027, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Great Expectations

38,693 members

439 reviews

3.9

11 Members: dhm, chgstrom, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos,merrystar

15

Midnight's Children

by Salman Rushdie

13,969 members

244 reviews

4

10 Members: Cecrow, roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Laura1124, JillMac111, FranzK72

16

Bleak House

The Man Without Qualities

13,725 members

249 reviews

4.2

9 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

17

by Robert Musil

620 members

12 reviews

4.2

6 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, FranzK72

18

In Search of Lost Time

by Marcel Proust

3,915 members

46 reviews

½ 4.6

6 Members: eromsted, roby72, FAMeulstee, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

19

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

5,702 members

109 reviews

4.2

8 Members: aulsmith, roby72, FAMeulstee, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, rplinke, FranzK72

20

It

by Stephen King

22,074 members

410 reviews

4.1

8 Members: hipdeep, chgstrom, Cecrow, mkbird, thecoroner, ahef1963, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda,rplinke

21

by Susanna Clarke

27,073 members

779 reviews

3.9

10 Members: hipdeep, jain, chgstrom, Cecrow, souloftherose, Dilara86, cej1027, ahef1963, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda,KimarieBee ,aulsmith ,alex68
Explanations: aulsmith : It wanders about and never really gels.

22

Anna Karenina

by León Tolstói

38,660 members

632 reviews

4.1

8 Members: eromsted, Cecrow, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, rplinke, FranzK72

23

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44,614 members

697 reviews

4.2

9 Members: eromsted, Cecrow, mkbird, cindyst2000, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, bkshs, FranzK72,Bretzky1
Explanations: Bretzky1 : One of the most overrated books that I have read, and my edition is less than 500 pages.

24

Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

14,756 members

192 reviews

3.9

8 Members: roby72, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, JillMac111, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides

27,251 members

632 reviews

4.1

7 Members: Tomleesteenboek, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, JillMac111, FranzK72

26

Our Mutual Friend

The Count of Monte Cristo

5,864 members

102 reviews

4.2

8 Members: roby72, mkbird, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Laura1124, FranzK72

27

by Alexandre Dumas

25,677 members

436 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: dhm, Cecrow, roby72, FAMeulstee, alex68, al.vick, bkshs, FranzK72

28

Life: A User's Manual

by Georges Perec

3,814 members

55 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, si, FranzK72, PureChaos

29

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,894 members

338 reviews

4.1

9 Members: aulsmith, roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, ahef1963, Laura1124, bkshs, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

10,848 members

251 reviews

4

9 Members: roby72, merrystar, souloftherose, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, bkshs, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

31

A Suitable Boy

by Vikram Seth

5,769 members

108 reviews

4.2

7 Members: dhm, roby72, FAMeulstee, souloftherose, Dilara86, si, ahef1963

32

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

19,276 members

248 reviews

3.8

8 Members: roby72, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, FranzK72

33

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

30,653 members

453 reviews

4.1

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos

34

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson

8,311 members

593 reviews

4

6 Members: chgstrom, cindyst2000, elkiedee, ahef1963, JillMac111, Julie_in_the_Library

35

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

45,182 members

2,128 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: jain, KimarieBee, chgstrom, ahef1963, bkshs, JillMac111

36

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo

14,253 members

178 reviews

3.9

8 Members: aulsmith, Cecrow, thecoroner, alex68, Laura1124, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos

37

The Tale of Genji

by Shikibu Murasaki

5,539 members

53 reviews

3.9

7 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68, Laura1124, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Once and Future King

by T. H. White

15,392 members

207 reviews

4.1

9 Members: hipdeep, dhm, FAMeulstee, Sambella, ahef1963, Laura1124, bkshs, ManWithAnAgenda, Julie_in_the_Library,eromsted ,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : Uneven

39

A Tale of Two Cities

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

36,893 members

457 reviews

3.9

7 Members: KimarieBee, aulsmith, chgstrom, merrystar, ahef1963, Laura1124, bkshs,jain
Explanations: jain : <500 pages (in the editions I've seen)

40

The Odyssey

by Homer

53,427 members

477 reviews

4

6 Members: aulsmith, dhm, thecoroner, Laura1124, FranzK72, PureChaos

41

by Laurence Sterne

7,699 members

113 reviews

3.9

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

42

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

by Michael Chabon

18,860 members

415 reviews

4.2

6 Members: hipdeep, jain, aulsmith, alex68, ahef1963, Laura1124

43

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

25,028 members

473 reviews

4.2

6 Members: FAMeulstee, Eowyn1, ahef1963, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos

44

The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot

8,760 members

119 reviews

3.8

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,627 members

1,273 reviews

4.1

7 Members: KimarieBee, chgstrom, roby72, Sambella, ahef1963, Laura1124, Julie_in_the_Library,cej1027

46

Tom Jones

by Henry Fielding

8,164 members

95 reviews

3.9

7 Members: jain, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

47

Life and Fate

by Vasily Grossman

3,453 members

89 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: roby72, FAMeulstee, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, FranzK72

48

Doctor Faustus

The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition

4,119 members

47 reviews

4.1

6 Members: dhm, roby72, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, FranzK72

49

V.

by Thomas Pynchon

5,219 members

36 reviews

4

6 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, rplinke, FranzK72

50

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

42,877 members

1,124 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: KimarieBee, chgstrom, Cecrow, ahef1963, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar

51

The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

15,031 members

804 reviews

3.9

6 Members: cindyst2000, javiermarias, ahef1963, Laura1124, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda

52

by Stephen King

19,895 members

370 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: chgstrom, Sambella, ahef1963, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda

53

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

23,534 members

443 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: roby72, merrystar, cindyst2000, Laura1124, JillMac111, PureChaos

54

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

26,373 members

502 reviews

4.2

7 Members: Cecrow, cindyst2000, elkiedee, Laura1124, bkshs, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda,KimarieBee

55

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

22,083 members

169 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963, Laura1124, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, PureChaos,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : This is more a collection of short stories than a novel.

56

The Portrait of a Lady

by Henry James

10,792 members

125 reviews

3.9

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

57

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

30,721 members

546 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: KimarieBee, Cecrow, Sambella, ahef1963, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar

58

The Decameron

by Giovanni Boccaccio

10,058 members

120 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

59

Possession

by A.S. Byatt

13,009 members

289 reviews

4

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

60

The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett

27,384 members

754 reviews

4.2

5 Members: KimarieBee, chgstrom, Cecrow, Bretzky1, ahef1963

61

The Makioka Sisters

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

2,189 members

43 reviews

4.1

6 Members: aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72

62

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami

17,951 members

370 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Tomleesteenboek, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963, bkshs

63

A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

25,133 members

450 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: KimarieBee, Cecrow, Sambella, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda,merrystar

64

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

21,471 members

477 reviews

3.9

5 Members: hipdeep, cindyst2000, ahef1963, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda

65

Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

by Samuel Richardson

1,514 members

29 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: roby72, souloftherose, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963

66

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

16,655 members

342 reviews

3.8

6 Members: thecoroner, alex68, Laura1124, JillMac111, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

21,443 members

253 reviews

4.1

5 Members: jain, aulsmith, roby72, bkshs, PureChaos

68

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce Carol Oates

6,166 members

92 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: chgstrom, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, JillMac111, FranzK72

69

Sailing to Sarantium

by Guy Gavriel Kay

2,564 members

51 reviews

4

4 Members: aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, ahef1963

70

Doctor Zhivago

by Boris Pasternak

11,485 members

152 reviews

3.9

6 Members: roby72, FAMeulstee, thecoroner, alex68, bkshs, FranzK72,Bretzky1

71

Journey to the End of the Night

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

6,035 members

83 reviews

4.2

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

72

The Pickwick Papers

Joseph and His Brothers: The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the Provider

9,106 members

131 reviews

3.9

6 Members: Cecrow, roby72, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : Too episodic for me.

73

1,113 members

19 reviews

4

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, FranzK72

74

Doomsday Book

by Connie Willis

7,996 members

376 reviews

4.1

5 Members: jain, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing

5,412 members

93 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: dhm, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

76

Demons

7,919 members

73 reviews

4.2

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, FranzK72

77

Oblomov

by Ivan Goncharov

3,357 members

67 reviews

4

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, rplinke, FranzK72

78

Underworld

by Don DeLillo

8,000 members

85 reviews

3.9

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, javiermarias, alex68, Laura1124, FranzK72,JillMac111

79

The Idiot