Favorite Long Books

45,967 members

502 reviews

½ 4.3

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

7

Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

36,969 members

553 reviews

3.8

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

8

The Brothers Karamazov

30,731 members

340 reviews

½ 4.4

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

9

David Copperfield

21,853 members

287 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

20,058 members

315 reviews

4.2

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

11

The Magic Mountain

10,003 members

178 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

7,807 members

94 reviews

4

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

13

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

35,465 members

481 reviews

4.1

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

14

Great Expectations

39,859 members

442 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

14,302 members

252 reviews

4

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

16

Bleak House

The Man Without Qualities

14,116 members

255 reviews

4.2

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

17

by Robert Musil

775 members

15 reviews

4.2

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

18

In Search of Lost Time

by Marcel Proust

4,063 members

43 reviews

½ 4.6

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

19

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

5,881 members

109 reviews

4.2

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

20

It

by Stephen King

22,853 members

416 reviews

4.1

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

21

by Susanna Clarke

27,663 members

785 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 Leo Tolstoy

39,900 members

642 reviews

4.1

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

23

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

45,721 members

701 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

15,111 members

193 reviews

3.9

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

25

Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides

27,655 members

640 reviews

4.1

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

26

Our Mutual Friend

The Count of Monte Cristo

6,020 members

101 reviews

4.2

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

27

by Alexandre Dumas

26,739 members

438 reviews

½ 4.3

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

28

Life: A User's Manual

by Georges Perec

3,908 members

56 reviews

½ 4.3

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

29

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

13,268 members

344 reviews

4.1

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

30

The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

11,142 members

255 reviews

4

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

31

A Suitable Boy

by Vikram Seth

5,859 members

107 reviews

4.2

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

32

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics)

by Thomas Hardy

19,795 members

249 reviews

3.8

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

33

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

31,837 members

463 reviews

4.1

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

34

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson

8,556 members

593 reviews

4

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

35

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

46,669 members

2,152 reviews

½ 4.4

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

36

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo

14,624 members

193 reviews

3.9

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

37

The Tale of Genji

by Shikibu Murasaki

5,560 members

56 reviews

3.9

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

38

The Once and Future King

by T. H. White

15,846 members

209 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

38,148 members

464 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

54,860 members

465 reviews

4

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

41

by Laurence Sterne

7,882 members

119 reviews

3.9

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

42

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

by Michael Chabon

19,226 members

419 reviews

4.2

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

43

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

25,729 members

479 reviews

4.2

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

44

The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot

8,995 members

121 reviews

3.8

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

45

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

40,168 members

1,282 reviews

4.1

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

46

Tom Jones

by Henry Fielding

8,348 members

97 reviews

3.9

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

47

Life and Fate

by Vasily Grossman

3,616 members

93 reviews

½ 4.4

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

48

Doctor Faustus

The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)

4,264 members

45 reviews

4.2

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

49

V.

by Thomas Pynchon

5,339 members

37 reviews

4

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

50

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

44,190 members

1,143 reviews

½ 4.4

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

51

The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

15,735 members

817 reviews

3.9

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

52

by Stephen King

4,982 members

72 reviews

½ 4.5

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

53

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

24,116 members

453 reviews

½ 4.3

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

54

The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel

by Barbara Kingsolver

26,887 members

515 reviews

4.2

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

55

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

22,783 members

168 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

11,163 members

126 reviews

3.9

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

57

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

31,649 members

556 reviews

½ 4.3

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

58

The Decameron

by Giovanni Boccaccio

10,328 members

123 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

59

Possession

by A. S. Byatt

13,248 members

295 reviews

4

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

60

The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett

28,016 members

766 reviews

4.2

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

61

The Makioka Sisters

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

2,273 members

45 reviews

4.1

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

62

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami

18,366 members

374 reviews

4.2

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

63

A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

25,902 members

456 reviews

½ 4.4

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

64

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

21,977 members

486 reviews

3.9

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

65

Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

by Samuel Richardson

1,519 members

28 reviews

½ 3.5

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

66

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

17,003 members

344 reviews

3.8

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

67

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

22,117 members

256 reviews

4.1

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

68

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce Carol Oates

6,284 members

97 reviews

½ 3.6

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

69

Sailing to Sarantium

by Guy Gavriel Kay

2,605 members

51 reviews

4

4 Members: aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, ahef1963

70

Doctor Zhivago

by Boris Pasternak

11,838 members

153 reviews

3.9

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

71

Journey to the End of the Night

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

6,231 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

9,415 members

136 reviews

3.9

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

73

1,147 members

19 reviews

4

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

74

Doomsday Book

by Connie Willis

8,141 members

379 reviews

4.1

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

75

The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing

5,553 members

98 reviews

½ 3.6

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

76

Demons

8,233 members

74 reviews

4.2

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

77

Oblomov

by Ivan Goncharov

3,476 members

69 reviews

4

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

78

Underworld

by Don DeLillo

8,183 members

87 reviews

3.9

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

79

The Idiot