Favorite Long Books

27,815 members

310 reviews

½ 4.4

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

7

Crime and Punishment

41,544 members

471 reviews

4.2

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

8

Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

33,323 members

514 reviews

3.8

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

9

David Copperfield

19,528 members

252 reviews

4.1

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

10

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

18,847 members

296 reviews

4.2

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

11

The Magic Mountain

9,111 members

165 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

7,334 members

91 reviews

4

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

13

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

32,523 members

458 reviews

4.1

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

14

Midnight's Children

by Salman Rushdie

13,357 members

239 reviews

4

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

15

Bleak House

The Man Without Qualities

13,052 members

241 reviews

4.2

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

16

by Robert Musil

568 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

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

17

In Search of Lost Time

by Marcel Proust

3,740 members

42 reviews

½ 4.5

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

18

Buddenbrooks

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

5,424 members

103 reviews

4.2

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

19

It

by Stephen King

20,364 members

394 reviews

4.1

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

20

by Susanna Clarke

26,062 members

754 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.

21

Great Expectations

One Hundred Years of Solitude

36,201 members

413 reviews

3.9

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

22

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

36,407 members

604 reviews

4.1

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

23

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

42,522 members

660 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

Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides

26,352 members

618 reviews

4.1

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

25

Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

14,056 members

190 reviews

3.9

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

26

Our Mutual Friend

The Count of Monte Cristo

5,545 members

96 reviews

4.2

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

27

by Alexandre Dumas

23,789 members

402 reviews

½ 4.3

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

28

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,206 members

328 reviews

4.1

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

29

The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

10,278 members

244 reviews

4

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

30

A Suitable Boy

by Vikram Seth

5,591 members

103 reviews

4.2

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

31

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

18,283 members

240 reviews

3.8

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

32

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

28,820 members

422 reviews

4.1

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

33

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

42,278 members

2,079 reviews

½ 4.4

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

34

The Tale of Genji

by Shikibu Murasaki

5,247 members

51 reviews

3.9

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

35

Life: A User's Manual

by Georges Perec

3,629 members

54 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, si, FranzK72

36

A Tale of Two Cities

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

34,626 members

436 reviews

3.9

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

37

by Michael Chabon

18,272 members

404 reviews

4.2

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

38

The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot

8,292 members

115 reviews

3.8

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

39

Tom Jones

by Henry Fielding

7,766 members

89 reviews

3.9

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

40

Life and Fate

by Vasily Grossman

3,183 members

82 reviews

½ 4.3

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

41

Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told by a Friend

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

3,914 members

46 reviews

4.2

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

42

V.

by Thomas Pynchon

4,986 members

33 reviews

4

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

43

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

39,840 members

1,101 reviews

½ 4.4

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

44

by Victor Hugo

13,164 members

171 reviews

3.9

7 Members: aulsmith, Cecrow, thecoroner, alex68, Laura1124, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

13,577 members

764 reviews

3.9

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

46

The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition

by Stephen King

18,986 members

363 reviews

½ 4.3

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

47

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

7,422 members

109 reviews

3.9

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72

48

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson

7,798 members

571 reviews

4

5 Members: chgstrom, cindyst2000, elkiedee, ahef1963, JillMac111

49

The Odyssey

by Homer

49,506 members

439 reviews

4

5 Members: aulsmith, dhm, thecoroner, Laura1124, FranzK72

50

The Portrait of a Lady

by Henry James

10,668 members

127 reviews

3.9

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

51

A Clash of Kings

by George R. R. Martin

28,441 members

533 reviews

½ 4.3

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

52

The Decameron

by Giovanni Boccaccio

9,498 members

116 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

53

Possession

by A. S. Byatt

12,496 members

282 reviews

4

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

54

Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett

26,065 members

733 reviews

4.2

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

55

The Makioka Sisters

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

2,059 members

41 reviews

4.1

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

56

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami

17,247 members

356 reviews

4.2

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

57

A Storm of Swords

by George R. R. Martin

23,407 members

429 reviews

½ 4.4

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

58

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

25,373 members

495 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Cecrow, cindyst2000, elkiedee, Laura1124, bkshs, JillMac111,KimarieBee

59

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

20,587 members

452 reviews

3.9

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

60

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

38,577 members

1,256 reviews

4.1

6 Members: KimarieBee, chgstrom, roby72, Sambella, ahef1963, Laura1124,cej1027

61

Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

by Samuel Richardson

1,417 members

28 reviews

½ 3.5

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

62

The Once and Future King

by T. H. White

14,536 members

192 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hipdeep, dhm, FAMeulstee, Sambella, ahef1963, Laura1124, bkshs,eromsted ,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : Uneven

63

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

16,201 members

336 reviews

3.8

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

64

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

22,433 members

432 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: roby72, merrystar, cindyst2000, Laura1124, JillMac111

65

We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce Carol Oates

5,912 members

91 reviews

½ 3.6

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

66

Sailing to Sarantium

by Guy Gavriel Kay

2,474 members

50 reviews

4

4 Members: aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, ahef1963

67

Doctor Zhivago

by Boris Pasternak

10,751 members

144 reviews

3.9

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

68

Journey to the End of the Night

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

5,782 members

77 reviews

4.2

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

69

The Pickwick Papers

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

8,589 members

122 reviews

3.9

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

70

1,032 members

18 reviews

4.1

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

71

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

18,489 members

514 reviews

4.1

5 Members: cindyst2000, ahef1963, Laura1124, JillMac111, ManWithAnAgenda

72

Doomsday Book

by Connie Willis

7,636 members

360 reviews

4.1

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

73

The Golden Notebook

by Doris Lessing

5,168 members

88 reviews

½ 3.6

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

74

Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

21,634 members

381 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, Bretzky1, Laura1124, JillMac111

75

Demons

7,357 members

72 reviews

4.2

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

76

Oblomov

by Ivan Goncharov

3,204 members

62 reviews

4.1

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

77

Underworld

by Don DeLillo

7,694 members

82 reviews

3.9

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

78

The Idiot