What 1,000+ page novels have you read?
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Lord of the Rings
Les Miserables
The Divine Comedy
Probably more, but I don't remember any. I read a lot of books (even more when I was younger) so probably in amongst them were a few that were over 1k pages long.
Les Miserables
The Divine Comedy
Probably more, but I don't remember any. I read a lot of books (even more when I was younger) so probably in amongst them were a few that were over 1k pages long.
Uh, let's see.
The Lord of the Rings
It
The Stand
Under the Dome
The Dark Tower
Also, for those in need, here's a list of 103 books with over 1000 pages. [http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4765.Over_a_1000_Pages]
The Lord of the Rings
It
The Stand
Under the Dome
The Dark Tower
Apparently the French version of Order of the Phoenix is over 1000 pages.Queen Michael said:You don't really need to count, it's writtn on the top or bottom of the pagesT0ad 0f Truth said:And Atlas shurgged is over 1,000, but the longest harry Potter book, Order of the Phoenix, is 956 in its longest editions as far as I can gather from the net.
Captcha: "you rock!" Glad somebody noticed.
Also, for those in need, here's a list of 103 books with over 1000 pages. [http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4765.Over_a_1000_Pages]
Atlas Shrugged
The Stand
Lord of the Rings (I have an omnibus edition)
I also tried War and Peace, but I never finished it.
The Stand
Lord of the Rings (I have an omnibus edition)
I also tried War and Peace, but I never finished it.
Hoo, man, while I do enjoy reading, there are few books out there that I've read or am interested in reading at over a 1000 pages, discounting LOTR (which actually was so dry and draining I put it down around when they're in the mines of moria. Yeah yeah crucify me and whatevs), even George RR Martin's books barely top it; and I've only read GoT all the way through, which is less than 1000 pages, but I digress.
Although, if we count insanely well-written fanfiction that has achieved legendary status, I guess you could count Fallout: Equestria...it's longer than war and peace, and a faster paced read.
Still, length does not give a book quality, Heart of Darkness and the novel version of A Clockwork Orange are quite short, really, and they're still great. And of course great works such as our own Yahtzee's Mogworld and Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series (most of which I devoured in a year, dealing with other books both for studies and entertainment), clock in at around five hundred pages, and I tear through them rather quickly.
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Pardon, I seem to have derailed slightly.
Although, if we count insanely well-written fanfiction that has achieved legendary status, I guess you could count Fallout: Equestria...it's longer than war and peace, and a faster paced read.
Still, length does not give a book quality, Heart of Darkness and the novel version of A Clockwork Orange are quite short, really, and they're still great. And of course great works such as our own Yahtzee's Mogworld and Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series (most of which I devoured in a year, dealing with other books both for studies and entertainment), clock in at around five hundred pages, and I tear through them rather quickly.
...
Pardon, I seem to have derailed slightly.
I have the entirety of His Dark Materials in one volume, and that's about 1000 pages. That's about all I can think of, though. I know I've read a lot more books that are around 1,000 pages, and at least one that breaks the 1,000 page mark, but I can't seem to remember their titles.
EDIT'D: Of course, A Dance With Dragons. Duh. Silly me.
EDIT'D: Of course, A Dance With Dragons. Duh. Silly me.
For anyone wondering about the Lord of the Rings, I believe Tolkien himself said something to the effect that it was a single novel broken up in to six books and usually split into three volumes. But not a trilogy.
Anyway, the only ones I can think of are:
The Lord of the Rings
War and Peace
Anyway, the only ones I can think of are:
The Lord of the Rings
War and Peace
OT: Using his^ list, I have read...wintercoat said:Uh, let's see.
The Lord of the Rings
It
The Stand
Under the Dome
The Dark Tower
Apparently the French version of Order of the Phoenix is over 1000 pages.Queen Michael said:You don't really need to count, it's writtn on the top or bottom of the pagesT0ad 0f Truth said:
Captcha: "you rock!" Glad somebody noticed.
Also, for those in need, here's a list of 103 books with over 1000 pages. [http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4765.Over_a_1000_Pages]
Under the dome
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Frak.
Sooo many books, but all just under 1k. Curse you Necronomicon, being deceivingly 887 pages.
Edit: silly quoter
Arbitrary rule time!
My Michael Crichton set of The Andromeda Strain, The Terminal Man, and The Great Train Robbery are all in a single book on my shelf, so that's one book.
I've heard rumors that The Kingkiller Chronicles (a trilogy) were written as one giant book, but no publisher would publish it until Rothfuss chopped it into three, so there's another one (even though the last one hasn't been published yet).
Song of Ice and Fire was reportedly supposed to be a trilogy, and now it's going to be seven books, so that means A Game of Thrones/Clash of Kings counts as one, and Storm of Swords/Feast for Crows another (I haven't gotten to Dance with Dragons yet, and the last two haven't been published).
Similarly, A Wheel of Time was begun as a trilogy, and now it's 15 books, so New Spring through Shadow Rising is one, and Fires of Heaven through Winter's Heart another. I'm just finishing up Winter's Heart.
The Ring of Fire series separates itself into years, and then regions within those years, but, obviously, each year should be considered its own book, so 1634, 1635, and 1636 will all count (only one "book" of 1636 is out, but more are coming).
Everything written by Edgar Allan Poe, despite being entirely short stories and poems, is one book on my shelf.
I hope I've made my point.
Anyway, page count is a largely useless measure of how long a book actually is. For instance, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is only 782 pages (308,931 words), but it's got nearly as many words in it as Towers of Midnight (1245 pages; 325,998 words).
If Strange & Norrell was formatted like Towers of Midnight, it would have around 1180 pages.
If Towers of Midnight was formatted like Strange & Norrell, it would have around 825 pages.
My Michael Crichton set of The Andromeda Strain, The Terminal Man, and The Great Train Robbery are all in a single book on my shelf, so that's one book.
I've heard rumors that The Kingkiller Chronicles (a trilogy) were written as one giant book, but no publisher would publish it until Rothfuss chopped it into three, so there's another one (even though the last one hasn't been published yet).
Song of Ice and Fire was reportedly supposed to be a trilogy, and now it's going to be seven books, so that means A Game of Thrones/Clash of Kings counts as one, and Storm of Swords/Feast for Crows another (I haven't gotten to Dance with Dragons yet, and the last two haven't been published).
Similarly, A Wheel of Time was begun as a trilogy, and now it's 15 books, so New Spring through Shadow Rising is one, and Fires of Heaven through Winter's Heart another. I'm just finishing up Winter's Heart.
The Ring of Fire series separates itself into years, and then regions within those years, but, obviously, each year should be considered its own book, so 1634, 1635, and 1636 will all count (only one "book" of 1636 is out, but more are coming).
Everything written by Edgar Allan Poe, despite being entirely short stories and poems, is one book on my shelf.
I hope I've made my point.
Anyway, page count is a largely useless measure of how long a book actually is. For instance, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is only 782 pages (308,931 words), but it's got nearly as many words in it as Towers of Midnight (1245 pages; 325,998 words).
If Strange & Norrell was formatted like Towers of Midnight, it would have around 1180 pages.
If Towers of Midnight was formatted like Strange & Norrell, it would have around 825 pages.
My copy of LOTR that has all three is barely 900 pages.
So this is a bit subjective question, because the different prints and languages can differ a lot.
But I read a lot of classics, so there has been many 1000+ page books oover the years. Not that it makes it automatically great or more intellectual or anything.
(Although I am a bit wary of long books. Since once I start reading it I have to finish a book because of my OCD so I have had to suffer through some abysmal fantasy novels that were way too long...)
So this is a bit subjective question, because the different prints and languages can differ a lot.
But I read a lot of classics, so there has been many 1000+ page books oover the years. Not that it makes it automatically great or more intellectual or anything.
(Although I am a bit wary of long books. Since once I start reading it I have to finish a book because of my OCD so I have had to suffer through some abysmal fantasy novels that were way too long...)
Two copies I've read (in Finnish and in English) were about 800 pages. So depends on the size of the text.The Artificially Prolonged said:
To be fair, I did say 1000+ page novels. You can't really count the complete works of old Mr. Poe as one novel just bceause they're in a collected edition. And if those Crichton novels aren't part of a series then they're not one novel either. Also, I don't get why you count New Spring through Shadow Rising as one. Were they written as one book originally? You never really explained, at least not so that I can understand.Azuaron said:
I agree that formatting has a lot of influence on the lenght, but you have to measure lenght somehow. And it does give you a pretty good idea of what kind of lenght we're talking.Azuaron said:
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Game of Thrones
Clash of Kings
Storm of Swords
Feast of Crows
Dance of the Dragons
Imajica
Sounds about right, 'sfar I can tell, these are the books which really went the extra mile. 1000+ pages all of 'em. Although LoTR is dependent on the print and the font size and every thing. >.>
Game of Thrones
Clash of Kings
Storm of Swords
Feast of Crows
Dance of the Dragons
Imajica
Sounds about right, 'sfar I can tell, these are the books which really went the extra mile. 1000+ pages all of 'em. Although LoTR is dependent on the print and the font size and every thing. >.>
Using that list, I've read The Lord of the Rings, The Dark Tower (book 7) and Lord of Chaos (book 6 of The Wheel of Time). I wonder how many pages The Three Musketeers clocks in at. The Count of Monte Cristo made the list, but not that, and I remember the book being flippin' huge.wintercoat said:Uh, let's see.
The Lord of the Rings
It
The Stand
Under the Dome
The Dark Tower
Apparently the French version of Order of the Phoenix is over 1000 pages.Queen Michael said:You don't really need to count, it's writtn on the top or bottom of the pagesT0ad 0f Truth said:
Captcha: "you rock!" Glad somebody noticed.
Also, for those in need, here's a list of 103 books with over 1000 pages. [http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4765.Over_a_1000_Pages]
The lord of the rings
A storm of swords
A feast for crows
A dance with dragons
To green angel tower
House of chains
Dust of dreams
Toll the hounds
Lord of chaos
The crippled god
The bonehunters
The great book of Amber
Though most of these could clock under 1k pages if you get the right edition.
A storm of swords
A feast for crows
A dance with dragons
To green angel tower
House of chains
Dust of dreams
Toll the hounds
Lord of chaos
The crippled god
The bonehunters
The great book of Amber
Though most of these could clock under 1k pages if you get the right edition.
