Big fan of books that take you along for an adventure. I find the best that really do so are books in the longer end of the scale. Some books that I’ve read are 11/22/63, The Stand, Lonesome Dove, Swan Song, and I just started Monte Cristo. Lonesome Dove is perfectly what I’m looking for; a disturbing epic full of love, death and adventure. Any recommendations of a book that really took you for a ride? Feel free to toss a series at me as well (currently reading the Sanderson books too)
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Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
I really enjoyed 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.
I’m really enjoying Shantaram – great story and learning a lot about india.
Les Miserable
War and Peace
East of Eden
Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Superb fun.
Pillars of the Earth, Shogun, The Way of Kings
Tom’s Crossing! Brand new American western epic. It’s great!
Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
For an epic coming-of-age story, I loved The Goldfinch.
Literally any book by James Michener. Start with Caribbean.
The Fetishists by Ibrahim al-Koni
Gary Jennings. Depends on your edition but all he ever did was massive epics. Aztec. The Journeyer, Spangle, and Raptor
Shogun by James Clavell
Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson
Against the Day
The Relm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb. Im on the final book and it has been fantastic well written emotional series. I put it off for so long because I didn’t think it was something I would enjoy but wow, I was wrong. I will always recommend this from here on out.
The Three Musketeers!
Jerusalem (Moore). Amazing novel.
Imperial by William Vollman
War and Peace
Les Miserable
Shogun
The Thorn Birds
Cryptomicon- Neal Stephenson
Perdido Street Station – China Mieville (only 700 pages lol)
*The Baroque Cycle* by Neal Stephenson. 2,700 pages over three volumes