I want to challenge myself In 2025 and see if I can read a book that is over 1000 pages long so any recommendations om what to try and read? by Several-Composer5884 Related: International horror Novels that could have been adapted as an Scorsese movie Suffering From Success Something gripping, well written, speculative, and wintery! Suggest me some travel memoirs/book with vivid storytelling
mzieg on January 22, 2025 11:29 pm I was looking at a 1st ed. _Infinite Jest_ hardback at a used bookstore last weekend. Might grab it next time. Anyway, good book if you haven’t read it.
Keristia on January 22, 2025 11:36 pm *War and Peace,* by Leo Tolstoy A classic of Russian literature. *Don Quixote,* by Miguel de Cervantes Another great classic! Many consider it to be the first modern novel.
ellasmell on January 22, 2025 11:42 pm 1Q84 a novel by Murakami with over 1000 words! I am yet to read it because it scares me ngl
Abi_Beam on January 22, 2025 11:47 pm Shogun by James Clavell. An Englishman finds himself in Japan in the 17th century.
effyoucaribou on January 22, 2025 11:50 pm If you’re up for a series the Kindred Curse Saga. The 3rd book is over 1k pgs
DannyDubster on January 22, 2025 11:53 pm The way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, it’s book 1 of 5 1000+ page books
BernardFerguson1944 on January 22, 2025 11:55 pm *Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography* by John Toland: 1,120 pages.
Samanthamarcy on January 23, 2025 12:00 am There is a mug you can get when you finish reading The Power Broker
Confident_Bowler_606 on January 23, 2025 12:01 am IT but just try to skip that *one* scene which is only like 2 pages long
Ambitious-Layer-6119 on January 23, 2025 12:02 am Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, unabridged edition Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Bleak House by Charles Dickens
jst1ofknd on January 23, 2025 12:08 am {{The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan}} While this book is not over a thousand pages, if you read all 14 books in this series, then you will have accomplished your goal a couple of times.
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I was looking at a 1st ed. _Infinite Jest_ hardback at a used bookstore last weekend. Might grab it next time.
Anyway, good book if you haven’t read it.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
It – Stephen King
The Stand – Stephen King
Imajica by Clive Barker
*War and Peace,* by Leo Tolstoy
A classic of Russian literature.
*Don Quixote,* by Miguel de Cervantes
Another great classic! Many consider it to be the first modern novel.
Count of Monte Cristo
1Q84 a novel by Murakami with over 1000 words! I am yet to read it because it scares me ngl
Bible
Shogun by James Clavell. An Englishman finds himself in Japan in the 17th century.
Les miserables
jonathan strange and mr norrell
1Q84
Throw a dart at any book by James Michener.
If you’re up for a series the Kindred Curse Saga. The 3rd book is over 1k pgs
The Count of Monte Cristo – Dumas
The Stand – King
Read a bunch. I’d recommend the Stand.
The way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, it’s book 1 of 5 1000+ page books
Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
*Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography* by John Toland: 1,120 pages.
Centennial by Michener.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray
There is a mug you can get when you finish reading The Power Broker
IT but just try to skip that *one* scene which is only like 2 pages long
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, unabridged edition
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Pillars of the Earth
{{The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan}}
While this book is not over a thousand pages, if you read all 14 books in this series, then you will have accomplished your goal a couple of times.