Poll of the Day > Longest book you've read?

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TheMatrix
09/17/17 2:08:53 PM
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LOTR for me, read twice, I'm on my 3rd time.
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Currant_Kaiser
09/17/17 2:18:17 PM
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Les Mis, it was around 800-900 pages and had really tiny font to boot.

It's also my favorite novel.
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wwinterj25
09/17/17 2:26:50 PM
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 766 pages I believe.
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MICHALECOLE
09/17/17 2:29:11 PM
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Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People
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faramir77
09/17/17 2:29:31 PM
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wwinterj25 posted...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 766 pages I believe.


This.

That book was way too long for the absolutely minimal amount of content it had. Most pages in the series but the least number of memorable events.
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MasterGakke
09/17/17 2:31:45 PM
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms, probably. All the shit from the Dynasty Warriors games is only like the first 40%.
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Mead
09/17/17 2:33:43 PM
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The longer version of The Stand
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Nichtcrawler X
09/17/17 2:34:29 PM
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MasterGakke posted...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, probably. All the shit from the Dynasty Warriors games is only like the first 40%.


The book goes that far beyond the official formation of Jin?
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MasterGakke
09/17/17 2:37:13 PM
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Nichtcrawler X posted...
MasterGakke posted...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, probably. All the shit from the Dynasty Warriors games is only like the first 40%.


The book goes that far beyond the official formation of Jin?

Yeah, you got the main characters' grandkids running around falling for the same old retreat and attack ruses by the time all is said and done.

Fun fact: I dated a chinese girl for a while who believed that RTK was a 100% factual recounting of what happened. There really were 8 foot tall dudes who could kill 100 men and guys who could use magic back then, according to her. In fairness, that's at least cooler than most of the shit in the bible.
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Blitzoff1987
09/17/17 3:08:30 PM
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Storm of Swords
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Nichtcrawler X
09/17/17 3:13:29 PM
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MasterGakke posted...
Fun fact: I dated a chinese girl for a while who believed that RTK was a 100% factual recounting of what happened. There really were 8 foot tall dudes who could kill 100 men and guys who could use magic back then, according to her. In fairness, that's at least cooler than most of the shit in the bible.


I remember being told Chinese culture has a lot of respect for historic heroes, compared to the West. Although actually believing something like the fictionalized retelling is a bit much...

Edit: also as an actual answer to the topic, longest actual book would have been a Memory of Light, although I did read the 3 Lord of the Rings books as a single bound book.
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KJ StErOiDs
09/17/17 3:18:34 PM
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The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. 994 pages.
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wah_wah_wah
09/17/17 3:38:49 PM
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The entire Bible. It was mostly a waste of time. But I did it.
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Krazy_Kirby
09/17/17 4:15:36 PM
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lord of the rings (over 1k pages). first read it in the 5th grade. read it probably 3-4 times since.
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dragon504
09/17/17 4:20:21 PM
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Not sure, one of the Wheel of Time books, or one of the Malazan books.
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mooreandrew58
09/17/17 4:21:30 PM
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hard to say based on page number as font and page size differs from book to book. i've read a book that was over 100 pages, but it was your standard novel size looking book, then i've read a book that was much taller and wider and it was about 800 pages
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MasterGakke
09/17/17 4:22:16 PM
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dragon504 posted...
one of the Malazan books

Are those really that long? One of the (few) downsides of reading everything on a kindle now is that I never can tell how hefty a book really is.

The series as a whole is monstrous, though, that's for sure.
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myghostisdead
09/17/17 4:22:45 PM
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Mead posted...
The longer version of The Stand


I was thinking this or Les Miserables. Dunno which is longer.
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Blightzkrieg
09/17/17 4:23:16 PM
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War and Peace.
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ReggieTheReckless
09/17/17 4:26:25 PM
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MasterGakke posted...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, probably. All the shit from the Dynasty Warriors games is only like the first 40%.

I have the four volume set of that, but I never could get very far in it due to all the names being so similar and confusing for me :x
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WastelandCowboy
09/17/17 4:27:25 PM
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KJ StErOiDs posted...
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. 994 pages.

This is the most recent book I read with long page counts.

Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy a while back. First book was over a thousand, if I remember correctly. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was around there too.
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Broken_Zeus
09/17/17 4:32:35 PM
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No idea. However, since people are bringing up Potter, I read Deathly Hallows which was apparently 759 pages. Read it in maybe 3-4 days so it was a fast read despite the size.
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mooreandrew58
09/17/17 4:34:26 PM
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Broken_Zeus posted...
No idea. However, since people are bringing up Potter, I read Deathly Hallows which was apparently 759 pages. Read it in maybe 3-4 days so it was a fast read despite the size.


you just made me wonder if avid book readers will call each other no lifers for reading a large book fast, such as some video gamers do to others for completing a long game faster than normal.

I doubt it but, interesting thought.
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dragon504
09/17/17 4:44:08 PM
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MasterGakke posted...
dragon504 posted...
one of the Malazan books

Are those really that long? One of the (few) downsides of reading everything on a kindle now is that I never can tell how hefty a book really is.

The series as a whole is monstrous, though, that's for sure.


Approximately 392k words for the longest one. Seems the longest I've read is the 4th book in the Wheel of Time series, which is a bit over 393k words.
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Krazy_Kirby
09/17/17 4:45:40 PM
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Broken_Zeus posted...
No idea. However, since people are bringing up Potter, I read Deathly Hallows which was apparently 759 pages. Read it in maybe 3-4 days so it was a fast read despite the size.


read the 4th harry potter in less than a day when it came out.

awhile back i unintentionally timed myself reading the harry potter books. i'm just past the world cup stuff in 4 and its only taken 10 hours (read 1-3 already)
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Broken_Zeus
09/17/17 5:39:42 PM
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mooreandrew58 posted...
Broken_Zeus posted...
No idea. However, since people are bringing up Potter, I read Deathly Hallows which was apparently 759 pages. Read it in maybe 3-4 days so it was a fast read despite the size.


you just made me wonder if avid book readers will call each other no lifers for reading a large book fast, such as some video gamers do to others for completing a long game faster than normal.

I doubt it but, interesting thought.


Eh, I've known some actual no-life readers but I can't recall if readers ever gave them flack for it, partly because I haven't met that many who are that committed to reading.

Krazy_Kirby posted...
Broken_Zeus posted...
No idea. However, since people are bringing up Potter, I read Deathly Hallows which was apparently 759 pages. Read it in maybe 3-4 days so it was a fast read despite the size.


read the 4th harry potter in less than a day when it came out.

awhile back i unintentionally timed myself reading the harry potter books. i'm just past the world cup stuff in 4 and its only taken 10 hours (read 1-3 already)


Now I just feel slow... although I guess it also depends on the actual hours being put into it on any given day.
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mooreandrew58
09/17/17 5:46:43 PM
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Broken_Zeus posted...

Eh, I've known some actual no-life readers but I can't recall if readers ever gave them flack for it, partly because I haven't met that many who are that committed to reading.


they probably don't because book readers have this weird belief that reading a lot makes you smart. when it doesn't really if what your reading has no educational value. I can see gaining an extended vocabulary but what good is that when 90% of people don't use the words in everyday life? and hell i've had video games teach me new words. a tad irritating though when you gotta drop your game and go look up a word in a dictionary. I mean who the hell uses a word like folderor (probably misspelled that)
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VladTheCasual
09/17/17 6:09:34 PM
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The Bible. King James version (KJV) Read it a couple times, front to back. Never back to front manga isn't really my thing
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Firewood18
09/17/17 6:22:42 PM
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Harlot's Ghost by Norman Mailer
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FrozenBananas
09/17/17 6:24:21 PM
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The extended version of The Stand. About 1150 pages
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PMarth2002
09/17/17 9:46:13 PM
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I've read all of the wheel of time and song of ice and fire series, probably one of those.
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XlaxJynx007
09/17/17 9:49:17 PM
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Mead posted...
The longer version of The Stand

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Garlands_Soul
09/17/17 10:01:32 PM
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An anthology of every book Nietzsche wrote, otherwise maybe Notre-Dame De Paris. Not sure on page counts, but they were long.
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rjsilverthorn
09/17/17 10:05:09 PM
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Apparently, by word count, it was To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams. 520k words per Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels#List)

Somehow I missed reading Les Misérables in school.
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Currant_Kaiser
09/17/17 10:20:11 PM
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rjsilverthorn posted...
Apparently, by word count, it was To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams. 520k words per Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_novels#List)

Somehow I missed reading Les Misérables in school.


That was a for funsies one for me, my school didn't require it.

Garlands_Soul posted...
An anthology of every book Nietzsche wrote, otherwise maybe Notre-Dame De Paris. Not sure on page counts, but they were long.


But Notre-Dame De Paris is only 300-400 pages.
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shadowsword87
09/17/17 10:27:44 PM
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mooreandrew58 posted...
they probably don't because book readers have this weird belief that reading a lot makes you smart. when it doesn't really if what your reading has no educational value.


Because it literally does.
Studies all over show that even reading a small amount mean that the person in question is more likely to be successful in whatever field they go into, you know, making money.
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PKMNsony
09/17/17 10:43:56 PM
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Where's Waldo.
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Greenfox111
09/17/17 11:28:01 PM
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probably one of the wheel of time books, even though i didnt read all of them
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Dash_Harber
09/18/17 1:05:00 AM
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Les Miserables. Pretty sure it was an abridged version, too.

Edit: Never mind, it was Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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STG Deathbot
09/18/17 1:09:39 AM
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War and Peace. I read it in college after one of my professors wouldn't shut up about it.

It's not as great as people make it sound.
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Tezlok
09/18/17 3:30:34 AM
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IT, I think. that is pretty long
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Ogurisama
09/18/17 3:50:45 AM
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Alexandra_Trent
09/18/17 4:08:47 AM
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Blightzkrieg posted...
War and Peace.

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Twindragonfang
09/18/17 6:03:49 AM
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The Shadow Rising, Book Four of The Wheel of Time.
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Entity13
09/18/17 6:33:45 AM
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A part of me wants to say the Sanderson trilogy within the "Wheel of Time," since it was originally meant to be one book roughly 2/3-3/4 the size that the trilogy combined made up.

In terms of singular volumes that aren't collections of multiple stories (sorry, Sherlock Holmes or LotR), however, that might be between Sanderson's "Words of Radiance." It's 1080 pages long, hardbound, and is the second book in an on-going series.
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PMarth2002
09/18/17 8:35:35 AM
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I checked that list. The longest book I've actually read is Atlas Shrugged, which is significantly longer than any of the WoT or ASoIAF books.
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DaltonM
09/18/17 8:37:49 AM
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It, but maybe the twilight series lol
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gguirao
09/18/17 1:13:32 PM
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Purgatorio by Danté Alighieri, with 848 pages.
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BADoglick
09/18/17 1:15:19 PM
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Song of Ice and Fire.... I think the fifth one is the longest if I remember correctly
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Blitzoff1987
09/20/17 2:24:22 PM
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BADoglick posted...
Song of Ice and Fire.... I think the fifth one is the longest if I remember correctly


Nope, A Storm of Swords (the thirth one) is longer.
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