Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is the Longest Books I’ve Ever Read!
When I was putting this together, I found that it was mostly comprised of books from the same three or four series. So I made my own rule to only allow one book per series. Also, I am going by the page count in the editions that I own personally as opposed to what is on Goodreads and I stop the page count at the last page of the actual story. Appendixes, glossaries, etc. are not included in my page counts.
Completely unsurprisingly, Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson tops the list at 1243 pages. And of course Way of Kings and Words of Radiance were also on the list before I had to make up my own personal rule for this list.
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand comes in second at 1168. Admittedly, I skipped the 50 page monologue that is John Galt’s rant speech. But even with that deducted, it still comes in second place.
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin comes in third with 959 pages. I actually thought that A Storm of Swords was going to be longer for some reason but, at least in the editions that I own, ADwD has about 200 more pages.
And one of the most recent books that I have finished, Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson, comes in fourth at 920 pages! And I believe this series just keeps getting bigger for a while…
The Passage by Justin Cronin is fifth place with 878 pages. Maybe it is because this book is several years old at this point but I am surprised that I don’t see many people talking about this series. It is an intense take on a vampire-zombie apocalypse. It is incredibly slow for a while but so worth it.
One day, I will create a list that doesn’t have a Harry Potter book on it. But today is not that day! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix comes in sixth with 878 pages!
In seventh place is The Core by Peter V. Brett, the final book in The Demon Cycle.
The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks is in eighth place with 757 pages!
Next to last, but equal in page number to its predecessor, is Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb with 757 pages. This reminds me that I really need to continue on with Robin Hobb’s work…
And last but certainly not least (well…actually I guess page count-wise that’s exactly what it is…) An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington with 752 pages.
I feel almost certain that there are some books that I forgot to look at in creating this list but it was fun to make anyway! What are some of the longest books that you’ve read? Let me know in the comments!
I like long books but most of my list are older titles. https://orangecountyreaders.com/2018/10/09/top-ten-tuesday-10-longest-books-read/
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Great list! Yes, Harry Potter does seem to fit on so many of these lists! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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So many lists this week have Potter books on them! I don’t blame you for not including the appendices in your page count.
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Yeah including them just seems like cheating lol
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It does, and I fully admit to cheating by including them all! :)
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Harry Potter and Game of Thrones books are both on my list this week!! I’ve never read Atlas Shrugged but I didn’t realize it was so long! Good Job :)
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Thanks! And yeah Atlas Shrugged is incredibly long!
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Yessss to all this list! But extra yess because you’re the person I’ve seen have their number one be Oathbringer, too, my twin! 💛xx
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Yay!! <3 I did get excited when I saw it as your number one as well lol. I think the only book I have seen anyone list that is longer is Les Miserables at like 1400 pages. O.O
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The Order of The Phoenix was on my list this week too.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/09/top-ten-tuesday-180/
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