Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
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- Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
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The Longest Books We’ve Ever Read
War & Peace – Leo Tolstoy, 1392 pages. I read this because I was in a serious Russian literature phase… Just give yourself some time.
V – Thomas Pynchon, 640 pages. This was one of my favorite assigned reads in college. But do yourself a favor and skip the nose chapter.
Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell, 1037 pages. Everyone needs to read the classics right?
Diplomacy – Henry Kissinger, 916 pages. I was forced into this in college and it was rough.
Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand, 1168 pages. Okay, so… I skimmed it. But I skimmed it heavily and was able to pass a test on it so it counts right?
Voyager – Diana Gabaldon, 820 pages. 820 pages of torture because Diana is a cruel goddess.
Don Quixote – Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, 1072 pages. I skimmed this one too, but multiple times so I’m counting it.
War Storm – Victoria Aveyard, 640 pages. This may not be as long as some of the others, but it felt like an accomplishment finishing this beast.
What are the longest books you’ve ever read?
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War & Peace is such an intimidating book! It’s on my TBR, but I don’t know if I’ll ever get to it, haha. 😄
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OMG you have some too long books… lots of patience 😂😂😂
I think you are the only one with Gone with the wind and Atlas Shrugged on their list too.. didn’t think I’ll find those in common with anyone 😊😊
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I am intimidated by large books but War storm felt like it was over 1000 Pages!
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war & peace? too long! didn’t read it, actually I didn’t read any of the books on your list, sad, but those are very long books.
have a lovely day.
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Wow! War and Peace? That’s impressive!
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Your list warms my heart! Like, so impressive, seriously! Happy reading, love! 💛xx
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Thank you so much!!! 😺
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Wow! That’s a lot of 1000+ paged ones and 900+ ones!
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I haven’t read any of these books but Wow, 1392 pages!? That book is a huge Mammoth!
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Agreed on Gabaldon. That woman will rip your heart out.
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Margaret Mitchell’s epic of the south is basically required reading! I just adore Scarlet and Rhett… even if that ending leaves me in tears every dang time. Diana Gabaldon is also one of my all time favorites… I’d brave the Scottish highlands any day to find me a James Fraiser! But I really do commend you for reading War and Peace. As much as I adored the Audrey film and BBC mini series the sheer size and weight of the book has always intimidated me! It’s 100% on my “must read before I die” list though! I have to ask – is it as hard and scary as it looks or is it easy to get into like Outlander???
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It is harder than Outlander, but I think it’s worth it. My recommendation is to read it while you are working on other books and just slowly divide it up. I loved some of the characters and hated more of them.
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That’s true – for the most part I love Natasha but when she let Anatole convince her to elope I was so mad! Some of their choices are so frustrating. Especially when they bring about their own misery! I’ll take your advice though and divide it up! 🙂
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I plan to (finally) read War Storm this month!
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ahhh good luck! its a long one but good!
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I’m excited. I’m rereading the whole series, currently starting Kings Cage.
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I never actually believed anyone ACTUALLY READ War & Peace until my husband did (I thought it was one of those ones people SAY they’ve read but actually they’ve read an abridged version or the first 20 chapters or something…). It’s HUGE! He also knocked off Les Mis not long after, so I was incredibly impressed. I’ve only managed a few long-ish ones: David Copperfield, Moby Dick, Vanity Fair… BUT I’m going to be starting Don Quixote soon, so I can join the club 😉
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War & Peace is huge! Can you imagine writing that thing????? Pre computers?!? Don Quixote is so good – can’t wait for you to join the club! I need to join the Moby Dick club!
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