What was the longest book that you ever read?
Sherry
Gone with the Wind
Maria Smith
The longest book I have ever read is I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb and it was worth reading every single word.
Lenny Bronstein
PILLARS OF THE EARTH Ken Follett ( I think)
Kris Gray
Gone With the Wind
Anne Knaack
ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
Kate
Probably THE FORSYTHE SAGA by John Galsworthy, but I'm not sure of the page count.
Rina Weisman
1. All three books-in-one of Kristin Lavransdatter
2. Lord of the Rings Omnibus
3. TREASURY OF THE FANTASTIC by Jacob Weisman and David Sandner
Linda M. Johnson
DRAGONFLY IN AMBER by Diana Gabaldon (947 pp)
Barbara lashinsky
Gone With The Wind
T. Brown
THE FAR PAVILIONS by M. M. Kaye
Kathy in OR
Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norell
Kay
The Pillars of The Earth
Rita Carter
Gone with the Wind
Dawn Nyht
WAR AND PEACE...I was an advanced reader in high school and completed it in a little less than one month during my freshman year.
Lela Fox
Gone With the Wind
Sharon Lumb
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Paulette
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb (912 pages)
Vikki
The Crimson Petal and the White
D. L. Stewart
Shogun
Wilda C Shephard
WAR AND PEACE and ATLAS SHRUGGED
I'm not sure which was the longest.
Julia L. Rule
...And Ladies of the Club
Theresa Holm
War and Peace
Bob Burke
WAR AND PEACE by Tolstoy
VARNEY THE VAMPYRE by Rymer
Prowan
The Historian
Em S.
The Harry Potter series of books, GONE WITH THE WIND, and Diana Gabaldon's time travel series.
Barb Broberg
Gone With the Wind
Sonia Zaffiris
CHESAPEAKE by James A. Michener
Laurie
THE STAND by Stephen King
Vickie Watts
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Irene T Yeates
AND LADIES OF THE CLUB by Helen Hooven Santmyer --- hardcover edition: 1,176 pages.
Ken Follett's PILLARS OF THE EARTH came in second --- hardcover edition: 974 pages
Tolstoy's ANNA KARENINA --- paperback edition: 876 pages.
Oops, I forgot Rutherfurd's SARUM --- hardcover edtion: 897 pages.
Barbara Peters
Probably SIGN-TALKER:The Adventures of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Sandi Lewis
Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series most recently.
Another long but extremely good book was SARUM by Edward Rutherfurd.
I love long books!
Loretta Sanford
GONE WITH THE WIND, or maybe THE HISTORIAN. I haven't a clue.
Susan
600 pages
Marta Morrison
It was either GONE WITH THE WIND or SWAN SONG.
Cathy Doyle
NOBEL HOUSE or THE STAND --- I'm sure there are others, but these are the two that stand out.
Melody
The longest book I've read is Margaret George's book:
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HENRY VIII: WITH NOTES BY HIS FOOL, WILL SOMERS
I buy/read books based on the author if I'm familiar with him/her and the content of the book. The length is never a consideration for me.
Tammy Mastin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Louis A. Willis
War and Peace
Marcia Vola
Gone With the Wind
Renee
A SUITABLE BOY by Vikram Seth.
Shellie
ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy
Mary
FIVE SMOOTH STONES (Ann Fairbairn) or GONE WITH THE WIND
Michelle Miller
I have read many long books. Probably the longest were Ken Follett's PILLARS OF THE EARTH, Edward Rutherfurd's LONDON, Marion Zimmer Bradley's MISTS OF AVALON, and I had started reading Edward Rutherfurd's SARUM (which is 900 pages), but had to take a break because I'm in the middle of fall semester and am writing a lot of papers.
Linda Estrin
Isaac Bashevis Singer's SHADOWS ON THE HUDSON
A treasure on every page.
Laurie Weatherlow
I can think of three:
THE HISTORIAN
THE GLASS BOOKS OF THE DREAM EATERS
LES MISÉRABLES
Edith
THE FIERY CROSS by Diana Gabaldon, 1443 pages
Noreen Brown
I think it might have been a Harry Potter book. I don't remember how many pages HAWAII had.
Kathryn Andrews
All of James A. Michener's and James Clavell's books; they were not known for brevity.
beachgrammy
Oh my gosh, I don't remember. I've never kept track. I love long books when they're good and I'm always sad when they're finished. I was a huge fan of Michener, and he had many long books. Ditto with Thomas Wolfe.
Bob Hartzo
FREEDOM by William Safire
Patty Blackwell
I'm not sure it's longest I ever read, but HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE was pretty long and worth reading every word.
Donna
WAR AND PEACE by Tolstoy
Linda
Gone with the Wind
Susan C. Dawson
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, unabridged English language version, approximately 1300 pages.
Lee
Ever? I don't know, but recently our club picked THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO and last year it was JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL, which were over 1,000 pages.
Valerie
The longest book I have ever read was EAST by Edith Pattou. (extraordinary book, if you love fairy tales)
Andrea
I actually did a little research, as I have read a few longer novels. There are three in close contention. The first of which is Margaret Mitchell's GONE WITH THE WIND at 1024 pages. The second is Gregory David Roberts "Shantaram" at 944 pages. The third is John Jakes's HOMELAND at 785 pages. There are a few more in the 600 to 700 range as well, but the above mentioned are most memorable.
Donna Randall
GONE WITH THE WIND and its sequel, SCARLETT.
F Tessa Bartels
I'm not sure if it's the longest, but it sure felt like it was... A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
Linda A Slott
I'm pretty sure it was THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH by Ken Follett
Valerie Pratt
THE WAY THE CROW FLIES --- 810 pages
Barbara
I'm not certain. I am of fan of nineteenth- century British as well as Russian novels, which tend to be long. I really don't think about books in terms of length, that is something my high school English students did. To me, a book, is a book, is a book.
Dianne
ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
Michael Burns
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
Paperback 1312 pages
Danielle
Atlas Shrugged
Elle
GONE WITH THE WIND (Mitchell) @ 1048 pages
CENTENNIAL (Michner) @ 1038 pages
THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (Rowling) 896 pages
and the rest of the Harry Potter series
THE HISTORIAN (Kostova) @ 688 pages
When the book is good, the longer the better!
Debby
Centennial by James A. Michener
Greg Sorcsek
I think the longest book was ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand. It's over 1000 pages.
Russell Howen
I'm not certain. Maybe PILLARS OF THE EARTH.
Nina
Gone With the Wind
Pillars of the Earth
The Outlander series
Marie
War and Peace
Lori Furan-Schultz
Probably THE STAND by Stephen King or GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell --- I have read both of them more than once, and both at about 1150-1200 pages.
Jean
Outlander
Waterlily
I read parts of WAR AND PEACE a long time ago. More recently, the longest book I have ever read is THE FOURTH ESTATE by Jeffrey Archer.
BG
My longest ever book is HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, book 5.
Kathy Vieira
I believe it was I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb. 900+ pages flew by like 200. What a joy to read!!
Carol Dirks
LONDON by Edward Rutherfurd
Joanne
SHANTARAM by Gregory David Roberts
Beth Reimer
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Kim Kovacs
Probably one of the fantasy novels of Terry Goodkind, George R. R. Martin, or Robert Jordan. JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL ranked right up there, too.
Kim Lowe
Victor Hugo's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Bob Coghill
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST by Marcel Proust
WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy
Candace
Vanity Fair
Moby Dick
Gone With the Wind
A Fine Balance
Elaine Gutenstein
The Bible
Marjorie Clark
The revised second publishing of Stephen King's THE STAND, which included the parts that were cut out during editing.
R. Honey
I am on page 505 of a 897-page book called I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb. This will be the longest book I have ever read. It's for my book club so I will finish.
Trish Thomas
WAR AND PEACE, Jean M. Auel's books (CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR, etc.), and MASON & DIXON by Thomas Pynchon, offhand.
Reader4Life
The longest book that I can remember reading recently was VIRGIN EARTH by Philippa Gregory. It was 729 pages and a sequel to a 600-page book, EARTHLY JOYS. I read the two of them back to back and lived three generations with this family. I also learned a great deal agriculturally and historically. I love a long book from a good author.
Marlene Nese
Gone With the Wind
Katherine Stephens
Gone with the Wind
Dustin
I read THE STAND by Stephen King. This, of course, was the complete and uncut edition that weighed in at a whopping 1141 pages.
Debbie
I've read HAWAII, CENTENNIAL and GONE WITH THE WIND. I'm not sure which of those 3 is the longest.
Cat
I know that GONE WITH THE WIND was one of the longest books I have ever read. Of course, I also read SCARLETT.
Hollins Williams
War and Peace
Gerald Rosen
Stephen King's uncut version of THE STAND
Lisa Vira
THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
Dee
The Forsyte Saga
Marsha Maramba
World Without End
LindaCat
LONESOME DOVE, probably, but it's hard to remember many favorites. This is also one of my all-time favorites.
Jane Kriebel
The Other Boleyn Girl
Heather Johnson
KNIFE OF DREAMS by Robert Jordan (1,000 pages), followed closely by THE MISTS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley (912 pages), tied with SARUM by Edward Rutherford (912 pages).
Janice Gumerman
Biography of Benjamin Franklin
Cindy Wooten
ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
Shelly
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb
Wendy Cernik
Red Storm Rising
Maggie Harding
Gone With the Wind
Joanne A. Morris
The one that comes to mind is GOD IS AN ENGLISHMAN by R. F. Delderfield.
Mary Dropkin
I'm the process of reading all six volumes of Winston Churchill's World War II history, starting with THE GATHERING STORM.
Jerry Tweedle
I read Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Pegi
Wally Lamb's I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE
Julie Siemek
The Deerslayer
Kate
Thhe Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. All of the books are 1000+ pages.
Regina Pride
Gone With the Wind
Grace Toy
Probably the Holy Bible (tried to read, anyway)
Marsha Neesley
Gone with the Wind
Kimberly
Probably THE MISTS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Janet Ross
Probably the last Harry Potter book.
Laura Merrill
War and Peace
Jacklyn Briggs
Gone With the Wind
Jacklyn Briggs
Black House
BSTM
War and Peace
Reva Wamsley
Sacajawea
D. Carlino
Probably GONE WITH THE WIND, although ANNA KARENINA and PICKWICK PAPERS were probably close seconds.
Carol Grubbs
...And Ladies of the Club
Hawaii
Deanna
GONE WITH THE WIND at 1,092 pages.
Helen
WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy
Barbara
Most Michener books
Suzanne Novoselac
WAR AND PEACE (unabridged).
Carol
Define long book...how many pages?
Jane
Gone With The Wind
Jennifer Kirkman
About 1000 pages.
Lesley
TEXAS by James Michener was probably the longest and took me the longest to complete. However, I recently re-read Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series because I relish them so. It took me about 4 months to complete them, but I'm feeling the pull to read them again soon.
Donald DeMore
The full-length THE STAND by Stephen King.
Jaap Stienstra
I'm not sure but maybe Robert Littel's THE COMPANY
Kathryn Andrews
My latest "long" book was SHANTARAM, and it was worth the read!
Carol A.
War and Peace
Karen
Probably Thomas Mann's THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN. I had to read it twice for a graduate school course! No desire to ever do THAT again.
Mike Grollman
I read Vincent Bugliosi's RECLAIMING HISTORY (about the JFK Assassination), which weighed in at about 1500 pages.
Sandra Smith
Hawaii?
Gone with the Wind?
Tamara
MADAM SECRETARY: A Memoir by Madeleine Albright
Merry Waldrip
The uncut version of THE STAND by Stephen King
Bob Hartzo
War and Peace
Kristy
Gone With the Wind
Lisa
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE, by Wally Lamb. The page count was 998.
Winter Lily
I read NEEDFUL THINGS by Stephen King. That was a seriously long book.
Peggy Hagel
WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy
Kat
THE POTATO FACTORY by Bryce Courtenay, which was about 850 pages, so no great accomplishment.
Nadine
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV --- I felt like I spent more time in their lives than my own!
Hannah Beck
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Wally Lamb (901 pages)
Debbie Moore
War and Peace
Carol Gowett
WAR AND PEACE --- both in length and the feeling of having to plod through a lot of extraneous material!
Carole Babes
A SUITABLE BOY by Vikram Seth
Jennifer Bush
Stephen King's THE STAND
Ann Lantis
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexandre Dumas
Tommy Nichols
THE STAND by Stephen King
Ron Green
Stephen King's THE DARK TOWER
Mel
The final Harry Potter book or THE STAND by Stephen King
Robyn Dones
It had to be one of Stephen King's book, THE STAND, or GONE WITH THE WIND.
Mo
THE BOOK THIEF and THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE are two of the long books I have read recently.
Diane Derow
I believe a book around 925 pages.
Michelle Stein
The last Harry Potter book.
Pam Dean
Atlas Shrugged
Ruth Haris Doyal
Not sure, possibly GONE WITH THE WIND, a Russian novel or maybe a Dickens novel. The length of a good story isn't pertinent. There have been some books I read that I thought should have been much shorter --- EMPEROR OF THE OCEAN comes to mind. The Emperor was in need of a good editor.
Marcia Cook
Gone With The Wind
Janice McElroy
Tom Clancy's RAINBOW SIX.
Linda Scott
Elizabeth George's large print edition of PAYMENT IN BLOOD, which was over 1000 pages.
Mary Griffin
ANNA KARENINA by Tolstoy
Cathy Matkovic
The Lord of the Rings
Lisa
Off the top of my head, the longest would be A STORM OF SWORDS by George R. R. Martin.
Juanita
I don't have the number of pages, but the 2 books that stand out are (and I loved both of them):
1. GONE WITH THE WIND
2. ...AND LADIES OF THE CLUB
I just hated to see the books end! I think I read slower when I get closer to the end of a very *good* book!
Judy Berardinone
Harry Potter books
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
Frank Giitter
RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH by William Shirer (1,245 pages).
Susan Babendure
Over 1,000 pages
Crystal Johnston
The longest book I've ever read was IT by Stephen King.
Debra Le
Gone With the Wind
Mary Schreiner
VOYAGER by Diana Gabaldon
R. Honey
Right now, I am reading I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE --- all 897 pages of it!
Kathy Honsharuk
The Historian
anthropologist
1200 + (Vikram Seth's A SUITABLE BOY; also, WAR AND PEACE; also. a book that SEEMED like the longest, though it wasn't --- CLARISSA)
April Lemesh
The longest book I've read is the Bible. My son was in Afghanistan from April 2004 to April 2005, and I read it cover to cover in that time. I needed some spiritual guidance at that time and I found it there.
Jay
ATLAS SHRUGGED and some of the books by James A. Michener.
Dennis
BLEAK HOUSE by Charles Dickens
Carolyn Griffin
SACRED GAMES by Vikram Chandra
