Longest ebook you have read and enjoyed

tech_au · 03-13-2009, 11:23 PM

As part of my occasional "read something totally different" to my usual Thriller/Adventure interspersed with SciFi/Fantasy reading I decided to read the recent Random House historical fiction freebie The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss which I found very enjoyable(Big Thanks to Random House

for providing this for free as I probably wouldn't have bought it at its regular $18.20 price) but its also the longest book I have read so far at 1648 Sony reader pages and took 2 weeks to read. I would normally have read 2-3 ebooks in that time. Anyone read longer ones ?

HarryT · 03-14-2009, 05:48 AM

Patrick O'Brian's wonderful 20-book (plus one unfinished) Aubrey-Maturin series is often referred to as one giant novel. It's a historical series, set in the Royal Navy of the Napoleanic era.

Unfortunately it's not yet available as a legal eBook.

Many of the "classics" which I enjoy are, of course extremely long (they were typically originally published as weekly or monthly magazine serials, and subsequently as multiple volumes in book form). Something like "Bleak House" is extremely long, but a wonderful story.

mtravellerh · 03-14-2009, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Patrick O'Brian's wonderful 20-book (plus one unfinished) Aubrey-Maturin series is often referred to as one giant novel. It's a historical series, set in the Royal Navy of the Napoleanic era.

Unfortunately it's not yet available as a legal eBook.

Many of the "classics" which I enjoy are, of course extremely long (they were typically originally published as weekly or monthly magazine serials, and subsequently as multiple volumes in book form). Something like "Bleak House" is extremely long, but a wonderful story.

Karl May's serial novel "Das Waldröschen" has 4.600 pages.

dragonbone · 03-14-2009, 08:33 AM

The Wheel of Time, I'm still only on book one, but many, many more to go...
I hated Bleak House!

Patricia · 03-14-2009, 09:59 AM

I've read and enjoyed all of Proust; also all of Balzac's La comedie humaine cycle (52 volumes in the Philadelphia translation).
And I quite liked Anthony Powell's 12-volume series, The Dance to the Musoc of Time.

In fact, I really like to lose myself in a long novel, or long series.

finniusfrog · 03-14-2009, 12:33 PM

You could try Peter F Hamiltons "Nightdawn triology" at over 4,500 pages.

Dragoro · 03-14-2009, 03:28 PM

So far, my longest is moby dick.

Sparrow · 03-14-2009, 03:56 PM

I read Stephen King's "The Stand" (the 'complete and uncut edition') - that was pretty hefty.

tech_au · 03-14-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dragonbone

The Wheel of Time, I'm still only on book one, but many, many more to go...
I hated Bleak House!

I read about 4 of the Wheel of Time pbooks but they got a bit repetitive so I didn't go any further but another friend who has read the lot says they do change a bit after about book 7 or so.
I have World Without End on my reader waiting to be read and I think that is pretty long as well.

Sydney's Mom · 03-14-2009, 04:36 PM

I checked a 6 book ebundle out of the library. I have 3 weeks to read the 6 Cedar Cove books by Debbie Macomber. It has 25000 locations (The Stand is 24000). This shouldn't be hard - I skip parts of romance books that I find boring. Can't skip any King!

pilotbob · 03-15-2009, 12:18 AM

Probably the Sherlock Holmes Omnibus... not sure if you want to call that one "book".

BOb

ZenEngineer · 03-15-2009, 12:30 AM

Anathem by Neal Stephenson. In hardback it is 900+ pages. On my 505 at medium font size it was 2145 pages.

mgrunk · 03-15-2009, 12:34 AM

Yes - that was my longest book too - Hamiltons "Nightdawn Triology"

snipenekkid · 03-15-2009, 03:40 AM

I am assuming you mean single book not series. Probably War and Peace was the longest I forget the total number of pages. I do not remember the exact number of pages but I recall it was over 8600 pages on my PDA.

I started both the Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Homer's Iliad plus also Homer's Odyssey but never managed to finish any of the three. For like the 20th time in my life.

corroonb · 03-15-2009, 02:10 PM

Middlemarch by George Eliot.

03-13-2009, 11:23 PM	#1
tech_au Oz Bookworm Posts: 515 Karma: 4056 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS 505,PRS 650	Longest ebook you have read and enjoyed As part of my occasional "read something totally different" to my usual Thriller/Adventure interspersed with SciFi/Fantasy reading I decided to read the recent Random House historical fiction freebie The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss which I found very enjoyable(Big Thanks to Random House for providing this for free as I probably wouldn't have bought it at its regular $18.20 price) but its also the longest book I have read so far at 1648 Sony reader pages and took 2 weeks to read. I would normally have read 2-3 ebooks in that time. Anyone read longer ones ?

03-14-2009, 05:48 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,670 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Patrick O'Brian's wonderful 20-book (plus one unfinished) Aubrey-Maturin series is often referred to as one giant novel. It's a historical series, set in the Royal Navy of the Napoleanic era. Unfortunately it's not yet available as a legal eBook. Many of the "classics" which I enjoy are, of course extremely long (they were typically originally published as weekly or monthly magazine serials, and subsequently as multiple volumes in book form). Something like "Bleak House" is extremely long, but a wonderful story. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

03-14-2009, 09:59 AM	#5
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,527 Karma: 1239840 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I've read and enjoyed all of Proust; also all of Balzac's La comedie humaine cycle (52 volumes in the Philadelphia translation). And I quite liked Anthony Powell's 12-volume series, The Dance to the Musoc of Time. In fact, I really like to lose myself in a long novel, or long series. __________________ Of making many books there is no end [Ecclesiastes, 12.12]

03-14-2009, 03:28 PM	#7
Dragoro Lovecraft Fan Posts: 395 Karma: 539914 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Michigan Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch, iPad, Acer 500	So far, my longest is moby dick. __________________ "And somewhere at the bottom he fell into darkness. That much he knew. He had fallen into darkness. And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know" Martin Eden, Jack London.

03-14-2009, 03:56 PM	#8
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,400 Karma: 1358102 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	I read Stephen King's "The Stand" (the 'complete and uncut edition') - that was pretty hefty. __________________ "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing has happened." - Winston Churchill

03-14-2009, 08:33 AM	#4
dragonbone must love dogs Posts: 480 Karma: 1079 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tokyo Device: Sony PRS-700, iPhone 32GB 3GS, iPad 64GB WiFi	The Wheel of Time, I'm still only on book one, but many, many more to go... I hated Bleak House!

03-14-2009, 12:33 PM	#6
finniusfrog Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Cybook 3	You could try Peter F Hamiltons "Nightdawn triology" at over 4,500 pages.

03-14-2009, 04:36 PM	#10
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,181 Karma: 3710471 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicago Device: Kindle 4 (7th Kindle), Fire HD and Samsung Tab 10.1.2	I checked a 6 book ebundle out of the library. I have 3 weeks to read the 6 Cedar Cove books by Debbie Macomber. It has 25000 locations (The Stand is 24000). This shouldn't be hard - I skip parts of romance books that I find boring. Can't skip any King!

03-15-2009, 12:18 AM	#11
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,761 Karma: 4233896 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Probably the Sherlock Holmes Omnibus... not sure if you want to call that one "book". BOb __________________ Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. --Napoleon Bonaparte

03-15-2009, 12:30 AM	#12
ZenEngineer Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 92 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California Device: Sony PRS-505	Anathem by Neal Stephenson. In hardback it is 900+ pages. On my 505 at medium font size it was 2145 pages.

03-15-2009, 12:34 AM	#13
mgrunk Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 96 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: metro Atlanta, GA Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Yes - that was my longest book too - Hamiltons "Nightdawn Triology"

03-15-2009, 03:40 AM	#14
snipenekkid Banned Posts: 765 Karma: 51034 Join Date: Feb 2009	I am assuming you mean single book not series. Probably War and Peace was the longest I forget the total number of pages. I do not remember the exact number of pages but I recall it was over 8600 pages on my PDA. I started both the Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Homer's Iliad plus also Homer's Odyssey but never managed to finish any of the three. For like the 20th time in my life.

03-15-2009, 02:10 PM	#15
corroonb Groupie Posts: 161 Karma: 1012609 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ireland Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, Kobo eReader Touch	Middlemarch by George Eliot.

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