500 plus paged books

[crich70]

Originally Posted by bshar489

I heartily second this. I had something of the same prejudice about Victorian novels [mostly unfounded] but I really enjoyed this. Enough so that I read every Alan Quartermain book I could find. He's the main character, by the way. I highly recommend it

Bergette

And H.Rider Haggard's books are all available here at MR in Omnibus editions.

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by forcheville

"The Island of Second Sight" by Albert Vigoleis Thelen is a 1953 German book that recently came out in English translation and weighs in at 736 pages in paper. It is also available as an ebook.
It's a very amusing shaggy dog of a book set on Mallorca in the 1930s with some quite serious historical perspectives along the way.

4.5 stars on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Island-Second-.../dp/1468307134

I thought this book was one of the most obscure ones recommended but it looks very easy and interesting. Hope the translation suffered no loss. Apart from Amazon it has about 4.00 points at Goodreads.

[Gazella]

The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite novel of all-time. A fantastic work of literature.

[Hampshire Nanny]

Originally Posted by Geralt

Isn't the romance a major thing in this book and time traveling as a sci-fi trope is more of an afterthought, providing the book with setting where the main romance plot is to be untangled? Or more simply, isn't this more of a romance/historical fiction novel than a speculative fiction (sci-fi/fantasy) book?

I'm asking because the OP has stated no romance, and by the reviews on Goodreads, Outlander is exactly that?

I suppose that the romance is a relatively main theme, but it didn't hit me that way. I was all caught up in the English vs. Scots. I found myself hitting Wikipedia frequently to look at info on the time period, persons, politics, places, etc. There was adventure and peril and the cultural role of women and the challenge of a woman from the 1940s discovering that she had less freedom that male children. And, oh yes, there was a romance along the way.

Originally Posted by Dazrin

Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, average around 750 pages for the first 3. I haven't read the 4th, but it is a second series anyway.

... or David Weber's Honor Harrington series which which averages over 700 pages each I believe.

I read the 3 Mistborn books back to back. Read this way, they're like one REALLY LONG story. And, I'm a real fan of Honor Harrington. I'm starting book 12 in the mainline, which leaves me book 13 and one each in the two sidelong series (Wages of Sin and Saganami Island).

Originally Posted by dickloraine

"The Lies of Locke Lamora" is an excellent fantasy book. Not typical epic fantasy. It is the first part of a series but a self contained book in many ways. If you like heist stories (of the darker kind) give it a try. One of the best fantasy books ever and a hell of a debut novel.

Truly an amazing book.

Originally Posted by HarryT

If you want to read one of Follett's books, I'd suggest "The Pillars of the Earth". An excellent read.

Indeed. I definitely agree with this recommendation.

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by Gazella

The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite novel of all-time. A fantastic work of literature.

That's a ringing endorsement if I ever heard one. I've never read it. I can read in French, but when I do get to the book, I'll prefer the translated version.

[Gazella]

Originally Posted by Luffy

That's a ringing endorsement if I ever heard one. I've never read it. I can read in French, but when I do get to the book, I'll prefer the translated version.

I recommend Robin Buss' translation for Penguin Classics.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Luffy

That's a ringing endorsement if I ever heard one. I've never read it. I can read in French, but when I do get to the book, I'll prefer the translated version.

I've read some of it (skipped over some of it while trying to compare it to the movie versions I've seen. There is quite a bit of difference in how the story plays out between the book & movie versions. Of course that's normal as if they tried to include everything in a book in a movie it would be too expensive not to mention long.

[Luffy]

Thanks to all who posted and recommended. That's many books, and I'll be kept busy for many weeks!

[John F]

How about Septembers MR book club selection, The Grapes of Wrath.

[JSWolf]

I've another rather good book to recommend.

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly is the first book in the Harry Boch series. Very good.

For LAPD homicide cop Harry Bosch—hero, maverick, nighthawk—the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal.

The dead man, Billy Meadows, was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who fought side by side with him in a nightmare underground war that brought them to the depths of hell. Now, Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city to the tortuous link that must be uncovered, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit.

Joining with an enigmatic and seductive female FBI agent, pitted against enemies inside his own department, Bosch must make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance, as he tracks down a killer whose true face will shock him.

[John F]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've another rather good book to recommend.

...

Wrong! The Black Echo is less than 500 pages.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by John F

Wrong! The Black Echo is less than 500 pages.

Actually, not wrong at all. I asked about the page numbers in the different versions and was told by the Luffy as long as one version has 500+ pages, it's OK (see post #44 in this thread). This is from Amazon for the Mass Market Paperback edition...

Series: A Harry Bosch Novel
Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (October 15, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1455550612
ISBN-13: 978-1455550616

Because this is 544 pages, it does fit Luffy's request.

[John F]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Actually, not wrong at all. I asked about the page numbers in the different versions and was told by the Luffy as long as one version has 500+ pages, it's OK (see post #44 in this thread). This is from Amazon for the Mass Market Paperback edition...



Because this is 544 pages, it does fit Luffy's request.

You are clearly trying to stretch the rules. The hardcover was less than 500, the 2002 massmarket paperback was less than 500. Heck, why don't you reference a large print edition.

[John F]

How about The Stand by Stephen King.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by John F

You are clearly trying to stretch the rules. The hardcover was less than 500, the 2002 massmarket paperback was less than 500. Heck, why don't you reference a large print edition.

I didn't make the rules, Luffy did.