Recommendations - Omnibuses

[Luffy]

Last year I asked advice for finding good 500 paged books. By now I've read a few of the suggestions. Others are tbr while some don't look promising at all. Keeping an eye for next year's reading challenge, I want to modify my routine.

I'm poised to read the Wool omnibus soon, and I'd like to know similar options. To avoid people recommending me War & Peace, and The Count of Monte Christo, and even LoTR, I'm asking you to come up with omnibuses that are not classical literature, are not literary in nature, and clock at at least 600 pages in any format except large print...Go.

[WillAdams]

H. Beam Piper's Terro-Human Future:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47980 --- epub
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11374 --- lrf

[Dazrin]

Originally Posted by Luffy

Last year I asked advice for finding good 500 paged books. By now I've read a few of the suggestions. Others are tbr while some don't look promising at all. Keeping an eye for next year's reading challenge, I want to modify my routine.

I'm poised to read the Wool omnibus soon, and I'd like to know similar options. To avoid people recommending me War & Peace, and The Count of Monte Christo, and even LoTR, I'm asking you to come up with omnibuses that are not classical literature, are not literary in nature, and clock at at least 600 pages in any format except large print...Go.

If you are reading the Wool Omnibus, do you also have the Shift Omnibus (~520 pages) and Dust (~466 pgs)? If not, I would highly recommend reading them as well since they are the continuations of the same story. They don't appear to be a single volume but certainly add up to more than 600 pages and with the Wool omnibus well over 1000 pages.

For other omnibuses, I have the Hunger Games omnibus which was a very good deal at Amazon a while back, well below what it is right now. I have also added the King Raven Trilogy (a retelling of Robin Hood) by Stephen R. Lawhead to my library wish list which has a >4 rating on Amazon, but haven't had a chance to read any of them yet.

[dickloraine]

How about the Malazan Book of the Fallen Omnibus? Just about 8000 pages But I would say it is literary in nature (but I have no clou, what exactly you mean by it. Merely beeing classic? I don't see any other connection on the three books you mentioned. And two of them are more like adventure books).

[BenG]

The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart.
It bundles together The Bridge of Birds, The Story of the Stone and Eight Skilled Gentlemen.
http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Mas...=UTF8&sr=&qid=

The Novels of Alexander the Great: Fire from Heaven, The Persian Boy, and Funeral Games by Mary Renault
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DIRC81G/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

The 7 book Odd Thomas bundle by Dean Koontz and the 6 book Thursday Next bundle by Jasper Fforde are good but cost over $50.

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by Dazrin

If you are reading the Wool Omnibus, do you also have the Shift Omnibus (~520 pages) and Dust (~466 pgs)? If not, I would highly recommend reading them as well since they are the continuations of the same story. They don't appear to be a single volume but certainly add up to more than 600 pages and with the Wool omnibus well over 1000 pages.

For other omnibuses, I have the Hunger Games omnibus which was a very good deal at Amazon a while back, well below what it is right now. I have also added the King Raven Trilogy (a retelling of Robin Hood) by Stephen R. Lawhead to my library wish list which has a >4 rating on Amazon, but haven't had a chance to read any of them yet.

I'll look into the King Raven trilogy, and the Shift Omnibus. I've still not read Mockingjay, but don't want to re read THG and CFire.

Originally Posted by dickloraine

How about the Malazan Book of the Fallen Omnibus? Just about 8000 pages But I would say it is literary in nature (but I have no clou, what exactly you mean by it. Merely beeing classic? I don't see any other connection on the three books you mentioned. And two of them are more like adventure books).

Yes, I've not read a word of Malazan but I harbor a feeling I'll not take to them. I'm unreasonably sure of that. Thanks to everyone who replied.

[cromag]

Originally Posted by BenG

The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart.
It bundles together The Bridge of Birds, The Story of the Stone and Eight Skilled Gentlemen.
http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Mas...=UTF8&sr=&qid=

...

I was going to recommend this title, myself. An excellent anthology, and the first title, The Bridge of Birds, is just beautiful.

[JSWolf]

These are most of the books in the In Death series by J.D. Robb. I've read all of these and they are quite good.

The In Death Collection, Books 1-5
The In Death Collection, Books 6-10
The In Death Collection, Books 11-15
The In Death Collection, Books 16-20
The In Death Collection, Books 21-25
The In Death Collection, Books 26-29
The In Death Collection, Books 30-32

[BenG]

You can also get George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire in a 5 book bundle for less than $20. The series isn't finished though.

http://www.amazon.com/George-Martins...e+bundle+books

Dan Simmons' The Hyperion Cantos 4 book bundle:
http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Canto...e+bundle+books

[Luffy]

I'm very encouraged with Barry Hughart's book, I read the first In Death books, I didn't like Roarke, and have read the first four GoT books. Thanks again guys. Remember, if you know of a good series outside of fantasy, feel free to recommend them.

The more left field the genre, the better. E.g Horror, YA, middle grade(like The Book of Amber), humor etc.

[cadele]

I can recommend The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon. A terrific read.

[MickiTee]

Originally Posted by cadele

I can recommend The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon. A terrific read.

I'll second that. Its also a good 1000+ pages.

If you like space opera then there's also the seven books of her Serrano Legacy series which are available in three omnibus editions from Baen.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by MickiTee

I'll second that. Its also a good 1000+ pages.

If you like space opera then there's also the seven books of her Serrano Legacy series which are available in three omnibus editions from Baen.

1044 pages, as listed at Amazon, equates to only about 622 real pages.

A thick book, I'll admit, but it's not "1,000+ pages," unfortunately.





"Give me a thick book or give me death," - Dr. Drib


ADDED:

But wait! I just pullled up my ebook copy and I see 2828 pages, which would indeed make this an over 1000-page tome.

[BenG]

It's the start of baseball season and you can get the The Roger Angell Baseball Collection: The Summer Game, Five Seasons, and Season Ticket for $16.19.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GH2G9DW/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

They are collections of Roger Angell's New Yorker essays on baseball starting in the 1960s through 1987.

I have them in hardcover

[BenG]

Also there's The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey.
http://www.amazon.com/Dragonriders-P...=UTF8&sr=&qid=

It's all you need of the Pern books unless you really like them.