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Blue Tyson · 05-03-2009, 01:13 PM

Peter F. Hamilton. Holy Crap. Glad I wasn't carrying it around, when travelling!

Sweetpea · 05-04-2009, 07:24 AM

Longest book?

I've no idea, very hard to compare pbooks... Hard covers are thicker in general, even if they are shorter in length, some books have a larger lettering, others thinner paper...

But I think the thickest book I have in my book collection is Amber, from Roger Zelazny (especially impressive, as the paper is really thin in that one!)

Others are the Outlander series and in the pocket line I have Noble House by Clavell and the books by Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear and the rest). Loved them all...

BlackVoid · 05-05-2009, 04:32 AM

Alastair Reynolds - Revelation Space

Longest sci-fi book I read in ebook format. It is very good too.

junglesgal · 05-05-2009, 07:56 AM

Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian

It's a bit similar to the Dan Brown books but it's about chasing Dracula! Very exciting! And long...

yvanleterrible · 05-05-2009, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by junglesgal

Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian

It's a bit similar to the Dan Brown books but it's about chasing Dracula! Very exciting! And long...

Agreed. Captivating.

HappyMartin · 05-05-2009, 09:25 AM

Anathem. It was over 2 Mb.

Funny how quickly you can convert to thinking of book length in terms of file size. Sometimes I buy a book and forget to check reading time and then when I download I always hope it takes longer because then it could be a bigger book.

DixieGal · 05-05-2009, 10:53 AM

I'm just beginning to re-read Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep. Sooo happy to have it as an ebook! It and A Deepness in the Sky are about the same length, approx 3500 pages each, so it will be about 7,000 pages total on my reader. Joy!

desertgrandma · 05-05-2009, 11:35 AM

Years ago I bought the hardback version of Arthur Conan Doyles "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" and enjoyed each and every story. Had to sit down while reading it tho, it was heavy!

And then there is "The Complete and Uncut The Stand" by Stephen King. Still love it.

Can't forget Michener's "Hawaii", "The Covenant" or "Centennial"

Long and wordy, yes, but interesting to the end.

And to think all these and hundreds of others on a device the size of a Kindle......

shadowwolf36 · 05-05-2009, 11:49 AM

The Stand a very long time ago (so much better than the movie) and more recently "The Forsyte Saga" started as an audio book, couldn't stand the man reading it (for over 40 hours total ugh) so read it instead....Loved it BTW

Elsi · 05-05-2009, 12:36 PM

In paper, I've read the first three books in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series and the next three are sitting in paperback on my TBR bookcase. I may decide to purchase them as eBooks and give away the paperbacks in my book-swapping group. I won't go back any further in my paper-reading history.

Since the number of pages on a reader is dependent upon the size of the font and the line spacing, I try to use the page count from the paperback edition, if available. I use this in my reading records as it works for paper books, electronic books, and audio books.

The longest book I've read on my reader is The Pillars of the Earth which is 976 pages in paperback. Second was Breaking Dawn, the fourth in the Twilight series. The entire series comes in at 2560 pages (1st 3 in paperback, last in hardback). Third was The Lies of Locke Lamora at 752 pages in its print edition.

I also bought Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksenarrion from Baen and read it on my Kindle and Sony readers. The trilogy was re-printed in a single paperback volume and totals 1535 pages for all three novels.

yvanleterrible · 05-05-2009, 02:41 PM

I have to remind the readers of this thread that the length of an ebook should be judged in word count rather than in page number. All is relative to font size.

Those interested can transfer books to Word or PDF to examine word count. Of course in non protected books.

Fledchen · 05-05-2009, 07:42 PM

The longest book I've read as an ebook is The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. The paperback edition of this book is 672 pages.

HomeInMyShoes · 07-12-2011, 10:37 AM

Time to bring back a thread from the dead.

The longest book on the e-reader so far is only about 482 pages.

I've read some long ones in tree format though. Vikram Seth's ~A Suitable Boy~ was by far the longest. 591,552 words (according to Wikipedia). The paperback is 1,488 pages long. I loved it. I devoured it in a few weeks reading it on the bus and late into the night. Often reading 100 pages a night. Of course, I was single, on a workterm, and had lots of time.

Other notable long books: Stephen King's ~It~ (1,104 pages), Charles Dickens ~Pickwick Papers~ (786 pages), Herman Melville's ~Moby Dick~ (656 pages), Wally Lamb's ~I Know this Much is True~ (928 pages).

siraks · 07-12-2011, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by junglesgal

Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian

It's a bit similar to the Dan Brown books but it's about chasing Dracula! Very exciting! And long...

thanks for the suggestion, i will be picking this up soon and adding it to my soon to be read list, sounds fun.

longest book for me was monster hunter international, 736pages listed on amazon for the pbook.

Phogg · 07-12-2011, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I enjoyed "Battlefield Earth". "Mission Earth" is just awful, and Hubbard most likely had little input into it himself. Hubbard may have had some wierd religious views, but don't forget that long before that he was a perfectly competent SF author. Not a "great" author, but a competent one, certainly.

Like a lot of people, I am pretty sure Hubbard's "weird view" of religion was that inventing one would rope in a captive book buying audience. A crazy idea that sold a lot of really awful books, and kept them in print when they should have been 3000 book vanity press runs.

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05-03-2009, 01:13 PM	#46
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Peter F. Hamilton. Holy Crap. Glad I wasn't carrying it around, when travelling!

05-04-2009, 07:24 AM	#47
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Longest book? I've no idea, very hard to compare pbooks... Hard covers are thicker in general, even if they are shorter in length, some books have a larger lettering, others thinner paper... But I think the thickest book I have in my book collection is Amber, from Roger Zelazny (especially impressive, as the paper is really thin in that one!) Others are the Outlander series and in the pocket line I have Noble House by Clavell and the books by Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear and the rest). Loved them all...

05-05-2009, 04:32 AM	#48
BlackVoid Evangelist Posts: 415 Karma: 510423 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Sony PRS-505	Alastair Reynolds - Revelation Space Longest sci-fi book I read in ebook format. It is very good too.

05-05-2009, 07:56 AM	#49
junglesgal Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian It's a bit similar to the Dan Brown books but it's about chasing Dracula! Very exciting! And long...

05-05-2009, 09:25 AM	#51
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	Anathem. It was over 2 Mb. Funny how quickly you can convert to thinking of book length in terms of file size. Sometimes I buy a book and forget to check reading time and then when I download I always hope it takes longer because then it could be a bigger book.

05-05-2009, 10:53 AM	#52
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I'm just beginning to re-read Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep. Sooo happy to have it as an ebook! It and A Deepness in the Sky are about the same length, approx 3500 pages each, so it will be about 7,000 pages total on my reader. Joy!

05-05-2009, 11:35 AM	#53
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Years ago I bought the hardback version of Arthur Conan Doyles "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" and enjoyed each and every story. Had to sit down while reading it tho, it was heavy! And then there is "The Complete and Uncut The Stand" by Stephen King. Still love it. Can't forget Michener's "Hawaii", "The Covenant" or "Centennial" Long and wordy, yes, but interesting to the end. And to think all these and hundreds of others on a device the size of a Kindle......

05-05-2009, 11:49 AM	#54
shadowwolf36 Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 81 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony Digital	The Stand a very long time ago (so much better than the movie) and more recently "The Forsyte Saga" started as an audio book, couldn't stand the man reading it (for over 40 hours total ugh) so read it instead....Loved it BTW

05-05-2009, 12:36 PM	#55
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	In paper, I've read the first three books in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series and the next three are sitting in paperback on my TBR bookcase. I may decide to purchase them as eBooks and give away the paperbacks in my book-swapping group. I won't go back any further in my paper-reading history. Since the number of pages on a reader is dependent upon the size of the font and the line spacing, I try to use the page count from the paperback edition, if available. I use this in my reading records as it works for paper books, electronic books, and audio books. The longest book I've read on my reader is *The Pillars of the Earth* which is 976 pages in paperback. Second was *Breaking Dawn, the fourth in the Twilight series. The entire series comes in at 2560 pages (1st 3 in paperback, last in hardback). Third was The Lies of Locke Lamora* at 752 pages in its print edition. I also bought Elizabeth Moon's *Deed of Paksenarrion* from Baen and read it on my Kindle and Sony readers. The trilogy was re-printed in a single paperback volume and totals 1535 pages for all three novels.

05-05-2009, 02:41 PM	#56
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	I have to remind the readers of this thread that the length of an ebook should be judged in word count rather than in page number. All is relative to font size. Those interested can transfer books to Word or PDF to examine word count. Of course in non protected books.

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05-05-2009, 07:42 PM	#57
Fledchen Guru Posts: 663 Karma: 84658 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minnesota, USA Device: PB360+, Sony950, VR Stream, iPod Touch, iPad	The longest book I've read as an ebook is The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. The paperback edition of this book is 672 pages.

07-12-2011, 10:37 AM	#58
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Time to bring back a thread from the dead. The longest book on the e-reader so far is only about 482 pages. I've read some long ones in tree format though. Vikram Seth's ~A Suitable Boy~ was by far the longest. 591,552 words (according to Wikipedia). The paperback is 1,488 pages long. I loved it. I devoured it in a few weeks reading it on the bus and late into the night. Often reading 100 pages a night. Of course, I was single, on a workterm, and had lots of time. Other notable long books: Stephen King's ~It~ (1,104 pages), Charles Dickens ~Pickwick Papers~ (786 pages), Herman Melville's ~Moby Dick~ (656 pages), Wally Lamb's ~I Know this Much is True~ (928 pages).