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

Quote:

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

Quote:

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: 516 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 ?

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03-14-2009, 05:48 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	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.

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, 09:59 AM	#5
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 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.

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, 03:28 PM	#7
Dragoro Lovecraft Fan Posts: 414 Karma: 539914 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Michigan Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Kindle Touch	So far, my longest is moby dick.

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Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 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.

03-14-2009, 04:36 PM	#10
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	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: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 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

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"

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03-15-2009, 03:40 AM	#14
snipenekkid Banned Posts: 760 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.

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corroonb Addict Posts: 317 Karma: 1232685 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Voyage, Kobo Aura, Nexus 9	Middlemarch by George Eliot.