Best longish book that is worth the time
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Anonymous
| I find lately that I wish most books were shorter/better edited. What’s a medium or longer book that’s worth the time. |
Anonymous
| 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. Now I feel like re-reading it. |
Anonymous
| The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George |
Anonymous
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The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers |
Anonymous
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Is there a certain genre you prefer? Classics? Literary fiction? Historical fiction? Mysteries? Romance? Fantasy?
It's hard to know where to start. |
Anonymous
Where to start what? Reading "longish" books? Or just plain reading? Read what you like -- what I like (literary fiction and pop cnf) isn't necessarily going to be what you like. |
Anonymous
| and what do you consider long-ish? |
Anonymous
I tried to read that one. It was trippy! |
Anonymous
| Stephen King's The Stand. |
Anonymous
| I’m reading Demon Copperhead. 600 hundred pages long and it is sagging. I want to quit! I can’t bare to read it anymore, I don’t care about Demon. Too much internal dialogue and not enough plot. |
Anonymous
| Anna Karenina |
Anonymous
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Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
I started it mid-2018 and finished it in April 2020. I had only read about 1/4 of it but then in March 2020 all of a sudden I had a lot of time on my hands. Great read! |
Anonymous
| Anna Karenina |
Anonymous
| Ken Follet: The Pillars of the Earth |
Anonymous
I second this suggestion |