What do you consider a big book? Over 400 pages? More than 500? In 2023 I read a dozen books over 400 pages. This past year I read fifteen for a total of 7,138 pages. Nine of these books wound up on my Top Reads and Honorable Mentions lists, so in spite of my hesitation to read a weighty tome, they tend to be my favorites. It should also come as no surprise that there are a few titles here by Stephen King.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (548 pages)
September by Rosamunde Pilcher (536 pages)
The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard (408 pages)
Billy Summers by Stephen King (515 pages)
Holly by Stephen King (449 pages)
Still Life by Sarah Winman (456 pages)
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (418 pages)
Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane (418 pages)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (401 pages)
The Stonecutter by Camilla Lackberg (489 page)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (566 pages)
Fairy Tale by Stephen King (599 pages)
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (441 pages)
The Women by Kristin Hannah (471 pages)
The River We Remember (423 pages)
I've read six of your BIG reads. To me, a big read is over 600 pp. My book club does not agree. LOL. I am almost through with The Brothers Karamazov, 958 pp.! I prefer big reads. I like to be totally immersed.
ReplyDeleteTi, I may re-think my page count in 2025. With so many 400 page books read last year, I might bump it up to 500 to qualify as a BIG book. :) I agree about being totally immersed in a story. I wonder what was my longest read ever... Maybe Anna Karenina, The Stand, or Sarum.
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