What's the longest book you've ever read?

[Cherry234]

[SoftCliff]

The Count of Monte Christo - 1243 pages. I ordered it online and knew it was long, but when the brick of a book arrived in the mail I was shocked. I put off reading it for a few months simply due to its size but it has become one of my all time favourites. Highly recommended!

[Cherry234]

How long did it actually take you to read it?

[SoftCliff]

Three weeks, but I'm a quick reader. The story is so complex that I think cutting a single sentence would impede your understanding and enjoyment of the novel. It's one of my faves, so I hope you enjoy it!

[Jamie05rhs]

The movie was good.

[Cherry234]

Oh wow okay. I'll consider it.

[FunkyMonkee]

I'm not sure which was the longest but, there was one about Pink Floyd by nick Mason and there was one that was the complete history of Monty Python. Both were huge books about an inch thick. I've also got, "The Beatles Anthology" but, I never got more than a few pages into that. It's also a huge book that's about an inch thick.

[abc3643]

I am not sure, but I am going to go with
Physics, 3rd Edition, Parts I and II, by David Halliday and Robert Resnick, 1976.

I'd have to check, but it's probably close to 1000 pages.

[abc3643]

Physics, Parts I and II (Parts 1 & 2)
by David Halliday
Full StarFull StarFull StarFull StarFull StarSee Customer Reviews
The publication of the first edition of Physics in 1960 launched the modern era of physics textbooks. It was a new paradigm then and, after 40 years, it continues to be the dominant model for all texts. The big change in the market has been a shift to a lower level, more accessible version of the model. Fundamentals of Physics is a good example of this shift. In spite of this change, there continues to be a demand for the original version and, indeed,... Read Full Overview

Product Details
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 047134530X
ISBN13: 9780471345305
Release Date: July 1978
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Length: 1089 Pages
Weight: 5.50 lbs.
Dimensions: 10.1" x 0.5" x 2.1"

[Cherry234]

Wow that's a huge book and that is super long. It would take me forever to read that.

[abc3643]

It was my required textbook when I was a freshman in college majoring in Physics.
As a senior in high school, I took AP Physics and had the lighter yellow version of this textbook: Fundamentals of Physics, Revised Edition.


Because my AP exams gave me 1 year of credit for Physics, I only had to take one semester with that green textbook. If I did not have AP credit, I would have had that green textbook for 3 semesters.

I bought the study guide in college too and it shows both textbooks I had:

[abc3643]

@Cherry234
Where on LI do you live?

[abc3643]

I, too, am from LI.
You can PM me, if you wish.
You seem like a very interesting young lady.

[Cherry234]

@abc3643 Thank you. I'm not going to say specifically where I live (which city) but I live in Nassau county.

[abc3643]

I grew up in Nassau County as well. You can PM me if you wish. Be happy to help you with nerdy stuff that you seemed interested in on your profile page.

[Literalbillionaire17]

Crime and punishment. My school has these things called reading points that you need to gain before the end of the school year and since the book is over 400+ pages it was worth a bunch of points. I read it so I can gain half of my points through one book instead of reading a bunch.

[andreasderjuengere]

Not sure if that was the longest:

Cooper's ''Leatherstocking Tales'', I'd say. Of course we can argue it that isn't five books packed into one.

In fact, when I still bought physical books in a store, I always looked at the quite thick ones first :)

[bean2k21]

1306 pages of C++, which was only the beginning, if you know anything about tech people.

[Cherry234]

Dang 1306 pages for C++? I'm not sure I'd have the patience to get through that. I can't imagine how long other coding language books would be.

[Red_Arrow]

The dictionary, though I skipped some parts.

[abc3643]

That's true! That should have been my answer. I have a Webster's Unabridged Dictionary from circa 1960s or perhaps earlier. That thing is a beast. I could use it to replace a cinder block on a car in front of a redneck house.

[Cherry234]

@abc3643 lol 🤣

[ArrowheadSW]

Not the longest, but one of the longest was a 900 page biography on the life of Michael Jackson.

[Cherry234]

Damn how is a biography that long?

[ArrowheadSW]

It was a good book. It encompassed his entire life. I know, 900 pages does sound long!

[NamerOfStars]

Off the top of my head, I'd guess either Les Miserables or War and Peace. I think the latter is a little longer, but that may just because it drags SO MUCH in places. Les Mis, by contrast, just flies by.

[wingattebaby16]

~800 pages.. On Basilisk Station.. first book in the Honor Harrington saga.. a woman captain on a starship.. awesome!

every book is a minimum of 800 pages.. over 15 books now out...

[EnglishEuropean]

How many forests is that?

[MTC29]

War and Peace, by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, and Shōgun, by James Clavell. I'm not sure, but I think that W&P is the longer of the two novels.

[Agape93]

Dune. The most boring, long winded and uninteresting amalgamation of crap I have ever read.

[DryGermanGuy]

Oh wow. I like "all things Dune". Maybe it was the order of media how I got into it: First I played the computer game from 1992, then watched the movie from 1984, then read the original book.

[Agape93]

No idea but it's boring as fuck

[EnglishEuropean]

I never got all the way through Dune. I've tried more than once. The first section is good, after that it's just sand and more sand. I'm starting to think Frank Herbert was just a really boring writer.

[Agape93]

Yeah, it doesn't really get interesting. Shit hyperion cantos was better.

[EnglishEuropean]

I dunno, I thought Hyperion was a huge steaming pile of

[HighValue]

I'm not entirely sure, but I think the original version of IT was pretty long when I read it. That was more than 25 years ago though so I am not sure anymore.

[Mia-Wallace]

Fiction?

Lord of the rings

In Search of Lost Time

[dustybiker]

Well over a thousand pages. I love reading. It allows the mind to relax from the usual grind.

[TransAm85]

Macbeth.. very boring, I was only 17, but I think I should read it again!

[AmandaYVR]

Lord of the Rings trilogy, almost 1000 pages.

[Jamie05rhs]

Respect

[DirkCoenen]

I read the entire Bible from Cover to Cover every year.

[ohsheeT]

It was probably close to 2 ft high and maybe 16 in wide that's the longest one LOL

[DryGermanGuy]

Lord of the Rings and a Shakespeare story collection book.

[Blackcosmo]

I think "Breaking Dawn" by Stephanie Meyer.

[ibodi]

The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole by Engels

[zagor]

Haven't started it yet but I recently got "War and Peace".

The longest I ever read was probably a history of the voyages of exploration to North America.

[Avicenna]

I think it was the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

[Plinko]

Worm (web serial) by John "Wildbow" McCrae.

1,680,000 words

[Massageman]

Aside from the Bible, my high school Social Studies text on US History and the Constitution. somewhere around 650 pg, give or take - - - - - -

[Iron_Man]

Run baby run the Nicky Cruz story I even wrote this guy and he wrote me twice I was so impressed 😊

[OddBeMe]

The Stand is a 1000 pages. Comes to mind.

Childrens War is a fave…its up there.

Large books aren't in style anymore. Theyre modeling tiktok vids.

[exitseven]

Ulysses by James Joyce? or maybe The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurtzweil.

[sirderpsalot123]

"IT" It's a long book but it didn't feel like it was (the first time I read it) because I was so immersed in this book, I devoured it.

[KostasKouvalis]

The Mysterious Island
It has like 700 something pages

[HeartFullOfGlue]

Aside from school books

Love & Olives or Mondays Not Coming

[Likes2drive]

I think it was Tom Sawyer but it’s been so long since I actually read a long book

[Twalli]

Cover to cover was Storm of Swords 1111 pages.

[EnglishEuropean]

Yeah they split it up now.

[Twalli]

@EnglishEuropean really?

[EnglishEuropean]

Yep, separate volumes. In the UK anway.

[Twalli]

@EnglishEuropean The books are printed in entirety here. Unless marketed to kids, so are the Wheel of Time books.

[roy_ricky09]

Not the longest book, but longest time I took to read was mien kamph

[roy_ricky09]

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[Charliefretz329]

Over 1000 pages… but I have no idea if the actual numbers

[slatyb]

Atlas Shrugged. I don’t recommend it.

[Bricealan]

It is a very boring read/so far/Taggart Transcontinental RR !!!

[Cherry234]

Good to know.

[smahala1991]

It by Stephen King

[EnglishEuropean]

Stephen King is great for wedging fire doors open.

[DermalPunch]

@EnglishEuropean looool.

[BLP11520]

Something about the Civil War a long time ago 800 + pages.

[Bob92220]

Gone With The Wind

[DermalPunch]

Atlas Shrugged I think.

[Bricealan]

Working on Rand's Atlas Shrugged"

[fonduegirl]

Science textbook

[Jamie05rhs]

@anon1903 Did you read the whole thing?

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs I'd to. Compulsory subject.

[Jamie05rhs]

@anon1903 That's interesting. Here in the U. S., we never read entire textbooks. We usually skip about 30% of the chapters at the end, and sometimes the teacher even skips a few chapters in the middle as well.

[Jamie05rhs]

Which subject was it? Which area of science?

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs it's India. We're losers who cry over education.

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs biology physics and chemistry

[Jamie05rhs]

@anon1903 It's America. We're losers who don't value education at all. Lol

[Jamie05rhs]

And okay; wow. I'm impressed. That's a lot of information to read.

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs I do think you guys are evolving backwards as for the banning abortion rights but that's just me

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs we started the oldest university in the world. So yes, Asians are that smart!!

[Jamie05rhs]

@anon1903 I'm sorry you think that babies should be murdered, like the ancient peoples of Canaan and the Aztecs. That's evolving backwards, literally.

[Jamie05rhs]

But yes, I agree that Asians are smart!! 👍

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs you don't have to compliment like that, bro

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs not smart enough to have contraceptives tho! Would you look at the population?

[Jamie05rhs]

When I give a compliment, I mean it. 🙂

[Jamie05rhs]

And yes, I have seen your population haha.

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs hence I'm an antinatalist

[Jamie05rhs]

@anon1903 Nothing wrong with that.
And that reminds me of our conversation about 2 years ago haha.

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs we're friends from that long? Noice

[Jamie05rhs]

@anon1903 I think so. Lol

It was the some question about children, I think. And you asked me if I wanted children, because you didn't want any. And I said "hmm. I guess I don't really care!". Haha

[fonduegirl]

@Jamie05rhs lo

[Jamie05rhs]

Jane Eyre, I believe.

[AmandaYVR]

Respect. lol

[Jamie05rhs]

@AmandaYVR Why, thank you!

I really enjoyed it, though! It dealt with relationships, and it was deep and complex. It really drew me in emotionally.

[Jamie05rhs]

I'm pretty sure I read Wuthering Heights as well. (I think that one was shorter, though?)

[AmandaYVR]

I actually haven't read either but props to you.

[Jamie05rhs]

@AmandaYVR Thanks!

[pizzalovershouse]

Dictionary yes whole one

[Jamie05rhs]

You're lying.

[pizzalovershouse]

@Jamie05rhs nope I dint say I read it in a dat

[Jamie05rhs]

I still don't believe you. Lol

[pizzalovershouse]

@Jamie05rhs ok that's your choice

[Anonymous]

Probably "The collector"

[shortster]

2001: A space Odyssey

[msc545]

A few 1000+ page medical books.

[TheAfrikan]

Treasure Island.

[Jouth]

green eggs and ham

[Flower7]

The Bible

[eagle1951]

don't like reading

[Anonymous]

Longest was about 7 inches tall

[loveslongnails]

Ulysses

[Anonymous]

Phonebook

[Jamie05rhs]

I don't believe you.

[Opinion Owner]

@Jamie05rhs it was a joke

[Jamie05rhs]

Lol. Okay

[OnTheLevel]

Noble House

[panamared1]

The bible