Top Ten Tuesday: Longest Books I’ve Ever Read

Hi and welcome back to another Top Ten Tuesday post! Today’s topic is Springy covers, but since I can’t really see covers, there’s not much use for me to feature a list on this topic. I therefore choose a topic from Jana’s rich archives, namely the topic for October 18, 2018. This topic is the longest books I’ve ever read. I will have to count on my book tracking apps for telling me the truth here, so let’s take a look at what they say! As most of these books are part of a series, I won’t be adding links to their book page on Goodreads so everyone can avoid spoilers. Looking these books up is at your own risk!

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

  1. The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili – 1275 pages (this is the Dutch edition, the English one seems to be much shorter)
  2. It by Stephen King – 1120 pages
  3. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas – 987 pages
  4. House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas – 936 pages (again, Dutch edition)
  5. Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare – 912 pages
  6. After We Fell by Anna Todd – 848 pages
  7. The Institute by Stephen King – 839 pages
  8. Winter by Marissa Meyer – 838 pages
  9. House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas – 834 pages
  10. The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty – 782 pages

Do you enjoy reading long books? And what is the longest book you’ve ever read?


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19 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday: Longest Books I’ve Ever Read”

  1. I went to the book launch of WINTER and was ticked to learn it was over 800 pages. Big books are so hard for me to start.

  2. The longest books I’ve read are Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, and The Vector Threat by Tom Clancy. All three were around 1000 pages. I used to enjoy reading long books, but I have been looking for shorter ones in recent years.

    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/books-with-pastel-covers-pick-a-color/

  3. Wow! I get the jitters just reading how long some of these are. I have IT on my TBR. The commitment scares me, lol!

    I struggled this week. Here’s my TTT: https://damppebbles.com/2025/04/08/toptentuesday-8th-april-2025/

  4. I used to buy books using the idea that the bigger the book the better it was going to be. These days I don’t tend to buy big books as often as I used to!

    1. I love that entire series from Chakraborty!

  5. Wow, almost 1300 pages. That’s amazing.

  6. I always forget how long the Chakraborty books are! Clare, I’m never surprised because they are enormous to hold. There are so many great books on this list! 🙂

  7. I am not a fan of chunky books, but do occasionally pick one up. I did read Winter, but none of the others. With my ADD, I often lose interest before I finish really long books.

  8. A great list. Anything over 400 pages and I tend to avoid. I shouldn’t really but when I have so many other books in the pipeline… I do however have The Crescent City series by Sarah J Maas to start.

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-springy-covers-pastel-colours-flowers-baby-animals-sunshine-etc/

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    Marwah @ The Booklore Fairy

    I don’t read a lot of long books, I think the biggest I’ve read was around 750, but I’ve always wanted to read longer ones 🙂 maybe I’ll try some from this list some time 😉

    If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-springy-covers/

  10. This is a great tweak! And these are some very long books indeed. I think most of King’s books are on the longer side. I usually don’t pay attention to how long a book is, if I enjoy it and it is long no issue there. I think the longest one I have read to date is The Count of Monte Cristo.

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    Poinsettia

    Neat topic! I’m not sure what the longest book I’ve ever read is! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

  12. Sarah J Maas are always long books! I’ve read 4 of the books on this list.

  13. Whether I enjoy reading long books depends very much on the book. I just finished reading The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard that was 900+ pages in hardback.

  14. Those are some really long books!

  15. I do like long books! I didn’t realize It was quite that long — that’s one I’ve read, as well as The Stand. A few of the books in the Outlander series would make my list of longest books read — at least is over 1000 pages! Great topic and list!

  16. A very impressive list! I used to read longer books, but I don’t think I have the patience for a really long book. Longest book I ever read was Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell at 1,000 pages. Took me so long.

    1. Yeah this is actually so relatable! Even if the book is intriguing I loose my patience often enough ha!

  17. What a great idea for a twist. I will remember that the next time I need a topic. Thanks for that. I think the longest book I ever read was War and Peace (over 2,000 pages), though I read that in German and, same as the Dutch versions, that was longer than the English versions. Our languages are just not as brief as English. Having said that, I still think it’s a better way to express things.

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