Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Girl. This week’s topic is all about the longest books you’ve read. This seems like a really intriguing topic to me as, while a few titles come to mind, I’m usually deterred by longer novels as I’m scared that they will drag on longer than necessary.
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- The Gentlemen’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee (513 pages). Like many fellow fans, I saved every page of the book.
- What If It’s Us by Adam Silvera & Becky Albertalli (448 pages). My most recent read from this list, despite worrying it would drag on, I actually found the book to be rather action packed.
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Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (481 pages). A little slow but still a sweet book…? I can’t help but feel that the book’s hype skews my opinion slightly.
- Whisper to Me by Nick Lake (530 pages). I’ll take any opportunity I get to praise this book (it really is that good 😉). Trust me when I say the 530 pages fly by.
- Blink and You Die (Ruby Redfort #6) by Lauren Child (560pages). Both the longest book on my list and the longest book in the Ruby Redfort series, I was enthralled in Blink and You Die until the last page.
- Mummun by Jesse Andrews (407 pages). The length took its toll on this novel’s pace and it ended up a little slow & boring.
- Head Over Heels (Geek Girl #5) by Holly Smale (416 pages). While it’s definitely not my favourite novel in the Geek Girl series (certainly still a cute book though), it does hold the title of the longest (not actually sure if this is a good thing…😂).
- Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson (464 pages). Definitely slow-paced which I feel somewhat suits its holiday read appeal.
- Girl In Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow (416 pages). An emotional rollercoaster of a book, the last 150pages were by far my most enjoyable.
- The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (544 pages). I never actually realised how long this book is (I guessed it was around 400 pages) which probably says something about how thoroughly enthralled I was in it.
What are the longest books that you’ve read (do they beat my 560 pages?)? Do you have any of these books on your TBR? Leave a link to your TTT and I’ll make sure to stop by.
I’ve read a few of these! I didn’t participate in TTT but I wrote a similar post a while back about all the big books I’ve read! I wonder if it’ll mark me as spam if I share this link https://elissa.wordpress.com/2018/07/16/long-tomes-worth-the-read-aka-i-like-big-books-and-i-cannot-lie/
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Haha it did’t mark you as spam luckily 🙂 . Thanks for stopping by, I’ll check out your post now!
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The Ruby Redfort series is the best! It seems like not many people have read these books, so I’m glad to have found a fellow fan 🙂
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Yes! I absolutely adore the series and can’t believe how few people have read it. Yay to finding another fan 🙂
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I can’t wait to read What If It’s Us! I’ve also had The School for Good and Evil on my shelf for a long time, and still haven’t read it. Thanks for reminding me 😀
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What If It’s Us was too cute. The School For Good and Evil is another great book (I loved how intricately the setting was constructed) 🙂 .
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I think the longest book I’ve read is probably Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon. I think it’s around the 800 page mark?? I’m not really one for extremely long books.
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800 pages is still pretty solid. I’m not a major fan of long books- I find that they can either be amazing or a major waste of time.
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I’ve read some long books, but now I find 500 quite long! Ha. I’ve enjoyed some of these books you’ve mentioned.
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Haha. Long books have always scared me :).
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I have read a few of these but forgot to put them on my list. I wonder if it’s because I read some in e-book format. I never tend to remember the number of pages if I don’t have a huge book in my hand! Great list. 🙂
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So true. I read What If It’s Us in eBook format and only realised how long it was when I looked on Goodreads. 🙂
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Same!!! I didn’t realize how long it was until I went to rate and review it on Goodreads!
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