I’ve heard it referred to as “opportunity cost”: extra time spent reading one big book could be spent reading several shorter ones.Īnd with our endless TBR lists (that’s “to-be-read lists,” for the non-bloggers) looming over us, who wants to sacrifice the time that one big, long book requires?īut my belief persists, because the truth is that most of my very favorite books are long books. Not only are those heavy, thick books tough to hold (an argument for using e-readers), but they take so much time to read. Publishers tend to shy away from books that long unless they have a really good reason.Īnd even I, as a reader who LOVES long, epic books, sometimes think twice about taking those big novels off my shelf. Obviously, there are plenty of great books that don’t come near these massive page counts. Usually books with 450-500 pages or more (and I don’t mind a good 1,000-page book either). Here’s why those big books and epic series might end up being some of your favorites, as well as a list of thick books worth reading.Ī reading confession: one of my deeply held and not-really-true beliefs (but I still kind of feel it in my bones) is that the best books are long books. Big, long books allow readers to spend more time lost in the fictional worlds they love.
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