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Position:Home>Books & Authors> What is the title of the biggest book with the most pages you've ever read?Question: What is the title of the biggest book with the most pages you've ever read!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: "Cryptonomincon" by Neal Stephenson!. It clocks in at 1168 pages!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand It has approximately 1160 pages!. It is one of my favorite books of all time!. Love it! (I have also read War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy - I think that is actually longer - but I have no clue on the exact page count!. Probably around 1300 or 1400 pages!.) (Edit - I just found this cool page on Wikipedia: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Longest_nov!.!.!. It gives the following info: Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged Published 1957!. Approximately 645,000 words!. 1168 pages!. Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace Published from 1865 to 1869!. Original text has some 460,000 Russian and French words!. English translation contains over 560,000 words and over 3!.1 million characters; typically over 1400 pages as a paperback!. It also lists some of the other longest novels in the world - you should check it out ;)Www@QuestionHome@Com thomas pynchon against the day 1220 pages or 1,085 both with small type!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Against_the!.!.!. Don Quixote 900 http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Don_Quixote ulysses 900 ish in science fiction/fantasy there are series that are long!.!.!. really long wheel of time http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Wheel_of_ti!.!.!. frankly this series is not done!.Www@QuestionHome@Com It was probably, although I can't be sure, Gone With the Wind!. I believe that book has 1037 pages!. **Ah! I was just reminded by Jackie Brown of "Atlas Shrugged" I love that novel!. I have been saying GWTW has been the longest novel I've ever read for ten years, and it's a hard habit to break!Www@QuestionHome@Com That I can think of, off the top of my head!? The uncut version of Stephen King's The Stand, 1187 pages for a single book!. For a series!.!.!. The Mission Earth series by L!. Ron Hubbard totaling 3992 pages and better than one million words!. RavenWww@QuestionHome@Com World without End and Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett about a thousand pages!. War and Peace Queen and Roots Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series has thick books of 1000+ pages too also depends on the font size and book size tooWww@QuestionHome@Com Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling---870 pages! Les Miserables by Victor Hugo---Alot of pages and very small print!Www@QuestionHome@Com Hmmm!.!.!.I dunno there have been a few 1000+!. I read Updike's Rabbit quartet put together in one volume!. That was probably around 1600 or so pages!. Www@QuestionHome@Com I've read several tom clancy books that are over a 1000 pages!. Debt of Honor 1008 and The Bear and The Dragon 1152 pages!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Dune, I think!. I'm not sure how many pages, I'm just trying to picture my personal library!.Www@QuestionHome@Com War and Peace--my edition was around 1400 pagesWww@QuestionHome@Com vanity fair!. 924 pages, and it's a classic!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The Stand or IT by Stephen King!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Lord of the rings!.!.good book but really hard going!. The film is easierWww@QuestionHome@Com War and Peace, I don't remember how many pages that was!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |