History Doorstopper / Literature

** The ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series, especially the later books. ''Breaking Dawn'' takes the cake at 752 pages.

* Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of the ''Literature/ArabianNights'' -- sixteen massive volumes. The Project Gutenberg .txt files together weigh in at nearly 14 megabytes of text! It is said that one cannot read all of it in one sitting because the reader will [[GoMadFromTheRevelation go insane from the sheer majesty of it all]]. Maybe there's some truth to that - it's probably because the reader would experience massive sleep deprivation in the process.

** Also ''Literature/FinnegansWake'' -- not as long (628 pages), but [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible just as difficult to read]].

* Gertrude Stein's ''The Making of Americans'' clocks in at a solid 925 pages, and also has the benefit of being written in abstract prose that's [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible completely incomprehensible]].

* the ''Literature/Godclads'' is an ongoing story that is currently around 1656 pages long or around 460 thousand words and shows no sign of stopping any time soon.

* The Light Novel editions of ''LightNovel/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'' end up as pretty chunky at over 500 pages each spread across 4 volumes to tell a continuous story of just a few characters. Not surprising given that it is written by the same author that made ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae''.
* ''LightNovel/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'' is almost certainly the light novel series with the longest volumes - [[DividedForPublication each of which is divided into two or three parts due to length.]] The parts peak at 1152 pages and average around 800.

* George R. R. Martin's ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. The mean length of the main books is around 830 pages.

** While the spin-offs are mostly subdued in length, ''Literature/FireAndBlood'', a prequel novel that focuses on the history of House Targaryen, has 736 pages, nearly as long as ''Literature/AFeastForCrows''.

** In Holland, a woman pressed charges against a mail company because a copy of King’s ''Literature/{{IT}}'' '''killed her chihuahua''' when it dropped through the mail chute. The hardcover copy of ''IT'' is 1,135 pages long, and [[Film/It1990 both]] [[Film/It2017 adaptations]] had to be split into two parts to adequately convey the entire story. That’s a lot of Pennywise!

* ''Shantaram'' by Gregory David Roberts clocks in at 944 pages.

** ''Literature/ErHaHeTaDeBaiMaoShiZun'' has 311 chapters and 39 extras.

** ''The Brunist Day of Wrath'', a sequel to the award-winning ''The Origin of the Brunists'', is a whopping 1005 pages long.

* Creator/WilliamGaddis' ''Literature/TheRecognitions'' and ''J R'' are 956 and 726 pages, respectively.

** ''The Public Burning'' is a little shorter at 544 pages.

* Creator/WilliamGaddis' ''Literature/TheRecognitions'' and ''JR'' are 956 and 726 pages, respectively.

* Robert Coover:

* ''Literature/LesMiserables'' by Creator/VictorHugo, which has caused many to wonder if he was paid by the word.[[note]]in case you're wondering, while Victor Hugo had been paid by the word earlier in his career, by this time he was not![[/note]]
** In one section, Hugo describes, in lavish detail (well, lavish might not fit) a crack in the wall, through which a character looks. This description takes up at least a page and a half. In the ''[[AuthorFilibuster condensed]] [[{{Padding}} version]]''

* Pretty much any fiction work that Creator/TomClancy ever wrote exceeded 400 pages, and sometimes by a healthy degree.

* Creator/WilliamGaddis' ''Literature/TheRecognitions'' and ''J R'' are 956 and 726 pages, respectively.

** ''The Border Trilogy'' (which comprises ''Literature/AllThePrettyHorses'', ''The Crossing'', and ''Cities of the Plain'') is a whopping 1040 pages long.

** ''The Brunist Day of Wrath'', a sequel to the award-winning ''The Origin of the Brunists'', is a staggering 1005 pages long.

* Anything by Creator/JamesAMichener, notably ''Centennial''. 1200 pages. Mr. Michener's writing is entertaining, but it's true that his later books should be under the by-line [[ShownTheirWork "James Michener and his Research Team".]]

* Anything by James A. Michener, notably ''Centennial''. 1200 pages. Mr. Michener's writing is entertaining, but it's true that his later books should be under the by-line [[ShownTheirWork "James Michener and his Research Team".]]

** ''The Passenger'' (which comprises ''The Passenger'' and ''Stella Maris'') is a more modest 608 pages.

* ''Creator/MarkZDanielewski'':

* Creator/DonDeLillo's only long novel ''[[Literature/Underworld1997 Underworld]]'' is extremely long, clocking at 827 pages.

* Robert Coover's ''The Brunist Day of Wrath'', a sequel to the award-winning ''The Origin of the Brunists'', is a staggering 1005 pages long.
** ''The Public Burning'' is a little short 544 pages.

* Creator/IrvineWelsh's ''Literature/Glue'' and ''Literature/Skagboys'' are 560 and 548 pages, respectively.

* Creator/IrvineWelsh's ''Glue'' and ''Skagboys'' are 560 and 548 pages, respectively.

* Creator/CormacMcCarthy's ''The Border Trilogy'' (which comprises ''Literature/AllThePrettyHorses'', ''The Crossing'', and ''Cities of the Plain'') and ''The Passenger'' (which comprises ''The Passenger'' and ''Stella Maris'') are 1040 and 608 pages, respectively.

** Pynchon’s later novels ''Literature/MasonAndDixon'' and ''Literature/AgainstTheDay'' are 773 and 1220 pages, respectively.

* Roberto Bolaño’s ''Literature/TheSavageDetectives'' and ''Literature/TwentySixSixtySix'' are 610 and 898 pages, respectively.

* Creator/WilliamGaddis' ''Literature/TheRecognitions'' and ''J R'' are 956 and 726 pages respectively.

* Creator/DonDeLillo's only long novel ''Literature/Underworld1997'' is extremely long, clocking at 827 pages.