We've talked about our favorite short books...we've talked about our favorite medium length books...now it's time to talk about our favorite LONG books. Today we're discussing great books that are 600+ pages. These aren't necessarily our all time favorite long books, as there is some overlap with the books that make our all time favorite books list in general, but these are long books that we really enjoyed, and highly recommend! Books mentioned in the episode: Lonesome dove Larry McMurtry https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781439... Against the day Thomas Pynchon https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143... Waiting for the fear Oguz Atay https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681... Infinite jest David foster Wallace https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316... The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593... Between the world and me Ta-Nehisi Coates https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780812... Gravity’s Rainbow Thomas Pynchon https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143... JR William Gaddis https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681... Naked singularity Sergio De la Pava https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780226... You bright and Risen angels William T. Vollmann https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140... The Tunnel William H. Gass https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628... The Dying Grass William T. Vollmann https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143... Europe Central William T. Vollmann https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143... The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140... The Sun also rises Ernest Hemingway https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781957... Marshland Otohiko Kaga https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628... The Forty Days of Musa Dagh Franz Werfel https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781567... The Rape of Nanking Iris Chang https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780465... Too much life Clarice: The Complete Cronicas Lispector https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811... In the spirit of crazy horse Peter Matthiessen https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140... Shadow Country Peter Matthiessen https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780812... The instructions Adam Levin https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781952... If this is a man Primo Levi https://amzn.to/3NsDfTH The anarchist who shared my name Pablo Martin Sanchez https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781941... Hard rain falling Don Carpenter https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590... Omensetter’s Luck William H. Gass https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141... Pictures showing what happens on each page of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow Zach Smith Shogun James Clavell https://amzn.to/4hp4BIb Become part of our growing book community! patreon.com/LifeonBooks Join the Life on Books mailing list to stay up to date on all of our latest book giveaways, projects, and more! https://linktw.in/BRYAnVh Want to read one book from every country? Check out our resource online: https://linktw.in/Zeolty Want

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