Longest Book You’ve Read!

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#1 Post by Crashinggg » Mon May 28, 2018 9:45 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock: I know reading can suck, and I haven’t done it a lot recently like I like to, but the longest book I’ve ever read is Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hollows! So the last book, which is like 500-600 pages. :lol: I haven’t read anything that I enjoy in a while though and I miss it.

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#2 Post by PoisonIvey1998 » Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:33 pm

Well if we're all honest here, we've read the Bible which is the probably one of the longest book in the existence of mankind and I can say that I've at least read through twice in bits and pieces over time. Other than that it's either the longest book in Divergent or Hunger Games trilogies, which are really good btw, I definitely recommend them!





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#3 Post by Crashinggg » Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:42 pm

I am currently trying to read the whole New Testament, one day probably the whole thing as well, I just am taking it slow for now because I do not have a whole lot of time, but I have read most of the New Testament, so just putting it all together now is a bit refreshing. :)

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#4 Post by PoisonIvey1998 » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:44 pm

I've been studying that in bible classes at church recently and hopefully one of the classes will be an Old Testament class again like a few months ago. :)





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#5 Post by GingerSteph » Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:45 pm

I need to do that. I used to find it hard to pay attention during church as a kid so i'd just read parts of the bible. I may have read all of it but it was sporadic and many years ago haha. Also my longest book was probably also the Deathly hallows. However if we are going series I used to love Warrior Cats as a kid and although each book is only 200-300 pages they have like 36 main series books and a BUNCH of spin-offs and stand alones so who knows haha

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#6 Post by Crashinggg » Thu Aug 30, 2018 10:24 pm

That is fair though. I just finished Matthew last night so now it is on to Mark! Wow that sounds like a lot of books that is actually kind of crazy it sounds like a fun read though if it involves cats.

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#7 Post by Anna » Sun May 04, 2025 3:45 am

Book length is subjective.

A single book versus a series.
A series with companion/spinoff universe.
Books with single page chapter notices and or drawings/images may up page count.
Books with glossaries and/or sneakpeaks.
A book you cannot read in a day or an ongoing series where it may take years to get the final [ and perhaps surprise a new book comes out a decade after the last].
A book chosen for a book club may be a go at your own pace or a one-two chapters a week and a discussion before continuing format.
A book that is a difficult read because of word choice/language/poor translation/frequency of multilanguage/unlikeable character[s], world building, poorly edited, inconsistencies, obstacles in readers life, etc.

It may only take me a week or two to reread all og7 HP books while it may take months to reread the Inheritance Saga.

Some examples
The Old and New Testament. [ 66+books in one binding]. can be a lengthy read. Can be read cover to cover in under a week].

The Chronicles of Narnia. [7 books in one binding. Rereadable as a whole and single book in 3 days or less].

The OZ collection [14 tales to 40 separe yet connected books] I am on "Patchwork Girl"and have been for a while .Perhaps someday I'll resume this series. So could be a top contender for longest book[s] since it is an ongoing read for me.

Harry Potter [7 books with the addition of the Beasts expansion companion books and the Cursed Child]. The first 3 I can read in an afternoon/single day.

Pendragon series [took me more than a year to read the series and is up there for the longest to me because I came to dislike two of the main characters and the world/universe].

Warriors *CATS* This universe has been growing since 2003. It has manga companions, guidebooks, Specials, and so many authors the gender of characters changes between books. I have read more than 50 "books" in the series and some of the altanimalPOVs. Almost all single volumes in a set can be read in a couple hours [less than 300 pages] but the world as a whole is lenghty

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