My recent massive books read were War and Peace and The Count of Monte Cristo. Both fantastic books. I am participating in the Carolyn Reads and *emmie* read along this year. Monte Cristo was the book for January and February. March and April is Middlemarch. I feel sorry for those people who shy away from long books. They are missing out on some great reads.
Great! I read all 3 books last year. Middlemarch was the only one I dnf'd. Yes, sadly, many feel intimidated by large books. I think mainly because they feel like they're supposed to read them quickly. I did the 80days with Tolstoy challenge for War and Peace and it was great!
Wow, I'm so impressed by your mammoth collection of Mammoths. I'll be attempting Anna Karenina this March. Good luck with the challenge, which ever book you decide on.
Thanks! I was surprised too. I didn't think I'd actually get through the entire alphabet with only a few gaps! I read Anna last year and really enjoyed it. Can't wait for March!
It took 2 tries to get into it. The third time I stayed with it and was sad it see it end. Loved loved this book. American version is .. And Ladies of the Club....another chunky and amazing book. I am going for a reread next year.
@@danielle8455 I've tried middlemarch 3 times and just can't. I never thought of and ladies of the club (I read ages ago), but that sounds about right!
I got good advice on reading a book whether it is long or short. Just remember that reading is a journey whether long or short. Take time to enjoy the description of places. The goal is not to just finish the book but to enjoy the journey. Be patient.
Wow. That's impressive you can almost do the alphabet with 800 + page books. The only one of those I've read is Cervantes. Glad to have found your channel through March of the Mammoths and good luck to your reading and looking forward to more videos!
Apparently I like really long books. When I was in high school (before you were born) I read Gone with the Wind, LOTRs, the North and South trilogy (each book about 800 - 1000 pages), Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear books as a 20 something adult, and so on. I need to do a massive reorganization of my books, but I'm reading Barkskins by Anne Proulx as my mammoth. It's just under 800 pages, but I have several others I will also choose from.
Welcome! You belong here. 😉 I also love big books. I just can't help myself. They're not all created equal, but neither are shorter ones. The best part is if they're good they last for sooo long. How's Barkskins? I have it on my TBR and keep eyeing it at the store.
A great list! Some of my faves that are over 800 pages are Gone with the Wind, The Count of Monte Cristo, Shogun and Lord of the Rings. The huge books I'm looking forward to are the entire Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson (each book is over 1000 pages), 2666, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Tale of Genji, 11/22/63 by Stephen King, The Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu and every book by Robin Hobb. Great list, thank you for introducing me to new books!
Thanks! Glad you found some new ones. Nothing like a good long book. I also want to try the Stormlight ones and Hobb's, I own Grace of kings and 2666. JStrange and Norrell was ok.
I’m doing War and Peace in my book club (over 4 months). Highly recommended and not a hard read as long as you have a printed out list of characters to refer to.
It's me! I'm the Johnathon Strange buddy read! ❤️ Lol. I'm reading A Little Life with Rainy, but we're spreading it out through the whole month, so I'm down to take this on, too. Why not? Or if you pick a different one for March, we can do April. Let me know! Also, I've never read Lamb, but I own "She's Come Undone"... Agreed on Lonesome Dove!! So good! The audio is great, too. 🤗
lol. I knew it was you Koda! I just wanted to give you an out in case March didn't work. I'll wait and let you see my March TBR and then we can discuss Jonathan Strange. lol 🤗
Great video! I saw a couple of favorites of mine. The Eighth Life was such a good book. It's chunky but moves fast. You never lose interest in the story. Lonesome Dove just has my heart. I'd like to finally finish that series this year.
I read ONCE AN EAGLE long ago and loved it. They made a TV movie of the same name with Sam Elliott. I think it may have been his first starring roll. The movie is also good. I loved your presentation and bought a couple of your suggestions alreaduy.
A marvelous video! I'm so glad I found your channel. I've read some of the books on your list but, at my age, I have too many books and authors I want to read to commit to spending my time reading such large books but I enjoyed your presentation.
Thanks! I figure I'm reading the same number of pages each day, but I also get that it commits you to one book for a while. I typically split my reading and have multiple books going at the same time. That said, enjoy your books and happy reading!
What a neat idea!! I was able to add a book to my TBR :D Definitely read Dr. Strange and Mr. Norrell soon!. I even surprised myself but how quick I read that book! Thanks for a fun video!
Thank you for so many great recommendations, I added several to my TBR still deciding on whether or not I’ll be taking part in March of the Mammoths but it sounds fun.😊
@@noteworthyfictionI had just heard of it last summer and played along. It’s hosted by Sue Jackson on YT. The point is to read a book (or as many as you want) that is 400+ pages. There’s a start and end date set each year. Although I’ve been reading a lot more books 2023-now, 800+ pages for one book is a bit much during the school year (I teach high school English-too much work reading. So mammoth books= summer reads😊
What a brilliant idea! I've never even heard of some of these! Thanks for the great suggestions I haven't decided yet what to read in March but I am looking forward to a fabulous month!
I have several of those on my shelf’s. You’ve inspired me to pick up Jonathan strange and lonesome dove. I put them on my shelf and need to pull them out.
Lonesome Dove was an entertaining big book. Don't get discouraged by the length or the Western subject matter. Also, I Know This Much Is True is one of m
Nicole, I just thought of a Z. Zibaldone by Giacomo Leopardi. It's translated from the Italian by multiple translators, including the wonderful Ann Goldstein, and my copy is 3,390 pages. I have it on my Kindle.
Someone else mentioned this and it's now on my TBR. Sounds amazing! I'm now on the hunt for a physical copy. I don't think I could do the kindle version. Do you like it?
yay! Everyone who's read it mentions loving it. Can't wait to read it one day. I'm glad I picked up my copy when I saw it. I almost never see it in bookstores.
Love this list! Thank you!! You have inspired me. Yoshikawa also wrote a book called Musashi, which is the Japanese version of Shogun. It is 984 pages (my version). I absolutely loved Edith Grossman's version of Don Quixote.
I will look up Musashi for sure (though it sounds familiar). I'm really hoping to get to Don Quixote this year. Haven't read it in ages, but know I loved it.
Such an awesome video - thank you. I’ve decided to read Arabian Nights vol 1 since it’s been in my shelf forever. Still, the rest of your video gave me some other books I definitely need to pick up. Although battered, I love your cover of the Wandering Jew. I love vintage book art.
Thank you! Very excited for you and Arabian Nights. (I just want to start them all 😂). And I too love the cover on the Wandering Jew. Modern Library has some great vintage cover art!
They are all very tempting! Feel a bit guilty that I am considering rereading LOTR for March - maybe I will switch to Don Quixote or David Cooper field!
Im so glad to find a youtuber that not only talks about new books but about great classics, and old books aswell! and, as a spanish speaker so proud that you bring Don Quijote, we read it (or we should) in highschool. Also, i read Julia Navarro's "the bible of clay", and currently reading "Shoot, im already dead", and they are pretty good, the last being a prettty indepth look of the jew-muslim conflict in palestine. Aaaand, for Z i would recomend Zama, by Antonio DiBenedetto, but its just 250 pages long, so...
Awesome! I have Swann's Way, so someday... I'm really hoping to get to Bleak House this year and at some point I will definitely reread Les Mis (maybe abridge because I still remember Waterloo and the sewers).
Susanna Clark's book rocks. Loved Lonesome Dove! Eugene Sue the Wandering Jew. Very Tragic. ANY dickens I love! Solzhenitsyn gulag trilogy a must! Life and fate super! Shogun! Kings bridge series Follett worth it! Herman Wouk excellent! Any Edward Rutherford novels especially Paris.
Great to see some love for Neal Stephenson. Quicksilver is amazing but reading the full Baroque Cycle just completes the story (The Confusion and The System of the World are the second and third books). Also outside of this, may I humbly suggest his epic Anathem. All stunning works.
Lonesome Dove is my favorite book. I watched the mini series from 1988 last weekend it was excellent. I also like A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving but it only has 637 pages but still good
Excellent list, love chunkies. For C you could have done Richardson's Clarissa, which is around 1,400 pages, S, could have done Shogun o, over 1,200 pages, or Sarum by Rutherfurd, LOL. There are so many out there. Never saw The Wandering Jew
I've read Clarissa, Sarum and Shogun! Both great options but I wanted to focus on books that wouldn't be rereads. I had a ton of options in L, C, and P. It was hard to pick just 1 per letter for sure. So many books...
_Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson_ by G. I. Gurdjieff - 1,238 pages _Les Miserables_ by Victor Hugo - 1,462 pages _In Search of Lost Time_ by Marcel Proust - 4,215 pages
I read Burton’s translation of the 1001 Nights. It comes with very good notes, though they make the book even longer. Love your collection! Thank you for the recommendations.
@@noteworthyfiction I'm really enjoying it. I'm doing a deep read. The book addresses themes that I like to read about, such as characters so unpredictable you don't know if it will end in tragedy. I also like literature that seeks to understand the meaning of life. There's a lot about Christianity and Russian Orthodoxy. Which is ok because I know quite a bit about that. But there are some sections that delve into serious religious questions and that slows me down. So I'm taking my time. I'm about halfway through. I've picked it up probably three times in quite a number of years but could never really get into it. But I was also trying to read a regular paperback version that was hard to keep open and the writing was very cramped. So I got rid of the paperback and bought a large hardcover, so I have plenty of room for marginalia.
Fantastic list! And an impressive mammoth book collection. Just checked my TBR and my longest books to read right now are Cloud Atlas and Demon Copperhead- not quite mammoth- maybe junior elephant sized books 😆
All the best to you as you tackle these giant tomes! Me, I’m only planning on reading one big book this year, and it’s a reread - “…And Ladies of the Club” by Helen Hooven Santmyer. It comes in at a whopping 1433 pages😅
I’d love to join you and Koda reading JS! It’s been on my TBR forever!! I bought Stalingrad (now that I know you like Russian stuff I will have to get you back in the Master and the Magarita bc it really is a good time) & I got Cecelia
@@heatherboo1 Yay! We have no plan for JS. Currently a free for all. I'll let you know if that changes. I'm open to convincing on m&m. I will keep the other two in mind as well!
Don Quixote, Lonesome Dove, The Three Musketeers, Taiko. Check check check CHECK! All excellent books. I'm already reading two mammoths at the same time (Middlemarch, and also a nonfiction) and will be carrying those books into March so I'll be participating without having realized it. Also, subscribed!
@@noteworthyfiction I'm just having a hard time choosing a book, because all the mammoths on my TBR are heavy and dark, and that's not the vibe I need right now! 😅 I guess that's what I get for always reading the biggest books first - slim pickings! 😂 I might go with Anathem by Neal Stephenson, but I haven't read him before, so I'm not sure. 🤔
@@laemotica8405 it’s for that political discourse that I’m reading it. I have been reading dostoevsky’s devils for the same reason. Plus I want to see what the hype is about.
The Eighth Life is such an amazing book. I highly recommend it. I usually do not read big books, but this one I devoured in just a few days. It reads so fluidly.
I can’t help but notice Colson Whitehead behind you. I haven’t read The Underground Railroad but I’m currently reading The Nickel Boys. Very good so far! For the chunkers, Lonesome Dove is on my list. As are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Brothers Karamazov.
Yes! It's in my video coming out on Saturday, February 24. I just read it. Lonesome Dove is one of the few on my list that will be a reread. I read The Count last year (AMAZING) and I own the Brothers Karamazov and hope to get to it...eventually.
This video is everything. I'm in AWE you have physical copies of gigantic books for almost every letter. 😅 I'll probably be finishing up Jonathan Strange in early March, plus volume 3 of Kristin Lavransdatter, plus Little Dorritt. So, it wasn't planned but I will be reading some mammoths. 😅
😮💨 I know you got gains from lifting all of those heavy books. 😅 I may try to squeeze in a chunker. I have quite a few 800 plus page books I can choose from. Your collection of big books is impressive. ❤
They're long and I'm not sure if I'll ever do Infinite Jest. I reread War and Peace last year and used the companion book 80 days With Tolstoy. It made if feel more like a readalong.
Brilliant video. I really like your channel.😊 Virginia Woolf thought Middlemarch was the greatest novel in English, and so did Martin Amis, so that’s on my list for sure. Dickens’ Bleak House is another big monster I want to tackle, along with Vanity Fair and Tom Jones.
I’ve impressed myself…I’ve actually read 5 off this list. Forever Amber, Lonesome Dove, Vanity Fair, Quicksilver, and Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norell. The House of Government sounds fascinating, but I wonder about how dry it might be. The Eighth Life sounds really, really good. Thanks for some great recommendations. 😊
Oooh I found a secondhand copy of Jonathan strange and mr norrel a couple months ago but haven't got around to reading it yet. I guess march is the month I finally do so!
Very nice video - if you want a book more zan eight hondred paigees starteeng wees zee lettair Z, you can try Zee Remembrance of Seengs Past, mon cheri lol - or another choice is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (it's just 426 pages, but you could read it twice) - I started looking more and more for a book of that description, and I found Zettel's Traum, at over 1300 pages, also called Bottom's Dream - and I'm grateful this search also revealed a book called Zorro, by Isabel Allende - it's a mere 688 pages, but I was very excited to learn that this author had written a book on this topic, so it's now on my reading list -
I'm going to check out "The Mysteries of Paris", "Lonesome Dove", and "Roots" which I'm still surprised I have not read yet. I won't be doing any during "March of the Mammoths" though lol ;-) | Thank you so much for sharing your reads and recommendations. I really enjoyed your video.
I own Don Quixote. I read Lonesome Dove last year and enjoyed it but it took fourteen days to finish. The only other big book I have is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare but its 1140 pages are over two volumes. I am reading one play a month from it. I plan on reading David Copperfield this summer but I still need to get my hands on a copy.
You may also like the BBC Shakespeare Collection, a DVD set featuring productions of all the plays, starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company like Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, and many others
There's a book that i've been wanting to read... i just don't know when it's gonna happen, it's called Z for Zachariah, its a young adult book, apocalyptic and dystopian... btw, thanks for this, i had been looking for some new books and i really liked your recommmendations :)
Lonesome Dove, Jonathan Strange, and Underworld are fantastic. I started Kristen Lavransdottir once and would like to get back to it-I was turned onto it by a list of favorite books that William T Vollmann listed as influences, and of course he has his written his own set of excellent mammoths. My current chonker is November 1916 by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, which I read to page 200 around 20 years ago and it has been staring at me with judgmental book-eyes ever since.
I am definitely bumping a few books up on my priority list. You're the first to mention liking Underworld, so that's interesting. I have toyed around with considering Vollmann's books, let me know if you have a rec for where to start with him. I definitely want to try Solzhenitsyn (I have Cancer Ward). I hope you're able to put your relationship with November at peace. 😊
@@noteworthyfiction Vollmann is hard to recommend :) I started with You Bright and Risen Angels but I think WTV fans don’t consider it a good starting place. I like The Royal Family. Another way in might be short stories like The Rainbow Stories. His Seven Dreams series is a trip and I think The Ice Shirt is probably the most accessible from that.
Nice video ! I love books about Russia as well. I am also interested in that country and it's hhistory :D I really recommend the book , Russia by Edward Rutherfurd :D Actually all of his books i think.. he also has, London, Paris, New York, and China. I gave his books Russia 5 stars. It's a novel, 5 fictional families, woven in the real history of Russia. Oh..and they are all mammoth as well haha.
Yes! I've read Sarum by Rutherford. I thought it was ok and felt mixed about whether to try another of his books. I like the premise of what he does and really am interested in his Paris, Russia, and China ones. Maybe I'll get one from the library!
Oh I would have loved to but I don't think I'd have the time in March as I'm doing Realmathon and already have so many books on my list 😂but thank you! I look forward to hearing what you both think of it ♥@rthyfiction
I'm planning on reading the whole women's prize for fiction longlist in March and April, so I'm not sure adding a mammoth is a good idea 😅 But I am currently 500 pages into the 1400(!) page complete and uncut edition of The Stand, and I will likely still be reading it in March 😆 Sadly I can't help you with the letter Z. The closest I can get is Walter Moers' Zamonien series, where the first book runs to just over 700 pages. But the actual book title doesn't start with a Z, just the series name. And yes, it's not 800 pages. But my edition of Vanity Fair is only 636 pages of ridiculously tiny text, so page length is clearly relative 😉 (Also need to add to the love for Lonesome Dove. I read it last year and it was an amazing journey! Definitely on my all-time-favourites list)
Have you started Forever Amber yet? If so, do you like it? I'm thinking of getting to reread it. I think I read it about 40 years ago and can't remember much of it but I think I liked it.
I did start it! I have my first thoughts coming out this Saturday. I'm almost 200 pgs in and I don't love it or hate it (yet). So far it's just a good light read.
Thank you. I looked into getting a copy but it's not very available. I think I'll just let it pass. Looking forward to your review on Saturday.@@noteworthyfiction
LOVE how you did this with the alphabet! And so impressed that you have mammoth books for almost every letter!
lol. I know! It's funny, but I do love a long book, so no surprise I have so many.
My recent massive books read were War and Peace and The Count of Monte Cristo. Both fantastic books. I am participating in the Carolyn Reads and *emmie* read along this year. Monte Cristo was the book for January and February. March and April is Middlemarch. I feel sorry for those people who shy away from long books. They are missing out on some great reads.
I agree War and Peace is magnificent. I am taking my time. A chapter a day. It is very doable. A book to savour.
Great! I read all 3 books last year. Middlemarch was the only one I dnf'd. Yes, sadly, many feel intimidated by large books. I think mainly because they feel like they're supposed to read them quickly. I did the 80days with Tolstoy challenge for War and Peace and it was great!
War and Peace is transcendent. One of the greatest pieces of art ever created. And Dumas is my all-time favorite author
yes yes yes
Omg love both the classics haha❤
Wow, I'm so impressed by your mammoth collection of Mammoths. I'll be attempting Anna Karenina this March. Good luck with the challenge, which ever book you decide on.
Thanks! I was surprised too. I didn't think I'd actually get through the entire alphabet with only a few gaps! I read Anna last year and really enjoyed it. Can't wait for March!
Zorro by Isabel Allende is only 688 pages but that is the biggest book I can think of that begins with the letter Z. Thanks for the list!
I've seen that book before. Is it any good? I'm very intrigued that she thought to write about that story.
I’m planning to read Middlemarch. The fear of big books is real 😅
Good luck. I don't get on with George Elliott, but if I did it would be with Middlemarch.
Me too staring at it atm lol
It took 2 tries to get into it. The third time I stayed with it and was sad it see it end. Loved loved this book. American version is ..
And Ladies of the Club....another chunky and amazing book. I am going for a reread next year.
@@danielle8455 I've tried middlemarch 3 times and just can't. I never thought of and ladies of the club (I read ages ago), but that sounds about right!
I got good advice on reading a book whether it is long or short. Just remember that reading is a journey whether long or short. Take time to enjoy the description of places. The goal is not to just finish the book but to enjoy the journey. Be patient.
I’m new here and this is my first video but I love how your passion for reading bleeds through your voice
Welcome! And yes, I LOVE books and reading.
Wow. That's impressive you can almost do the alphabet with 800 + page books. The only one of those I've read is Cervantes. Glad to have found your channel through March of the Mammoths and good luck to your reading and looking forward to more videos!
lol. It's a complete fluke that it worked out. Thanks for the kind words and happy reading!
I just finished Lonesome Dove and LOVED it. It’s my first 5 star of the year. I definitely recommend reading it. ❤
So many Lonesome Dove fans! I may have to read it sooner than later!
Apparently I like really long books. When I was in high school (before you were born) I read Gone with the Wind, LOTRs, the North and South trilogy (each book about 800 - 1000 pages), Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear books as a 20 something adult, and so on. I need to do a massive reorganization of my books, but I'm reading Barkskins by Anne Proulx as my mammoth. It's just under 800 pages, but I have several others I will also choose from.
Nothing like a good long book. I've also read Gone With the Wind, LOTR, and Clan of Cave Bear. Barkskins is on my TBR, how are you liking it?
Welcome! You belong here. 😉 I also love big books. I just can't help myself. They're not all created equal, but neither are shorter ones. The best part is if they're good they last for sooo long. How's Barkskins? I have it on my TBR and keep eyeing it at the store.
Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell is one of the greatest books ever written!
Wow! Hi praise. I hope to read it next month! We'll see...
It’s one of my favourites. Doesn’t get anywhere near enough recognition.
I cosign this opinion!
It's an absolute classic!
I have added many to my TBR from your list. I love big books❤
They're so satisfying!
A great list! Some of my faves that are over 800 pages are Gone with the Wind, The Count of Monte Cristo, Shogun and Lord of the Rings. The huge books I'm looking forward to are the entire Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson (each book is over 1000 pages), 2666, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Tale of Genji, 11/22/63 by Stephen King, The Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu and every book by Robin Hobb. Great list, thank you for introducing me to new books!
Thanks! Glad you found some new ones. Nothing like a good long book. I also want to try the Stormlight ones and Hobb's, I own Grace of kings and 2666. JStrange and Norrell was ok.
I’m doing War and Peace in my book club (over 4 months). Highly recommended and not a hard read as long as you have a printed out list of characters to refer to.
I love War and Peace. I reread it last year by following the Together with Tolstoy 80 day reading plan. So good!
Your mammoth collection is very impressive! The eight life is intriguing ❣️✨️
Thanks! I've heard nothing but good things about The Eighth Life.
Some titles I've never heard of but am excited to read. Thank you!
Same!
It's me! I'm the Johnathon Strange buddy read! ❤️ Lol. I'm reading A Little Life with Rainy, but we're spreading it out through the whole month, so I'm down to take this on, too. Why not? Or if you pick a different one for March, we can do April. Let me know! Also, I've never read Lamb, but I own "She's Come Undone"... Agreed on Lonesome Dove!! So good! The audio is great, too. 🤗
lol. I knew it was you Koda! I just wanted to give you an out in case March didn't work. I'll wait and let you see my March TBR and then we can discuss Jonathan Strange. lol 🤗
@@noteworthyfiction sounds good! 🤗❤️
Great video! I saw a couple of favorites of mine. The Eighth Life was such a good book. It's chunky but moves fast. You never lose interest in the story. Lonesome Dove just has my heart. I'd like to finally finish that series this year.
Sounds great! I can't wait to read The Eighth Life.
I read ONCE AN EAGLE long ago and loved it. They made a TV movie of the same name with Sam Elliott. I think it may have been his first starring roll. The movie is also good. I loved your presentation and bought a couple of your suggestions alreaduy.
Wonderful! I didn't know about the adaptation. I will definitely check it out after reading the book.
A marvelous video! I'm so glad I found your channel. I've read some of the books on your list but, at my age, I have too many books and authors I want to read to commit to spending my time reading such large books but I enjoyed your presentation.
Thanks! I figure I'm reading the same number of pages each day, but I also get that it commits you to one book for a while. I typically split my reading and have multiple books going at the same time. That said, enjoy your books and happy reading!
Lonesome Dove it is for me! great video!
Thanks and enjoy!
What a neat idea!! I was able to add a book to my TBR :D Definitely read Dr. Strange and Mr. Norrell soon!. I even surprised myself but how quick I read that book! Thanks for a fun video!
Thanks! Glad you found a book to enjoy. There are definitely a couple of books that I'm adding to my recommendation jar!
I loooooove chunky books, and youve given me quite a few for my tbr that I had never heard of, so thank you!!
This is definitely my favorite time of year. I love big books too!
Thank you for so many great recommendations, I added several to my TBR still deciding on whether or not I’ll be taking part in March of the Mammoths but it sounds fun.😊
Great! And do join. The books are long, but the event is so low key.
Wonderful video . Planning to collect all these chunky books and add to my evergrowing collection . Thankyou for all the recomendation
You're welcome! I'm pretty sure we all have personalized 1001 Books to Read Before We Die lists. 😂
You have turned me on to a new perspective. I read a lot of teen books, mystery and romance in high school.
Lovely! Hope you found a fun new read.
Really cool!! I might have to read one during Big Book
Summer.
ooo. Big Book Summer...what's that? (I'm guessing 1 big book over the summer?)
@@noteworthyfictionI had just heard of it last summer and played along. It’s hosted by Sue Jackson on YT. The point is to read a book (or as many as you want) that is 400+ pages. There’s a start and end date set each year. Although I’ve been reading a lot more books 2023-now, 800+ pages for one book is a bit much during the school year (I teach high school English-too much work reading. So mammoth books= summer reads😊
When you got to H, I immediately thought of my middle school library having Hawaii by James Michener. It was the thickest on the shelves lol
Yes!! I had a copy of Hawaii, but decided I needed to let go of it as it was low priority. Plus, as you mentioned, I've found it in libraries.
Loved XX. One of the greatest sci-fi epics I've ever read. So glad to see it getting recommended.
I can't wait to get to it. It seems sooo fascinating.
Great list of titles!! Lonesome Dove is one of my all time favorites. XX is on my list for March!
Awesome. I hope you enjoy XX. I've heard hardly anyone review it.
I have to get back to Don Quixote, I'm still reading The Count of Monte Cristo so I guess for March I'll have to start IT.
Great content.
Both are great reads!
What a brilliant idea! I've never even heard of some of these! Thanks for the great suggestions I haven't decided yet what to read in March but I am looking forward to a fabulous month!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you find some books you enjoy for March.
I have several of those on my shelf’s. You’ve inspired me to pick up
Jonathan strange and lonesome dove. I put them on my shelf and need to pull them out.
Great! Hope you are able to get to them soon!
I would also like to read Lonesome Dove. You have a lot of chunkers!
Yes, I do! Nothing like a good long book. Unless it's a good short book...
Lol. I loved Lonesome Dove. 🤗
Lonesome Dove was an entertaining big book. Don't get discouraged by the length or the Western subject matter. Also, I Know This Much Is True is one of m
Nicole, I just thought of a Z. Zibaldone by Giacomo Leopardi. It's translated from the Italian by multiple translators, including the wonderful Ann Goldstein, and my copy is 3,390 pages. I have it on my Kindle.
Someone else mentioned this and it's now on my TBR. Sounds amazing! I'm now on the hunt for a physical copy. I don't think I could do the kindle version. Do you like it?
I have only read the Introduction.
3390??? Srsly? I'd get a hernia picking it up!
They should probably publish it in two volumes, which is probably why I can't find it in physical format.
I loved this video. Beautiful smile ❤️
Aww thanks! 🥰
This was such a fun video to watch. You’ve convinced me to join this year because I DO love a big book
Yesss. Love a good long book fan. Such good times.
I have read The Eight Life and loved it!
yay! Everyone who's read it mentions loving it. Can't wait to read it one day. I'm glad I picked up my copy when I saw it. I almost never see it in bookstores.
Omg i did not expect a whole alphabet lol. Great video and great reads
lol, neither did I! Thanks
all are great suggestions - thank you
Great! Hope you found some new fun reads and you're welcome.
Love this list! Thank you!! You have inspired me. Yoshikawa also wrote a book called Musashi, which is the Japanese version of Shogun. It is 984 pages (my version). I absolutely loved Edith Grossman's version of Don Quixote.
I will look up Musashi for sure (though it sounds familiar). I'm really hoping to get to Don Quixote this year. Haven't read it in ages, but know I loved it.
Loved Musashi
Such an awesome video - thank you. I’ve decided to read Arabian Nights vol 1 since it’s been in my shelf forever. Still, the rest of your video gave me some other books I definitely need to pick up. Although battered, I love your cover of the Wandering Jew. I love vintage book art.
Thank you! Very excited for you and Arabian Nights. (I just want to start them all 😂). And I too love the cover on the Wandering Jew. Modern Library has some great vintage cover art!
They are all very tempting! Feel a bit guilty that I am considering rereading LOTR for March - maybe I will switch to Don Quixote or David Cooper field!
Don't feel guilty. LOTR feels like one long book!
Im so glad to find a youtuber that not only talks about new books but about great classics, and old books aswell! and, as a spanish speaker so proud that you bring Don Quijote, we read it (or we should) in highschool. Also, i read Julia Navarro's "the bible of clay", and currently reading "Shoot, im already dead", and they are pretty good, the last being a prettty indepth look of the jew-muslim conflict in palestine. Aaaand, for Z i would recomend Zama, by Antonio DiBenedetto, but its just 250 pages long, so...
Thanks! Love Don Quixote (it'll be a reread) and I looked up Zama. I don't care that it's 250, it sounds amazing!
Good luck with the reading list. I am about to start Prousts 3000 pages! Finished Bleak House and Les Mis the last few months (being retired helps!)
Awesome! I have Swann's Way, so someday... I'm really hoping to get to Bleak House this year and at some point I will definitely reread Les Mis (maybe abridge because I still remember Waterloo and the sewers).
Doubt I'll ever read it (Les Mis) again but if I did it would be an abridged version for sure. Loved Bleak House.@@noteworthyfiction
Susanna Clark's book rocks. Loved Lonesome Dove! Eugene Sue the Wandering Jew. Very Tragic. ANY dickens I love! Solzhenitsyn gulag trilogy a must! Life and fate super! Shogun! Kings bridge series Follett worth it! Herman Wouk excellent! Any Edward Rutherford novels especially Paris.
Yay! Some many great big books!
Great collection and list. I had no luck with Z. Got House of Government on my TBR now.
Z is a hard one. I went and bought myself a copy of House of Gov. too before everyone buys it out from under me. 😂
Great to see some love for Neal Stephenson. Quicksilver is amazing but reading the full Baroque Cycle just completes the story (The Confusion and The System of the World are the second and third books).
Also outside of this, may I humbly suggest his epic Anathem. All stunning works.
Sounds good. Will check it out.
I liked your video. I just realized that 'Ulysses' comes in just short of 800 pages. I would have included Gone with the Wind and The Way of Kings.
Isn't it funny how some are just short of the 800! I almost did The Way of Kings for W.
Lonesome Dove is my favorite book. I watched the mini series from 1988 last weekend it was excellent. I also like A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving but it only has 637 pages but still good
I read A Prayer for Own Meany ages ago. I'm pretty sure that was the first book I've read that made me laugh out loud.
Excellent list, love chunkies. For C you could have done Richardson's Clarissa, which is around 1,400 pages, S, could have done Shogun o, over 1,200 pages, or Sarum by Rutherfurd, LOL. There are so many out there. Never saw The Wandering Jew
I've read Clarissa, Sarum and Shogun! Both great options but I wanted to focus on books that wouldn't be rereads. I had a ton of options in L, C, and P. It was hard to pick just 1 per letter for sure. So many books...
Lonesome Dove is a masterpiece.
It's gotten the most comments for sure! I recall being very surprised and really enjoying it when I read it years ago.
Wow! Just Wow:!!! Sink into a big book.
Yesss!
This is brilliant. Will link this on my channel this week.
Thanks!
I'm intrigued by The Eighth Life although I didn't realise it was so big!
I've heard it's worth it!
_Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson_ by G. I. Gurdjieff - 1,238 pages
_Les Miserables_ by Victor Hugo - 1,462 pages
_In Search of Lost Time_ by Marcel Proust - 4,215 pages
sooo many good chunkers! Where's the time! I have swann's way and haven't heard of Beelzebub's. Thanks for the recommendations!
I read Burton’s translation of the 1001 Nights. It comes with very good notes, though they make the book even longer. Love your collection! Thank you for the recommendations.
thanks!
Very interesting list! Thank you 🙂
Of Course! Anytime.
I'm in the middle of reading The Brothers Karamazov, 1100 pages. Middlemarch by George Elliott is TBR.
Nice! How are you like the Brothers?
@@noteworthyfiction I'm really enjoying it. I'm doing a deep read. The book addresses themes that I like to read about, such as characters so unpredictable you don't know if it will end in tragedy. I also like literature that seeks to understand the meaning of life.
There's a lot about Christianity and Russian Orthodoxy. Which is ok because I know quite a bit about that. But there are some sections that delve into serious religious questions and that slows me down. So I'm taking my time. I'm about halfway through.
I've picked it up probably three times in quite a number of years but could never really get into it. But I was also trying to read a regular paperback version that was hard to keep open and the writing was very cramped. So I got rid of the paperback and bought a large hardcover, so I have plenty of room for marginalia.
@@buster9106 sounds like an awesome reading experience!
I love big books too; I’m always happy to have on one the go
Totally agree, Sheri!
Fantastic list! And an impressive mammoth book collection. Just checked my TBR and my longest books to read right now are Cloud Atlas and Demon Copperhead- not quite mammoth- maybe junior elephant sized books 😆
Thanks! I own both Cloud Atlas and Demon Copperhead. I hope you enjoy both. Love the "junior elephant" idea.
I loved the list. Thanks!
Sure thing!
I'm currently half way through "1Q84." An amazing book so far. It's a trilogy crammed into one binding.
I made it through the first 3 books and the struggle halted somewhere at the beginning of book 3. I hope you make it through and enjoy.
Addicted to Big books...
Same.
I just found your channel! I am so happy I did!!!😊
Welcome and glad you found me!
All the best to you as you tackle these giant tomes! Me, I’m only planning on reading one big book this year, and it’s a reread - “…And Ladies of the Club” by Helen Hooven Santmyer. It comes in at a whopping 1433 pages😅
Yes! I read that one in high school. I recall really enjoying it. I'll have to reread it one of these days.
So many great suggestions! Love how you did the alphabet! Good luck :)
Thanks! Since I alphabetize my books by title it was easy and fun!
This was a fun video, I ordered a few of these as you mentioned them so I’ll be ready to join in!
yay! What'd you get!! My TBR comes out on Wednesday and, because I just couldn't help it, Koda and I are reading Jonathan Strange in March as well!
I’d love to join you and Koda reading JS! It’s been on my TBR forever!! I bought Stalingrad (now that I know you like Russian stuff I will have to get you back in the Master and the Magarita bc it really is a good time) & I got Cecelia
@@heatherboo1 Yay! We have no plan for JS. Currently a free for all. I'll let you know if that changes. I'm open to convincing on m&m. I will keep the other two in mind as well!
Don Quixote, Lonesome Dove, The Three Musketeers, Taiko. Check check check CHECK! All excellent books. I'm already reading two mammoths at the same time (Middlemarch, and also a nonfiction) and will be carrying those books into March so I'll be participating without having realized it. Also, subscribed!
Great!! Sounds like you're all set to go. George Elliot and I don't get along, but if we did it would be with Middlemarch. Happy reading!
I loved Roots such an amazing book.
Looking forward to rereading at some point.
Great video! Not sure I will be able to read any of them soon but it is definitely inspiring.
Thanks! And yes, I find it inspiring too. Adventures to come...
Ahmahgah... 😍🤤
Okay, you've officially put me in the mood for this readathon. Hmmmm. I don't know what I have! I'll have to give it some thought.
yay! Yes you should join! It'll be great!
@@noteworthyfiction I'm just having a hard time choosing a book, because all the mammoths on my TBR are heavy and dark, and that's not the vibe I need right now! 😅 I guess that's what I get for always reading the biggest books first - slim pickings! 😂 I might go with Anathem by Neal Stephenson, but I haven't read him before, so I'm not sure. 🤔
@@Faye_LHappy picking. Hopefully you'll like whatever you choose.
Atlas shrugged and varney the vampyre are the intimidating chunkers in my TBR pile
Yes! I have Atlas Shrugged too...maybe next year for me. Happy reading.
"Atlas Shrugged" is just a clunker.
Atlas Shrugged is not worth it. It’s fine and you get to really understand our modern political discourse, but there are so many better reads.
@@laemotica8405 it’s for that political discourse that I’m reading it. I have been reading dostoevsky’s devils for the same reason. Plus I want to see what the hype is about.
The Eighth Life is such an amazing book. I highly recommend it. I usually do not read big books, but this one I devoured in just a few days. It reads so fluidly.
oooo. I'm getting so excited about it. Might have to move it up in priority.
Yep - loved it
Just discovered your channel and it's terrific!!
Aww thanks! I really appreciate it.
I can’t help but notice Colson Whitehead behind you. I haven’t read The Underground Railroad but I’m currently reading The Nickel Boys. Very good so far! For the chunkers, Lonesome Dove is on my list. As are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Brothers Karamazov.
Yes! It's in my video coming out on Saturday, February 24. I just read it. Lonesome Dove is one of the few on my list that will be a reread. I read The Count last year (AMAZING) and I own the Brothers Karamazov and hope to get to it...eventually.
Ah, look at all those big, beautiful, book bricks! 😍 And such a delicious variety! I own House of Government, Jonathan Strange, and Quicksilver.
Sooo many good reads. I soo want to get House of Government! Have you read it yet!?!
@@noteworthyfiction Not yet!
You're amazing - especially to be so well read at such a young age. I'll check your other video to see what you selected for March.
Aww thanks! I'm probably not as young as you think and I majored in English in college, so I've had time and help getting here.
It's still great!@@noteworthyfiction
@@betsymaher9489 thanks
I read X X last year. Good story, worth my time.
Awesome. I've heard little about it, but those who have read it seem to really like it.
This video is everything. I'm in AWE you have physical copies of gigantic books for almost every letter. 😅
I'll probably be finishing up Jonathan Strange in early March, plus volume 3 of Kristin Lavransdatter, plus Little Dorritt. So, it wasn't planned but I will be reading some mammoths. 😅
Yess!! Those are all great. I can't wait to get to each. Happy reading!
😮💨 I know you got gains from lifting all of those heavy books. 😅
I may try to squeeze in a chunker. I have quite a few 800 plus page books I can choose from.
Your collection of big books is impressive. ❤
lol, so true. Do it! Nothing like a good long read.
That's a whole lotta mammoths, most of which I have never heard of! 🤓 🙄 Thanks for sharing! 📚
You're welcome. Hopefully you're TBR is thanking me too, lol.
An interesting video! I have on my TBR for this year Infinite Jest (981 pages) and maybe War and Peace. I admit I'm intimidated! Haha. :)
They're long and I'm not sure if I'll ever do Infinite Jest. I reread War and Peace last year and used the companion book 80 days With Tolstoy. It made if feel more like a readalong.
New follower! 🥰😻♥️loved listening!
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the video.
Interesting video. I've read a few of your selections but not many. I do like the way you formatted it. #subscribed
Thanks! It helps me to look back at it as well.
Brilliant video. I really like your channel.😊 Virginia Woolf thought Middlemarch was the greatest novel in English, and so did Martin Amis, so that’s on my list for sure. Dickens’ Bleak House is another big monster I want to tackle, along with Vanity Fair and Tom Jones.
Thank you! I too want to get to Bleak House and Vanity Fair. Tom Jones will be a reread for me, but I love it!
Ok so I'm impressed you had so many of these humongous books handy. And now definitely not participating in Mammonth March.
lol.I love a good long book, but realize it's not for everyone! Happy reading!
I’ve impressed myself…I’ve actually read 5 off this list. Forever Amber, Lonesome Dove, Vanity Fair, Quicksilver, and Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norell. The House of Government sounds fascinating, but I wonder about how dry it might be. The Eighth Life sounds really, really good. Thanks for some great recommendations. 😊
Nice! I too wonder how The House of Government will read. I've yet to see anyone review it and no store I've been to has carried it.
@@noteworthyfiction aha! Amazon (a blight be upon them) offers a free sample to read…off to check it out. 😁
lol. I just bought it too.
Oooh I found a secondhand copy of Jonathan strange and mr norrel a couple months ago but haven't got around to reading it yet. I guess march is the month I finally do so!
yes!
Very nice video - if you want a book more zan eight hondred paigees starteeng wees zee lettair Z, you can try Zee Remembrance of Seengs Past, mon cheri lol - or another choice is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (it's just 426 pages, but you could read it twice) - I started looking more and more for a book of that description, and I found Zettel's Traum, at over 1300 pages, also called Bottom's Dream - and I'm grateful this search also revealed a book called Zorro, by Isabel Allende - it's a mere 688 pages, but I was very excited to learn that this author had written a book on this topic, so it's now on my reading list -
lol. Nice. And thanks, I've hear of Bottom's Dream, but forgot that the original title starts with a Z.
I'm going to check out "The Mysteries of Paris", "Lonesome Dove", and "Roots" which I'm still surprised I have not read yet. I won't be doing any during "March of the Mammoths" though lol ;-) | Thank you so much for sharing your reads and recommendations. I really enjoyed your video.
You're welcome and I hope you find some new favorites.
I own Don Quixote. I read Lonesome Dove last year and enjoyed it but it took fourteen days to finish. The only other big book I have is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare but its 1140 pages are over two volumes. I am reading one play a month from it. I plan on reading David Copperfield this summer but I still need to get my hands on a copy.
Don Quixote is hilarious and David Copperfield is probably my favorite book of all time...so far.
You may also like the BBC Shakespeare Collection, a DVD set featuring productions of all the plays, starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company like Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, and many others
There's a book that i've been wanting to read... i just don't know when it's gonna happen, it's called Z for Zachariah, its a young adult book, apocalyptic and dystopian...
btw, thanks for this, i had been looking for some new books and i really liked your recommmendations :)
Thanks! Glad you found some good recommendations. Happy reading and hope you get to your Z book soon.
I am 75% thru it. Not too bad. I actually like it.
I was really enjoying it too. I think it's an excellent book and would still recommend it to others. Glad you're enjoying it!
Zofloya by Charlotte Dacre is written in 3 volumes but totals 812 pages
ooo a Z! Will check it out. Thanks
Forever Amber is worth it!
Good to know!
The movie is pretty good also.
@@janebaily3758 didn't know there was a movie
Lonesome Dove, Jonathan Strange, and Underworld are fantastic. I started Kristen Lavransdottir once and would like to get back to it-I was turned onto it by a list of favorite books that William T Vollmann listed as influences, and of course he has his written his own set of excellent mammoths.
My current chonker is November 1916 by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, which I read to page 200 around 20 years ago and it has been staring at me with judgmental book-eyes ever since.
I am definitely bumping a few books up on my priority list. You're the first to mention liking Underworld, so that's interesting. I have toyed around with considering Vollmann's books, let me know if you have a rec for where to start with him. I definitely want to try Solzhenitsyn (I have Cancer Ward). I hope you're able to put your relationship with November at peace. 😊
@@noteworthyfiction Vollmann is hard to recommend :) I started with You Bright and Risen Angels but I think WTV fans don’t consider it a good starting place. I like The Royal Family. Another way in might be short stories like The Rainbow Stories. His Seven Dreams series is a trip and I think The Ice Shirt is probably the most accessible from that.
Nice video !
I love books about Russia as well. I am also interested in that country and it's hhistory :D
I really recommend the book , Russia by Edward Rutherfurd :D Actually all of his books i think.. he also has, London, Paris, New York, and China.
I gave his books Russia 5 stars. It's a novel, 5 fictional families, woven in the real history of Russia.
Oh..and they are all mammoth as well haha.
Yes! I've read Sarum by Rutherford. I thought it was ok and felt mixed about whether to try another of his books. I like the premise of what he does and really am interested in his Paris, Russia, and China ones. Maybe I'll get one from the library!
@@noteworthyfiction I have never heard of Sarum from him, so i can't judge about that. But i found Russia a really good book :D
I love me some mammoth books haha. I'm hoping to read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell sometime later this year 🤞🏻
Me too, Sarah! Can't wait. Koda and I will be tackling it in March. You're welcome to join us.
Oh I would have loved to but I don't think I'd have the time in March as I'm doing Realmathon and already have so many books on my list 😂but thank you! I look forward to hearing what you both think of it ♥@rthyfiction
I'm planning on reading the whole women's prize for fiction longlist in March and April, so I'm not sure adding a mammoth is a good idea 😅 But I am currently 500 pages into the 1400(!) page complete and uncut edition of The Stand, and I will likely still be reading it in March 😆 Sadly I can't help you with the letter Z. The closest I can get is Walter Moers' Zamonien series, where the first book runs to just over 700 pages. But the actual book title doesn't start with a Z, just the series name. And yes, it's not 800 pages. But my edition of Vanity Fair is only 636 pages of ridiculously tiny text, so page length is clearly relative 😉 (Also need to add to the love for Lonesome Dove. I read it last year and it was an amazing journey! Definitely on my all-time-favourites list)
lol. The Lonesome Dove love is strong with this video for sure! Sounds like some good recommendations. Enjoy The Stand!
Have you started Forever Amber yet? If so, do you like it? I'm thinking of getting to reread it. I think I read it about 40 years ago and can't remember much of it but I think I liked it.
I did start it! I have my first thoughts coming out this Saturday. I'm almost 200 pgs in and I don't love it or hate it (yet). So far it's just a good light read.
Thank you. I looked into getting a copy but it's not very available. I think I'll just let it pass. Looking forward to your review on Saturday.@@noteworthyfiction