If your idea of a long read is the Sunday comics, you can stop here. If on the other hand you like a nice long story then read on. Here are a few of the longer series from my library that I've continued to enjoy for many years.
Some of these series are still being continued today so this list is almost certainly out of date.
What got me thinking was that I recently obtained a copy of a book called "The House with the Clock in it's Walls". This was the first 'real' book I can remember reading back in 3rd grade. I remember this book being "incredibly long" and "massive" taking me an entire week to finish. Much to my surprise, when the book finally arrived, it was only 180 pages.
As far as the largest 'single' book I know of it has to be Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. Among the many reasons the movie sucked was the director trying to cram the 1,100 page story into a single 2 hour movie. Yes, you can read this book in a day. But, it makes for a very, very long day.
The criteria is a bit vague, but it has to be a series I've read, mostly by the same author, and have a somewhat continuous story line.
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit 320
The Fellowship of the Ring 432
The Two Towers 416
The Return of the King 512
1,680 pages
The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
Nine Princes in Amber 188
The Guns of Avalon 180
Sign of the Unicorn 186
The Hand of Oberon 181
The Courts of Chaos 183
Trumps of Doom ?
Blood of Amber 215
Sign of Chaos 217
Knight of Shadows 251
Prince of Chaos 225
2,009 pages
The Dragonlance Saga, by Weis & Hickman
Dragons of Autumn Twilight 444
Dragons of Winter Night 395
Dragons of Spring Dawning 380
Time of the Twins 400
War of the Twins 400
Test of the Twins 352
2,371 pages
The Belgariad, by David Eddings
Pawn of Prophecy 260
Queen of Sorcery 320
Magicians Gambit 300
Castle of Wizardy 370
Enchanters Endgame 370
Guardians of the West 440
King of the Murgos 400
Demonlord of Kalranda 370
Sorceress of Darshiva 370
Seress of Kell 400
3,600 pages
The Magic of XANTH, by Piers Anthony
A Spell for Chameleon 340
Source of Magic 330
Castle Rouge 330
Centaur Isle 300
Ogre , Ogre 310
Nightmare 300
Dragon on a Pedestal 310
Crewl Lye 310
Golem in the Gears 320
Vale of the Vole 320
Heaven Cent 320
Man from Mundanie 350
Isle of View 340
Question Quest 350
Color of Her Panties 340
Demons Dont Dream 340
5,210+ pages
*The author continues to add to this series so by the time you read this there are probably more books.
The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
Magician Apprentice 360
Magician Master 340
SilverThorn 343
A Darkness At Sethdon 430
Prince of the Blood 340
Kings Buccaneer 520
Shadow of a Dark Queen 490
Rise of a Merchant Prince 430
Rage of a Demon King 570
Shards of a Broken Crown 500
Krondor the Betrayal 380
Krondor the Assassins 360
Tear of the Gods 360
5,423+ pages
*The author continues to add to this series so by the time you read this there are probably more books.
The Magic of Recluce, by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Magic of Recluce 500
Towers of Sunset 530
Magic Engineer 610
Order War 600
Death of Chaos 630
Fall of Angels 590
Chaos Balance 600
White order 470
Colors of Chaos 800
Magi of Cyador 540
Scion of Cyador 640
6,510+ pages
*The author continues to add to this series so by the time you read this there are probably more books.
08-20-2003