Tale of the Genji is also one of the “perhaps the earliest true novel in the history of the world.” (From the back cover of the paperback version published in 1976)
Thank you for the preview of these large fiction books. I read mostly non-fiction books and I'm curious which large books you would select in this catagory. I hope to see your video soon!
This could be the greatest BookTube video ever made. Absolutely EPIC!!! You must have the strength of Hercules to be able to lift #4! Your library is a fantastic treasure house of wonders!
Such a perfect T-shirt for this tag! So strange that a book is available in a digital copy but not available to all. Whoa #4 is massive! I have the man without qualities on my shelf. Maybe next year
This was an incredible video. I’m absolutely in awe of your collection. Also, very disappointed to not have seen any of these in your 100 book challenge
1. Robert angstrom books 2. The first man in rome by colleen something... 3. Robert croover - The bruness day of wrath 4. The instructions by Adam levin 5. The incas by dainelle ... 6. Infinite jest by david foster 7. Against the day by thomas pinchon 8. PARALLEL STORIES BY PETER NADAS 9. DIVINE DAYS BY LEON FORRESTER 10. WITH FIRE AND SWORD BY HENRY CINKOWITZ 11. TALE OF GENJI BY MURASAKI 12. WOMEN AND MEN BY JOSEPH MCE... 13. MISS MCINTOSH MY DARLING 14. JERUSALEM BY ALAN MOORE 15. THE DEMONS BY HERMITO VON DODER 16. A SUITABLE BOY BY VIKRAM SAIT 17. DYING GRASS 18. HUNGER'S BRIDE BY PAUL ANDERSON 19. WAR AND PEACE BY LEO TOLSTOY 20. FREEDOM BY WILLIAM SASSPHIRE 21. POOR FELLOW MY COUNTRY BY XAVIER HERBERT 22. BOTTOM STREAM BY arno ... 23. Anniversaries by huey johnson 24. Heinrich schinkowicz - The deluge 25. The man without qualities - 1,774 pages - robert musill
I've been watching a bunch of videos about big books lately and you're the first I've seen mention A Suitable Boy. I love that book; hopefully you dive back into it at some point. You also have some interesting things here I've never heard of, to add to the never-ending pile; thanks for the video.
I didn't know it was owed by two brothers. It's too bad it didn't survive. I also use to love Crown Books. Did you ever go there too?@@anotherbibliophilereads
I usually only read the relative biggies of 600 to 700 pages. I’m an Aussie but haven’t tackled Poor Fellow my Country. Xavier Herbert wrote a sort of prelude to Poor Fellow called Capricornia but it’s a mere 400 pages so qualifies as little more than a short story.
Haha, I'm just imagining being hit by a copy of Bottom's Dream that has fallen from an open a window. Fatal! This was a very satisfying video to watch 😊
I read The Tale of Genji and it is my favourite so far! There are a lot of pages, especially in the Italian edition “La Storia di Genji” which has 1430 pages…
I read Atlas Shrugged in my 20s. Not a great novel. Passionate ideas, but nothing practical or realistic. Too heavy on the proselytizing of her economic ideas.
Very surprised to see the Sienkiewicz novels being being read outside of Poland. If you get tired of reading the book, there is a good movie adaptation of the Deluge under the same name from 1974, I highly recommend it.
@@anotherbibliophilereads More than that, the book is Dostoyevsky meets Solzhenitsyn meets Kafka and ruminate on the meaning of life, the universe and everything. The wikipedia precis is helpful here. A much underrated gem of literature.
Dang, you sure do have some huge ones lol The Instructions looks like it should have even more pages than it does with the size. Recently got Against the Day, A Suitable Boy, and Parallel Stories. And have Women and Men on kindle, because I couldn’t find a copy for a reasonable amount hah. I envy your collection! Poor Fellow My Country is available on Kindle here in Canada. Weird that Americans couldn’t get it. I really want to get Anniversaries!
Alas, the United States has to catch up with Canada as Poor Fellow My Country still unavailable on Kindle. Anniversaries is amazing based on what I've read so far.
Divine Days by Leon Forrest is back in print in paperback. Saw it oh Amazon the other day while searching for another title. 22 bucks, if I remember correctly. Thanks for the great video. Do you have a library tour video on your channel? (I’ve heard it’s massive.) 😺✌️
I have Divine Days on a Kindle Price drop watch list. Even though I own the hardcover it would be easier to read on my Scribe. I’m pleased that it was reprinted in any case.
Hi Greg. I've just subscribed to your channel. Such an interesting range of novels you have there. Some real biggies! Bottom's Dream in particular. I've got Parallel Stories lined up to read fairly soon. Hopefully! Greetings from Ireland!
Great Scott THAT was freaking amazing! I have A Suitable Boy ( the same copy and page count that you have) I really would like to read this year, but I do think that it will be one of those that I dip into and out of. Doubt that I could manage it straight through. WOW, great job and cancel your gym membership for the year LOL
My mother owns a paperback version of that Tale of Genji copy. The illustrations are specific to that translation. My Everyman’s copy is different. It’s an excellent book, but it should frankly be read in bits.
Craig, do you think listening to book in audio format is the same as reading it? I listened to free audio book (LibriVox recording) of The Painted Veil, and the reader's sensitivity, his understanding, blew me away. But often times I feel as if I have to listen at a reduced speed (both in my native language and others) to soak in the text. I'm asking because there is so much I would like to read, but I have less and less time.
Listening to the audiobook is a different way of transferring the data of the text into your brain from reading a physical book. I have been listening to audiobooks since the 90s when the main options was cassette tapes from the library and I only listened in my car. I tend to listen at 1.5 speed most of the time, but I have 10,000 hours of audiobooks behind me. If you’re more comfortable at a slower speed then stay with that until you’re more comfortable with something else.
I haven’t really considered selling it. There is a new paperback edition available. My hardcover edition is going for $354 on Amazon. Not sure if buyers will pay that amount.
Nice!! Have you read any of James Clavell's stuff? I also read the Raj Quartet by Paul Scott it is one of my all time favorites. I also enjoyed The Far Pavilions. By the way thanks for the Flashman point point out in another of your videos!
I’ve read all of the Asian Saga except the last, but as audio or ebook, so I have no physical copies. I like King Rat the best. I need to get back to rereading Flashman.
@@anotherbibliophilereads My wife and I are big readers we have a couple of thousand of books littered all over the house. Once the youngest kids goes off to college this fall we are creating a joint library room for both of us. Love your collection and your great presentations on a wide range of books.
@@anotherbibliophilereads 🤔 I guess not. It’s 636 pages so not long enough. But I picked it up for one of my little boys from a store in Atlanta that lets you fill a bag of books for $15 flat. I thought it would be cool because its a very ambitious piece of children’s literature.
I like big books and I can not lie
Yes indeed.
I loved Anniversaries. Just a fantastic novel.
I need to get back to that book someday.
Tale of the Genji is also one of the “perhaps the earliest true novel in the history of the world.” (From the back cover of the paperback version published in 1976)
That it is. I do have to make time one day. I have a second complete translation on my Kindle.
Thank you for the preview of these large fiction books. I read mostly non-fiction books and I'm curious which large books you would select in this catagory. I hope to see your video soon!
I will be making a non-fiction version.
This could be the greatest BookTube video ever made. Absolutely EPIC!!! You must have the strength of Hercules to be able to lift #4! Your library is a fantastic treasure house of wonders!
Thanks! This is probably one of the most fun videos I’ve made. I do have an excessive amount of big books.
Such a perfect T-shirt for this tag! So strange that a book is available in a digital copy but not available to all. Whoa #4 is massive! I have the man without qualities on my shelf. Maybe next year
It's probably due to copyright laws. Such a shame and a waste.
This was an incredible video. I’m absolutely in awe of your collection. Also, very disappointed to not have seen any of these in your 100 book challenge
War and Peace is coming to my TBR for March of the Mammoths. I’ll still probably be in the 100 Book Challenge.
1. Robert angstrom books
2. The first man in rome by colleen something...
3. Robert croover - The bruness day of wrath
4. The instructions by Adam levin
5. The incas by dainelle ...
6. Infinite jest by david foster
7. Against the day by thomas pinchon
8. PARALLEL STORIES BY PETER NADAS
9. DIVINE DAYS BY LEON FORRESTER
10. WITH FIRE AND SWORD BY HENRY CINKOWITZ
11. TALE OF GENJI BY MURASAKI
12. WOMEN AND MEN BY JOSEPH MCE...
13. MISS MCINTOSH MY DARLING
14. JERUSALEM BY ALAN MOORE
15. THE DEMONS BY HERMITO VON DODER
16. A SUITABLE BOY BY VIKRAM SAIT
17. DYING GRASS
18. HUNGER'S BRIDE BY PAUL ANDERSON
19. WAR AND PEACE BY LEO TOLSTOY
20. FREEDOM BY WILLIAM SASSPHIRE
21. POOR FELLOW MY COUNTRY BY XAVIER HERBERT
22. BOTTOM STREAM BY arno ...
23. Anniversaries by huey johnson
24. Heinrich schinkowicz - The deluge
25. The man without qualities - 1,774 pages - robert musill
Thanks for listing them out!
Thank you so much 😊
I've been watching a bunch of videos about big books lately and you're the first I've seen mention A Suitable Boy. I love that book; hopefully you dive back into it at some point. You also have some interesting things here I've never heard of, to add to the never-ending pile; thanks for the video.
A Suitable Boy is intimidating with it’s length. Someday I’ll tackle it. Thanks for commenting.
What an incredible collection of enormous books! PS I loved Borders.
Borders was a fantastic bookstore in its heyday. I was there when it was a semi national chain independently owned by two brothers.
I didn't know it was owed by two brothers. It's too bad it didn't survive. I also use to love Crown Books. Did you ever go there too?@@anotherbibliophilereads
I usually only read the relative biggies of 600 to 700 pages. I’m an Aussie but haven’t tackled Poor Fellow my Country. Xavier Herbert wrote a sort of prelude to Poor Fellow called Capricornia but it’s a mere 400 pages so qualifies as little more than a short story.
I wish there were an ebook of my Poor Fellow. The print is so small in my print edition.
So this man is completely different from others. I loved his recommendations. Oh god ! Love from Nepal, land of himalayas !
Good job!
Thanks.
Haha, I'm just imagining being hit by a copy of Bottom's Dream that has fallen from an open a window. Fatal! This was a very satisfying video to watch 😊
It would absolutely hurt.
Teeny weeny me is going to say “WOW”. Love your channel I love this video
I read The Tale of Genji and it is my favourite so far! There are a lot of pages, especially in the Italian edition “La Storia di Genji” which has 1430 pages…
I need to read Genji some day.
Why is Rand's Atlas Shrugged constantly ignore?
I read Atlas Shrugged in my 20s. Not a great novel. Passionate ideas, but nothing practical or realistic. Too heavy on the proselytizing of her economic ideas.
Very surprised to see the Sienkiewicz novels being being read outside of Poland. If you get tired of reading the book, there is a good movie adaptation of the Deluge under the same name from 1974, I highly recommend it.
Some day I would like to finish the trilogy, but you’re right, I might be one of the few Americans who would read it.
Read the trilogy twice. Sienkiewicz justifiably got the Nobel Prize.
This was fantastic! I'm going to look up a few of these. Thanks for putting the work into this video, I really enjoyed it!
Thanks. A non-fiction tour is coming soon.
Amazing collection Greg. I only have 3 of those🤯.
I just started A Suitable Boy this week. Love your shirt! Perfect for this tag
I can recommend "Death and the Dervish" by Mese Selimovic.
I put Death and the Dervish on Kindle price drop list for the day it goes on sale . I know so little about Bosnia.
@@anotherbibliophilereads More than that, the book is Dostoyevsky meets Solzhenitsyn meets Kafka and ruminate on the meaning of life, the universe and everything. The wikipedia precis is helpful here. A much underrated gem of literature.
A fascinating collection. Thank you for sharing it.
Thanks. I need to show my big non- fiction books.
Dang, you sure do have some huge ones lol The Instructions looks like it should have even more pages than it does with the size. Recently got Against the Day, A Suitable Boy, and Parallel Stories. And have Women and Men on kindle, because I couldn’t find a copy for a reasonable amount hah. I envy your collection!
Poor Fellow My Country is available on Kindle here in Canada. Weird that Americans couldn’t get it.
I really want to get Anniversaries!
Alas, the United States has to catch up with Canada as Poor Fellow My Country still unavailable on Kindle. Anniversaries is amazing based on what I've read so far.
Divine Days by Leon Forrest is back in print in paperback. Saw it oh Amazon the other day while searching for another title. 22 bucks, if I remember correctly.
Thanks for the great video.
Do you have a library tour video on your channel? (I’ve heard it’s massive.)
😺✌️
I have Divine Days on a Kindle Price drop watch list. Even though I own the hardcover it would be easier to read on my Scribe. I’m pleased that it was reprinted in any case.
Hi Greg. I've just subscribed to your channel. Such an interesting range of novels you have there. Some real biggies! Bottom's Dream in particular. I've got Parallel Stories lined up to read fairly soon. Hopefully! Greetings from Ireland!
Let me know what you think of Parallel Stories. I’ve been meaning to get back to it some day.
Great Scott THAT was freaking amazing! I have A Suitable Boy ( the same copy and page count that you have) I really would like to read this year, but I do think that it will be one of those that I dip into and out of. Doubt that I could manage it straight through. WOW, great job and cancel your gym membership for the year LOL
I’ll probably go pick A Suitable Boy again if the author ever gets around to finishing the sequel A Suitable Girl.
It was great seeing your big books 📚😲
Thanks for watching Summer!
My mother owns a paperback version of that Tale of Genji copy. The illustrations are specific to that translation. My Everyman’s copy is different. It’s an excellent book, but it should frankly be read in bits.
I also have a different translation on my Kindle.
Craig, do you think listening to book in audio format is the same as reading it? I listened to free audio book (LibriVox recording) of The Painted Veil, and the reader's sensitivity, his understanding, blew me away. But often times I feel as if I have to listen at a reduced speed (both in my native language and others) to soak in the text. I'm asking because there is so much I would like to read, but I have less and less time.
Listening to the audiobook is a different way of transferring the data of the text into your brain from reading a physical book. I have been listening to audiobooks since the 90s when the main options was cassette tapes from the library and I only listened in my car. I tend to listen at 1.5 speed most of the time, but I have 10,000 hours of audiobooks behind me. If you’re more comfortable at a slower speed then stay with that until you’re more comfortable with something else.
@@anotherbibliophilereads Thanks for taking the time to give me feedback. Appreciated.
very cool list
Glad you enjoyed it
Would you be willing to sell Miss Macintosh? Thanks
I haven’t really considered selling it. There is a new paperback edition available. My hardcover edition is going for $354 on Amazon. Not sure if buyers will pay that amount.
Where can we get the shirt?
I got that shirt at Powel’s in Portland Oregon. Probably five or six years ago.
Nice!! Have you read any of James Clavell's stuff? I also read the Raj Quartet by Paul Scott it is one of my all time favorites. I also enjoyed The Far Pavilions. By the way thanks for the Flashman point point out in another of your videos!
I’ve read all of the Asian Saga except the last, but as audio or ebook, so I have no physical copies. I like King Rat the best. I need to get back to rereading Flashman.
@@anotherbibliophilereads My wife and I are big readers we have a couple of thousand of books littered all over the house. Once the youngest kids goes off to college this fall we are creating a joint library room for both of us. Love your collection and your great presentations on a wide range of books.
What a criteria ! I thought it was about quality not a “big book” not for mr
Those are big books. I only have _Infinite Jest_
I like big books and I cannot lie 😂😂😂
Does Wonder Struck count?
Is Wonderstruck a big book?
@@anotherbibliophilereads 🤔 I guess not. It’s 636 pages so not long enough. But I picked it up for one of my little boys from a store in Atlanta that lets you fill a bag of books for $15 flat. I thought it would be cool because its a very ambitious piece of children’s literature.
@@prilljazzatlanta5070 Not my usual cup of tea but if I ever come across a LFL or used copy I give it consideration.
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