Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl with a new topic every week for book bloggers to chat about. This week’s topic is non-bookish freebie, but I’m going rogue and doing a part 2 of last week’s topic lol.
Last week, I featured big books I read (and enjoyed), while this week I’m focusing on the ones that are still on my TBR.
Let’s take a look at this list!
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo – 1,480 pages
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas – 1,240 pages
- The Eight Life by Nino Haratischvili – 1,148 pages
- Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoj – 897 pages
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese – 849 pages
- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton – 848 pages
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon – 848 pages
- The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell – 830 pages
- M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati – 841 pages
- L’armata dei sonnambuli by Wu Ming – 808 pages (I couldn’t find an English edition of this one)
Note: page count is based on my edition if I own the book or on the Goodreads page count for the ones I don’t own.
So many of these I’m genuinely excited to read, especially as I heard good things about them! The size does scare me a little bit though… hopefully I’ll win it sometime soon, as I am looking forward to getting lost inside a big book again!
Happy TTT!
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There is a place and time for all book sizes! Doesn’t that sound good? Ha ha.
My TTT this week is Natural World
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Someday I should read some of these.
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I hope you enjoy all of these whenever you get to them. I love the musical version of Les Mis so much that I’m kind of afraid to read the book in case it let’s me down 🙈 I think The Luminaries is on my TBR though, although I can’t remember the premise of it off of the top of my head. A few of the others I haven’t heard of. Is the one that doesn’t seem to be avaliable in English a plague story? 🤔
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Oh, same! Aside from the obvious issue with size, one of the things that’s stopped me from actually trying to read Les Mis is that I’m worried I won’t love it as much as the musical.
It does look like a plague mask now you mention it! It’s actually about the reign of terror after the French revolution though.
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It’s nice to know you love the musical too, it’s one of my top three of all time. I really hope it manages to live up to the musical for you whenever you get to it 🤞
Oh wow I wouldn’t have guessed that. I hope you enjoy it, I think that sort of time/setting is always fascinating to explore.
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Good luck getting these read! After last week’s topic I meant to go see what I had on my TBR that are big books, but I forgot, LOL!
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Thank you! I think we all have a fair few haha.
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Oh The Eighth Life is so worth it! In Dutch the page count is even 1200+, in English it’s significantly shorter. But I was invested once the story progresses.
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Glad to hear you liked it too! Same, in Italian it’s over 1000 pages but I saw the English edition seems to be shorter. I heard nothing but good things about it, so one day I’ll have to pick it up!
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There are so many great chunky books that a series could be made! I read Priory in April and was so proud to knock it off the TBR. It was so big!! haha
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That’s so true haha! Oooh well done on getting that off the TBR!
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Thank you!
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I’ve read a few from your list – Les Mis, Anna Karenina, The Covenant of Water & The Priory of the Orange Tree. The Luminaries is forever on my TBR lol
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You’re proof it can be done haha! When I checked I was surprised to see I’d added The Luminaries to my Goodreads in 2014… oops 😅
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I really loved The Covenant of Water. I felt like I was in India! Bonus, since I’ve never actually gone there.
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That’s great to hear! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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I’ve heard great things about THE COVENANT OF WATER. I’ll probably give it a go at some point. I hope you enjoy all these when you read them.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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I’ve read Anna Karenina {on a whim one summer in college, who knows why, lol} … Monte Cristo and Priory are on my TBR as well!
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Based on the lists everyone’s been sharing the past couple of weeks, they seem to be very popular haha! Books read on a whim are often the ones I end up enjoying the most (RIP to all TBR plans lol)
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I once owned a copy of Les Miserables and I found it so intimidating! I hope you can get to these soon.
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Thank you! They are quite scary when they’re on the shelf
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I read The Count of Monte Cristo earlier this year. It took so long to get through!
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I’ve been wanting to read Monte Cristo for a while but I keep getting intimidated by how chonky it is! 🫣 I’ve heard a lot of people say that it doesn’t feel that big when you start reading it though, which is great.
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I heard the same thing! But I keep feeling intimidated by it too 😂 One day I’ll be brave enough to start it!
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Great list! I am a sucker for a good chonk of a book, but it can be tough to find the time to devote to a big book. The Eighth Life sounds intriguing, and I had to add that one to my TBR. I’m a sucker for historical fiction set around the time of the Russian Revolution, so thanks for introducing me to it.
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