5 Books Over 500 Pages

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43 participants (147 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Longer books often feel intimidating, however there are quite a few on my TBR that I want to read. The goal is to read 5 books over 500 pages, no matter the genre.

Challenge Books

All books added
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

672 pages • digital • 1981

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

500 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

576 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction history science technology challenging informative sad medium-paced
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

645 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Time

Children of Time #1

Adrian Tchaikovsky

599 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction science fiction adventurous tense medium-paced
One by One by Chris Carter

One by One

Robert Hunter #5

Chris Carter

512 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Morgen, morgen und wieder morgen by Gabrielle Zevin

Morgen, morgen und wieder morgen

Gabrielle Zevin

560 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Beneath the Draper Moon by Julius Parker

Beneath the Draper Moon

Julius Parker

512 pages • paperback

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George

Missing Joseph

Inspector Lynley #6

Elizabeth George

576 pages • 1992

fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

Royal Assassin

The Farseer Trilogy #2

Robin Hobb

648 pages • digital • 1996

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense slow-paced