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Long Books to Read While Waiting Out the Winter

What better way to wait out the winter cold than with a long book you can really sink into? At more than 500 pages each, these books will help the time pass and cure your cabin fever. Check out our list of old favorites and contemporary classics below, complete with publishers' descriptions.
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Macedonia)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Macedonia)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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Almanac of the Dead (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Almanac of the Dead
Leslie Marmon Silko
13
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
William Thackeray
14
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
15
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
David Mitchell
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The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
17
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
18
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
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The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
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The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Susanna Clarke
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The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
28
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
Stephen King
29
Look at Me
Look at Me
30
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
31
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
32
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
33
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
34
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
35
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.Tolkien
36
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
37
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
38
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
39
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
A.S. Byatt
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The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
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