The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Over 500 Pages

Reacting to another book list and this time it’s LitHub’s article on the 50 best contemporary novels over 500 pages published in the past 50 years. I chat about which I like, don’t like and still want to read. Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.

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The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Over 500 Pages by Emily Temple: https://lithub.com/the-50-best-contemporary-novels-over-500-pages/

Videos mentioned:
The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Under 200 Pages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQvQX5feIQE
My interview with the author and translators of The Eighth Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnYWYp7PJM
My video review of Ducks, Newburyport:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r60BV_UNoUM
5 Awkward Encounters with Authors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZKmh3IrNTY&t=30s

Books on the list discussed & links:
Richard Powers, The Overstory
https://www.bookdepository.com/Overstory-Richard-Powers/9781784708245/?a_aid=lonesomereader
N. K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
https://www.bookdepository.com/Fifth-Season-N-K-Jemisin/9780356508191/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
https://www.bookdepository.com/Name-Rose-Umberto-Eco/9780099466031/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Min Jin Lee, Pachinko
https://www.bookdepository.com/Pachinko-Min-Jin-Lee/9781786691378/?a_aid=lonesomereader
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
https://www.bookdepository.com/Cloud-Atlas-David-Mitchell/9780375507250/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Tana French, The Witch Elm
https://www.bookdepository.com/Wych-Elm-Tana-French/9780241379530/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride
https://www.bookdepository.com/Robber-Bride-Margaret-Atwood/9781853817229/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
https://www.bookdepository.com/All-Light-We-Cannot-See-Anthony-Doerr/9780008138301/?a_aid=lonesomereader
John Crowley, Little, Big
https://www.bookdepository.com/Little-Big-John-Crowley/9780061120053/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
https://www.bookdepository.com/Middlesex-Jeffrey-Eugenides/9780007528646/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Helen DeWitt, The Last Samurai
https://www.bookdepository.com/Last-Samurai-Helen-DeWitt/9781784707965/?a_aid=lonesomereader
A.S.Byatt, Possession
https://www.bookdepository.com/Possession-S-Byatt/9780099800408/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
https://www.bookdepository.com/Wolf-Hall-Hilary-Mantel/9780007230204/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night
https://www.bookdepository.com/Queen-Night-Alexander-Chee/9780718185091/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Donna Tartt, The Secret History
https://www.bookdepository.com/Secret-History-Donna-Tartt/9780140167771/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Isabella Hammad, The Parisian
https://www.bookdepository.com/Parisian-Isabella-Hammad/9781784705701/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
https://www.bookdepository.com/Americanah-Chimamanda-Ngozi-Adichie/9780007356348/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
https://www.bookdepository.com/Fingersmith-Sarah-Waters/9781860498831/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
https://www.bookdepository.com/Wind-Up-Bird-Chronicle-Haruki-Murakami/9780099448792/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Denis Johnson, Tree of Smoke
https://www.bookdepository.com/Tree-Smoke-Denis-Johnson/9780330449212/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children
https://www.bookdepository.com/Midnights-Children-Salman-Rushdie/9780099511892/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Neil Gaiman, American Gods
https://www.bookdepository.com/American-Gods-Neil-Gaiman/9780755322817/?a_aid=lonesomereader
Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Ken Liu, The Grace of Kings
Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
Paul Murray, Skippy Dies
Sergio De La Pava, A Naked Singularity
Ian Pears, An Instance of the Fingerpost
Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings
Kate Atkinson, Life After Life
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
Mark Helprin, Winter’s Tale
William Gaddis, J R
Leslie Marmon Silko, Almanac of the Dead
Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth
Stephen King, The Stand
Don DeLillo, Underworld
Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
Roberto Bolaño, 2666
Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games
Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
Peter Nadas, tr. Imre Goldstein, Parallel Stories
Joseph McElroy, Women and Men
Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy

Forthcoming books:
Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars by Joyce Carol Oates
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

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