Big books

Is there anything more beautiful than a giant stack of antiquarian books with vellum bindings? I think not. vellum |ˈveləm| noun 1. fine parchment made originally from the skin of a calf. 2. smooth writing paper imitating vellum. ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French velin, from veel (see veal).

For when you want to hunker down and invest in a sprawling story, here are fifty must-read big books that are more than 500 pages long.

I read King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, and found myself caught up in the golden age of chivalry, where the knights thundered about on their horses, armor clinking

If you're ever in need of a good book, the book list archives on MMD are a wonderful place to browse. But after nearly five years of blogging, those

Disclosure: This is an advertisement for SheSpeaks/St. Martins Press. Books, books, books! Something that I have always enjoyed doing during the summertime is finding great new summer books to dive into. Ever since having children

Many countries around the world have celebrated 20 years of Harry Potter this year. In Germany, they commemorated the big anniversary with these gorgeous new editions of all seven books – reimagined by Iacopo Bruno.

So by now everyone in the North American hemisphere knows that I've gotten an offer to have my novel published. (If they haven't, I'll do my best to make sure they do over the next couple of days.) On Monday, I wrote an initial post about the news. Yesterday, I wrote a bit more. […]

Once upon a time, there was a girl who thought a good book could never be too long. If the story was amazing, why would you want it to end? That girl was