Long books that are worth every minute of reading

Picking up a book that resembles a doorstopper might feel like a big investment of your time – but the payoff is often worth it. Spending 500-plus pages in the same universe, fully immersed in a different place, time, or world, can be an incredibly rewarding experience.

With plenty of bulky books in every genre to meet your mood or taste, we've pulled together a handy list of novels, organised by page count – from 500-page long reads to epic, 1000-plus-page tomes. May they inspire your next immersive read.