If that’s the book I think it is, I’m nearly about to finish it. Big books are challenging because your interest naturally falls as the novelty wears off. But then if it’s a book that takes you a year or more to finish, you get to experience it through the seasons of your life. I think the challenge of losing interest in any singular book can be mitigated by reading a stack.

>>24707134
Around 300 pages is a good number.

>>24707146
I just do set times and immerse myself in the stories and context, really helps me get through the bigger books as novelty wears away.

I estimate the time a book is going to take me by looking at the audiobook. Anything above 15 hours I'm gonna have to force myself. I guess that'd be around 500 pages, depending on the edition

Books should be 300 pages. Literature should be 600+

Everything can be covered in 200-300 pages

>>24707146
>I think the challenge of losing interest in any singular book can be mitigated by reading a stack.
Seems to be the opposite actually. You just have to say to yourself
>Ok, this is my life now. I won't think about any other book until I finish this, and I'll just assume the book is never going to end.
And immerse yourself in it like the other guy said. If I pick up another one I'm never going to finish it

>>24707134
I just cleared 300,000 pages

>>24707134
A competent book should have a justifiably decent amount of materials for its contents, but it should not give the impression of overstaying its welcome for too long, if at all.

>>24707134
I think 200 - 300 pages is enough to explore most ideas. Fantasy slop can be infinitely long as it's just there for a comfy escapist atmosphere.

>>24707146
>your interest naturally falls as the novelty wears off.
The only ones I have that issue with are those old ones which generally were published serially and are like binge watching a soap opera, but sometimes I can just let myself get caught up in the drama of it all. Starting with the modernist there is generally enough other stuff going on with the technique that also ties into story/interpretation to keep me interested. 1Q84 being the sole exception so far.
>oh boy, another list of her outfit! I can't wait to find out what color shoes she is wearing!

>>24710723
>those old ones which generally were published serially and are like binge watching a soap opera, but sometimes I can just let myself get caught up in the drama of it all.
I really have that problem with most 19th century lit where I often get the feeling that I wasn't meant to read the whole book through in one go and I end up getting tired of it. Unfortunately I'm the type that has trouble reading multiple books at the same time, because that seems like it would really help sometimes.

>>24710748
>she got kidnapped
>again
I have read a good number of them, finishing them is not going to give you some great insight or sense of completion. When I hit the wall with one of those I just go put it back in the little free library I got it from and move on.

>>24707134
anything above 300 is self indulgent

>>24707134
Two of my all time favourite books are 800+ pages

200 is a crazy limit because you can read that in a day. At 700 I start to get annoyed because unless I really want to plow through it, it will take me at least a week. And I want to read it less and less. Of course there are some exceptions but I mostly read nonfiction and by ~700 pages I feel ready to move onto something else. I've put off the power broker forever for this reason

>>24707134
If you need more than 150 pages to grasp what an author is saying, there is something very wrong with you... Anyone who writes more than 150 is basically targeting sub-90 IQ readers.

>>24711596
>reading books that consist of the author making one (1) point
your loss, i guess

People on the literature board sure do hate reading, huh?

>>24712372
where have you been for the past few years? probably on reddit since you think "sage" goes into the name field

>>24712393
You know you can put it there intentionally, as a show of disgust, against the rules?

>>24712402
you could also just convey it through the wording of your post but that would require wit

>>24712402
For years sage in all fields was the general advice simply because there are always going to be accidents, stupid and or drunk anons, etc. All fields is still wise, but sage is useless these days now that most are chronically online, thead will just get bumped in 30 seconds with seethe anyways.

>>24712408
Anyway, there's a toxic contrarianism infecting the core of /lit/, against all that is good or productive. Reading is shunned, depth and sincerity reviled in a way DWF would spin in his grave at, and the only belief is in the anti-consensus where the last year's wisdom is this year's moronic idiocy, rather break my little toe on a bedpost than take something beautiful seriously, something that would really affect me deep down. How embarrassing it is to be alive.

>>24712368
Thats not what I said, that is just taking it to the extreme anon. You have made a single point with fifteen words, which I applaud your economy, but if you need more than 150 pages to understand all of the points an author might want to make you might have something very wrong with you... I would say you could fit about 1,200 distinct points in 150 pages, but in reality there are usually less than 20. Anything over 150 pages is just targeting sub-90 IQ readers.

Anything under 800 pages feels small. Guess I'm a size queen.

>>24707134
>>24707146
Kristin Lavransdatter right? Penguin Deluxe edition I think. Been meaning to get around to it for a while now, think I'll start it once I finish The Sound and the Fury.

>>24712424
see? bet that felt better than putting "sage" in the namefield and you won't hear me disagreeing with any of that

>>24711595
>700
that's about how long my book is. hope you will read it.

>>24712531
What's the word count? Lit fic?

>>24712425
>but in reality there are usually less than 20.
In reality there is generally just one point or idea regardless of length.

>>24712545
yes it is litfic. i've been cutting it down. it was 250 but it'll end up at about 180k

I don’t think anyone on this board deserves to read

>>24707134
Critique of Pure Reason (Cambridge edition) doesn't even start until about 155 pages in.
Philosophy books are going to be 500-700 pages unless they're just essays.