Poll: Preferred length in books?

[WhiteShadow2401]

For some time I've been wondering this. What do people prefer more? Long or short books?

Please comment your answer, thank you!

 

[Fusioncode9]

Length doesn't really matter to me as long as I like what I'm reading. Sometimes when a book is so good I'm a little upset when it's finished. Kind of like Deathly Hallows.

 

[LuckyClover95]

Agree with above, length doesn't matter but if it's enjoyable it can be over a lil too soon

 

[JWRosser]

It's not the length of the book; it's the words behind the book!

Yeah...


Seriously though, despite the fact I'm an English student and work in a book shop, I usually prefer shorter books. Not super short (though there are some awesome novella out there) but...I don't know, I like reading books knowing that I'll finish it in a reasonable amount of time - otherwise I end up in the situation I'm in now....reading about 5 books at once.

 

[RJ Dalton]

One of my favorite books is Les Miserables. One of my favorite book series is Wheel of Time. Extreme length is not a barrier to me. A book should be as long as it needs to be to tell its story, no longer, no shorter.

 

[Aur0ra145]

Length doesn't matter if it's a good book.

With that being said, good character development for several characters generally takes 350+ pages ... L@@K Winds of War, War and Remembrance for that idea.

Albiet, there are good books that are just 'brain candy' for the casual/intensive reader.

I don't know, it depends on how busy I am as to how long of a book I read.

But in all fairness, length of a book is the last thing I think about (unless it's to short.)

 

[Kahunaburger]

Any length can be good. I think the Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the best stories told in all of human history, and it's only about 60 pages when translated. But the books I like tend to be long

 

[PiOfCube]

If it's a good book then the longer the better.

 

[suitepee7]

long un's. however, i also do like shorter books (maybe 200-300 pages) providing they are part of a series, so the plot doesn't just stop there. if it is just the one book though, make it a big one with lotsa detail!

 

[anaphysik]

400 pages is a "short" book? Hah!
Most of my favourite books are more like 200 pages (e.g. Catcher in the Rye) or less (like Heart of Darkness, which clocks in around a *highly* deceptive 80 pg.).

 

[ScoopMeister]

I don't actually care about length, but I usually end up reading the longer books anyway.

 

[HassEsser]

500-700, not too long, not too short.

 

[Raskolnikov34]

I mainly read Russian novels so, yeah, I tend to enjoy long, complex books that take a month or more to work through...

 

[Febel]

Well it really all depends on quality. I can't imagine a discworld book less than 400 pages or so but as I was reading the Davinci Code I was banging my head against a wall waiting for it to. Fucking. END. So...yeah quality is more important than quantity,

 

[Outright Villainy]

No preference. Even a 200 page book feels much meatier than a film, so it really comes down to how much the story needs.

 

[dalek sec]

Most of the time I read them they are in the 400-500 range in terms of pages unless it's a omnibus and those run into the 700's usally.

I think the longest book I've read is either "A Thousand Sons" or "The First Heretic" from the Horus Heresy seris of books.

 

[Febel]

Most of the time I read them they are in the 400-500 range in terms of pages unless it's a omnibus and those run into the 700's usally.

I think the longest book I've read is either "A Thousand Sons" or "The First Heretic" from the Horus Heresy seris of books.

Have you ready the Ciaphas Cain series? Those omnibuses usually clock in at around 800-900 pages.

 

[dalek sec]

Most of the time I read them they are in the 400-500 range in terms of pages unless it's a omnibus and those run into the 700's usally.

I think the longest book I've read is either "A Thousand Sons" or "The First Heretic" from the Horus Heresy seris of books.

Have you ready the Ciaphas Cain series? Those omnibuses usually clock in at around 800-900 pages.

Yep! Read both of them and honestly? I think the Ravenor omnibus is the longest one they have, clocking around +850 pages in it. It was a long ass read but it was good.

The two mini-stories in that series helped bump up the pages too I think.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

The length of the book doesn't really matter to me. Some books are really long, but with the majority of the pages being filled with things that don't really contribute to the plot and the overall story *cough* War and Peace *cough cough*, whereas some shorter books will have longer and more epic tales but described in a little less detail. Either way, the length doesn't really matter.