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Books That Are VERY LONG and Could Lose a Few Hundred Pages and Still Get Their Point Across

I'm not saying these books are bad. In fact, they're pretty great! And the sheer amount of characters and scope of the narrative is a huge part of what makes them good in the first place. BUT... you could 100% take off like... 100-200 pages of these things and they would be just as good.
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
1
Herman Melville
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
2
Frank Herbert
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
3
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
4
Leo Tolstoy
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
5
George Eliot
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind
6
Patrick Rothfuss
Les Mis (Victor Hugo)
Les Mis
7
Victor Hugo
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
8
Marcel Proust
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
9
David Foster Wallace
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
10
Stephen King
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
11
Margaret Mitchell
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
12
Murasaki Shikibu
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
13
Miguel De Cervantes
The Wheel of Time Series (Robert Jordan)
The Wheel of Time Series
14
Robert Jordan
JR
JR
15
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon
16
Neal Stephenson
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
17
Charles Dickens
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
18
Ayn Rand
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
19
Boris Pasternak
Count of Monte Cristo (Alexander Dumas)
Count of Monte Cristo
20
Alexander Dumas
It (Stephen King)
It
21
Stephen King
The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Lies of Locke Lamora
22
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
23
George Eliot
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
24
Elizabeth Gaskell
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
25
Neil Gaiman
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
26
Donna Tartt
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
27
Vikram Seth
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
28
Mark Z. Danielewski
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
29
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
30
Barbara Kingsolver
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
31
Diana Gabaldon
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
32
Salman Rushdie
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
33
Ayn Rand
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
34
Jonathan Franzen
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
35
Ken Follett
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Blankets
36
Craig Thompson
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
37
Theodore Dreiser
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
38
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
39
Tom Wolfe
Dark Tower Series (Stephen King)
Dark Tower Series
40
Stephen King
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