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Lithub: 50 Best Contemporary Novels Over 500 Pages

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The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
1
Richard Powers
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
2
N. K. Jemisin
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
3
Umberto Eco
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
4
Min Jin Lee
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
5
David Mitchell
The Witch Elm (Tana French)
The Witch Elm
6
Tana French
The Robber Bride (Margaret Atwood)
The Robber Bride
7
Margaret Atwood
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
8
Anthony Doerr
Little Big
Little Big
9
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
10
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
11
Helen Dewitt
Possession (Byatt)
Possession
12
Byatt
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
13
Hilary Mantel
Queen of the Night (Alexander Chee)
Queen of the Night
14
Alexander Chee
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
15
Donna Tartt
The Parisian (Isabella Hammad)
The Parisian
16
Isabella Hammad
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
17
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
18
Sarah Waters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
19
Haruki Murakami
Tree of Smoke (Denis Johnson)
Tree of Smoke
20
Denis Johnson
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
21
Neil Gaiman
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
22
Salman Rushdie
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
23
Michael Chabon
The Grace of Kings (Ken Liu)
The Grace of Kings
24
Ken Liu
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
25
Jonathan Franzen
Paul Murray: Skippy Dies
Paul Murray: Skippy Dies
26
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
27
Thomas Pynchon
A Naked Singularity (Sergio De La Pava)
A Naked Singularity
28
Sergio De La Pava
An Instance of the Fingerpost (Iain Pears)
An Instance of the Fingerpost
29
Iain Pears
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
30
Marlon James
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
31
Kate Atkinson
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
32
Tom Wolfe
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
33
Hanya Yanagihara
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
34
Mark Helprin
Jr (William Gaddis)
Jr
35
William Gaddis
Almanac of the Dead (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Almanac of the Dead
36
Leslie Marmon Silko
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
37
Samuel R. Delany
Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
Pillars of the Earth
38
Ken Follett
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
39
Stephen King
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
40
Don Delillo
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