Suggestions please for a chunky book?

[judgejudyandexecutioner]

I am a fast reader and am looking for a challenge. Any suggestions for an epic read? I loved The Stand but have exhausted all Stephen King books. I just want something I will finish in one sitting..

The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning. Easy read and an interesting period in history.

Shantaram.

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell?

Middle march

Sons & lovers

Tess of the d'ubervilles

The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

The Kings Curse, by Phillipa Gregory..............

Papillon

Susan Howatch - the Starbridge novels. Long, and v. easy to read.

Hyperion Cantos

This Thing Of Darkness

Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell

The Luminaries

The Goldfinch

Anathem

Dune & its 5 sequels by Frank Herbert (not the prequels written by his son)

Wow lots there I haven't read will go off and do some amazon browsing for my kindle thanks guys

Quincunx is super chunky. :-) any of the trilogies by Robertson Davies - nice satisfying easy read as well!

Philip Jose Farmers' Riverworld series

Do you like fantasy? If so, I would thoroughly recommend The Kingkiller series by Patrick Rothfuss. Amazing books. First one is called 'The Name of the Wind'. Second is 'The Wise Man's Fear'. Third and final one is not yet published . They are huuuge tomes!

Yes to Johnathan Strange and Mr Norell.
What about the Cazalet Chronicles?

Oh, the Cazalet Chronicles is excellent. I'm listening to it on audiobook, a version read by Jill Balcon, and she's terrific.

Should keep you going for a while.

Also, they're not all really chunky, but I find Sarah Waters' novels good for reading in a oner; they're real page-turners and very satisfying.

I second those who said A Suitable Boy and Anna Karenina. I love AK - made me realise not all Russian books are like crime and punishment. Man I hate that book. Although actually saw a play version of it in past year and was v good. Also the Cairo trilogy by Mahfouz. Smoky, dusty, evocative trilogy all fairly chunky in themselves. Oh and the collected diaries of a provincial lady.

A Suitable Boy is glorious. I read it years ago but still think about them all and what they might be doing. Those characters have stayed with me, like real people, much more than characters from most books.

War and Peace. Not as good as Anna Karenin imo, but longer.

vvviola do give AK another try, it's fantastic really . One of the books I tend to re-read most years.

Yy to trying again with AK.

I read (most) of it on a 3 hour train journey and was gutted when I arrived at my destination as I was desperate to carry on reading! Must have been 20 years ago but the memory of reading it is so vivid.

Cryptonomicon. If you like that, then the Baroque trilogy also by Neal Stephenson.

Or Vanity Fair.

Shanteram
Gone with the Wind
Against a Dark Background by Iain M Banks (don't be put off by its Sci-fi ness)

The Children's Book (Byatt)
Signature of All Things (Gilbert)
Suitable Boy (Seth)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Adichie)
East of Eden (Steinbeck)
Most books by Dickens especially David Copperfield
Telegraph Avenue (Chabon)

I could go on and on (War and Peace? ).

Oh yes:
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell - long and engrossing

Fourth vote here for The Goldfinch (Tartt)