Can somebody recommend me an epic?

[WhistlersandJugglers]

Hi, I'm in Ireland where the libraries have been closed all year and there is no sign of them opening any time soon. I want to buy a few long books to keep me going. I like family saga type books like Brick Lane, The Poisonwood Bible, Cutting for Stone, A Suitable Boy, Half of a Yellow Sun. If anybody has a suggestion I'd really appreciate it.

Try The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz.

Multi-generational family saga in Cairo - i read it straight after A Suitable Boy.

The little friend Donna Tartt - took my some time to read this - loved it

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Hunger Games trilogy. Dark but brilliantly written.

War and Peace is an epic family saga, and will keep you going for a bit. I loved it.
Also Midnights Children. I loved that, too

Following.

I really liked the outlander books up to about number five. Epic if a little trashy

Love the Outlander books. Series is great, but the books so much better. Number 9 is due soon.

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. It's at epic alright. Beautifully written and so engrossing.

The Rose Trilogy by Jennifer Donnelly

Czardas by Diane Pearson
About a aristocratic & part Jewish family in Hungary in the early 20th century to the 1950's especially through ww2 & the communist take over
a beautiful tragic & satisfying (makes sense?) book
Be prepared its a long book & compelling enough to ruin sleep (because you won't want to put it down - I must get my hands on another copy!!)

I’ve just purchased the shardlake series. Supposed to be good

A big read with plenty of story is The Son by Philip Meyer. It made me cry which is very rare

Any of Kate Morton's books but particularly The Lake House, The Distant Hours and The House At Riverton.

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.

I second Wild Swans.

I didn't t like the Bone Clock, I hadn't realised it was sci fi when I started reading it or u wouldn't have bothered.

The Count of Monte Cristo. Amazing.

Shantaram

Hi @WhistlersandJugglers! Just noticed your name.

Olivia Manning - the Balkan Trilogy and the Levant Trilogy. Wartime new wife living in (as you would expect!) in Romania then Greece, then Egypt and the Middle East. Husband has non military, not especially senior official roles, and she has to come to terms with the disappointments (and good points) of marriage to someone with all the positives and negatives of their character, plus the many reverses of the first half of the war.

Forever Amber
Cazalet Chronicles
Wolf Hall trilogy
Shogun (forget the crappy Richard Chamberlain mini series, this book is epic and fascinating)
Shardlake series

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.
The Wolf Hall Trilogy by Hilary Mantel.

Mixed reviews on MN but I loved them.

Oh, and love The Count of Monte Christo. Definitely epic!

Also Middlemarch, the Anthony Trollope Barsetshire series and Palliser series, War and Peace/Anna Karenina.

The Heart’s invisible furies by John Boyne. Best book I’ve read in ages, loved it.

Any of Khaled Hosseini’s books. My favourite is A thousand splendid suns

Might be a bit dark for what you're after, but how about the Gormenghast Trilogy?

Deborah Harkness - The All Souls Trilogy (better than the TV series)

Amitav Ghosh - The Glass Palace and/ or the Ibis Trilogy

Mary Beth Keane - Fever

I was recommended The Shell Seekers on here, it's very good.

I also came on to suggest Wild Swans.