What's the heaviest book you ever read?

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Posted by artistaeli Jan 26th, 2010 at 6:40AM

War and Peace by Tolstoy. The shear weight of it put me off reading it on several occaisions. It was easier reading the Bible, than reading War and Peace, and I'm not even a Christian! (lol). When I finally did get around to reading War and Peace it took me 3 attempts before I read it all the way through! I'd love to speak enough French and Russian to read it in it's original form. Now that's challenge!

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19 Answers to "What's the heaviest book you ever read?"

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   Posted by SeriouslySappy Jan 25th, 2010 at 5:34AM

   The dictionary. It's very heavy. And no, I didn't read the whole thing.

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   Posted by NobodySpecial Jan 25th, 2010 at 5:34AM

   2009 International Residential Code for one and two family dwellings... Its also the most boring book I've ever read but I need to know it since I build houses

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   Posted by CaJe82 Jan 25th, 2010 at 5:33AM

   The Brothers Karamazov. It comes in with a higher word count than War and Peace.

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   Posted by LBee585 Jan 25th, 2010 at 9:39AM

   Peter Pan by JM Barrie. How deep and thought provoking to never grow up. To never WANT to grow up. To explore the lines between childhood and adulthood. Ideas of repression and responsibility. Wendy choosing to go home and grow up... shattering.

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   Posted by nakedeyes Jan 25th, 2010 at 8:58AM

   The Emerald Tablet by Dennis William Hauck. It's a book about transforming yourself through spiritual alchemy. The applications can cause a massive but necessary upheaval in your life if you follow them step by step.

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   Posted by MrsLalaninjacakes Jan 25th, 2010 at 3:14AM

   Something to do with vj-ing. Lots of pretty pictures

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   Posted by dartist Jan 24th, 2010 at 8:07PM

   By weight, "The Dome" which I am reading now. Great read but hard for me to hold.
   
   "War and Peace" because I kept getting those Russian names mixed up.
   
   "Paradise" by Toni Morrison because it made no sense at all. The only book I ever gave up on.

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   Posted by pukirahe Jan 24th, 2010 at 5:19PM

   The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah.
   You can get it in your language at any Baha'i centers in your country.

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   Posted by EUGEL01 Jan 24th, 2010 at 5:00PM

   Stephen King's It, very big weight wise and reading wise it was HEAAAAVVVY!

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    Posted by Shuhak Jan 24th, 2010 at 4:54PM

    Heavy as in weight (lbs./kg.), or heavy as in “content”?
    
    Weight – the dictionary.
    Content – the bible

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    Posted by mzdivine Jan 24th, 2010 at 3:18PM

    The Adelaide Telephone Directory!.....From A----Z

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    Posted by ronkey02 Jan 24th, 2010 at 1:05PM

    The History of Indian Regiments of the British Empire.......not only the heaviest, probably the most boring

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    Posted by blackarcher Jan 24th, 2010 at 6:26AM

    The Theory of Justice by Rawls

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    Posted by unit1963 Jan 24th, 2010 at 6:04AM

    The Black Dahlia/James Ellroy.
    The way, Elisabeth Short was tortured, was described in detail. The torturer had an imaginative, though sick mind in that regard.

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    Posted by inspectorcallahan Jan 24th, 2010 at 6:02AM

    the ten comandments first edition

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    Posted by LeisaWolf Jan 24th, 2010 at 5:56AM

    History of Art

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    Posted by Robiette Jan 24th, 2010 at 5:53AM

    The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu or Gone with the wind maybe by Margaret Mitchell (i think I dont have them in front of me to compare. Could be some other book I love reading.)

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    Posted by mmjgg Jan 24th, 2010 at 5:49AM

    DO MAGAZINES COUNT?

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