A Good LONG Romance Book

Hi, I LOVE a nice looong book that I just can't put down.
I'm Looking for a nice long romantic book.

The books I like are Her Fearful symmetry, One Day, The Time Travelers wife. I'm 19 but I would love something more mature.

Any thoughts???

Thanks in Advance!!

You could try Kathleen E Woodiwiss's 'The Wolf and the Dove' which is long and very romantic. Most of hers are a good solid read. Another long, romantic tearjerker is Green Darkness by Anya Seton. A personal favourite of mine (though difficult to find) is Edin's Embrace by Nadine Crenshaw.

If you're after something a little more modern not specifically from the 'romantic' genre but pretty romantic nevetheless you could try The Glass Books of the Dreameaters by G W Dalhquist.

Aside from that, if you're after specifically 'romantic' novels then I would recommend just about anything from Madeline Hunter. Her Seducer series and her Medieval series are both great and although not particularly lengthy as individual books, you have the bonus of them coming in groups of five follow on novels.

Finally, (forgive my random recommendations, i'm typing as they come to me), you could try 'Carter Beats the Devil' which again, is not of the romantic genre per se but is a cracking read and has enough romantic elements to satisfy that angle.

An eclectic group for you but all good stuff. The ultimate 'long' romantic novel however would have to be 'Rebecca' by Daphne Du Maurier. A must in any collection.

Try Jodi Picout's and Anita Shreve's books.

I like Deborah Smith's books e.g. When Venus Fell, Bear Mountain, A Place to call Home, The Crossroads Cafe, Gentle Rain, Charming Grace, Sweet Hush.

Nora Roberts, a prolific writer, writes romances, romantic suspense and witchy/fae novels. Try her Cheasapeake quartet, her Callahan Sisters trilogy etc. very good. Then there's her romantic suspenses e.g. Northern Lights, Black Hills etc., and her very good Three Sisters trilogy.

Joann Ross is also very good - books like the lovely Legend's Lake; Shelter Bay series; The Callahan Brothers trilogy, Blue Bayou, River Rd, Magnolia Moon; Stewart Sisters trilogy etc.

Try Maeve Binchy's books.

Also Frenchman's Creek by Daphne DuMaurier - adventure and romance.

Then there's
Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Evans -The Smoke Jumper and The Horse Whisperer.
Barbara Delinsky - The Coast Road, Lake News, Three Wishes.
Luanne Rice
Susan Wiggs

Sandra Brown
Karen Robards
Linda Howard
Jennifer Cruise - Welcome to Temptation - funny & witty

Last Letter from Your Lover and also Silver Bay - Jojo Moyes
Secrets and Sins -Jaishree Misra
Missing You - Louise Douglas
White Gardinia - Belinda Alexandra
The Magic Hour (and many more) - Charlotte Bingham
Juliet - Anne Fortier
Penny Vincenzi novels
The Clouds Beneath the Sun - Makenzie Ford
Some Other Eden - Natasha Farrant
Sashenka - Simon Montefiore
The Last Concubine - Lesley Downs
East of the Sun - Julia Gregson
The Italian Matchmaker - Santa Montefiore
Sophia's Secret - Susanna Kearsley
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
The Last Summer - Catrin Collier
A Step in the Dark - Judith Lennox
Gardens of Delight & also The Queen of New Beginnings - Erica James (the latter one is very good)
Another Life - Sara MacDonald
The Italian Wedding - Nicky Pellegrino (I enjoyed this)
River Run Deep - Rachel Treasure
The Glass Blower of Murano - Marina Fiorato (very good and interesting)
A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
Wuthering Heights and also Jane Eyre - Brontes
The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy
Poldark series - Winston Graham

The Days of Summer - Jill Barnett (very good)

Penny Vincenzi writes long romance sagas

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For a great read try Beverly Hughesdon's Song of Songs its epic and you will wish it was even longer, also any books buy Emma Drummond (also writes as Elizabeth Darrell).
From Lin.

I would heartily recommend Diana Gabaldon's "Cross Stitch". Lovely and long and if you like it there are 6 more after that.

I haven't read it yet but Gone With the Wind?

Nora Roberts "In Death" series writing as J.D. Robb. There are over 30 of them.

May I brag? One of my readers recently sent me an Eve Dallas hat signed by Nora Roberts. Eve is the h in the series. I feel so privileged when I wear it.

one of the best books ever Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon then go on to read all the books in the series

There was a retelling of Jane Eyre if of any interest. But its not released in the uk yet (Teana Rowland). Also days of summer Jill Barnett-very well written.

Gone with the Wind, its the most beautiful book and long!

I agree with gone with the wind, i read it recently and i loved it

Havne't heard of Cross Sttch by Diana Gabaldon, but looked it up, and if you do like it, try LAdy of Hay by Barabra Erskine and her other books.

Try The Bay at Midnight by Diane Chamberlain. It's not fantasy. Having looked at what you have read, do you want timetravel, paranormal, fantasy?

Try Christine Feehan's Drake Sisters trilogy.
J R Ward - Black Daggar Brotherhood series.

For timetravel and romance, try Karen Marie Monings Highlander series. Full of Sidhe (faeries), druids. Read in sequence if possible. She then follows this with a sequal series ".... Fever" series. This is much, much darker and less romantic. It's about the dark Sidhe and the fight to save earth from them. It has some of the druid characters from Highlander in it. You do need to read this series strictly in sequence though because of the time sequences in the plot.

You could try this, it came up on my Amazon's recommendations:

After you've Gone - Maggie O'Farrell

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy -quite possiblythe greatest book ever written

Paradise by Judith Macnaught. Its got the lot!!!!!!!Paradise I just know you're really going to enjoy it! Good reading!!

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor.

The Game of Kings (Legendary Lymond Chronicles) by Dorothy Dunnet and Niccolo Rising: The House of Niccolo both are incredibly complex historical love stories stretching over several novels and both are the first novels in a separate but connected series. Very compelling and fascinating. Just think of Diana Gabaldon author of Cross Stitch and the book Gone with the Wind on turbo charge.

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