What's your preferred novel length?

[history_lover]

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[June Shaw]

Sometimes it depends, but since my TBR pile is so large, I often prefer a shorter novel. Often those are in a series anyway, so that works well. I can get on to the next one.

[N. Gemini Sasson]

It really depends on time constraints, so I like to mix it up. During some periods, things at home are so crazy with teenagers and their activities, that a short book fits the bill perfectly.  Something I can read while waiting in the car to pick them up or at the doctor's office.  When I don't have deadlines and the schedule's more open, I can sink into a longer book for awhile.

[Cliff Ball]

I generally prefer reading under 400 pages. Occasionally, I'll read something over 400, but not often. I think the longest fiction novel I have ever read was MR Mathias' The Sword and The Dragon, and it stayed interesting over the whole length of the novel, which helped a lot. I'd like to get into the full version of The Lord of the Rings, but, I don't know.

[AnnetteL]

The majority of what I read falls in the 250-350 page range, but I don't mind shorter or longer books at all if that's what's needed to tell the story well. (LOVED the unabridged Count of Monte Cristo, for example--that's somewhere around 1K pages.)

Really depends on the genre and target audience, and the expectations in those. An epic fantasy will be longer than a cozy mystery, and the majority of YA isn't going to be thick tomes, either. But I'm happy to read a long Dickens novel on occasion!