Mine is 350. Honestly more than that and you need an editor, you don't know what you want to say, or you better be Stephen King. If you've read say, 500 plus let me know the book, and if it was worth it.
shareI don't have a max page count. I've read several novels that were over 500 pages and I think I liked most of them.
shareLong Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation, by Myra MacPherson
742 pages. Very good.
I prefer long bios. Sometimes it will take me months.
sharei certainly like concision in books & everything else.
but i've read some longer books. sometimes, when you are dealing with certain topics, you just need that much room to make your argument.
steven pinker's better angels of our nature is an example of that.
vincent bugliosi's reclaiming history is another.
robert putnam's bowling alone too.
Interesting theory. Page count is not something I usually pay attention to.
shareIts the first thing I look at... when i see 450 I'm thinking wow this person has allot to say, or they want some extra page count from Amazon Unlimited. Stretching things out is the way of the world. Why say something succinct, song or book when you can drag it out for no reason. Anyone heard the repeat in songs 4 times. I love rock an roll..really we needed you to say that a sixth time.
shareNot quite 500, 448. Watership Down, hardcover. I read it in 18 hours because I couldn't put it down.
shareI'm correcting myself. It was 823 pages, The Stand, hardcover. The only Stephen King I've ever read. Not worth it.
shareI'm reading "Doctor Sleep" right now and I'm struggling to get through it. Hopefully the movie will be better. King has some good ideas, but I don't like how he executes his thoughts.
share"King has some good ideas, but I don't like how he executes his thoughts."
Now that you say it, that's exactly how I feel about him. Great or at least interesting ideas, not well written.