100 Doorstopper Books to Level Up Your Spring Reading

Here’s one thing that bookworms can and should be proud of: We still have the ability to stay focused. In the age of the rapidly diminishing attention span, devoted book readers are holding the line. The simple act of finishing a novel is no small feat among all these 21st-century distractions. Go ahead and brag about it. We do.
 
But if you really want to earn some bonus points, consider queuing up a book from this collection: 100 doorstoppers, each clocking in at more than 500 pages. Think of it as a challenge, a test of mental discipline, or simply an opportunity to spend sustained time with a great story.
 
We ventured deep into the stacks for this one, gathering books both very old (circa 700 BCE, some say) and pretty new. And you’ve got quite a range of topics and genre options: college English class staples, 14th-century murder mysteries, multilayered dark academia, Pulitzer Prize–winning ecological parables, and touchstones of Black literary history.
 
Also in the mix: cryptic weird fiction, classic Westerns, Victorian queer romance, historically resonant ghost stories, whaling techniques from the 1800s, grim dystopian visions, and courageous utopian ones. Whew!
 
Click on the book cover images for more details about each book, and feel free to use the Want to Read button to add to your digital shelf. Remember, these are heavy books! Lift with your legs!