Do not fear the big boys, some of the best literature around clocks in at over 700 pages.

It's really natural to shy away from those huge books often promoted as the best books of all time. Some are absolutely huge, an accomplishment of literary endurance, written by authors that look far too young to have actually had the ability to write a lot of words in their life time, not to mention read it and redraft it sufficient times to get it ready for publication. Nevertheless, if dealt…