The autumn equinox has been and gone and the leaves are already beginning to fall – so what better way to celebrate the darker nights drawing in, than by settling down to an epic tale.
While you probably already know some great tales already, such as 'Gone With The Wind', 'The Thorn Birds' or 'War and Peace', we've selected a number of stirring stories and magnificent tales to set you on your way this autumn, which you may not know. With every one of them weighing-in at over eight hundred pages or more, they're certainly big enough to keep you company all night long, so get the kettle on, bag your favourite spot on the sofa and embark on an epic adventure of love, greed, revenge and lots more. We know you'll enjoy these huge reads especially since they don't cost the earth!
| A Suitable Boy By: Vikram Seth    | All Books Just £3.75 Vikram Seth's novel is at its core a love story, the tale of Lata - and her mother's attempts to find her a suitable husband, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. A splendid, massive family saga, set in post-Independence India. | The Pillars of the Earth By: Ken Follett   | All Books Just £3.75 A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett's historical masterpiece. |
| Darkmans By: Nicola Barker  | All Books Just £3.75 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. This is a rowdy, riotous tale, a tale in which the medieval past takes on a face, name, and occupation and roams around the humdrum town of Ashford, bringing chaos to the lives of those it picks on. | The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters By: G.W. Dahlquist  | All Books Just £3.75 A spy, a killer, an imposter - three most unlikely but nevertheless extraordinary heroes become inadvertently involved in the diabolical machinations of a cabal bent upon enslaving thousands through a devilish process. |
| This Charming Man By: Marian Keyes   | All Books Just £3.75 'Everybody remembers where they were the day they heard that Paddy de Courcy was getting married'. Lola has every reason to be interested in who Paddy's marrying - because although she's his girlfriend, she isn't the bride-to-be. | Until I Find You By: John Irving  | All Books Just £3.75 John Irving's 11th novel is set in Canada and New England, as well as Hollywood and the North Sea ports of Europe. It is epic in scope, and Irving's most ambitious and moving work to date. |