In Search of Lost Time: 4,000 pages—aaagh! War and Peace: hundreds of Russian names! Moby-Dick: guy obsessed with a whale—so unlikely. The Man Without Qualities: another looming literary Everest. But as our four impassioned guides will tell you, these books aren't just monumental, they're monumentally good. Ladies and gentlemen, start your books!

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