BBC Radio 4: The ten books we rarely get around to reading

Lockdown has got us thinking about all the best bulky books out there. Put off if a novel doesn’t fit in your pocket? Don’t be. After all, right now there aren't many reasons not to tackle a thousand-page tome.

Here are some of literature’s greatest gargantuan novels that we should all add to our list. Read on if you dare…
NOTE: These page counts for books are approximations by BBC and will vary with your edition of the book.