Indian author Vikram Seth is finally writing a sequel to his mammoth novel A Suitable Boy.

No word on whether the sequel, set for publication in 2013 (20 years after its predecessor) will be an enormous read, as well.

Check out our list of other enormous novels to slow down even the most voracious reader. How many have you read? I find the idea of reading War & Peace dizzying. Shantaram doesn’t even hold a candle to some of them, and it almost did me in (but is a very good book).