| "Bonjour Tristesse" author | 36 |
| "Billions and Billions" author Carl | 45 |
| "Billions and billions" astronomer | 44 |
| "Billions & Billions" author | 42 |
| "A Certain Smile" author | 34 |
| 'Cosmos' author | 23 |
| ''Cosmos'' author | 33 |
| ''Broca's Brain'' author | 44 |
| ''Bonjour Tristesse'' author | 44 |
| Tales of heroism | 16 |
| Epic tales | 10 |
| Multivolume tales | 17 |
| Narratives | 10 |
| Epic accounts | 13 |
| Drawn-out tales | 15 |
| Sprawling narratives | 20 |
| Palindromic tales | 17 |
| Long, drawn-out stories | 23 |
| Long narratives | 15 |
| Lengthy stories | 15 |
| Grandiose tales | 15 |
| "The Lord of the Rings" and the like | 46 |
| Tome-filling tales | 18 |
| They are long stories | 21 |
| Sweeping tales | 14 |
| Romans-fleuves | 14 |
| Palindrome for no quick reads | 29 |
| Major accounts | 14 |
| Long-winded stories | 19 |
| Long prose narratives | 21 |
| Lengthy tales | 13 |
| Lengthy narratives | 18 |
| Epics | 5 |
| Epic stories of heroism | 23 |
| Epic narratives | 15 |
| Drawn-out accounts | 18 |
| Dramatic, detailed tales | 24 |
| Continuing stories | 18 |
| Big accounts | 12 |
| "The Thorn Birds" and others | 38 |
| "Beowulf" and others | 30 |
| Wondrous tales of yore | 22 |
| What legends are made of? | 25 |
| Viking stories | 14 |
| Trilogies, often | 16 |
| Thick novels | 12 |
| They usually span many years | 28 |
| They span many generations | 26 |
| They might span generations | 27 |
| They may span generations | 25 |
| Tales you can also read backwards? | 34 |
| Tales of the PAst | 17 |
| Stories that span generations | 29 |
| Stirring stories | 16 |
| Some multivolume novels | 23 |
| Some miniseries | 15 |
| Some family histories | 21 |
| Some are thrilling, some boring, all are long | 45 |
| Soap operas, essentially | 24 |
| Soap opera story lines | 22 |
| Short stories they're not | 29 |
| Old Norse family tales | 22 |
| Novel forms | 11 |
| Norse narratives | 16 |
| Norse myths, e.g. | 17 |
| No quick reads | 14 |
| Narratives of a kind | 20 |
| Multivolume narratives | 22 |
| Multigenerational tales | 23 |
| Multigenerational stories | 25 |
| Many Michener works | 19 |
| Lengthy yarns | 13 |
| Lengthy legends | 15 |
| Historical writings | 19 |
| Historical novels | 17 |
| Heroic writings | 15 |
| Heroic narratives | 17 |
| Heroic legends | 14 |
| Forsyte, etc. | 13 |
| Epic stories | 12 |
| Elaborate tales | 15 |
| Detailed accounts | 17 |
| Continuing dramas | 17 |
| Big stories | 11 |
| Accounts that span generations | 30 |
| "War and Peace" and others | 36 |
| "Heimskringla" stories | 32 |
| "Heimskringla" et al. | 31 |
| Stuffing herb | 13 |
| Wise person | 11 |
| Like Solomon | 12 |
| Wise, as advice | 15 |
| Solomonic | 9 |
| Cook's mint | 15 |
| One venerated for wisdom | 24 |
| Herb in stuffing | 16 |
| Stuffing seasoning | 18 |
| Kind of brush | 13 |
| Cooking mint | 12 |
| Sapient | 7 |