| 2026-07-06 | Long, detailed tales |
| 2026-02-09 | Long stories |
| 2025-09-22 | Long-winded tales |
| 2024-12-05 | Long stories |
| 2024-11-23 | Stories that can be read both forward and backward? |
| 2024-08-21 | Ancestral tales, often |
| 2024-07-16 | Drawn-out tales |
| 2023-07-12 | Major ordeals |
| 2022-09-09 | Stories that might take a while |
| 2020-12-10 | "On again, off again" love stories, say |
| 2020-04-29 | Heroic tales |
| 2019-08-12 | Stories with many chapters |
| 2018-09-07 | Stories with many chapters |
| 2016-12-14 | "Game of Thrones" and others |
| 2016-01-17 | Some family histories |
| 2015-04-05 | Some trilogies |
| 2012-11-15 | "War and Peace" and others |
| 2011-03-07 | Long-winded stories |
| 2010-10-18 | Multigenerational stories |
| 2010-09-15 | Soap operas, essentially |
| 2010-08-02 | Long, drawn-out stories |
| 2010-03-12 | They might span generations |
| 2009-12-05 | Trilogies, often |
| 2009-08-16 | "The Thorn Birds" and others |
| 2009-03-25 | Long tales |
| 2008-06-23 | Norse myths, e.g. |
| 2008-03-06 | Some family histories |
| 2005-09-12 | Multigenerational tales |
| 2005-08-28 | Thick novels |
| 2005-02-28 | Heroic tales |
| 2004-11-02 | Short stories they're not |
| 2003-12-14 | Big stories |
| 2003-06-08 | "The Lord of the Rings" and the like |
| 2003-02-16 | "The Lord of the Rings" books, e.g. |
| 2003-01-02 | No quick reads |
| 2002-06-23 | Many Michener works |
| 2002-03-21 | They may span generations |
| 2002-02-19 | Heroic tales |
| 2002-01-28 | Long stories |
| 2001-10-10 | Heroic tales |
| 2000-09-22 | "Beowulf" and others |
| 1999-05-04 | Historical writings |
| 1999-02-07 | Continuing stories |
| 1997-06-02 | Adventures |
| 1997-02-27 | "Heimskringla" stories |
| 1995-04-03 | Drawn-out tales |
| 1995-02-26 | Novel forms |
| 1994-09-12 | Heroic legends |
| 1994-08-11 | "Heimskringla" et al. |
| 1994-02-06 | Some miniseries |