Books Worth Spending a Whole Weekend With

A whole weekend with one book is a chance to settle into another place, rather than simply finish a large number of pages. These novels offer an inhabited world, a reason to keep turning the pages and a central story worth following through. The choices range from family histories to enclosed mysteries and speculative journeys. Piranesi and Sea of Tranquility leave more room to pause; Spinning Silver, The House of the Spirits and The Golem and the Jinni ask for much of both days. Reading speeds and editions vary, so treat this as a weekend cleared for reading, with meals and breaks, rather than a promise to fit every book around a busy schedule.