diff --git a/parquet/pqarrow/encode_arrow_test.go b/parquet/pqarrow/encode_arrow_test.go
index b75a5c01..78e9c684 100644
--- a/parquet/pqarrow/encode_arrow_test.go
+++ b/parquet/pqarrow/encode_arrow_test.go
@@ -1945,6 +1945,53 @@ func TestParquetArrowIO(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(ParquetIOTestSuite))
 }
 
+func TestForceLargeTypes(t *testing.T) {
+	mem := memory.NewCheckedAllocator(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+	defer mem.AssertSize(t, 0)
+
+	sc := arrow.NewSchema([]arrow.Field{
+		{Name: "str", Type: arrow.BinaryTypes.LargeString},
+		{Name: "bin", Type: arrow.BinaryTypes.LargeBinary},
+	}, nil)
+
+	bldr := array.NewRecordBuilder(mem, sc)
+	defer bldr.Release()
+
+	bldr.Field(0).(*array.LargeStringBuilder).AppendValues([]string{"hello", "foo", "bar"}, nil)
+	bldr.Field(1).(*array.BinaryBuilder).AppendValues([][]byte{[]byte("hello"), []byte("foo"), []byte("bar")}, nil)
+
+	rec := bldr.NewRecord()
+	defer rec.Release()
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	wr, err := pqarrow.NewFileWriter(sc, &buf,
+		parquet.NewWriterProperties(),
+		pqarrow.NewArrowWriterProperties(pqarrow.WithAllocator(mem)))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, wr.Write(rec))
+	require.NoError(t, wr.Close())
+
+	rdr, err := file.NewParquetReader(bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes()))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer rdr.Close()
+
+	props := pqarrow.ArrowReadProperties{}
+	props.SetForceLarge(0, true)
+	props.SetForceLarge(1, true)
+	pqrdr, err := pqarrow.NewFileReader(rdr, props, mem)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	recrdr, err := pqrdr.GetRecordReader(context.Background(), nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer recrdr.Release()
+
+	got, err := recrdr.Read()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Truef(t, array.RecordEqual(rec, got), "expected: %s\ngot: %s", rec, got)
+}
+
 func TestBufferedRecWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	mem := memory.NewCheckedAllocator(memory.DefaultAllocator)
 	defer mem.AssertSize(t, 0)
diff --git a/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader.go b/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader.go
index c9a83b8c..d6eae17a 100755
--- a/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader.go
+++ b/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader.go
@@ -471,9 +471,13 @@ func (fr *FileReader) GetRecordReader(ctx context.Context, colIndices, rowGroups
 		nrows += fr.rdr.MetaData().RowGroup(rg).NumRows()
 	}
 
+	batchSize := fr.Props.BatchSize
+	if fr.Props.BatchSize <= 0 {
+		batchSize = nrows
+	}
 	return &recordReader{
 		numRows:      nrows,
-		batchSize:    fr.Props.BatchSize,
+		batchSize:    batchSize,
 		parallel:     fr.Props.Parallel,
 		sc:           sc,
 		fieldReaders: readers,
diff --git a/parquet/pqarrow/properties.go b/parquet/pqarrow/properties.go
index dc7f4e09..d349a398 100755
--- a/parquet/pqarrow/properties.go
+++ b/parquet/pqarrow/properties.go
@@ -166,7 +166,37 @@ type ArrowReadProperties struct {
 	// BatchSize is the size used for calls to NextBatch when reading whole columns
 	BatchSize int64
 
-	readDictIndices map[int]struct{}
+	readDictIndices   map[int]struct{}
+	forceLargeIndices map[int]struct{}
+}
+
+// SetForceLarge determines whether a particular column, if it is String or Binary,
+// will use the LargeString/LargeBinary variants (with int64 offsets) instead of int32
+// offsets. This is specifically useful if you know that particular columns contain more
+// than 2GB worth of byte data which would prevent use of int32 offsets.
+//
+// Passing false will use the default variants while passing true will use the large
+// variant. If the passed column index is not a string or binary column, then this will
+// have no effect.
+func (props *ArrowReadProperties) SetForceLarge(colIdx int, forceLarge bool) {
+	if props.forceLargeIndices == nil {
+		props.forceLargeIndices = make(map[int]struct{})
+	}
+
+	if forceLarge {
+		props.forceLargeIndices[colIdx] = struct{}{}
+	} else {
+		delete(props.forceLargeIndices, colIdx)
+	}
+}
+
+func (props *ArrowReadProperties) ForceLarge(colIdx int) bool {
+	if props.forceLargeIndices == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	_, ok := props.forceLargeIndices[colIdx]
+	return ok
 }
 
 // SetReadDict determines whether to read a particular column as dictionary
diff --git a/parquet/pqarrow/schema.go b/parquet/pqarrow/schema.go
index 6d30359c..efb95519 100644
--- a/parquet/pqarrow/schema.go
+++ b/parquet/pqarrow/schema.go
@@ -717,6 +717,15 @@ func listToSchemaField(n *schema.GroupNode, currentLevels file.LevelInfo, ctx *s
 			arrowType = &arrow.DictionaryType{IndexType: arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int32, ValueType: arrowType}
 		}
 
+		if arrow.IsBinaryLike(arrowType.ID()) && ctx.props.ForceLarge(colIndex) {
+			switch arrowType.ID() {
+			case arrow.STRING:
+				arrowType = arrow.BinaryTypes.LargeString
+			case arrow.BINARY:
+				arrowType = arrow.BinaryTypes.LargeBinary
+			}
+		}
+
 		itemField := arrow.Field{Name: listNode.Name(), Type: arrowType, Nullable: false, Metadata: createFieldMeta(int(listNode.FieldID()))}
 		populateLeaf(colIndex, &itemField, currentLevels, ctx, out, &out.Children[0])
 	}
@@ -891,6 +900,15 @@ func nodeToSchemaField(n schema.Node, currentLevels file.LevelInfo, ctx *schemaT
 		arrowType = &arrow.DictionaryType{IndexType: arrow.PrimitiveTypes.Int32, ValueType: arrowType}
 	}
 
+	if arrow.IsBinaryLike(arrowType.ID()) && ctx.props.ForceLarge(colIndex) {
+		switch arrowType.ID() {
+		case arrow.STRING:
+			arrowType = arrow.BinaryTypes.LargeString
+		case arrow.BINARY:
+			arrowType = arrow.BinaryTypes.LargeBinary
+		}
+	}
+
 	if primitive.RepetitionType() == parquet.Repetitions.Repeated {
 		// one-level list encoding e.g. a: repeated int32;
 		repeatedAncestorDefLevel := currentLevels.IncrementRepeated()