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100 Long and Challenging Classics

Here is a list of 100 long and or challenging books that are all at least over 400 pages from well-known authors.
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In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
1
Marcel Proust
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
2
James Joyce
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
3
James Joyce
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
4
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
5
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
6
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
7
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
8
Alexandre Dumas
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
9
Victor Hugo
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
10
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
11
Ayn Rand
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
12
Margaret Mitchell
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
13
Alexandre Dumas
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
14
Henry Fielding
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
15
George Eliot
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
16
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
17
Leo Tolstoy
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
18
Louisa May Alcott
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
19
Miguel De Cervantes
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
20
Simone De Beauvoir
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
21
Frank Herbert
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
22
John Steinbeck
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
23
John Steinbeck
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
24
Mikhail Bulgakov
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
25
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
26
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
Nicholas Nickleby
27
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
28
Charles Dickens
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
29
Charles Dickens
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
30
W. Somerset Maugham
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
31
Anonymous
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
32
David Foster Wallace
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
33
David Mitchell
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
34
Theodore Dreiser
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
35
Stephen King
Insomnia (Stephen King)
Insomnia
36
Stephen King
It (Stephen King)
It
37
Stephen King
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
38
Stendhal
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
39
Sir Walter Scott
Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Fellowship of the Ring
40
J.R.R. Tolkien
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