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Books That Required Some Work

These reads required some extra effort for me to understand and get through for varying reasons. Some were worth the effort.
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
1
Don Delillo
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
2
Michael Ondaatje
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
3
Virginia Woolf
The Lime Twig (John Hawkes)
The Lime Twig
4
John Hawkes
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard (J. G. Ballard)
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard
5
J. G. Ballard
In Watermelon Sugar (Brautigan)
In Watermelon Sugar
6
Brautigan
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
7
E.L. Doctorow
The Mermaid and the Drunks (Ben Richards)
The Mermaid and the Drunks
8
Ben Richards
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
9
Thomas Pynchon
The Castle of Crossed Destinies (Italo Calvino)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
10
Italo Calvino
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
11
Clarice Lispector
The Curfew (Jesse Ball)
The Curfew
12
Jesse Ball
Blue of Noon
Blue of Noon
13
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
14
Jean Toomer
Decipher (Stel Pavlou)
Decipher
15
Stel Pavlou
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
16
Flannery O'Connor
Elizabeth Costello (J.M. Coetzee)
Elizabeth Costello
17
J.M. Coetzee
Clark Gifford's Body (Kenneth Fearing)
Clark Gifford's Body
18
Kenneth Fearing
Observatory Mansions (Edward Carey)
Observatory Mansions
19
Edward Carey
Shroud
Shroud
20
Madapple (Christina Meldrum)
Madapple
21
Christina Meldrum
Aiding and Abetting (Muriel Spark)
Aiding and Abetting
22
Muriel Spark
The Foreigners (Maxine Swann)
The Foreigners
23
Maxine Swann
Death in the Garden (Elizabeth Ironside)
Death in the Garden
24
Elizabeth Ironside
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
25
Tove Jansson
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
26
Henry James
Red Lights (Georges Simenon)
Red Lights
27
Georges Simenon
The Hours Before Dawn (Celia Fremlin)
The Hours Before Dawn
28
Celia Fremlin
The Crime of the Century (Kingsley Amis)
The Crime of the Century
29
Kingsley Amis
The Passionate Witch (Thorne Smith)
The Passionate Witch
30
Thorne Smith
Straight Cut (Madison Smartt Bell)
Straight Cut
31
Madison Smartt Bell
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
32
Nelson Algren
The Marble Faun (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Marble Faun
33
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ghostwalk
Ghostwalk
34
Homo Faber
Homo Faber
35
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
36
Marguerite Duras
The Women on the Wall (Wallace Stegner)
The Women on the Wall
37
Wallace Stegner
The Rider on the White Horse (Theodor Storm)
The Rider on the White Horse
38
Theodor Storm
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
39
Walker Percy
Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane)
Shutter Island
40
Dennis Lehane
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