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Books That Required Some Work - Page 2

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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Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
41
Yann Martel
The Mermaid Chair (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Mermaid Chair
42
Sue Monk Kidd
Bogmail (Patrick McGinley)
Bogmail
43
Patrick McGinley
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
44
Ayn Rand
The Horned Man (James Lasdun)
The Horned Man
45
James Lasdun
The Seven Sisters (Margaret Drabble)
The Seven Sisters
46
Margaret Drabble
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
47
Cormac McCarthy
C S Lewis Til We Have Faces
C S Lewis Til We Have Faces
48
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
49
Elfriede Jelinek
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Other Voices, Other Rooms
50
Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind (Michael Fessier)
Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind
51
Michael Fessier
Machines in the Head (Anna Kavan)
Machines in the Head
52
Anna Kavan
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
53
Denis Johnson
Date With Mystery (Julia Chapman)
Date With Mystery
54
Julia Chapman
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Stuart Turton)
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
55
Stuart Turton
Wolf in White Van (John Darnielle)
Wolf in White Van
56
John Darnielle
Death on Gokumon Island (Seishi Yokomizo)
Death on Gokumon Island
57
Seishi Yokomizo
It Walks by Night (John Dickson Carr)
It Walks by Night
58
John Dickson Carr
Nightmare (Lynn Brock)
Nightmare
59
Lynn Brock
Tenth of December (Saunders)
Tenth of December
60
Saunders
Cards of Identity
Cards of Identity
61
Down Below (Leonora Carrington)
Down Below
62
Leonora Carrington
Cotters' England (Christina Stead)
Cotters' England
63
Christina Stead
No Bed for Bacon (Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon)
No Bed for Bacon
64
Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon
The Bachelors (Muriel Spark)
The Bachelors
65
Muriel Spark
The Floating Admiral (1931)
The Floating Admiral (1931)
66
Harriet (Elizabeth Jenkins)
Harriet
67
Elizabeth Jenkins
Crome Yellow
Crome Yellow
68
The Hair of Harold Roux (Thomas Williams)
The Hair of Harold Roux
69
Thomas Williams
A Voyage to Arcturus (David Lindsay)
A Voyage to Arcturus
70
David Lindsay
Mrs De Winter (Susan Hill)
Mrs De Winter
71
Susan Hill
The Uninvited Guests
The Uninvited Guests
72
Sailor Twain (Or the Mermaid in the Hudson) (Mark Siegel)
Sailor Twain (Or the Mermaid in the Hudson)
73
Mark Siegel
The Door (Mary Robert Rinehart)
The Door
74
Mary Robert Rinehart
Summer of Love (Lisa Mason)
Summer of Love
75
Lisa Mason
Pillion Riders (Elisabeth Russell Taylor)
Pillion Riders
76
Elisabeth Russell Taylor
The Quest for Christa T (Christa Wolf, Trans. Christopher Middleton)
The Quest for Christa T
77
Christa Wolf, Trans. Christopher Middleton
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
78
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Walter Tevis)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
79
Walter Tevis
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
80
G.K. Chesterton
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