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Books That Will Kick Your Butt

Whether through their difficult writing or intense subject matter, these are books that will kick your butt.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
2
Thomas Pynchon
Alphabetical Africa
Alphabetical Africa
3
Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear
4
Marian Engel
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
5
Sylvia Plath
Birdie (Tracey Lindberg)
Birdie
6
Tracey Lindberg
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
7
Kathy Acker
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
8
Cormac McCarthy
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
9
Octavia Butler
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
10
Angela Carter
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
11
Toni Morrison
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
12
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
13
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
14
Franz Kafka
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
15
David Mitchell
The Complete Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories
16
Franz Kafka
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
17
Samuel R. Delany
Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Garcia)
Dreaming in Cuban
18
Cristina Garcia
Duplex
Duplex
19
Dust (Yvonne Owuor)
Dust
20
Yvonne Owuor
Earthly Powers
Earthly Powers
21
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
22
Samuel Beckett
A Fable
A Fable
23
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd
24
Valeria Luiselli
The Farmacist (Ashley Farmer)
The Farmacist
25
Ashley Farmer
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
26
Hunter S. Thompson
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
27
Joanna Russ
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
28
Jorge Luis Borges
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
29
James Joyce
Flaubert's Parrot
Flaubert's Parrot
30
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
31
Umberto Eco
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
32
John Fowles
Gadsby (Ernest Vincent Wright)
Gadsby
33
Ernest Vincent Wright
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go
34
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
35
Marilynne Robinson
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
36
James Baldwin
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
37
Flannery O'Connor
Good Morning, Midnight (Jean Rhys)
Good Morning, Midnight
38
Jean Rhys
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
39
Thomas Pynchon
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
40
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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